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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-15
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gay French capital. and to b, his friend
was 10 share The public adulatiou.
Saranacl His pictures had been the talk
OF the Salon. and the one painting which
had eclipsed all others gave to him the
first prize Of the exhibition and won for
him the assurance OF that posthumous
glory of niche in the Gallery of the
Louvre, he had entered as Tempest
Tossed"
Those who first heard the name gath
cred from it some marvellous scene of the
sea-some battered hulk, wave-washed on
threatening rocks-but where the great
throngs gathered, where a double Gordon
of gendarmes kept back the struggling
mass crowding continually against pro-
tecting chains, was familiar theme. but
surely never handled with so mastcrful n
brush before-the picture of a broken
woman. a woman abandoned, her hall.
naked infant resting against her knees.
the oaby's eyes smiling wonderingiy at
he lookers-on; the mother, with a world
OF woe and wretchedness, of despair and
shame on her worn face; u priest, with
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Lake Geneva, with her scattered villages
the heights of Miellerie and distant Mont
Blanc, changing later 10 the snowciad
heights OF the Bernese Alps, and finally,
several miles distant we saw the spires
and red roofs cf the town.
A turn in the road and we overlook an
artist. with the implements of his art
thrown careless!y beside him and content.
edly munching sausage and bread, which
he washed down with an occasional
draught of wine.
To my surprise and delight this proved
10 be an old friend-Saranac-and our ex-
pressions OF mutual qualification resulted
in completion of his already alarming
inroads upon his wine supply. Fresh as
We were from Paris we p,arveled much to
Ind him here. All Paris had been ring
ing with his praises.
Borne on the shoulders OF the Students
OF PEcoie des Beaux Arts, he wes the
toast OF the clubs and cafes the gcd of the
1alr sex and the pride of all Bohemia. In
faris that season 10 know Saranac was to
nave the entry TO the finest homes of the
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why, that is what 1 sang! l never had
the words before; they seemed to come to
me with the air as Martell rIayed. You
must have caught them as | sang" But
protested earnestly, for they were penned
tefore this song broke forth.
And so it seemed our souls lay in a
con- mon plane, all touched alike by ma
ture's harmonies but seeking for expires
sion differently. And all this time Ivan
had said no word until we turned, and on
his face there lay a light OF inspiration,
while to his breast his hands were clasped,
and, as the tears came 10 his eyes. he
said, 81 feel it nere.'
So [ have grown to think The grandest
sweeps OF melody are those borne on the
unguessed tides that ebb and flow in hu-
man hearts, and most inspiring canvases
are those imagination paints upon the
star gemmed vault of heaven.
Though unto me has come no gift OF
song, oitt mes when ram bling over the
wInd-swept hills in the gray reaches OF
the dawn l half imagine l can catch the
echoing of celestial harmonies and dimIy
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tears coursing down his cheeks, bareiy
touching her head with his outstreIched
palm, and in the darkly shadowed back
ground the smiling, self-satsfed face of a
Lothario. This was the painting which
brought tears to TIE eyes of strong men,
and from which women ofttimes turned
away with sobs but half suppressed.
Tired of hearing his name on every
bodv's tongue, wearied OF the interviews
by the personnel of the press and OF being
stared at by the mob. Saranac sought the
qu!eto the Swiss mountains, and TINS we
found him, and together we three made
our entry into Berne.
The sun had dropped from sight as we
strolled out on the cathedral terrace
where we were served with meat and
bread and wire and watched tie Alpine
glow cree p slowly up from the base to the
summit of the distant snow mountains
until tie range was aglow with a softly
diffused color like q bank of clouds
touched by the first pale tints OF dawn.
Later, from the great organ in the
cathedral. We heard the opening notes of
the evening recital, and for an hour or
more remained quiet as the mus crept
dICneS anu out unQer
the trees to where we sat. That is Mar
tell, said Saranac, who knew him well,
and when the lights were finally extin.
guished in the organ-loft We strolled
up 10 the door and met him as he emerged
into the night with mis- roll OF music in mis-
hani.
We thanked him for our enjoyment of
she time, and then Saranac, in mis- impul-
sive way, exclaimed: 81 like music best
at dawn. 1t seems more glad and joyous
then-a welcome to the breaking day. At
night music should run III the minors and
the time is better fitted for q requie m
Then Martell, who felt a certain pride in
Saranac's approval, said he would play for
us on the morrow when all the town was
sleeping. And so We sought an inn and
slept away our day s fatigue until the
gray light came creeping up the eastern
sky. Matincheff and l hsstened 10 the
cathedral, but Saranac and Martell were
there befure US.
We sat down by the altar rail and soon,
erandly and. ;rium phantly, the organ
turst forth in notes of welcome to the
dawn. Somehow ry hands would not be
still. The great window in the east was
dim with many changing lights and
shades until the sun broke forth and sent
shafts Of crimson flame undulating
through the vast arches, paling the un-
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quenchable light that burned before the
crucitix.
To my surprise Saranac had mounted a
canvas on an easel and was painting with
strokes of amazing rapidity as the organ
played. and then all at once L found my
self writing-I knew not what, save that
in me the great sea of human hopes and
ASPIRATIONS seemed swelling like the bill
lowy deep as though to force my soul from
paused l put aside my pen.
From the organ came a repetition of the
theme, and then / Ike a fash of wondrous
light marvellous tenor voice rang through
the echoing arches ana filleI the great
nave and transept with flood of melody.
We sood, wondering who tho singer was.
His song opened with the high Z, without
a note of preparation, so daringly the
effort thrilled us through, then in dimin.
uendo falling into mezzotones, and rising
to the opening notes, the voice died ten
derly away to silence.
We heard the clicking Of the organ stops
and then the steps of the organist and
singer as they came.
THAT is Monsieur Bloch sai6 Sarsnac:
'only he can sing like that" And he il
was.
We turned our eyes TO Saranac's canvas
curiously. In that brief time he had
brought forth marvel OF light and color.
broad shaft of light broke on a storm.
swept sea and grassy stretches on the dis
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JHE ECHO OF CELESTIAL MELODIES

The ease of travel by rail and Doat is
always very enticing. but to one who has
the time and inclination to tramp
rant bling tour through the highways ana
byways OF Switzerland is like a dream of
paradise
From swiftly moving train the views
are too Kaleidoscope, but when one walk 8
and can pause TO listen to the music of the
waters dancing over pebbly beds, or the
roar OF angry torrents in the mountain
chas mS-can hear the yodling song OF the
hunter on the Alpine sleeps, or bend to
raise fallen howlder from bruised shrub
he gathers a knowledge of Alpine travel
that will live in his heart forever. Tins
Ivan Matincheff young surgeon from
the Royal Hospital at Sofia, Bulgaria.
mad with me idled away more than a week
along the devious road dway winding alb ut
Ior one hundred miles and more from
Lausanne. on Lake Geneva. TO the nic.
turesque city of Berne, in the heart of ths
Bernese Oberland.
FROM the high points as we pa sed we
saw az nrst the matchless panorama OF
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VICISSITUDES OF

An old man, afflicted with a halting
leg, jerking his battered old hull up the
stairs, was ahead of me as | Climbed up
ward in quest of q scent bed.
There was an abrupt turn at the first
landing and he swung around it at length,
leaving the course clear. A pale. un-
steady light fell on the stairs from Il
draught-plagued candle stationed in the
transom over the front door. The win
dow of the transom had been removed
and q canves-covered frame with the
lodging-house sign had been fastened up
outside and thus the candle was doing
double duty, guiding the wanderer on the
outside 10 haven of rest and plotting The
conner upstairs.
On the wall at the left hand at the en-
trance was pasted article one" of the
''code of rules" and il was subsequently
found TO be. with notifications. the only
rule. 1t was: mo drinking allowed in
this house"
The office was around the curve at the
top of the climb and as one rounded the
turn the words mo credit" started out in
impertinent suggestiveness and blank in
hospitality.
The office boasted another candle. The
Office was a de2enerated kitchen pantry
with the shelves removed down to tie
bottom one, which served as desk. The
landlord, in a state of deshabille and can
dle-grease, was engaged in a controversy
with guest upon the relative merits OF
Portland and San Francisco.
The landlord turned his attention 20 me-
You want a bed ?"
"What kind OF a bed can l get for a
nickei?'
"Oh, can give you nice bed in a nice
room for 3 cents" and he took up the
candle and headed down the hail
The hall was narrow-so narrow that
when we met man the landlord was
Obliged to open a door and we sidetracked
into room TO let him pass. There were
doors on one side, blank wall on the
other, ana the floor felt as if 1t had been
treated to molasses bath, the soles OF
ones shoes adhering to it in a manner
quite alarming when one stood in one spot
for few seconds.
The first room he pilotod me TO was at
the end of the hall. The door stood open
and we looked in. There were three
bunkS in the hole, one above the other
the top and bottom ounks being occupied.
He told me might have the midd lie one
l put my head inside the doorway, but
the landlord stood outside with the candle
Had he gone in l am sure the candle
would have gone out there was not
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A NIGHT SPENT
IODGING-HOUSE.

air enough in the room" to feed the
flame. But as it was there was light
enough to reveal great amount of dirt.
pile OF 1t was under the lower bunk
that would have baked Chinese chiffon
nier. / told him it would hardly do, so
we went back TO the center OF the hall
and into place with grim door, upon
which was painted the figure FIVE.
This IS nice warm room" he said,
flashing the candle around, land this is a
nice he'd" indicating The lower berth,
'but the top ones the best. Just take a
look at it. That's fine healthy bed.
You couldn't sleep in q healthier bed than
that
/ looked at the healthy bed, then around
the room. the room was about by Il
feet and contained eight of the healthy
beds, four on either side, but only two
deep. with a sort of shelf above, which
could be and had been, judged from the
bundles OF bedding, used in an emerg-
ency.
A window on the street side was cur
tanned with some cheap materials and an
end of candle about two inches long stood
on a bench over against one OF the bnnks
Four of the bunks were occupied by
sleeping men who moaned and snored
away through the dreams of a Scent
sleep regardless of very drunken fellow
who was sitting on the feet of one OF
them in the lower bunk, taking off his
shoes and holding an argument with an
old man who had a bruised nose and a
strong pipe. Dropping one of the land
lords adj .ct;ves l could concur with him
in regard 10 the room: it was warm.
| wanted TO see some more. so l told
the proprietor, who was a very patient
and obliginS man, that I would look at
another if lie pleased. He led away
back to the room he was in when | en-
tered. All had retired except one Celtic
gentleman, who, having no one to argue
with, was sitting in trouserless condi-
tion, pairing his toenails. There was but
one empty bunk there, lower story, and
was about 10 say J. would take 1t when
the argurnentative man mounted the lad
der and took possession of the one above
and sat down on the edge and allowed his
bare legs 10 hang down. His feet reached
within half yard of the lower bunk, and
when | saw him fill and light his pipe l
told my guide to lead ne to the door OF
mum Der five.
The merits of the bed were gone over
again by the landlord, Notwithstanding
the facs that told him il would suit me
very well.
Then he asked me if it would do. I told
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IN A FIVE-CENT

hear? / got tech of the roomeytiz n
my left lsig. and 1 don't want none OF
your fresh air around me. II youse fell
lers don't like 1t git in another room"
My friend lowered the window and
sought his bed.
''Yis, it's good place." he resumed
''an' the boss is noice mon an rich
mon. Yes wouldn't t'ink a mon would
make much on foive cintses an tin
cintse., but enough of thin pays. If
had the fill of a boxcyar Wit 'em 1 wouldn't
care"
felt something crawling up my back,
and mentioned it to him.
"Flays," said he; ''fiays. Nothin' else
IN this house except some few bidboogs.
LIS noice clane piaca."
l went out into the hall again, as ii was
very late, and had about as much of the
nice place as / desired.
The sound rum bling and ripping and
iolting through the house gave one the
impression of ponderous machinery just
starting, of great cogwheels ind massive
piston-rods, fer the eight men in every
one OF the twenty rooms, not counting
The 10 cent BEDS, were snoring.
Some notes were high, sharp and quick,
like steam being forced through small
escape valve; others ponderous and deep,
like grinding cogS; others still, like the
solemn intonation of a thousand flying,
whirring belts and wheels
The proprietor was sitting on a bench
in his office. tin pan full of eggs beside
him. II am going down to drugs TORE"
said; will you remem Der me when l
come back2'
'Oh. yes; that's all right; Pll remem-
Der you."
l wonder if he will?
Going downstairs 1 met young man
with a hat like an accordion. He was
coming up. and he smiled when he saw me.
"Are they too tough for you up there ?"
he asked.
''No, guess not" 1 answered. for
didn't know what else to say.
"a man can really get bed for cents
here thou h, can he?'
"Certainly."
The young man laughed.
''Irs funny how low down a man will
get" he said. Now L pever thought I'd
be looking for such lay as this one
time"
But he seemed to think the lay was n
funny one, for he turned and smiled a,
me before he disappeared around the
curve.
thought that misfortune did indeed
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him it would.
Then he put his candle down on the
floor and poked the adamantine pillow
with his fist and asked me If | thought it
would DO. l stood patiently by and said
Yes" Then he took up the candle and
turned the covers back, and asked me If it
would suit.
l dropped scent piece into his hand
and told him l was delIgh ei. Then he
said "Good- night" and wen: away.
/ elm bed by means of recently white
washed ladder to my couch, where l sat
as l had seen the Irishman sitting, and
looked down on the drunken fellow who
had proceeded so far in the act o: disrob
ing as 20 have his coat, shoes and stock
ings off, which he made into bundle aud
slowed away beneath the covers OF his
bed, telling all the time how he intended
TO perform some great coup in the morn
ing by getting up at O'Clock.
He did not say what the nature OF his
proceeding would be. but did inform the
assem- bed company that they were going
to get left out"
Then he climbed up to his berth, which
was on a level with mine, across the
three foot aisle, sitting as / was, which
attitude seems to be one belonging to the
etiquette of scent lodg g.ng- houses; he held
his trousers in his arms, so as 10 be ready
in the morning, he said, and ram bled on
about the great feat he was going to per-
form in getting ahead of all competitors.
Ii then fell out that be was going 10 get a
Job as dishwasher in restaurant next
day.
He finally grew silent and went to
sleep. his thin legs dangling over the side
of his bunk, his trousers asped in his
arms.
l looked at my healthy bed. The COW
ers consisted OF a blanket and heavy com.
fort Of no particular color discernible, so
dirty and much used were they. l dug
down 10 the underlying strata, which l
found to be composed Of 4 straw mattress
one and IA half inches thick, supported by
platform of boards.
The old Irlshman's pipe had gone out
and he was asleep on his bunk. with shoes,
clothes and all on and pipe IN his mouth.
The candle was about burned out and
took 1t and stepped into the hall.
! went down 10 the end. where the land
lord had shown me the first room. There
l found hall striking off at right angle.
1t led to an apartment where hunks were
arranged in rows over the floor and the
luxury of an oil lamp was INDUCED in. l
found it TO be the 10cent ward.
1t was late at night and many sounds
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assailed the heavy air, and 10 one stand
ing aIoof and listening, it occurred that a
lucent, yea. scent, bed was good enough
for any man who sEored.
Ore fellow with whiskers, and nothing
bunk at the farther end o: the room.
he had some article of clothing in his
hands. / thought he was manding his
shirt, poor man, when Young fellow on a
cot near the door reached out and poked
a man sleeping near him.
Bill, Bill" he said, "look at the livin'
picture :"
Yes" said Bill, rising up on one elbow,
e's giitin' right after 'em, amt 'e?"
turned back toward the office and nv
short candle failed and went out. There
was one burning on a bench in the narrow
passage near the office. Beside il sat q
man, his face in shadow and his hat
pulled down. He was 4 man of sorrowful
countenance and would not talk further
tnan "um." and never could make much
out of such a limited voca bulary. He was
spraying the opposite wall with tobacco
juice.
ALI was quiet. save hum ming of voices
behind closed doors and stified, strangled
snores from beneath the heavy bedclothes,
when sought the door OF No. 5 again.
Who's that? What the divil do We
want in here?"
1t was the old Irishman, VINO became
pacific when told him who it was, ex.
planning that the candle had gone out.
He tod me that he slept there regularly
when he was not working.
IT'S purity good place for mon 10
slape; it bates some l know av, where
they charge e up as hoigh as fifteen cints.
This place is clane an noice, an thin
they're honest. I'll tell We what hap
pened me in lod gin house last week. /
just sthruck town, an whin / wint to
bed put me tlothes innunder me head.
1 had two dollars an bran new barlow
knoi.e, an whin l woke in the marnin'
they was gone. / didn't care so much ior
the two dollars, but l hated to lose rue
barlow knoife; it was a good wan-cost
me fifteen cints."
L mentioned my belief that we would
find the air better if we raised the window
sash, wherein my friend seconded me and
started TO put the plan into operation.
he had no more than started to raise the
creaking trap, however, when a man in
the lower bunk near the window woke UT.
"What air you doin' with that winter?'
he demanded.
He was told.
We'll, you shet it down-quick Dye
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Pescaderos Mysterious Beach Of Shining Pebbles

Nearly everybody in California has
heard of the pebble beach of Monterey
Its fame is world Wide. but paratively
few have heard of the pebble beach of
Pescadero. In fact, many old Californians
have expressed surprise when told III It
there was rebble beach there. why,
didn't think there was any :hing but a
few dairies and lighthouse at Pesca.
dero are the words used by most OF them
when informed of q fact that should be
well known.
In many aspects the pebble beach at
Pescadero is the most interesting phe-
nomenon of its kind in existence. Most
of the beaches of this character give out
after reing picked over a few years. Even
the one near Monterey is no exception to
the rule, as can be proved by attem pting
TO hnd fine pebble any larger than pea.
1t cannot be done, as the larger ones have
long ago been all carried away.
The beach at Pescadero is strange, al
most mysterious, in this respect, as some
OF the largest pebbles ever found there
were picked up during the past year. In
fact, one OF the largest and most beautiful
OF these stones ever found was picked up
by one of the Pigeon Point Iightkeepers.
1t was SO nearly like an opal-brilliant
and full OF fire-that it had to be looked at
several times before one became con-
vinced II was only gravel of chalcedony
formation, polished by the action of the
SURF grinding 1t against others OF the same
kind.
The question is. Where do all the large
ana beautiful pebbles come from? The
peach has been picked over by the people
nving In the town of Pescadero and the
surrounding country for thirty yaars.
Hundreds OF beautiful stones have been