The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-10
THE TWO VANREVELS
Nv BOOTH HARRINGTON.
Copyright by Mcclure. Philips s. Co.


earnest conversations on the street, or
in corners when they met at other peo-
pies houses, always speaking IN voices
too low to be overheard; ard they exer.
cised a mysterious symbolism, somewhat
In tho manner of fellow-members OF q Sc
cret society," they had been observed to
communicate across crowded rooms, by
lifted eyebrow, nod of head, or a surrep-
titious turn of the wrist, so that those who
observed them knew that q question had
been asked and answered
1t was noticed also that there were
i've other initiates to this masonry: Eu-
gene Mndrilon, the elder Chenoweth, Gem
eral Trumble, Tappingham Marsh and
Jefferson Bareaud. Thus, on the after
noon following Miss Betty's Introduction
Ia Rouen's favorite sons and daughters
Mr.. Carewe driving down Main Street,
held up one forehnger to Madrillon as he
saw tho young man turning In at the
club. Eugene nodded gravely, and as ne
went in, discovering Marsh, tho General,
and others listening to Mr.. Gray's expla-
nation Of his return from tho river with
no fish, steadily held UP one finger In his
| turn. Trunlble replied with wink. Tap
! bingham nodded and Crailey slightly
shook his head. Marsh and the General
| started with surprise. and stared incredu-
louly. That Crailey should shake his headl
| II the signal had heen for church mi getting
| they might have understood.
| Mr.. Grays conduct was surprising to
| two other people at about the same time.
| Tom Vanrevel and Eanchon Bareaud, the
former by his sudden devotion to the law,
the latter by his sudden devotion to her
self. In a breath, ne became almost
| domestic character. No moro did ne
| spend his afternoons between tho CLUB
! and the Rouen House bar. nor was MS
| bay mare so often seen stamping down
! the ground about Mrs. McDougals hitch
ing-post while McDougal was out on the
prairie with his engineering squad. The
! idle apprentice was at his desk. and IN
the daytime he displayed an aversion ior
| the Streets which was more than ms
mariner did, for the Industrious Tom, I'M
! dergoing quite as remarkable an a1tera-
| ton Of habit, became all at once little
better than a corner-loafer. His favor
| ite lounging-placa was g emaN drug
| store where Carewe Street debouEhad
upon Main; nevertheless; SO aa ON t - d
| reputation once fastened, his air or pelng
| there upon business deceived everyone ex-
! cept Mr.. Gray
Miss Bareaud was even happier than
she was astonlshed (and she was might
| ily astonished, to find her b.trothed DE-
yeloping a taste for her society alone.
| Formerly she had counted upon the gay
eties of her homo to keep Craley near
| her, now, however, he told her tenderly
he wished to have her all to himself.
| This was not like him, but FAnchon did
| not question:; and 1t was very sweet 10
! her that he began to make 1t his custom
| TO come In by {. side gate add meet hcr
under an apple tree In the DUSK "hels
| they would sit quietly together through
| the evening. listening to thu noise ana
| laughter from tho lighted house.
That house was the most hospitaolee
| in Rouen Always cheerfully fully OF
company" as they said. 1t was the sort
| of house where carpet-dance could pc
arranged in half an hour; a house with
| a sidcboard like the widows cruise; the
| young men always found more MIS-
Bareaud, Southerner. loving 70 per-
suade the visitor that her home was MS
not hers. living only for her art: Whish
was that Of the table. Evil cooks taxi
| ing service with her. became virtuous.
| dealt with nectar and ambrosia. ard
grew fit to pander to Olympus, learning
! If their mistress secrets to make the
| III disposed as genial gods ere they de-
parted Mr. Bareaud at fifty, had liTed
so we'll that he gave up walking. "hlch
did not trouble him, but at Sixty ne gay q,s
up dancing, which did trouble him. his
only hope. he declared. was In Cra1ley's
promise to invest for him concaVe
partner.
There was @ thin. quizzing shank OF
son. Jefferson, who lived upon qulnins,
ague and deviltry; and there were two
daughters. Fanchon and Virginia. Inc
latter was three years older than Fan
chon. as dark as Fanchon was fair.
though not nearly SO pretty; a small,
|! good natured, romping sprite OF girl.
who had handed down the heart and
hand of Cral1ey Gray to her sister with
the best grace in the world. For she
had been the heroine OF one OF Mr.. Gray $
! half dozen or so most serious altalIs,
| and, after furious rivalry with Mr..
| Carewe, the victory was generally con-
| la
| Of about fortnight's duration when
| Fanchon returned from st. Marys; and.
| with the advent of the younger sister,
| the elder who had decided that Crailey
was the incompatible she had dreamed
| of since infancy. was generously allowed
| to discover that he was not that VISION
| that she had fallen in love with her own
idea OF him; whereas Fanchon cared only
| that he be Crailey Gray, whatever kind
| of vision that was. And Fanchon dis
covered that 1t was a great many KINDS
The transfer was made comfortably,
with nice Judgment OF respectable IN,
| terregnum, and to the greater hapnl'
ness of each OF the three young Peopie'
no objection ensuing from the easy-go-
| ing parents, who were devoutly fonu
of Craiey, while the town laughed and
said 1t was only that absurd Crailey
Gray again He and Virginia We're the
best OF friends. and accepted their new
relation with prepostelous lach u CIV
| parraSsment
To bo in love with Crailey became Fan
chon's vocation; she spent all her time
at 1t, and produced a blurred effect upon
strangers. The only man with whom she
seemed quite alive was Vanrevel; a little
because Tom talked OF Crailey, and
great deal because she could talk or
| Crniley to Tom; could tell him freely, as
she could tell no one else. how wonder
full Crailey was. and explain to him her
lovers vagaries on the ground that 1T was
a necessity of geniouses to be unlike tho
less gifted. Nor was she alone In sus-
pectine Mr.. Gray of genius; In the first
place. he was SO odd In the second. his
poems were "already attracting more
than local attention." as the Journal re-
marked, generously for Crailey had
ceased to present his rhymes to that val
liable paper, Ayl Boston, no less was his
| mart.
..e was rather radical In his literary
preferences and hurt the elder Cheno-
weth's feelings by laughing heartily at
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