The Van Buren press., 1898-03-12

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mistakes Tor fhe rolling = thunder OF
ths roaf1ag = artillery 4hls fiiae !
knew whas WA coming. ! asa5fea u5sh
fees 9rmlg bfaead. TIE ades eaeb came
{ So ne - 5oln ne Invading ~ nsar and =
mzst il fhs0ngh fie - 3les5es q me
+ Louvre
Bess sbea aeees The gsiids. . tall
+ ff7n nan with erar a8t1sssaeile. zaa.eseo
! h1s lizsle regiment a. she e1a - 1he gzl-
/ lery- Keep II . gaaup, be eeeiaHspec.
! They ossesed They stood ilenas no
iienleas e9Ioeeiy pressed together.
What . nafaons 81 bat respect for ae-
ihswisF aa6 fiHel piiass Theg 8aeF
thsa s. ssas tue buszBeas = she guide -
shso shem. l,efneea ta5e Apars q Ten IN
shs forenoon ana 50 5n lie afternoon.
sbe Madeleine. flle l'alais DE- 9asrias.
the Haiiss Contra -, fbe Gai0ame NsD-
ao5ne. fhs ase De q f1tolle etc. efe.
Taeg tnen. 800. fhat they bad gast IS
minutes fof he G9UsHe. They knew
than they 5Dast proceed szah method
asad agility n fAsg aafshess - ses all 81
So treasures IL ss 5plnates They apem
fhas & MAS sh4 special function u thiA
asa8 ssiib Sc gray nlastaehe = make
ahe expedition every day a tie same
hour. Let h5fa command They laOHs1
obey tzet him ieads They would fol
i0ns They were 10 H. hs5ii 81 walk
lDg behind = ehief The french. OF the
contrary. have . passion f9r walking IL
front
Meanwhile the guide looked Them
OYER. They were AZ there. Forward.
The column moved, Ne moved. rather,
FOR / Nens ss5iil tIe resi-. q traitor n tie
ranks. . Greek among fhe Trojans We
marched al q brisk pace which steadily
increased sse fled n eloee rank before
1yphaB. fsis. Osifis and Nepbfgs, be
fore gods Is lie shape - beasts aa1
before bulls witt human faees. before
pbal, Jheglath, Phalesan aBa ASA
radon.
Thea came q brief halt The guide
PAUSED before ESQ feel. enormous. e.
gaatie feet. one could plainly see hat
ibis guide Was IN he habit u baiiing
every daY before these fno feet lie
explained ID p8rase-eaioently the
one always Dsed-ibat these feet had
belonged 10 king of The twelfth Or
thirteenth dgnasg. Then forward We
again rushed On. past nammies. Per
eian gode and euneiforIa inscriptions
The guide suddenly uttered cry u
distress. There were iaggarde already;
three English women. YIo we're IN ee-
stasies before fragment u he base Of
"a ebeiisk Of Luxor. four monsters
adorinR the rising Sun. March On.
March on" shouted TIE guide.
Then the women came up nith enor-
nous strides. executed b. he AID 81
feet pot less enormous, and hich dimiY
recalled tie monumental feei Of thai
king of the fselfih Or thirteenth dy-
NASTY.
W. mounted The grand staircase lead-
ing 10 fhe celoHnade BY foars and were
again masse1 At the extremity Of the
ball
"I'he CoiOnnsdei" shouted the guide;
the work of Perrauli. the architect Of
Louis XIV"
The words we're barely out " Eis
mouth br0 we were otf down the gal
lefy, after which We entered the apart
msBts u The Louvre. quite out Of
breath There was bait around the
glass eases containing ancient har-
nesses. There MSS another IN the room
containing Courbet's pictures, and a
short discourse by The g0ide This dis
course did not relate 10 Conrbei, the
painter. but 10 Courbet. the p0lG clan,
he member o. me commune, caught
The words.
"ColoDne NeDdome; ten years IN pris-
on" Then the signal Of departure:
"Aobl Aohl Aobi" / began 10 be IN
splred by This cry. A. soon az ! heard
II ! started resoluiely forward at a
beadlonR paee with my companions.
This time II was race 10 good ear
nest We sass nothing, absolutely moth
ing. We rushed through the SALES des
Dcssins, the Muscc Campana, the Gale
ries DIES Monuments lIisioriques. the
SALES dea DienK One would think
great danger threatened us, that we
were being pursued. that we were try
Ing to escape from an enemy. J began
TO feel excited.
IN all violent exercise taken 10 com
mon one cannot escape sort Of intoXI-
cation Of rivalry J was seized with an
ambition TO keep up with one Of The
IYsI4aI IaIt,a tau ~. 10 t.rlts.
proceeded with enormous strides. !
succeeded. bat not without difficulty
and ~ lhe cost Of continued effort. One
Thing only was lacking 10 my satisfac.
iioui that Was q trumpeter marching al
The head 81 The column, sounding the
charge.
Al last we came 10 The exhibits Of the
French school Our guide halted once
more. He knes there wac limit TO hu-
man endurance. Besides, there Was q
fayorie OF his in this room, aud biz
tastes were classic, for II was Girodet's
"Endymion's Sleep" We all hung
breaihlessly upon his words.
This il Endymiop. lying on a tiger
skin To- The shade Of a pIaiane. Love iu
The form Of Zephyr pushes apart the
branches ~ the tree and the rays Of
The moon fall upon the lips u the young
hunier Notice the moonlight eject.
Aoh' Aabl Aohi"
We reached the gallery Of the ancient
yases. hot just as we were under full
Broadway TIE guide stopped abruptly
and began 10 pound The floor with biz
cane. he bent down. be- looked al the
lioor And we all bcui down; We all
looked at the foor. We saW nothlngeN.