The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-24
CHAPTER UxvIu

THAT Sad Exile vas written down
b Tahiti Did you know that!"
7 thought the author must have
been there at least"
"Boris lived there three years,
He has . native wife down there,
Or did have, and . child or two,
believe. He was . painter, you
know, IN the first place; then he
tried writing art criticism, but he
got pretty well fed up with civilixa-
ton - it's known IN New York and
went OF TO the South Seas. That's
how ! happened to meet him. I Wa
there IN Papeete . couple Of months
and ! hadn't been around the cafes
two days when everybody said Boris
Warren was the man I ought TO
meet Lots Of painters, writer's and
ehsfmingiy strange fellows down
there, you know. They 70 down In
the 6rst place, most Of them, like
Boris, % look for cleanness, hon
esty and simplicity. They expect to
ind the Polynesians somewhat %
they were IN the days Of Lott or
Melville and they lind them wearing
cotton prints, intermarrying with
the Chinese, jabbering French, rid
ing around to whoopee parties in
old American divvers and going 70
movies."
Harrow smiled ct Rays astonish-
ment. ~Well," he admitted, 'that
may not be comprehensive and
altogether fair picture, but it gives
you An idea Of the changes that are
taking place down there, especially
in . cosmopolitan crossroads Of the
South Seas like Papeete.
"Boris had gone . bit batty on
the subject Of Cauguin, the French
painter who ded down there and
died on his way to fame. That ex.
plains the play. Sad Exile Il you
'sHs must be IN interesting MAI"
Kay said. sWhat's he ike7 How
old II he1s
sBorisf" Harrow raised . dark
eyebrow redectively. "Td say he
w1s about thirty-maybe two or
big - . horse, and blond as . Vik-
Ing. and some Of the time he four
isles Q fierce yellow beard. He's
eccentric enough, but he has real
talent: sometimes I've thought more
than that, but It's hard 70 tell. He's
. strange, futile soul. Has m inter.
esting background, too. Mother was
q Russian and his father m English
man. He was born In NanehWia,
im Harbin. Then they lived IN
Shanghai, London. Paris. and finally
New Orleans. His mother died when
he was Just Q youngster and when
his father died IN New Orleans the
hid didn't have . relative left that
be knew anything about; but for.
tunatsdy his father had left him .
small trust fund and he waS able to
70 g school - long es he wanted.
He went 20 Tulane In New Orleans,
then Oxford, then the Sorbonne and
over in Paris no started studying
art Quite . Lad, Borisl And quite
. battle I'm going 70 have TO move
his play down into Florida and get
. good title for Il without offending
hiS artistic senSibilities."
"Whers II be now3 In tho South
seas? :"
sOh, no." Harrow said. laughing
D little. AHs left there I've years
sgo and he's tried Majorca, Taos.
Bali and newfoundland since then.
The newfoundland trip explains
This play Of his. He went mp there
g hnd himself and carried along
his paints and his typewriter-also
! second wife. I've often wondered
bow much Of his play y autobioTra-
ply. It's shout . painter with .
datr for philosophy and . worm Of
come sort In his soul Who seeks
Whatever he's looking Tor IN the
woods up there By the north Allan
tic. He meets . girl up there, the
wife Of some sort Of fisherman
who's . rd-boiled, pretty cruel
customer. In the end the painter
takes 70 the see With the fisher.
mans wife and his own wife HES
hack 20 the city lghte. The fisher:
man manages % Get himself killed
hying - take his spleen out On the
sAnd what part an I 70 playfs
Kay asked timidly. She could not
believo that al this-Boris War.
rem, the play q the painter and the
6sho9man's Wife-eould, after al
have anything - do With her.
The 6sheFman,s WIFE, Harrow
ssid. sAnd ! think you're going %
s. able % handle e just The vsy|
Boris intended. OF course, before
Wo'ro through, Boris fisherman
nay b 3 Florida fisherman O. oil
Dimini rlm-Funner. But the play
yin remain essentially the sane."
Kay ct hack and malvelled at
this prospect, and at this strange
man 6eei0e her who could . con-
troll To dostiniee q playwyights,
their characters and tho actors and
actresses who portrayed them. Be-
low her, Georgia lookod lihe . dis
tant jig-eew pus1lA
When they arrived q New Yerk,
ono q HayTow's eara, . sIeek blue
limeusins, vas waiting Ter thsm st|
SWhsro now?s Pste asked
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