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     The orchestra played a wailing waltz that Medora had learned from the 

hand´organs。 She followed the air with nodding head in a sweet soprano 

hum。 Madder looked across the table at her�察�and wondered in what strange 

waters Binkley had caught her in his seine。 She smiled at him�察�and they 

raised glasses and drank of the wine that boiled when it was cold。 Binkley 

had   abandoned   art   and   was   prating   of   the   unusual   spring   catch   of   shad。 

Miss Elise arranged the palette´and´maul´stick tie pin of Mr。 Vandyke。 A 

Philistine    at  some     distant  table   was    maundering      volubly    either   about 

Jerome   or   Gerome。   A   famous   actress   was   discoursing          excitably   about 

monogrammed hosiery。 A hose clerk from a department store was loudly 

proclaiming his opinions of the drama。 A writer was abusing Dickens。 A 

magazine   editor   and   a   photographer   were   drinking   a   dry   brand   at   a   re´ 

served table。 A 36´25´42 young lady was saying to an eminent sculptor�此�

;Fudge for your Prax Italys� �Bring one of your Venus Anno Dominis down 

to   Cohen's   and   see   bow   quick   she'd   be   turned   down   for   a   cloak   model。 

Back to the quarries with your Greeks and Dagos� ─�

     Thus went Bohemia。 

     At eleven Mr。 Binkley took Medora to the board´ ing´bouse and left 

her�察�with a society bow�察�at the foot of the hall stairs。 She went up to her 

room and lit the gas。 

     And then�察�as suddenly as the  dreadful genie arose in vapor from  the 

copper vase of the fisherman�察�arose in that room the formidable shape of 

the   New   England   Conscience。   The   terrible   thing   that   Medora   had   done 



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was revealed to her in its full enormity。 She had sat in the presence of the 

un´    godly    and    looked     upon    the   wine    both    when    it  was    red   and 

effervescent。 

     At midnight she wrote this letter�此�

     ;Mr。 BERLAH HOSKINS�察�Harmony�察�Vermont。 

     ;Dear   Sir�此  �Henceforth�察  �consider   me   as   dead   to   you   forever。   I   have 

loved you too well to blight your career by bringing into it my guilty and 

sin´stained   life。   I   have   succumbed   to   the   insidious   wiles   of   this   wicked 

world and have been drawn into the vortex of Bohemia。 There is scarcely 

any depth of glittering iniquity that I have not sounded。 It is hopeless to 

combat my decision。 There is no rising from the depths to which I have 

sunk。 Endeavor to forget me。 I am lost forever in the fair but brutal maze 

of awful Bohemia。 Farewell。 

     ;ONCE YOUR MEDORA。; 

       On   the   next   day   Medora   formed   her   resolutions。   Beelzebub�察  �flung 

from heaven�察�was no more cast down。 Between her and the apple blossoms 

of   Harmony  there   was   a   fixed gulf。   Flaming cherubim   warded her   from 

the gates of her lost paradise。 In one evening�察�by the aid of Binkley and 

Mumm�察�Bohemia had gathered her into its awful midst。 

     There     remained     to   her   but   one   thing     a   life  of  brilliant�察  �but 

irremediable   error。   Vermont   was   a   shrine   that   she   never   would   dare   to 

approach   again。   But   she   would   not   sink      there   were   great   and   com´ 

pelling ones in history upon whom she would model her meteoric career  

Camille�察�Lola Montez�察�Royal Mary�察�Zaza  such a name as one of these 

would that of Medora Martin be to future generations 

     For    two   days   Medora     kept   her   room。    On   the   third  she   opened    a 

magazine at the portrait of the King of Belgium�察�and laughed sardonically。 

If   that   far´famed   breaker   of   women's   hearts   should   cross   her   path�察  �he 

would have to bow before her cold and im´ perious beauty。 She would not 

spare the old or the young。 All America  all Europe should do homage to 

her sinister�察�but compelling charm。 As yet she could not bear to think of 

the life she had once desired  a peaceful one in the shadow of the Green 

Mountains with Beriah at her side�察�and orders for expensive oil paintings 

coming      in  by   each   mail   from    New    York。    Her   one   fatal  misstep    had 



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shattered that dream。 

     On   the   fourth   day   Medora   powdered   her   face   and   rouged   her   lips。 

Once   she   had   seen   Carter   in   ;Zaza。;   She   stood   before   the   mirror   in   a 

reckless attitude and cried�此 �Zut� �zut� ─�She rhymed it with ;nut�察─�but with 

the lawless word Harmony seemed to pass away forever。 The Vortex had 

her。 She belonged to Bohemia for evermore。 And never would Beriah  

     The door opened and Beriah walked in。 

     ;'Dory�察─  �said   he�察   �what's   all   that   chalk   and   pink   stuff   on   your   face�察�

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     Medora extended an arm。 

     ;Too   late�察─  �she   said�察  �solemnly。   The   die   is   cast。   I   belong   in   another 

world。 Curse me if you will  it is your right。 Go�察�and leave me in the path 

I have chosen。 Bid them all at home never to men´ tion my name again。 

And sometimes�察�Beriah�察�pray for me when I am revelling in the gaudy�察�but 

hol´ low�察�pleasures of Bohemia。; 

     ;Get a towel�察�'Dory�察─�said Beriah�察 �and wipe that paint off your face。 I 

came as soon as I got your letter。 Them pictures of yours ain't amount´ ing 

to anything。 I've got tickets for both of us back on the evening train。 Hurry 

and get your things in your trunk。; 

     ;Fate was too strong for me�察�Beriah。 Go while I am strong to bear it。; 

     ;How do you fold this easel�察�'Dory�拭 �now begin to pack�察�so we have 

time to eat before train time。 The   maples is all out in full´grown leaves�察�

'Dory  you just ought to see 'em� �

     ;Not this early�察�Beriah�拭�

     ;You   ought   to   see   'em�察  �'Dory�察  �they're   like   an   ocean   of   green   in   the 

morning sunlight。; 

     ;Oh�察�Beriah� ─�

     On the train she said to him suddenly�此�

     ;I wonder why you came when you got my let´ ter。; 

     ;Oh�察�shucks�  ─�said Beriah。 ;Did you think you could fool me�拭�How 

could you be run away to that Bohemia country like you said when your 

letter was postmarked New York as plain as day�拭─�



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           A PHILISTINE IN BOHEMIA 



        George Washington�察�with his right arm up´ raised�察�sits his iron horse 

at the lower corner of Union Square�察�forever signaling the Broadway cars 

to stop as they round the curve into Fourteenth Street。 But the cars buzz on�察�

heedless�察�as they do at the beck of a private citizen�察�and the great General 

must feel�察�unless his nerves are iron�察�that rapid tran´ sit gloria mundi。 

     Should   the   General   raise   his   left   hand   as   he   has   raised   his   right   it 

would point to a quarter of the city that forms a haven for the oppressed 

and   sup´   pressed   of   foreign   lands。   In   the   cause   of   national   or   personal 

freedom they have   found a   refuge here�察 �and the   patriot who   made it   for 

them sits his steed�察�overlooking their district�察�while he listens through his 

left   car   to   vaudeville   that   caricatures   the   posterity  of   his   proteges。   Italy�察�

Poland�察�the former Spanish possessions and the polyglot tribes of Austria´ 

Hun´ gary have spilled here a thick lather of their effer´ vescent sons。 In 

the   eccentric   cafes   and   lodging´   houses   of   the   vicinity   they   hover   over 

their   native   wines   and   political   secrets。   The   colony   changes   with   much 

frequency。      Faces    disappear      from   the   haunts    to   be  replaced     by   others。 

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