. Bohemian Paris of to-day . roceeding to Vienna to joinsome friends. It closed by asking, Could you callat the hotel this evening, say at seven ? This note created great excitement at our studioearly one morning, the facteur having climbed sixflights of stairs (it being near to New Year) to de-liver it ; for Mr. Thompkins was one of Bishopswarmest friends in America. His unexpected arrivalin Paris at this unseasonable time of the year wasindeed a surprise, but a most agreeable one. SoBishop spent the whole of the afternoon in creasing his best trousers, ransacking our trunks for a clean 249 B
. Bohemian Paris of to-day . roceeding to Vienna to joinsome friends. It closed by asking, Could you callat the hotel this evening, say at seven ? This note created great excitement at our studioearly one morning, the facteur having climbed sixflights of stairs (it being near to New Year) to de-liver it ; for Mr. Thompkins was one of Bishopswarmest friends in America. His unexpected arrivalin Paris at this unseasonable time of the year wasindeed a surprise, but a most agreeable one. SoBishop spent the whole of the afternoon in creasing his best trousers, ransacking our trunks for a clean 249 BOHEMIAN PARIS collar to wear with my blue-fronted shirt, polishinghis top-hat, and getting- his Velasquez whiskerstrimmed and perfumed at the coifteurs. It was notevery day that friends of Mr, Thompkinss type madetheir appearance in Paris. Bishop, after hours spent in absorbing mentalwork, at last disclosed his plan to me. Of coursehe would not permit me to keep out of the party,and besides, he needed my advice. Here was TOURISTS AND GUIDE IN PARIS Thompkins in Paris, and unless he were wiselyguided he would leave without seeing the city,—ex-cept those parts and phases of it that tourists cannotkeep from stumbling over. It would be both a duty JSO A NIGHT ON MONTMARTRE and a pleasure to introduce him to certain things ofwhich he might otherwise die in ignorance, to theeternal undevelopment of his soul. But here was therub : Would Mr. Thompkins care to be so radicallydifferent here for one night—just one night—fromwhat he was at home ? I could not see how any harmcould come to Mr. Thompkins or any one else withsense, nor how Bishop could possibly entertain him inanyway that would be disagreeable to a man of Bishop was evidently keeping something that matter, he never did explain it, and I havenot bothered about inferences. What Mr. Thomp-kins was at home I do not know. True, he was verymuch confused and embarrassed a number of timesduring the eveni
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