The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-02

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Aren't you coming outf'
no am GoipE On 70 ArEonne"" ,
Good morning. monsieur. Ishall ind Mrs.A
V9 Nnita before your
'"fhnt time aione.can show. SIR" +
Before, you. monsieurT
bo sSsif g. h sSis PIN n ont ne sii hs sHPi tu Pn dpf 70 'T any
Happy season o, youth"
Blessed Innocence OF childhoodi" sneered
"oh.. but NJ. EoIletl" called Armand: will
yoIu. lend me 100, frapcs1 1 have no money!
out a word handed the other Q note. As he
was. about to pass through a doorway OF the
station, he heard the unrelentinR voice Crying
before. you. monsleurr'
Nh Il ever Ss,I he sn Was sw 9h his e. acme %ns 90 o. S sM0rStHfH lie q hSd g
BEEN c% hall SaS TSy ~ q child. 80
alone aS@ IN ahfe 'e Train as knit SHeR his 81 broys s"u"N -'"'D'
tes ~SSoR n. F Billet h. he f PTefe slO Sf tfol iiSSP 3 fSsS son
mI Beneath t6ot this |..oi youths froth was the 'le-
passed Armand, The. railway is clFTCuitopsS;
tRS S srsi Eet T oSt s as Ciar Mot tgl n SHEt M S''0'N'
onIy az ab SSRoifa osr esGSaheHi He s0F w SR5Sd tS
yards down the street. stopped at 40 unpretsn.
s SoSs hSteI S SsS d Tss p saSthss' to asS PiSSy. s Sl,
His syss began to sparkle and his fest 70 tread
His problem was not merely to and Mrs.
v vI5s nS5 o but M r. soV VsD silRssslt nS We'll AllrRGTPRR es
thing was not easy, but with every additional
glass his hopes grew rosier,hasSd. toro.t,,,.
nam ne HSa Know a Nine eg groWer about -hIeresfS" he
asked oi the patron e his hotel.
IA German. sirr NO"
II know none such. monsieur. But 1 havef
been only here six months; you, would pc moEet
likely TO fnd what you want by inouirinE I'M
!Ah. veil it is oil one." said Armand to him,
selfe"FolIiet can't be here before night 9nd II
shall know by then. Another glass ofS'9o.
~ went presently; after bEIsak5t oss, sn Sn9 tSo
ing through the town, Whtstling LOUDLY ior a tne
on his head. Armand, %. Tr: Arnold says OF
Heine. was 90 essentially "disrespectable."
ways STss the Rew sun ne was Ssf br 9Sine the StU WINE ran IS' VHividiy
i Rer sif IN y tSIs lana gSssyDd5eedd S 5S %ah' loving e shS VI VIII Il
CRYING Spend usl spend us!" po Or the &C other her
than Foiliet It would be too hard. too poor. IL
he threy away ;, biz ga ad t;Is Ge. rroh.n,v work
ing hard. strainiPg every nerve, E SfS st Isme ,,
he sser .h9 9}%s he Of he salS he hs G dqy ef eSe 1 n5S f fsePs
in his pocket he struck up q song and entered
o drinking house.
and and U opposite. This rendered, mis- equilibrium
unstable. He was unsteady"
did aq not sn for moment entirely lose sight oi the
s %sin IN y pFettS Sf int ais f iife ' q sioxi M 'e eoal Under Ter
heaps Of nun and ashes. He stopped a passer-
't..%Sat Is the nearest villaeea"
"Rouiet."'
-Four Elometresn
is It a decent placer Any fine houses SIM
TT is rather q poor place" :
ANY vineyards neal. itf""
Two or three round it."
"9h. SeTtslnlly. 1t possesses the:besevtnes'
in .t The district Y riot monsienrn
He set OH. He had already decided to seek
what he wanted In e poor rather than 9 rich
locality. and in q village rather than IN the
Roufet he found to consist Of q steep street.
flag paved. He passed through IT singing.
and near the further end entered a diminutive
On each side Of the door two men wereleap-
f fG1 with a. thick Black mSne Of half; the
the centre OF the ridge. The proprietor Of
erence which Armand as he entered noted.
Re could hear that they we're falling about
, otEeT great battle taking place on the follow
AS Armand onLeIeu inc lhuuIDTu eIt JlO
door to serve him. The other I1lan. who
ies|s Sos to be the Rer inH idH oarl tioffo Rwdy and n as he
| u Veil halS Se ssiH Pierre. it is long since have
bought h.n . h glass ; Of Of my 3gr wi vine line from you l.
i ":Ah. that's taking answered Pierre. We
must Vst marx 4bn 81 it ~ w 'h with niD eh 9l61er,s broken noss
was Of SO vivid q scarlet that it was certain
the drinking OF his own wine, was not'such a
, NOW. here's a spark from Paris said the
cut Of his clothes and the way he sips his
| wine. as 4 it were dangerous. Isn't that 80
t With this playful sally he addressed Ar
mand. They. were standing side by side.
: SHOULDER to shoulder; uu,nd .1.u ,roo,
":AAnd what are you doing our wayInS3}0riqs6'
i You are quite a stranger here. thenS"
what do vow think Of the chances Ola bat
1t don't care a curse about the chances Of q
battle tomorrow. What does It m,Ftter to
s9iht as S ESS and n Sst he att s04 ny aH iSft 'RsIs Is ia
| at | ySsi l. S sSS R,sy hs sSst tHsuRhs that toaool
" Hem him. 10 PlEe STe He asks III can play
s6h. that's, oil Hight then Only: doDnEt play
full what those Paris chaps think OF them.
/ o it isn't that" said Armand. "Itlearned
to play at Heidelberg. which is the Very best
What! You have been in Germrhy2""
Rather. NV mother was O German"
Damn it! we'll, SO was mine. aad i'm moi
"Goodl I don't mind taking YOU at a game
then. But chess playing isn't wfat | devote
myself mostly to. / have another hobby"
And what's that2'
Stamp collecting"
. Armand had seen a pocketbook, end stick.
ing from the breast Of the straI ger, such q
. one as Is used for the Temporal AIRY home Of
r stamps, and, standing a little out the %serrated
. edges OF some specimen sheets.
8 The man was, sur,2rised; ~,
l mol" he said. why, it's wonderful 1t't
. the very thing l do myself"
q NV got a fine example OF the suppressed
: Nevis 81" remarked Armand.