The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1915-05-25

Any one less fitting than the
vicomte Armand Dc Cha
tellan 10 be tho guardian of
. child Of nine It would be hard to
Imagine at first sight But my father
was no fool.
This gorgeous old night moth OF the
Second Empire. this freauenter Of
Tortoni's and the Cafe de Paris-al-
ways hard up with an income Of 7oo.-
900 francs a year--was . man Of rigid
honor in his way.
Left sole and irresponsible guardian
Of me and my money. he shuffied out
Of his difficulties and bothers by
placing tho latter In the funds and
the. former In the Bourdaioue College
that same college Of the Jesuit
Fathers whore tho Comte do CoiEny
was receiving his education.
Here nine years Of my life wore
spent - nine dull but not unhappy
years. Lame and UNIT for the army,
completely cut OF from the only pro-
fession NJ for n gentleman. to use the
Vicomte's expression. I Jaw the 9TH
ers 30 OF to Join the Military College,
and i would not have felt II 90 bI. :
terly had not do coigny been among
them.
He was my natural enemy. All tho
time we spent together at the Bour-
daloue. we scarcely spoke a word one
to the other. Speeches enmity;
there can scarcely be a worse condi-
ton between boys or men.
Ilttla hs iltsia ~.
tess and the sprightiy Eloise faded
from my mind. tried to look them
up. but they had quilted their hotel
and had loft no address.
At eighteen ! left college. ana the
Vicomte Installed me In . set of
rooms OF my own In Paris. with Jou-
bert for a servant and . comfortable
allowances To liO on. On my eigh-
teenth birthday he took me to the
Tuileries to pay my respects TO the
Third Napoleon. our Empsror.
One might have thought that the
Pahce Of ths TuilePiea belonged 70
the Yicomte de Chatsllan. so per-
fectly at home did he seem. That he
was a well known and respected visi-
tor was evident from the manner of
while the old gentleman. led by an
usher. disappeared for = moment:
then he came back. and. motioning
mo TO follow him. led tho way into q
room where at a desk table. with q
cigarette between his lips and q pen
In his hand. sat Napoleon
lie threw the pen down and rose TO
greet us.
How wrinkied he looked And how
different. seen close and Familiarity.
from what he appeared In his car
riase. amid n cloud OF dust. q git
ter OF sabres. and surrounded by his
guards and gentlemenl
Quite an unfsarful person: old. and
~ thor shunlinB. easy going. and put
ting you at your ease. rather dreamy,
and speaking with a slightly nasal
voice. rolling an armchair for you to
sit In with his own august hands. Of
forink cigarettes with q little shake
or the box 20 loosan them and make
your acceptance Of one more easy.
for 4 matchbox amid the
papers on the desk. a true gentle
man. thoagh an unfortunate him
p.ror.
Though I was eighteen. Z was stiii
very much Of q child. ami that u
perhaps why I felt AN affection for
the old gentleman at almost nSst
sight Hs remembered my father
perfectly well. and. with = shsdA OF
sadnsAs ana wTaAthsd In bis cixaretts
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was ended and N. Oiiiyisr was an.
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