Chapter I: Front Matter

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FATA MORGANA

FATA MORGANA

A ROMANCE OF ART STUDENT
LIFE IN PARIS

BY
ANDRÉ CASTAIGNE

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BY THE AUTHOR

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1904

Copyright, 1904, by
THE CENTURY CO.

_Published November, 1904_

THE DE VINNE PRESS

TO HIS MANY FRIENDS IN AMERICA
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
BY THE AUTHOR

CONTENTS

PART I

PAGE

ETHEL AND HELIA 1

CHAPTER

I AFTER THE QUAT’Z-ARTS BALL 3

II THE FATA MORGANA 17

III REMEMBERING THE GOLDEN DAYS 29

IV WHEN PHIL CAME TO PARIS 51

V AN INITIATION INTO ART 65

VI THE HANGING GARDENS OF PARIS 83

VII A RUDE AWAKENING 99

VIII THE END OF THE GUITAR 102

IX ALAS! POOR HELIA! 117

X MISS ETHEL ROWRER OF CHICAGO 125

XI AN APARTMENT IN THE LATIN QUARTER 133

XII ETHEL’S IDEA OF A MAN 139

PART II

MORE THAN QUEEN 151

I WANTED—A DUCHESS! 153

II A PARISIAN DÉBUT 167

III PHIL, CHAMPION OF MISS ROWRER 185

IV ’TWIXT DOG AND POET 196

V LITTLE SISTER OF A STAR 201

VI THE OLD, OLD STORY 215

VII CARACAL’S NARROW ESCAPE 232

VIII A QUEEN FOR KINGS 249

PART III

YOUTHFUL FOLLIES 269

I TEUFF-TEUFF! TEUFF! BRRR! 271

II IN CAMP 284

III GRAND’MÈRE VERSUS GRANDMA 301

IV THROUGH THE COUNTRY FAIR 317

V A BANQUET ON THE SAWDUST 330

VI WAS POUFAILLE RIGHT? 347

VII “A TRUE HEART LOVES BUT ONCE” 360