The Washington weekly post., 1900-03-27
AGLIMPSE OF BOHEMIA.
NV naERr RloELow PAINE.

..r+ b.CExdrd until her eyes were direct
r .a the ceiling and her muscles had /
t.-. s~aef-l By the needed tension.
-rsr srt swung about Ia her revolving 1
-r.sr r.r rrr feet comfortably on little /
...aI and. selecting tiny cigarette from 4
... things on her drawing table, III II I
.-a ...skel-daiutily. as a woman ,
.--o.-4-lat with satisfaction. The fair- /
r.lreE Young man lounging in the win !
,s.r-s.at opposite also smoked while he 4
..gsr8ed the girl through half-closed lids. /
F.- time both were silent. Then the 4
y0grs man spoke
-P4nsy. you little imp, l love you" he |
sd
Perhaps there was just the least twitch- |
rg O. au eyeAd, but the girls voice was |
luI.syUrued
NO. that isn't true" she said. quietly. |
III (. were you would say 1t differently
oh p-haW. Pausy, / wouldn't, ether /
You know what mean. You know say |
ftst because yOI are $3.50 bewitching !
and know everything In the world about
,y-rgtl.ug-art and people. l mean-and
aye u1, bound down by a lot Of silly, sim
Drriug cuuyrUliOuS-"
yes. ] know" Pansy interrupted calm
lv but youu prefer that the woman you
love. when you find her, doesn't know
everything about everything, a.ta that
shes shackled 10 her very eyes with con-
y-nu0us. I mean. of course. the woman
yal decide TO marry" she concluded, with
perhaps just q breath OF difference in
me quality Of her voice. The young man
sat W.
It's no such thing" he began hotly,
"lol know ] always said"
That artists - writers. too, I mean -
should never marry. We agreed about
that from the beginning. / suppose you
Eere afraid that / would fall in love with
sou because | had your stories to Illus
trate and wanted 10 warn me in time"
"Pansy"'
But why not? Ii was the proper thing
90 So. II made me feel quite free to let
you come here, and we've done such a lot
o. stun together and good stuff, too-at
least it went, and that's the main thing.
Now, you see. il 1t hadn't been for the
clear understanding at the start"
The young man half rose.
oh, nonsense. Pansy! There wasn't
any understanding, at least not on my
part II l said that. Il was only as gen
eral principle. There are exceptions, of
course"
Pansy dropped the half-smoked little
cigarette into an ash tray and lit fresh
one.
It's hardly safe to count on the excep-
TONS" she unused; your general principe
Is one to rely on. l believe as much as
you do that artists should not marry. You
see"
'Oh, we'll, Pansy, we're not artists any
way" laughed the other. You just draw
a little. you know, and i"
The editor of Childhood doesn't think
So" interrupted Pansy. I'm TO have the
frontispiece and two stories in the Christ
mas number. Fifteen drawings in all
And you're TO have a story and a poem
The editor says Wen own the magazine
inside of a year if We keep on
The young man also lit a fresh cigarette
and leaned back In the seat.
Yes, | know; but that's just magazine
stuff. | mean the real thing-yOu know
what / mean. BY the way, Pansy, what
would the editors OF Childhood say to see
Us smoking here comfortably together
over their things, l wonder%'
The girls eyes let out scarcely a per-
ceptible spark
The girl that you marry will not do
anything that the editor of Childhood or
any one else might not see"
Forgive me, Pansy." The young man
walked over and dropped into rattan
chair facing her. Il only meant that they
were so very proper, you know, and"
And i meant that your wife would he
just as proper-provided you have really
concluded that artists should marry,
meaning yourself, of course"
And yourself-not one without the
other, See here, Pansy, I'm going TO make
confession, did say that when l first
came here so that-sO that yOu-that we
might feel independent, you know, and
free with each Other--that is, / didn't
want you to"
To fall in love with you, of course
Don't. Pansy. / didn't want you to be
afraid OF my falling in love with you,
cont you see-it was on your account,
really"
That's right; put it on TO the wo-
man"
And you know how pretty you are"
Thanks awfully."
blt l did II, Pansy. all the same I
son Z know just when it happened. But
'y and by when We got TO calling each
',Avi by our first names, or last names,
w any OLD name that came handy and
seemed 20 fit"
An. Yes, little imp. for instance"
VOW Pansy, you know"
p1' OF course, Jack: don't mind-I like
And then, when GOT to coming here
every ddy for a little inspiration. and a
H'Ae' and 10 talk over our work. then
'' az once I knew that IL was lust be-
.-+ s'1 We're here ana that l loved you
gra., ''''' Couldn't live without you
r..-.r4 anu then / thought how fine IL
-' a'"ays 10 work together, and do
mali. ' :. Ina, .Nal I'm usi and by and by to
s.,a,, e''0' success together, don't you
....r. ''"Is man had leaned forward TO
T-.. - 'lt WorfS had come eagerly.
80 ''ld been lgoking steadily at her
49,, az SIZE list fned. She struck away
0"e lhdl hdJ perhaps curled I'D toe
.-..s,.. eyes. hJr voice was not quite
"-'" Sne Poke, but became firmer
--r Proceeded
. good fplan, Jack" she assent
r.--,', you Se'I the work is the main
90 '' AFTER 4 II. The work and maybe
,. ~'eSHif IL is pleasant 20 have
-'o' lh hrfe as you say, and Ike
,I- S''i'es- We agree on the same
80 you Ste. and it's pleasant 10 do
-, lAen fye quarrel sometimes, and
nun lot, as things are. But cont
r, s,r II We/were married il would spoil
- 7hJuld quarrel i'm earnest, then,
,oe - efalous OF each others success.
u o. Wjrk didn't 20 you would say it
va besaj jse / slighted II, and you
To-'et I Ggant 10 be here 80 much. eithsr.
men 30 perhaps | wouldn't want yoI To
ahP then. don't you see-boih Of us
.t ttlnsy don't, Stop. No. don't see"
Jh well, being a man. perhaps you
fht but that's how IL would be. I'm
=" sure, and then, Es ! was going TO
r. both u Us would suffer more than a
80 many other people. because the ar
80. temperament always suffers from d
'l 'h.Hgs that other people don't even
%" exist. and by and by We should hate
fa't Other
Farsyr'
Hano - on with somebody else"
"a al night, Jack, won t II you mind