canorous night, the Paris of the
Parisians! The little studio in the Rue Leopold Robert ... Alinette and
Reine and Renee ... the road to Auteuil under the moon-shot baldaquin of
French stars ... the crowd in the old gathering place in the Boulevard
Raspail ... the music of the heathen streets ... dawn in the Gardens of
the Luxembourg....
Yes, there's a Paris that never changes. Always it's there for some one,
some one still young, still dreaming, still with eyes that sweep the
world with youth's wild ambitions. Always it's there, across the seas,
for some one--maybe no longer you and me, exiles of the years in this
far-away America--but still for some one younger, some one for whom the
loves and adventures and the hazards of life are still so all-wondrous,
so all-worth-while, so almighty. But, however old, however hardened by
the trickeries of passing decades, those who have loved Paris, those to
whom Paris has lifted her lips in youth, these never say good-bye to
her. For in their hearts sings on her romance, for in their hearts march
on the million memories of her gipsy days and nights.
THE END
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| Transcriber's Notes: |
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| Page 54: Dome amended to Dome |
| Page 58: Kartnerring amended to Kaertnerring; italics to |
| "and" removed ("and kaisersemmln") |
| Page 75: Therese amended to Therese |
| Page 76: _et al_ amended to _et al._ |
| Page 90: Yodlers _sic_ |
| Page 91: jadded amended to jaded |
| Page 103: _maesse_ and _pince-nez sic_ |
| Page 119: _jevousaime sic_ |
| Page 120: Catelan amended to Catelan |
| Page 122: _pere_ amended to _pere_; |
| meaningfull _sic_ |
| Page 134: Montmarte amended to Montmartre |
| Page 158: _Suates_ amended to _Sautes_ |
| Page 194: speakeasys _sic_ |
| Page 205: _viola_ amended to _voila_ |
| Page 210: _suede sic_
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