The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-13

oaken wedges into the ton &c :,
then breaking away with the the ssn
ton which had been "holed y we 20
technically called. as Il 4
n young. homely girl in tro,..
vas racket and blue handkarcb;s, ca.
around her hair, loaded the ..e.l,ei I'd
the blocks. Our guide explained - sla
tails Of Golfers work If, eys-- sne d
lar. Iola seemed TO have proro;syng anr llts-
liberal tip. He found ia An s- I'm 1,
listeners. Iola continually looLa1I snsiss
with dull searching stare tho sOoes|
eyeglasses, now and then iotting 81 az
few words. He seidomed duestjoraSs {
spite OF MS crustlness there vas -. ~
bashtulness about him. He seemed asai,
he wished 70 ask for information, but : -
2Then we rode back. stepned 49,
Of the accident shafts and beean =. cas
climb up the wet, slippery ado az
first the viewer, then Zoa. then - %
ladies and / brought up the rea, :, 10
expedition. The openings Of the I.v M ~
seemed hardly wide enough to let th.-Alar
the broad shoulders of Monsieur ZaIsv
heard him painting and undonh.sSi., |
thought: Now / am working lie
of burden" 0eas
We came into Cross-cut whera
was in fol operation, and watrbssIr
the blasting took place lola wisS.ssF
know everything about the purnn;s.A
gines, the system of ventilation ,-s
means Of safety in case of a sin. . s -
or an explosion. He was indefati..s
and We other three wished to -
with him. Every moment the poor
stumbled or knocked against sornes..s
or slipped out on the sOdden gronnJlss
than 49,
onesof the young ladies had stepnsd
deep into pool of mud and sfrish ~
though she wore rubber boots. I fs.. =. =.
Vas thoroughly soaked. But We mad - -
way onward, experiencing the 49, =,
changes of temperature now clammy
before a thunderstorm, then suddsnI.
icy cold draught. At certain nlaea:, s -
water dripped down like a shove. .. !;
rain.
BEING near lola | as ked:
as is true that lately Won mad. Wa
more preparatory notes than in forms.
times2h WING
He nodded: "I find it necessarv AL
books are already improving. not r.. .ai
grading, as many other authors. 7 onls
had twenty pages of random notes r.. =,
La Curee. while have already coIlee,ss
100 for 'Germinal.'
nv last tLtc taSA Was GOnei ZolO hal
seen enough, and We assembled The go
from where We had started. I saIntsS an. y.
ladies. who were completely eYhars.~I'
and will probably remember the trim 4.
their whole life. lola wiped his forsbsss
and then we exchanged our dresses
Iola reappeared in dark suit with
turned down collar, and a dullish brov.
overcOat, derby hat and Iittle s.,.s.,
in his hand. He took leave OF the via~s,
At the entrance gate lola CALCULATED. a.
am hungry -
Wishing 10 have the pleasure Of his co,,-
pany as long as possible, mentioned tSa.
there was tavern near by.
well, let US 90 there!' he said tbrnxt
ing his hands deep into his pocksts and
raising his shoulders.
We entered the tavern and he ordered
the meal. which was but an humble 70.
past, consisting of rabbit, bread and some
country wine.
While we were waiting fOr the meal
Zola opened his satchel and glanced over
some large manuscript pages. II he had
lost them they would not have been Of
much value to the finder, they were 80
badly written.
He eat with n ravenous appetite. "Itis
pretty bad, ;" he grumbled. "but consider.
ing the people around here only eat bread,
cabbage soup and horse flesh, It viii do for
once. But man is what he eatsl"
During the pause that followed, our
plates were emptied and refilled.
did you ever write poetry7" inter
rupted the silence
"A few times. but it is not in nv Ina
Poetry's good enough, it gives the picfur.
but not the 'midieH.' Poetry. in all its oh
form, from the novel to the tragedy, b
outlived itself.
You have some opponents to thi
theory. Sarcey. for example"
THAT old fool, and he grumbled son,
thing into his beard. MANY OF ther
have nothing else to do in their vhol
lives but prosecute some one as the o,hsr
tried, with what result? Their successc
entirely blOts out all traces Of what the
have achieved. BY the way. Sareey's q
verse criticisms have helped me to becon
a great novelist and will help me 70 b
come great dramatisti' -
lie ordered a vehicle at the innkeeper
TO drive 10 the villa of the proprietor
Some mine. Then he calculated with
sigh, Wiping his beard:
You know how difficult 1t is TO wor
when one Is richi'
People say you have accumulated quit
a fortune?''
"Passablel But I should have been
millionaire If the foreign publishers PAL
me what is due me-"
Nv hat do you consider your master
piece"
What | am proudest of? That ! hav
stuck for twenty years 10 one theory. shou
me another writer who has done the same
only few more novels before the st
one, which viii give scientific explsza
ton of all the preceding, and then / csr
begin something else. | wish to devote
myself entirely to the drama. | woaid
also like to see one of nv novels for1sf
into an opera, but with no Italian Gaz,
no triOs and choruses. no pOlyphOsie
music at all-plain dramatic music"
Like Wagner"
Perhaps"
The carriage was announced. He psid
the bill, and saying bluntly. Bon scir
monsieur" he mounted the carriage snt
drove off.