. The real Latin quarter . uxembourg,these piou-pious, less fortunate for thehour, stand guard in the small stripedsentry-boxes, musket at side, or pace stol-idly up and down the flagged walk. Marie,at the moment, is no doubt with the chil-dren of the rich Count, in a shady spotnear the music. How cruel is the fate ofmany a gallant piou-piou ! Farther down the gravel-walk strolls ayoung Frenchman and his fiancee —themother of his betrothed inevitably at herside ! It is under this system of rigid cha-peronage that the young girl of France isgiven in marriage. It is not to be wonderedat that man
. The real Latin quarter . uxembourg,these piou-pious, less fortunate for thehour, stand guard in the small stripedsentry-boxes, musket at side, or pace stol-idly up and down the flagged walk. Marie,at the moment, is no doubt with the chil-dren of the rich Count, in a shady spotnear the music. How cruel is the fate ofmany a gallant piou-piou ! Farther down the gravel-walk strolls ayoung Frenchman and his fiancee —themother of his betrothed inevitably at herside ! It is under this system of rigid cha-peronage that the young girl of France isgiven in marriage. It is not to be wonderedat that many of them marry to be free, andthat many of the happier marriages havebegun with an elopement! The music is over, and the band is filingout, followed by the crowd. A few lingerabout the walks around the band-stand tochat. The old lady who rents the chairsis stacking them up about the tree-trunks,and long shadows across the walks tell ofthe approaching twilight. Overhead, amongthe leaves, the pigeons coo. For a few mo-165. ments the sun bathes the great garden in apinkish glow, then drops slowly, a blood-red disk, behind the trees. The air growschilly; it is again the hour to dine—the hourwhen Paris wakes. In the smaller restaurants of the Quar-ter one often sees some strange contrastsamong these true bohemians, for the LatinQuarter draws its habitues from every partof the globe. They are not all French—these happy-go-lucky fellows, who live forthe day and let the morrow slide. You willsee many Japanese—some of them painters—many of them taking courses in politicaleconomy, or in law; many of them titledmen of high rank in their own country,studying in the schools, and learning, too,with that thoroughness and rapidity whichare ever characteristic of their race. Youwill find, too, Brazilians; gentlemen fromHaiti of darker hue; Russians, Poles, andSpaniards—men and women from everyclime and every station in life. They adaptthemselves to the Quarter and become apart of t
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