Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09

1t was Paris. My room was on the top
noor of the Hotel Dinda. | could look out
across the little court yard at an un.nter-
es,trg row OF yellow cnin ney pots rising
against a dim. yellow evening sky, and be
low three rows Of lighted windows. and still
below an iridescent g.are from the glass
kiosk that extended from the cafe
1t was very still but now and then
laugh or few words blew in at the win
dow. had Just finished dressing. and be-
fore I left the room l stepped across and
stood there for a minute gazing down at
the court yard. A figure sitting at little
metal table in the corner caught my eye
a young man with a silk hat pushed back
from his head his legs were crossed. and
he was moving his foot nervously back and
forth A cigarette was in his fingers.
There was something so familiar in the
pose that | looked closer. and as l watched
him without apparent effort. the clsare'te
left his hand and described fiery arch
across the court yard
There was only ore man that knew who
could catapuIt a cigarette or d cigar In that
remarkable fashiUn-my old chum, CharAe
Cummings. leaned over a slA ana maK a
n trumpet Of my hands called, as had
often called up at his windows in the oid
college days.
.'HaI-l-I-I-o-o Charlie Cummings" in
distinct whisper. Mind you, il was ten
StAiS - III ii - 80, hin,
The effect was electrical The nervous
motion Of the loot stopped. He extended
ms hii!-u Uft'ig a. min ny .tt;1,,
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ing his head and without any surprise peiiIs
manifested in mis- voice
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