Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-03-19

Roabuck told mo this story ono day az I
sAt In his studio In tho Rue Notre Dame
dos Champs.
Ho wns "a tall. cadsverous American
from ono OF tho far western states and was
totally uneducated except for tho most
elementary branches taught In tho district
school OF his native village.
The students at tho academy liked Roc
buck we'll enough, though they used To
play good many jokes on him. They do
cided that his name did not suit him, 80
they translated 10 into do Chevreuil. One
of them painted tho do Chcvrouil arms on
tho chair where Koobuck usually sat, and
Two oil took tn calling him DO Chevrouil. I
Isay all, but ought to except myself, for,
being his fellow oountryman, declined
Ito take any share In casting ridicuie on
the man.
~ went down to Havvor last week, he
said, Ito 500 Weathcrby Oft In tho Nor.
'mandio, and on tho way back l stopped
overnight at Rouong, for thoy told me
that there was some swoll architecture
there, and, IL painting doesn't turn out as
well as / think 1t will, i may tako to
architecture myself. I took a hack at tho
churches and such, and In the evening l
started out for walk through tho town. :
"Now, there IL dream that have had
ever since can remember. dream that
I'm In an old European city, though /
never seem to know the naIno Of It, Some
where In that city thore IL u small open
square, with two streets leading out Of
one end of 1t. Thcy start pretty close to-
gether and thon widen apart like tho sides
ofaV.
Zone OF these strcets-the one to tho
left-is a wide, modern street, pretty well
fad nd with m N
It but the other street Is narrow and dark.
The houses have sharp gablod roofs, and
the upper stories project over tho lower
There are no street lamps In it except ono
Ior two that are long way apart and give
mighty little light. The street hasn't any
sidewalks, and there Is gutter down the
middle of It and more smells to tho square
Inch than there are in Chicago. I've
looked up this street hundred times in
my dreams, and I'm always afraid to go
up It, 1t looks as II there couldn't It bo any
ono in that street except robbers and mur-
derers, and it's my belief that most all
. the houses are empty.
"Now, when was In Rouong this time
that I'm telling you about. resumed Roc
buck, II walked along down ono street
and up another without paying any atten
| tion to the direction was taking. by ana
| by got into IA part of tho town where tho
houses were particularly old, and where
there didn't seem to be but very few In
habitants All Of sudden came TO
open square that was as familiar to me as
| Lincoln avenue in Indianapolis.
lit was tho very place had dreamed
about SO often. There were the two streets
. leading out of one end of 1t. The big street
was lighted up, and there were people here
and there in 1t, but the small street was
just as dark and deserted as had always
seen 1t. There wasn't IA soul Ia it, and
the blackness and silence OF it frightened
mo.
Just then u woman cnmo toward me,
though / didn't notice where she came
from. Sho was, middling well dressed,
and to my mind, looked like "a lady,
| though know amt much Judge Of la
dies. / was standing looking at tho mar
. row street ana wondering If WAS awake
or dreaming, when the WOMAN walked
straight up to mo and says, You arc an
] Englishman arc you notS
'Now, know well enough that ! wasn &
! an Englishnan, but couldn't see that
was called upon to SGT the woman's mis-
\ take right, SO just said Well, supposing
| \ am, what thcn3'
r. "Why, said she, 'then you will help
| me. ] am an English woman in terriblo
| distress and danger My sister Is here,
lying very Ill in house where believe
tho people are thieves and murderors.
n imploro you, como with mo and help me to
take her awayl
! "'Why don't you got Policeman
| y replied. That's what you want If you
! Ssay So will find one for you
| Y - For heavens sake, moi said tho
woman. There are reasons why that
| would ruin everything. If you are the
ibravo man you look to be, you will como
! with me- Ii not, we arc lost.
"'Ill come, ma am, If you insist upon
IT., said /, though tell you in advance
that II there Is any lighting to be done
you'll have to count mo out. for haven't
got my revolver, and I'm not h fighting
man anyway.
"Shc said there wouldn't be any call for
Eme to fight, and that as soon as 1t was seen
that she had man with her she and her
sister would bo allowed to CO. She said IL
would DO better II were to follow short
way beh ind her, instead Of walking by her
side That suited me we'll enough, so the
woman went on walking pretty fast, and
u came along about two rods behind her.
II tell you 1t gave me chill to 60 into
that narrow, dark street. You see have
been afraid OF It for going on to 90 or 90
years Besides the place was cold. for
ldon't believe tho sun ever got down into
lt. the houses wero SO high and SO close to.
gether. Nobody met US. and didn't see
the least sign OF life In tho street. We
went. as ! should judge pretty near al
eighth Of mile, and the only street light
I'VE passed was an oil lamp hung out from
) ono OF the houses on an iron bracket.
Tho woman stopped at the door Of n
house on tho loft and waited for me In the
shadow. When ! camo up she said. Take
my hand. for there isn't any light. and
tho stairs arc long
1T was great big room. With queer.
old fashioned furniture, and not much OF
that. In one corner there was a figure In
armor standing leaning on its sword. Tbs
chairs and sofas were covered with elegant