The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-08
~ RalGERT NfAlRICF
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erary9 Press.

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Down the, avenue, whirllng and
turning. siagins gsy snatches Of hap
by French. laughing and sh9uhnst
twlning In and out. amons the rIot Of
the throug. swung the twr American
girls. jean Newton and Alice Edge
cont. from The Hcpl Husby. a"d
their eseorting cavaliers. The young
ofiicsr T3u Val and MS aver constant
friend. the genial Gouut de LuceauN,
a thing Unparalleled. - ihe etttses OF
the kYeEef., was tu1s eseutt. ans hssi'-
rronee alad fFee 'syat Americans 81 =
Americans ard tf}s was tae fete OF
3 the carnjsas Whea er8Its. fof the most
: Part. ars ff0Hne& away.
Moreover. what as9 it matter, any
way Tfey wesa Al. ent aioe0 ia PINK
sinnaIaoes. Ghe nooas drawn etase. and
in the case o. the two girls. Ga0bly
prntecte8 hy the tiny velvet masks
Anu ali IF Nice VAS ou : holiday anu
unlikely 10 behold tne mote Care
WAS forgotten. convention cast aside.
as nnaer the ropes 81 Threaded lights
common ana aake fair iaas and beS~
gar maid. all atErt9 Ter mo festival
mai swlra Of cpEfetu showers
A sudden shvut ana the crowd.
tookina GOWN the lAht-stEewn Way
3 behe3a the massive dragons, 81 mo-
msnt since Aat wirs skeletons guard
ing the ensrane. 10 the avenue, HAme
into snd@en hri!itance. The white
threads changed 10 vivid rose, strange
unexpected greens made weird the
scene. and then. beneath the rvh. IN
txr4i p AT q
marching thc beriamed array ot the
capital guard. There @s.s 4 scatter
ing from lett 10 right Il vivid b8are
Of trampets loaa shouting from ahead
and carniVal was coming
The glri JEAN -tauaias tistoe. found
herself shouting with al the rest.
King Carnival Her dreams. hcr
ambitions seemed realized ia the
Astounding spirit Of TINS fee. How
che had lensea for AL TITS very thing
( The gay life. the complete forgetting
of seg. the branching oft into a new
world. King Carnival and Nice
Y He WAS coming n5~, that strange
of tbs ever imaginative
\ Nrench, the patron Of their yearly
SHAaet- He came, net ii mere human
gsxnaGonced la massive chariot. but a
NJnarveloGa mechanism. "A giant dunn
N1uy twinea with fl0wers, seated high
E&A4A n H0GIs. Af6&E 6E t$ KY pune u
Anoniee. lie MAS 81 prod. giaHs erea-
1ure, astride his polar bear. surround
"a b. Wee sea urchins. There Bas
sroncwed binding OF confetti. the deaf
entng din OF shouts another burst of
music and the king was gone.
But, following, came the queen. And
after that cavaliers and grenadters
1ollowin Ing fantasy on fantasy, new gqr-
4 9eoas-Iis bands. soldiers on
\ pfAncing steeds, present and past, fact
saand fancy. a strange and motley jun
{ HtD~--sand the dream was gone
After all IL seemed but dream.
= Vision, unreal, intangible Perhaps
\ With the restless sureiug OF the crowd
the tension breaking With the pass
NM OF the pageant. the reaction was
4 Netting In, and the girl realized for
the first time her material self ant
the wear Ii had endured. For twt
che bad been moving IN a,
q atmosphere az oyer8rought excite
I ssent- She was mentally and phvx
4 acally tagged She turned to he
4 Friends Alice, We must be going
n but she found herself gazing into IN,
vacant eyes Of q hedizened CoIurnffni
md already they were gone
Surely she could not have left me-
u alone in all this soothing madness
Alone she who had never been upol
" the streets without guide or friend
4 She drew her hood close about he
b 1ane. for once thanking all her star
THAT she was tall and slim In tin
n protecting domino. among the small
n Foreigners. she might well simulate
NJ man. There could be no harm /,
III that. And even now. she saw ia
1niliar forms beyond She elbowe,
pnHt a fiippnnt pofnpadour and he
e4tendant squire. striving To reach tn
thfNe. Eut strange face met her