Cañon City record., 1901-04-18
LETTER NJ.

LETTER Nj.
Beloved-If two days slip by. don't
know where l am when come to write.
Things get SO crowded in such a short
space OF time. Where left OF l know
not ! will begin where / am most
awake-your letter which have just
received.
That Ia well. dearest: that is well, In
deed; u truce till February! And since
the struggle then must needs be n
sharp one-with only one end. as we
know-do not yex her now by any
overt signs of preparation, as II you
assumed already that her final argu-
ments were to be MS so much chat be
fore the wind. You do not tell me what
she argues, and ! do not ask. She does
not say shall not love you enough.
To answer businesslike TO your ques-
tions first: With your forgiveness. we
stay here TIL the 18th and get back to
England with the last OF the month.
Does that seem a very cruel. farofY
dateI Others have the wish to stay
even longer. and IL would be no fair
ness 10 hurry them beyond n certain
degree Of reasonnbleness with my par
ticnlar reason for impatience, seeing,
moreover. that In your love have ey-
cry help for remaining patient. II is
too much to hope. I suppose. thnt the
truce" sets you free now and that you
could meet us here after all and pro
long our stay indefinitely / know one
besides myself who would be gind and
would welcome IN outside excuse dear
1y.
For, oh, the funnIness of near and
dear things, Arthur's heart is laid up
with small love affair. and II is tn.
comicalest OF Internal maladies. He is
screwinr up courage to tell me all
about II. and I write in haste before
my mouth Is sealed by his condolences.
I fancy know the party. an energetic
little mortal whom we met at Lucerne.
where Arthur fingered while we came
on TO Florence. She talked vaguely OF
being In Venice some time this autumn.
and the vagueness continues Arthur
In consequence roams round disconso.
lately. with no interest but In hotel
books. And for fear lest we should
grid up his ioins and drag him away
with us out OF paradisal possibilities he
~ forever prnising Venice as resting
place and saying he wants TO be no
where else. The bathing just keeps
him alive. but when put TO Il 10 explain
what charms him since pictures do not
and architecture only slightly he says
In exemplary brotberly fashion that he
likes TO sec me completing my educa-
ton and enthusiasns and does not real.
ize with how foreign an air that cxpla.
nation sits upon his shoulders.
saw today remnant OF your pa
tron saint and for your sake transfer.
red kiss 20 II. Italian fashion. with
my thumb and the sign OF the cross.
hope IL win do you good. Also have
been up among the galleries Of St
Marks and about the roof and the west
front whrre somebody or another
painted his picture OF the bronze
horses.
The pigeons get to recognize people
personally and grow more Intimate ev-
cry time we come. even conceive
they made favoritcs. for I had three
pccking food out OF my mouth today
and refusing to take I, In any other
fashion. and they COO and say thank
you before and after every seed they
take or spill They are quite the pleas
ATTEST of all the Italian bcggar-and
the clcanest.
Your friend pressed us into tea yes.
'tcrday. think less for the sake OF CIV
Ing us tna than that we should see his
palace. or rather his first door, In
which alone he seems TO lose himself.
I have no Idea for measurements. but
imagine his big sala is about so feet
long and perhaps % across, with fiat
beamcd roof windows Mt each end and
portiercs along the walls OF old blue
Venetian linen. a place In which Il
seems one could only live and think no
bly,. His face seems to respond to Its
tcschings. What more might not an
environment like that bring out In you?
Come and let me scel l have hopes
springing as think OF things that you
may be coming after all and that that
Ia what lay concealed under the gayety
of your last paragraph. Then am more
blessed even than | knew. What, you
are comingf So well do love you. my
bclovedi