The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-06

i her hands. his lips hot on them, and so left her trembling.
 CHAPTER XIII. l The Way of Maid.
 Y Y ECTOR had not tarried sec ond week at Tallwoods before 1 offering his hand and his l A A cooper shop to Jeanne. With i Gallic caution she made delicate in- . uuiry of Electors father as to the yearly returns and probable future of i the cooperage business at St Gene i vieve, as to the desira bility of the sur rounding country upon which the cooperage business must base its own l fortunes. All these matters met her approval Wherefore. the air of
 Jeanne became tinged with certain
 lofty condescension. In her own heart
 she trembled now. not so much as to
 her own wisdom or her own future. i but as to the meeting which must be
 had between herself and her mistress.
 Jeanne" demanded Josephine one
 day, "why are you away so much ! when desire you? ! have often seen you and that young man wonder in
 very close conversation You must
 have a care"
 l Madame" expostulated Jeanne. cit
 is nothing. I assure you.
 Perhaps, but it is of such nothings
 that troubles sometimes come. Tell me, what has this young man said to you?'
 "But he has said many things,
 madame
 l "As. for instance. that you please
 him. that you are beautiful. that you have a voice and hand. a..turn of the ! arm-that you have the manner Pari- sienne-Jeanne, is it not sop
 tBut, yes, madame. and indeed more. find that young man of excellent Judgment, of most discriminating taste.
 Also he is of an excellent cooperage
 business in St Genevieve yonder.
 Moreover. I find the produce of the
 grape in this country to increase year l Iy, so that the business seems to be
 of certain future. madame. His com
 munity is well founded. the oldest in this portion of the valley. He Is young, he has no entanglements-at i; least so far as I discover. He has an excellent home with his old mother. | An, well! madame, one might do 1 worse.''
 t<So, then. a cooperage business 50 l promising as that, Jeanne, seems more desirable than my own poor employ
 ment? You have no regard for your duty to one who has cared for you, suppose? You desert me precisely at the time my own affairs require my presence in Washington But madame, why Washington? Is ! that our home? What actual home has
 madame on the face of the earth? An,
 heaven, were only it possible that this
 man were to be consideredI This place so large, so beautiful, so in need of
 mistress to control it. Madame says she
 was carried away against her will. All my life have I dreamed-have I hoped that some time man should steal
 me, to carry me away to some place such as thisI And to make love of such 1 a warmneSsv'
 "Jeanne. I forbid you to continue!' The eyes of the mistress had a danger
 0us sparkle.
 '1 obey, madame. I am silent. But listen! Now comes this Hector. far
 more bold and determined than this
 MT. Dunwodee. That assassin, that
 brute, began, but hesitated. An. Hec-
 tor has not hesitated! Seeing that he
 would in any case possess myself.
 would carry me away, yielded, but 1 with honor and grace, madame" "You would forsake mel" Madame, confess sometimes in my heart there comes a desire for a home. for a place where one may abide,
 where one may cease to wander" Josephine sat silent for a moment In what direction might she herself
 now turn even for the humblest friend ship? And where was any home now
 for her? The recreant maid saw some
 thing of her mistress feeling upon her 1 face.
 "Madamey' she exclaimed, falling
 upon her knees in consternation. ITO
 think would desert you! Tn my heart
 resides nothing but loyalty for you.
 How could you doubt?" But Josephine was wise in her own way. That night Jeanne kissed her
 hand dutifully, yet the very next morn | ing in the presence of Lily, with l sobs, tears, she admitted that she had l decided to leave service, no longer to l be Jeanne, but Mime. Hector Fournier "But. madame" said Jeanne, still tear
 full, returning after brief absence from
 the room, although 1 leave now for St. Genevieve to stand before the priest l shall not see madame go without at tendance. See, l have asked of this Lily person if she could take service with madame. Madame plans soon to return to the east. Perhaps this Lily, them
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