The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-23

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#; OF rage, flung an offending dressing
1 gown. and thereby greatly frightened the
/ horses of the Bayeux diligence standing
/ directly below.
/ Down stairs the long low sale a manger.
panelied in white and hung with many
mirrors. recalls several legends OF the poor
| old exile. Here he daily. at FIVE O'Clock.
took his seat az the table dhote, enjoying
| TO the full this last remnant OF social
| ceremony. and watching jealousy the
neat piles of Charles and OF petit fours.
! the bottles o fMedoc and cider which
| adorned the table. while disputing the
wings Of the chickens with another Eng
fish guest. During his earlier days at the
hotel it was esteemed a privilege 10 sit
beside the ex-cOnsul and listen 10 his talk
| but on the neishborhood OF the former
epicuren cynic, degenerated into a silent
glutton. was avoided by everyone. II was
here one winter evening, while the walters
were distributing the steaming pot au feu
that Brummeu received his urst paralytic
pressed TO his distorted face Character
istically, the words which were almost
his last referred 10 the familiar function
which had taken the place Of court cere-
monial in his life-'"Ta ble-de' hote tou-
jours a cinq heures?'' he said on recog-
nizing the landlord who had come 10 visit
him on his death-bed, BON, je descend
rails"
One of the queer little sitting rooms up
on the ground floor of the hotel. 10 be
reached only through the courtyard. and
darkened on the brightest day by the high
surrounding walls. is connected with an
other episode IN Beau BrummeG's sojuorn
here. On winters day. toward the close
Of his life. an English lady. evidently
woman Of position, but closely yelled. ar
rived at the hotel and told the landlord
that she desired to see Mr. BrlmmeH.
herself unseen. At his suggestion she
seated herself In this parlor. which COM
mands view OF the main stairway. aud
after half an hours waiting saw The AGED
Beau wrapped in his familiar high-colar-
ed cloak. descend the stairs and crawl
across the courtyard on his way 70 the
tabled hote. He passed. unconscious Of
her presence. and It is said that she wepr
bitterly; later. she departed unrecoEnfzed.
nor has her identity ever been discovered.
hotel. may stlI be seen the gay little shop
with its trays Of eclairs and sponge cakes.
its decanters Of Madeira and cassis. ard
the little round tables. whithe Beau
Brummel went daily to consume two
biscuits de Rheims and a glass Of Cura-
Goa When his money gave out complete /
ly he was wont 70 pay for these dele !
cacies with bit after bit of his cherished I
bric-a-brac. 70 the great advantage 81 The 4
pastry cook. Il was not the mere enjoy /
ment Of this simple concentration which 4
brought the poor old dandy 70 the shop
but the daily contemplation from hts seat
by the window Of the varied crowd which f.
enlivened the hoary streets Of s. Jean
which row served as his Pail Maii-of-
hcers with high boots and scarlet brech-
es. demur nuns blue. black. or gray.
sbepherding herds Of school girls. priest7
holding Up their cossacks from tho mud.
market women in the small fat cap 81
blue-bloused peasants pushing
5arrows ~ vegetables. Just as We SEQ them
today. when he had nothing left n sell
1e still pursued this poor phantom ~ the
social show and STOPPED % 2 me- rer
,afe near the Place ROysic. IN the duskv
shadow n the dusky nave n ST szu
7eur. where the ianfizdv ia not krfv
lim and vas therefore willing 20 'rse-
him for a c7p Of coffee n an afternoon
IN tho ancient arIg'ocra.ics U.s. secluded
HOUSES ~ trr Rue dos srrner and tho pus
jos Chsroinr4. whose gray fronts aye ar
ienur as hose ~ The surrounding con-
rents. Beau Brummct. vas vel rrlefvas
" his arrival and ~ lodged fo- tine
n the house n a Erion % Norman ar.e-
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