Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-03
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~ Q BY RaEaol Sabatint
Q BY Rafaol Sabatint

we Qem9nOeO, what you utliidtlucL
for us here in Nantes! You haven't
heard of the fresh uproar in Rennes
last month. The order was hat the
three Estates should sit together at
the States General but in RennCs
the mobiles took up arms. headed by
your old friend, NJ. de La Tour
! d'Azyr. and they were for slashing
us-the members of the Third Els
! tate-into ribbons so as to put an
End to our insolence." He laughed
delicately. But, by God, we showed
them hat we. too, could take up
arms. We fought them a pitched
battle in the streets, and so pepper
ed them that they were glad to take
shelter in the Cordelier Convent"
ut is odd" said Andre-Louis,
that / should never perceive that
Nantes is being politically active"
That night at the theatre he had
a mischievous impulse to test what
lie Chapelier had told him of the
state of public feeling in the city.
They were playing THE Terrible
Captain" in the last act of which
the empty co~wardice of the bully
ing braggart Rhodomont is revealed
by Scaramouche.
After the laughter which the ex-
posure of the roaring captain in
NdTldDly pIOQuCCu, IL iCllidAiltu lCh
Scaramouche CONTEMPORARY to dis
| miss him in a phrase that varied
nightly. This time he chose to give
his phrase a political compilations:
Thus, o coward, is your empti-
ness exposed. Because of your long
length and you great sword people
have imagined you to be as terrible
and as formidable as you i~nsolently
make yourself appear, But at the
first touch of true spirit you crum-
pie UP. you tremble, you whine pitt
fully, and the great sword remains
in your scabbard. You remind me
OF the Privileged Orders when con-
fronted by the Third Estate"
1t was audacious of him. and he
was prepared for anything-a laugh,
applause, Indignation. or all togeth-
er. But he was not prepared for
what came. And il came SO sudden
ly and spontaneously from the
groundlings and the body of those
in the amphitheatre that he was al
most scared by it-as a boy may be
| scared who has held a match to a
s~un-scorched hayrick. 1t was a
hurricane of furious applause. Men
leapt to their feet, sprang up on to
the benches. waving their hats in
the air. deafening him with the ter
| TIC upfOdT VI lHtIl dCNldl luis.
And it rolled on and on, nor ceased
| Until the curtain fell.
Coming later into that upstairs
room hat was common to all the
troupe, Andre-Louis found NJ. Binet
talking loudly and vehemently. AS
he entered Binet broke off short,
and wheeled to face him.
II await your explanations OF the
d~isgraceful scene you provoked to-
night"
"Disgraceful? Is it d~isgraceful
that the public should applaud me 2"
THE public? The rabble, you
mean. After the play tonight M. de
La Tour d'Azyr came to me, and
about your scandalous outburst. ]
was forced to apologize and ="
THE more fool you" said Andre
Louis. "A mar who respected him
self would have shown that gentle
man the door" NJ. Binet's face be-
gan to empurple.
And / say further" AMBIGUOUS
went on, that a man who respects
himself, on quite other grounds,
would have been only too glad to
have seized this pretext to show M.
de La Tour d'Azyr the door"
What do you mean by that?"
| IHeT6 was d IuIipic VI tlitiluVI al
the question.
Andre-Louis' eyes swept round
| the company assembled at the sup
portable. "Where is Climene?" he
asked. sharply.
Leandre leapt up to answer him.
white in the face, tense and CULVER
ing with excitement.
She left the theatre in the Mar
quis de La Tour d'Azyr's carriage
Immediately after the performance.
We heard him offer to drive her to
this inn"
THAT would be an hour ago
rather more. And she has not yet
~arrived?"
"Ah," Andre-Louis sat down, and
poured himself wine. There was In
oppressive silence in the room.
Platters were pushed toward him.
He helped himself calmly to food,
and ate in silence. apparently with
a good appetite.
At long length came a rumble of
wheels below and a rattle of hating
hoofs. Then voices, the high, trilling
laugh of Climene floating upwards.
Andre-Louis went or eating uncon-
cernedly.
She came in, a leading lady taking
lne stage, nedQ HlSH, chin thrust
forward, eyes dancing with laugh
ter: she expressed triumph and ar
rogance. Her cheeks were flushed,
and there was some disorder in the
mass of nut-brown hair that crown
ed her head. In her left hand she
carried an enormous bouquet OF
white camellias. On it's middle
finger a diamond of great price
drew almost at once by its eful-
gence the eyes of all.
Her father sprang to meet her
with an unusual display of paternal
tenderness. at last, my child"
He conducted her to the table
She sank into a chair. a little
YEARLY, a little nervelessly. but the
smile did not leave her face. not
even when she glanced ros al
ScaTa mouche.
Andre-Louis, however, still wen
on eating stolidly. without so much
as a look in her direction. Gradually
the company came to realize that
just as surely as a scene was brood
ing. just so surely would there be nc