The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-10

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n'otner ana ny brother Paul. on the
.oye&e. An 1sts mad very instruct
W eno naoe< pleasant yacdung tour
Wa.n fSaoul Duval. Hefsea the YOUNGER
ID my promer IA the Mediterranean
1ravenng was the pleasure OF my hfe
ano y Wa with great regret that in
lsss ! vas forced TO give e up ia con-
sequence of my accident You know
no adored me ana OF whom was also
Vdy iond, came 20 zee me at Ann1ens
one GAY ann AFTER nutfef1ng sou,ething
Wildly drew revolver and fired ~ me,
Wounding me IN he left les and tanning
me Tor ME. The wound has newer
closed and the bullet has never been
removed The poor lad was out Of
MS mind and said that he had done this
IN order TO draw attention TO my Claims
TO seat In the French Academy. He
- now In an asylum, and fear that
he Will never be cured. The great re-
gret that this causes me Is chiefly that
l shall never be able to see America
again I should % have liked to have
guns 20 SnicaEo, put IN the tafe
% my neai1n and with tnas ever-open
Wonhd u Was quite impossible. DO
% rove America anu americans As
you are writing Tor America be surs to
ten tnem 1nA1 u Lney love me. -
o. iepoefS every year from the states.
tnat 1 return tne1r anecfion with all
my neaN IN. II could only 80 and
ZEE them adl, q would % sne great Joy
on my axe
Inough most OF the geography IA
my novels - taken from personal OBJ
seCVataon sometimes have had TO rely
on my readan8 Tor my descriptions
mus IN the mover winch spoke about,
at Bonnomme.' which II coming out,
I oescrfoe the adventures OF lad In
Ireaand- take him from the age OF
Z anu give Saas IKE UP 20 the age o. TO-
Mnen Ae aaAes has fortune ana that
" al n's A.ies' "nacn = = nose1 oe-
1'oucaS1 - nols ne travels aai
ioua'u .Ies. ain - ! nave never
vlsaleu Ireland. my oescaapuon OF tne
1870 ana .'cssi'iss nave Deen TAKEN
rum my hooeOooks.
nave Docks ahead Tor years The
next mover, tnat - 70 say the one that
WIN De puDlshed next year, Is entitled
Les adventures Mir nques de Maatre
AnuIer, ana - entireiy terminated. 1t
Is a story or treasure seeking and hnd-
ING anu the p'ot tufsss on q very Curl
GUS geonsfricd problem ann now
yolsed to the novel which viii appear
this year but ! cant say anything about
II as - not Yet In any kind OF shape.
Between times ! write short stories.
Thus. IN the next Christmas number Of
the Figaro, there VIII Do published a
uaie OF mine enlt'eu monsieur Rediez
et Mademoiselie MibemoL' (Rediez and
Mipefnu, as you KNOW, are exactly the
same notes on q p1anoJ lou see the
drlfts There my musical knowledge
came III pay. Notning that one has
iesIneo ~ ever wasted.
People often ask me. as you have
done. why reside In Amiens, ! who
arm 20 thoroughly Partisan In my in
stfncts. Well, because. as have told
you, ! have Breton blood IN me and
love calm and quiet. and could never
be happier than in a cloister. A quiet
life OF study and work Is my delight.
1 came To Anuens nrsf In 1851. where
met the lady VINO IS now my wife. and
VINO az .ail ufne-ner name was MA
uIie de Sianne--was WIDOW With TWO