The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-10-21

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The morning papers fared once
more with the name of Larrabee 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.
| great many people Leep 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 ui
his sister. asking me TO be OH lie
| lookout for Italian earrings to add
| to her collection OF old jewels. 80
| 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 Oh Capri. eating
4 the lotus which grows ON that happy
1 island and painting very little. But
| even on Capri people sometimes hear
the call of Paris, so there came at last
1ne day when /. knowing that the
horse chestuuts were in bloom along
the Champs Elysees. threw my rope
soled shoes TO beggar. packed Il
rusty trunk and was Off for the banks
Of the Seine.
Az the end OF a fortnight | went
over into Normandy and deposited
| that rusty trunk OF mine ln corner
Of the summer pavilion In the court
yard of Nine Brossard's inn. Les TroiS
Pigeons. i'm woodland neighborhood
that is there. Here l had painted
through prolific summer or my youth.
and was glad to find. as had hoped.
nothing changed. for the place was
dea- to me. Nine. Brossard dark.
thin, demure as OF yore, a fine looking
woman with m fine manner and much
the flavor of old Norman portraits
gave me pleasant welcome, remem-
bering me readily. but without sur
prise. while Amedee. the antique servi-
tor. cackled over me and was as proud
Of my advent as III had been a new
egg and he had laid me. The simile
In grotesque. but Amedee is the most
henlike waiter In France.
He is white haired, fat old fellow.
always well shaved, as neat as bill
lizard ball. In the daytime, when he
Is partly porter. he wears a black tie.
a gray waistcoat broadly striped With
scarlet, ard from waist TO feet a white
| apron like skirt and so competently
| encircling that his trousers are OF mere
conventionaIity and no real necessity.
but after o'clock becoming altogeth
er a maitre d hOteh be is clad rs any
other formal gentleman.
| Amedee'S suggestions as to my re
past were deferential, but insistrnI.
His manner was that of prime min
lister who goes through the fern ~
convincing the sovereign. He greeted
each of his own decisions with Il very
| loud "Bienr" rs if startled by the bril-
| fancy of my selections and. the menu
being concluded. exploded il whole vol
| ley of "BienS and set off violently 10
| instruct old Castor, the cook.
The inn itself II gray with age. the
roof sagSing pleasantly here and there.
and an old wooden gallery runs the
| length of each wing. the guest cham
berS of the upper story opening upon
it like the deck rooms of a steamer.
with boxes of tulips and hyacinth&
along the gallery ratings and window
lodges for the gayest of border lines
In the course of time and well with
in the bright twilight Amedee spread
the crisp white cloth and seXYed me al
table on my pavilion porch. He
feigned anxiety lest | should find Ger
tain dishes those whAch he knew were
most delectablel not to my taste. but
was obviously 50 distended with fatu-
Gus pride over the whole meal that 1t
became Il temptation to denounce at
least some triiing sauce or garnish-
mpnt. Nevertheless so much mendacity
proved beyond me, and | spared him
and my own conscience. The salad
prepared and the water bubbling in
the coffee machine, he favored me wit h
d discourse on the decline in glory OF
Les TroiS Pigeons.
Monsieur. 1t is the automobiles
| They have done it. Formerly. as when
monsieur was here. the painters came
from Paris. What busy times and
what drulIeries. All. ID was gay Ill
those days. Monsieur remembers well
Ha la. But now, think, the auto
mobiles have frightened away TIN"
painters.
Il should have said that we should
b. happier III we had many like mon
sieur." Went on Amedee. But ii J..
early III tho season ID despair. Then.
too. our best suit is already engaged"
by whom" -A - M.
Tive men of science who arrive
next week. Dnp H. a great man. Nine
Brossard Is pleased that he Is coming
to Les Trois Pigeons. but tell her ~
is only natural. He comes now for the
first time because he likes the quiet.
"Who is the great man, Amedee?"
t''Ah. Ar distinguished professor ~
science. truly. he is member OF the
INSTITUTE Monsieur must have heard
Of that great Professor Keredec?'
The name IL known. Who ~ the
otherr
4 ga friend OF his. i do not know. All
the upper floor Of the east wing they
have taken--the grand guit-those two
and their valet de chambre. That Is
truly the way in modern times the
philosophers are rich men," IVY n..
"Yes,"I sighed. ''Only the painters
are poor nowadays" v.
GHa, ha, monsieur Amedee laugh