Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-05
KIN OF A ROMANCE.

ID OF A ROMANCE
,..-nsnd opened my studio door
f.. ~, afternoon and received the
"1' Crane he had right to expect
ven y hands, and after exchanging
'rsa a. Of greeting and surprise.
,.ns.tlv into each others eyes.
'l,+ ,sg Years or more siiss we had
w. and we had changed in those ten
We looked cnrio"sly into each
.,.. Ten years or more was
~, rs since last we met, but
.no8 well on our feet and our
,.,,.d firmly, but how handsome
'.-ovut He always was hand
- his his mature manly beauty,
WI I'm. His dark once laughing
o. a subdued sadness in their
his voluptuous mouth was
- bis curls that had once been so
,l ~ ,,sre strongly mixed with gray.
% resi-" I said to Pauline the
- wgs staring at us, wondering
a.rca after the first greetings.
1r,nr questions to ask Renie, and
H,r.rer about those past years, and
1,rr mv palette and we lit cigar
vi bqrsn our cross questioning.
Tai,to greet a friend you have
y a- wears, A friend you have
-. hem intimate with and who sud
i.,rr,d out of your life long ago.
..,f face to face with him again,
!. hand and hear the old familiar
"a there is the same freedom and
r,..r IN manner now as before, and
.,,B YOU i an invisible space of
,-rmendOus void that can never be
time many things can be ex-
r., recounted to bridge over that
NV even be silently disregarded,
.s,ever be completely obliterated.
rr1 are if you can make the old
and the new join and forget the
rs.
taned a few moments lighting our
n-s, which in the studio take the
bread aud salt. He held his in the
PECULIAR manner | remembered so
&J,eu We we're students, in those joy
latin Quarter days. We talked
that, We asked question for ques-
Sircely waiting for the answer, for
q understood each other with half a
\ We had known something of each
!. lyes-nOt much-from paragraphs
(.z;papers, had exchanged New Years
[.-not much more; and that was very
l Considering how intimate we had
! ben in the Latin Quarter and after
| 10 The long summer time at Fon-
Issau. And as we talked Pauline lay
IluD in the corner among the cush-
S,eling; no one minds model lis
T.
SyoG have been a professor all these
aE Bordeaux; but you came TO Paris
sines"
l. once or twice a year"
Id yOq never came TO see mer
Va: was the use of ringing your bell
E-mer'"
BATS true"
: il winter; twice l tried to find you
Z lcame up at New Years, and you
sAOwed the sun south"
In afraid am rather unsettled"
.nzemDer when you were settled you
.aTays talking of going somewhere.
! an coming to Paris next year. !
EO have a professorship here soon,
zen shall dispute You oftener. But
nsvho Will be there Of the old set,"
Rod set-not many" | replied shak-
~ head.
'iSe are the Grands," Renie contin-
Elo used to live on the Avenue de la
.s Armee'"
Aiaey' They-went back to England
sigOn
L sorry; ! shall miss them. What
u delightful evenings-nights /
: ssy-we used to have there; and
strange crowd it wasl Do You
always enjoyed those long walks
IN he gray morning light, long past
-sat, when no sound was heard on
.'rs but the distant market wagons,
4sa;lan peasant sweeping, and the
Entering birdp-
-1ao you remember" interrupted,
upper that night at Nine. Savage's,
-sA. o. the snowstorm, when the
--'l' not ours, sent in word they
'aO' Wait longer, and Madame invited
nsupper2"
. what has become OF Madame
Renie hesitated trying to re-
~ her name, who was Miss Ken
lssiead."
al"
NE light suddenly went out of
! !, eyes that stared wildly at me.
! he Repeated, and then trying to
] - ~. together asked, What did
Va | answered turning away to
'Etsh cigarette.
@aai' he repeated
,.4'ch was holding was suddenly
-Ou' by draft of air.
lawfully hot here" exclaimed Pau
~ Win woman's tact and wisdom
.'O~h the window wide open.
'Vu sure she is dead?n Renie asked.
|, now could l declare / was sure to
Nv looAe1 at me as Renie did at
:, @O-agut' No" | answered, II am
w. Thought l heard of her death
~. !s'.'s ago, but l may be wrong. I'll
'l4 tind out"
,,is a YOU II you will. l hoped TO see
a sumo day. She was a delightful
Sl,,Gl woman" I repeated. How
:, . 40. lot a moment. forgotten he
y. - 'oul OF her? We had talked of
,;.t ana the way he said "Barbi-
4 t -" tender note in his voice,
O. made me remember, but /
AMIN, Vas at Barbison they first met.
, :, ua0 heard the praises of Barbi-