The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-08

departure OF Professor Kere-
dec and his singular friend
would have been to settle myself be-
fore my nya again with the lnten-
ton of painting. and that Is what III
did. At least. / resumed my camp
stool and went through some OF the
motions habituaiiy connected with the
act of painting.
In fine, / sat there brush padding
my failure ike an and SAP
ing over and over aloud: What II
wrong with him: What is wrong with
him 90
came cut of my raFicaleFed study
with a start. caused by the discovers
that | had absentmindedly squeezed
upon my palette the entire contents Ok
an expensive tube of covait violet.
The furpentine rag at least proved
effective. / secured away the Inst
tokens of my failure with It. wishing
that life were like the canvas n that
men had knowledge OF The right ce-
lestinI turpentipe. After that | clean
ed my brushes. packed Inc shouidered
my Kit and. With d tinal i-fipreeatlan
upon all sausage sandwiches, took up
my way once more to Les Trois IL
geons.
Striding along at a good gait and
chanting generously, "On Linden when
the sun was low" l left the rougner
boscages of, the forest behind me and
emerged just at sunset npou an or
DERBY fringe of woodland where the
ground was neat and unincumbered
and the trimmed trees stood at polite
distances. bowling slightly to . n1-
other with small. well bred rustiinEs-
stood upon Quesnay ground.
Before me stretched a short. broad
venue or rurr. Tending TO the chntetrt
-stepe- : with
strips of newer gardens and Intervals
OF sward. and agai,ist the green il
rising la WI marked the figure OF ~
woman pausing TO bend over some
Towering bush. The lady upon the
slope was Nine. d'Armand. the inspirn~
ton OF Amedee's Monster has muCh
to lire for"
Once more this day | Endorsed that
worthy mans opin,on. for. though I
was too far distant to see clearly.
knew that roses trimmed Nine. OAR
mand's white hat n that sha had
passed me no long time since in NJ
forest.
had come far out of my way. 20
retraced my steps TO the i~ntersection
of the paths aud thence made for the
inn ny my accustomed route. Not fae
along the road from where | came Into
1t stood an old. brown. deep thatched
cottage. "A branch of brushwood over
the door prettiiy b~eckoning traveierg
to the knowledge that cider was neres
for the thirsty. and as drew near 4
perceived that u awaited himself AZ
the invitation. A group stood about
the open door. the lamplight from
within disclosing the head OF the ou1o
Cling a cup for the w%aytarer,
The latter was a most mundane ana
elaborate wayfarer indeed-a sm4lkN
young man very lightly made. like ~
jockey and point device in khaki. put
tees. pongee cap. white . greeM J
stock. a kBapsaek on his back y =
bamboo stick under his arm. He spok~kk
though with Il detestabie accent. IN IL
rough and ready. picked up diaiect q
Partisan slang. while Pere BaudxG
contributed his SHIRE of the e~0ffvSer4txss
tIon In Il slow patois. As both Ml
spoke at the same time and nelt1&
understood two consecutirSw words s14
other said. 1t struck me at TIM
logue might prove anproductive AZ 9t3s
highly important results this side 4
MichaeImas. Therefore. disc0te{yM
that the very pedestrian gentt4NE
was making xon sort Of inquiry
cerning Les Trails Pigeons 1 eAfne
a hair n protferea aid. :sSSs %zsSs
Are. xnu iookiuy ior Nina
sard.s:' | asked 10 English.
The trave1er uttered N sxclanaat1
and Jared about with ! 3nkap
IKE fer quickness.
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