The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-05


I had asked Mr.. Du Maur5er about
Paris. as he knew IL. with especial inter
est because I was 10 leave for Paris the
next mcruirg.
An Afternoon With Du Maur.ier and
1.-The Iairi'' In Real Life.
The Author-Do You suppose the old
studio Is there YETI Il was when Mrs.
Du Maurier and all the children and Wis
it'd Paris laSt-fifteen years ago.
The I.airi-No I believe ii has gone
With their confounded progression they
have destroyed pretty nearly everything
that makes Paris interesting 10 me.
Your Humble Servant-Wnere was TT
The Author-Oh, 81 was on the Rue
Notre Dame des Champs. Wait mo-
rnent I Will make YOU a diagram of IL.
(Rises from his comfortable place ia the
window seat and gets sheet of note pa
per from his drawing table. Brings 10
over TO the window and marks rapidly
upon itl. See, here - Rue Vavin. Down
here runs the Rue Notre Dame des
Champs Right here IS the old gateway
tina; led into the court from which the
studio opened. IL was one fight up, you
know There was little shop beneath
II. Lamont, do hope that old gateway
Is still standing
The Iaird-Quite 50: but II isn't
The AH,ilor-Well. perhaps not. Right
mere
was shs conciergerie. and here was the
bric-a-brac shop kept by Nine. Vargtn.
Y. III. S.-Then she really existed?
The Author-Oh. dear me. yes. Quite as
I described her. / only changed her
name a bit. When we went back to
Paris we went TO her al once. Just as the
artists did IN 'Srriiby." She showed my
wife her bric-a-brac. and then we went
back 20 look at the old studio. There
we're two Americans there. l am afraid
they didn't Ike II very we'll when they
found / had put them in the book. The
little one lives here in London now.
The Iaird-And do you remember the
little wine shop across the street where
We bought our wtne2
The Author-Indeed. do. bought the
wine.
The Iaird-ouhe so. That was your
part OF II.
The AUTHORIZES. we used to cook our
little suppers. I went 10 market and
bought the sausage and the onions and
the bread. The Laird peeled the onions.
Perkins cooked.
The Iafrd-That reminds me OF how We
met. How I hated you that night.
The Author MS 81 in ths4Cafe Hon.
eroise? ttlsnk 50. ] was a swell that
night I had on that long, black coat and
a clean white collar and a pair Of cuffs.
The I.ard-Yoa were screaming
swell When you sat down by me
| thought you were a cad and hated you
| instantly And you gave me no reason
to change my mind. What a con-
| founded little cad said to myself over
| and over. What a perfect ana unneara-
| bic cad"
The AuthorLwe were ail turned out
| fnaIlv-au the students. The cafe closed
| a. midnight.
| The Iafri-Quite -. and I went down
stairs behind you. hating you Tor your
| clean collar and calling you cad IN my
| mind.
The AtYthor-fwas It really so bad as
| that?
| The Iairs9-0uite 50, quite so. But
when we steprsed outside saw you go 20
| a street stall and buy a hunk OF bread
| and a piece of sausage. What are you
| going 10 do win that?" I asked what
| do YOU think" yon replied. I'm going
10 cat Il. It's my supper" And then
| and there. as we walked along. you be-
| gan 20 bite first into the sausage and
| then into the bread
The Author-I did?
the IaIrd-Yes. Quite So And when I
saw YOU do that forgot that had been
calling you a cad and took you into my
heart That was the beginning or our
| friendship eh, Crackie?
The Author-That was the beginning.
a Dause. during which Mrs. Du Maui
rier r-ours a cup OF teal.
us-not only OF the three but OF the hFe
| friends.
The Iaird-I had an income OF tl1-
r.na Au,herLwen. wasn't that lott
| Perkins had fie0. Potner less, l had san
Iess and I think Jimmie had less sun \
hundred and thirty pounds was a Dig IN
coma COR The Quarter Latin In those
! days. 49,. ,A.h r
uas amt admit spend it on my back
The Au;hor-No. Lamont. you didn't
| That old long coat OF yours
The I.airyl-No, II was YOU who had that
| old Noah's Ark coat.
iory Goa. hut It was a good one. why,
/ g. v,as the coat that made you hate me
/ lrrov n was new. because l remember
1 ,be morning when my father gave ~ 70
ne iust before I met you II was yours
/ that was oId-they were both long.
The Talrd-Oh, you're right- CUTE &c,
! quito so But your coat was wonderiui
garment. DO you remember HOW - "'-
| to hold potatoes
The Author tsmihnEl-fes-
/ -yu,a Yafr9-Such pockets They went
| sr,rn the hin wsv down 20 the bottom OF
tbn coat You never bad 20 carry pun
Ates when Won went 20 buy potatoes
I even II YOU got peck whlch w. N
veoat-h-fore the girl could put them IN
= - COR Won YOU would put your
Sc around 10 one side and hold that
-, ora., So fmotionlng II OUT. ana
- 80 vsfv. NO: put them IN here
/ ST. would look a. YOU n amusement. but
/ r,-r,,,4 40 nj you toll te-, and pour them
( :, shau never forget the buh-er-ruo-
/ ~ huh --,tss-er-b hub % those potatoes. as
| .fa,- went into that pocket.
/ ~ r.ai~f-The Story 1rat found TIE
/ "a ba. tr fNe Studio ard appropriated u
! t-2~a,iee rad no otAer vas not frae.
! T-ra Authorize. I never beloved y
/ r,t,f II was a strange bat There was h".s
/ g. tba Stravr--a Big o1e--jUst here put
/ ting ais hand above MS t0retAfSAo' @-'i
/ ,-r,,,~ 1o~sr hair stuck through
/ ~, T.s~4 Gaugaline1--S "a there7 I
! .,-,s-.-,,a the~e vas Somehow holes uSel
/ - .rr,e into everything 1 had IN me TlosE
/ sxtraowviiTary way
/ -y,,s Asrts,s,--Ipo VOL remember Dow
/ r7,s,bsa c~os sNe fTess Ssytsf lou recoi-
/ - -. Won and he we're going 20 o9Ii
/ 49,. .s,a-a were 20 - some young i2esseS
! SO v-.-.ea a uaintinE master lie was 70
+ trrr,o.f,,o.. vpu IS the painting mas er and
/ ..ss n YOU could ges re lessons 90 give.
/ vs., were 20 sssvt3e wp me pFccesis.
+ 7-sA Iaf-s-cuite an And what tine
/ We had getting hss clones tcTetner 7er
/ a., W. s-s; Perkins be~f evening su4t
1 ana vour nat ard sosssso<fy esse's cs'her
/ trtv.-a a-tf finally Eos him al hxei -
j sv~sr,- rAa boots. Ne hadn't any dress
/ l..,ts FOR hsrn arS we couI1n't fszsd any
/ x~~Auv BE hooked at ne wlnsssf ard
! 80 Never mind taa~ fellow. ! can gei
! - z..sts bus unfo-z lflafe3g cant g~i
/ 49,, urrfl after i8 c'csoek. - Cart ~
( :, sne h.au unsa Iste. We al knew THai
( - h.s sore ss-he~1e. ana ssesf1e good ere
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