The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-04

CONTINUED from Yesterday
"Oh. the pain. she cried. THAT Inn
beetle! If be has let me break my leg.
A pretty dancer should be! I hope
he is killed'
Another automobile had already come
up, and the occupants were hastily
alighting. Ward shouted to the fore
most to go for doctor.
Il am doctor" the man answered.
advancing and kneellng quickly by the
dancer. And you-you, may be Of
help yender."
We turned toward the ruined car.
where Wards driver was shouting for
us.
what is it?" called Ward as we ran
toward him.
Monsieur" he replied. there Is
some one under the tonneau here"
From beneath the overturned tom
neau projected the lower part of
mans leg clad in brown puttee and
q russell shoe Wards driver had
brought his tools, he'd lacked up the
car as high as possible, but was still
After considerable effort we rescued
the Imprisoned body, which stirred In
pain.
T found that l was looking almost
straight down into the upturned face
of Larrabee Hartman. and cannot bet
ter express what this man had come to
be and what the degradation of his life
had written upon him than by saying
that the dreadful thing l looked upon
now was no more horrible a sight than
the face / had seen. fresh from the
valet and smiling in ugly pride at the
starers, as he passed the terrace Of
i4arue on the day before the Grand
Prix.
We helped to carry him TO the doc
tors car and to lift the dancer into
Wards and to get both of them out
again at the hospital Mt Versailles.
where they were taken.
"Dld it seem to you" said George
jured could have any chance OF getting
well?"
'tNo." | answered 81 thought be
was dying as we carried him into the
hospital"
$50 did 7. The top of bis head seem
ed all crushed III. whew." After a
pause he added thoughtfully. 1T will
be a great thing for Louise"
Louise was the name OF his second
cousin. the girl who had done battle
with all her family and then run away
from them to be Larrabee Harman's
wife. Remembering the stir that her
application for divorce had made,
did not understand how Harman's
death could benefit her. unless George
had some reason to believe that he had
made a will In her favor. However.
the remark had been made more to
himself than to me, and ! did not re-
epond.
The morning papers fiared once
more with the name OF I.arrabee Har-
man. and we read that he was linger-
Ing. And the dancer had been right.
One of her legs was badly broken.
She would never dance again.
A great many people keep their friends
in mind by writing to them, but more
do not. and Ward and belong to the
majority. After my departure from
Paris | had but one missive from him.
short note written at the request OF
his sister, asking me to be on the
lookout for Italian earrings to add
to her collection of old jewels. So
from time to time | sent her what
could find about Capri or in Naples.
and she responded with neat little
letters of acknowledgment.
Two years | stayed on Capri. eating
the lotus which grows on that happy
island and painting very little. But
even on Capri people sometimez. hear
the call Of Paris. so there came al lust
fine day when |. knowing that the
horse chestnuts were In bloom alon:.
the Champs Eiysees. threw my ,ope
soled shoes to Il beggar. pnc.ti II
rusty trunk and VAS Off for the banks
of the Seine.
At the end of fortnight | went
over into Normandy and deposited
that rusty trunk of mine In corner
Of the summer pavilion In the court
yard OF Niue. Brossard's inn. Les Trois
Pigeons. In n woodland neighborh0od
that is there. Here | had painted
through n prolific summer OF my youth.
and was glad to find, as had hoped.
nothing changed. for the place was
dear to me. Nine. Brossard dark,
thin. demure as OF yore, hne looking
woman with Il fine manner and much
the favor OF old Norman portraitsl
gave me u pleasant welcome. renem-
bering me readily. but without sur
prise. while Ameiee. the antique servi-
tor, cackled over me aud was as proud
of my advent AK II | had been new
egg and he had laid me. The simiie
Is grotesqne. hut Amedee Is the most
heniike walter Iii France.
He is a white haired. fat old fellow.
always well shaved. rs neat IN bill
Hard ball. In the daytime, when he
4 partly porter. he wears black tie,
gray wAisfcoat broadly striped with
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