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O. Henry
and me, and the Castillo sisters at Rhine-
gelder's Garden. That Noo York chap's a
lucky dtog gut one whole lung good for
Sayear yet. Plenty ,of mn ''c , too. He pays
for everything. I can't alilrdc-to miss the
jamboree. Sorry you ain't going along.
Good-by, (Goodall, of Ienlphis."
He rounds the corner and shuttles away,
casting oil thus easily the tics of acquaint-
anceshil, a s
the moril hund
do, the sea- -
soli of (liso,-
]ution eing:
mtanl st -
preme hour .
calls back - -
thrtough t he ,
fog to the ' "
other:
"I s a v , -.
Goodall, of
Memphis. If
you get there
before I do,.
tell 'em
lHurd's a
colm ii' too.
Hturl, of
T'leer, Ah-
hia."
Thus (Good-
all's tempiter
deserts him.
ThIt south, The customer smiles wanly. Th
11n1comnplain- I didn't intend to call on
illg a d till- got tangled up.
caring, takes
a sctl at cotughinlg, and, rcco\V red, wI-
ders desultorily on down this street, the
name of which he neither Iknows nor
recks. \t a certain point he percei\cs
swinging doors, and hears, filtering letwten
them, a noise of wind- and string-instru-
nients. Two mIen enter from the street as
]le arrives, antl he follows them in. There
is a kind of antechamlber, lcentifully set
with palms and cactuses and oleandlers.
At a little marble-top table some pIeol)le
sit, while soft-shod attendants bring the
beer. All is orderly, clean, melancholy-gay;
of the German method of pleasure. At his
right is the foot of a stairway. .\ mallstanding there holds out his hnl. Goodall
cxtclnds his, full of silcy r, and the Imitln so-
lcots therefrom a coin. (Goodall goes uilp-
stairs, and se'es theilre two galleries extending
along the sides of a concert-hall ",hlich he
now plerceives to lie below and e clnd the
anterlom hle had i'rst entered. Thse gal
leries are divided into Ioxcs or stalls which
le Ictm . \vith the aid of hanging lace curtains,
a certain p -ri
vacy upon
their o111u111-
lpants.
Passing
with aimless
fcet, down
the aisle cot -
1 Igllo us to:
these SlucV
a n d discreet
t onill a) at -
- half checked
by tl, sight,
in one of
them. c of a
S11 oulln g -
and seated in
' a 1 n attitude
Of rellection.
This young
\' (11 1 i I I eC-
OIf his ap-
proach. A
smile ro m1
her brings
e fault is in your crook d >tre t,. 11 i n^ t o ;t
you twice, but I Iu-S I s t an d S i t I],Excuse me
and her su-il)
secquent inai-tatillon (ra s hinm, i tugh htsitatig, to
the other chair in the lbox, a little table
between thnm.
;(Goodall is only nineteen. There arc sonime
lwhom, \\hen t the terrible goi Pllthisis wishell
to destroy, he first nuakes Icautifuil; and
the h,\ is one ,of these. IIis face is wax,
and anl a\ful pulchritude is born of the
menacin g flame in his cheeks. Ilis eyes
reflect aln unearthly \Vista enenderc(d by the
certainty of his d1oom. As it is folridden
man to guess accurately concerning his
iate, it is inevitable that he shall tremblll at
the slightest lifting of the veil.
The young woman is \well dressed, andl~~~ ___~_ _~___ Ilr
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Henry, O., 1862-1910. A Fog in Santone, prose (fiction), October 1912; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139413/m1/6/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.