The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-14

utes II any one arrives In my absence. do
honors for me. viii you noty-
And he carried OF Mathilde. who Kept drying her
eyes with her handkerchief she went along.
Left to himself. NJ savai succeeded IN putting
everything around him order. Then he lghtea
the candles. and waited
He waited for q quarter or hour. half hour.
an hour Romantin did not return Then. sud
denly. there was = dreadful noise on shs stairs
He heard song shouted out IN chorus by twenty
mouths and a uamPing OF feet like that OF .
Prussan regiment The whole house shaken
by the heavy tread. The door few open and a mot
ley throns appesred-a long line OF men and women
holding another by the arnL and KICKING their
the studio like snake uneoiiing itself They
how!ed:
Come. and let Us all be merry.
Pretty maids and soldiers ssyr'
saval. thunderstruck. remained standing under
the chandelier. The procession OF rsvsisrA caught
sight OF him. and shouted:
"A wsiterl \ waiter"'
And they began whirling round him. surrounding
him with circle OF vociferations Then they took
each other by the hand and went dancing about
msdly.
'Ladies-Gent!emen-iadies- attempted 90
explain.
But they did not listen. They whiried about
they jumped they shouted at the top OF tneir
voices.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. savaI again.
tail young fellow. fair-haired and bearded -
the nose. interrupted him:
What's your name friend--
y am Mr. savaL" said the notary thoroughly
frightened
You mean Baptiste.- a voice exclaimed.
Let the waiter alone" a woman shouted
You'll end by making him get angry. He's pAid
TO and TO be laughed at"
Then saval noticed that each guest had brought
mis- own provisions One held bottle OF wine.
and the other pie This had loaf OF bread
and that a ham.
The tall. fair young fellow placed In his hands
an enormous sausage. and gave orders;
y say! Go and fix the sideboard in the corner
there You put the bottles At the ieft
and the provisions at the right"
Saval, getting quite distracted exclaimed: But
messieurs. / notaryr
There moments silence, and then Q wiia
outburst of laughter. One suspicious gentleman
asked
How comes 1T you herer'
He explained. telling about his project goins
TO opera. his departure from Vernon. his
rival in Paris and way in which he had spent
the evening
They sat around listen him: they greeted
him with words OF applause. and called him
Scheherazade --..---r.-
Romantn did not back. Other guests ar
rived saval was presented them that he
might begin his story over again When he de-
cIined they forced him relate 1t. They fixed him
on one of the three chairs between women. who
kept constantly filling his glass. he drank; he
laughed: he talked he sang. too. He tried te
waltz with his chair and fell to the ground.
From that moment he forgot everything 4
seemed him. however. that somebody undressed
him and put him to bed. and that his stomach got
sick.
When he broad daylight, and
lay stretched with his feet against cupboard In
strange bed An old woman with a broom in her
hand glaring angrily at him. At last she said
Clear out. you BLACKBOARD! Clear outi What
right has any one to act this wayT -
Where II" he asked. sitting up in bed.
Where you scampg Never mind whers
you are. TAKE yourself and lose 10
about it,
wanted up but ne was raked
in the bed His Clothes had disappeared
blurted
Madame, p
Then he remembered. What was he to dor
Did Monsieur Romantin come backy' he asked
will you get out of herer' the doorkeeper shout
for reply.
Il haven't got my clothes SavaL They
have been taken away from me-" s--. ..-
He had to lie there until his friends sent him
some money TO buy clothes He did not leave
Psris until evening
And now when people talk music To MIN
in his beautiful drawtng-room Vernon, he de.
clares with air authority that painting Is.
inferior