The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-24

parei. whose shop was In the Aoo
Victor Hugo.
Three days a week. early In ~
Just as Pelce was sh0Wtog
hard against tho lawn. abe ,Wous0
leave COR NJ. Sartines, rsseivo ~
tray or goods and start on her tooP.
ney. carrying II ms though II Woeo .
thing OF no weight.
Her journey may be a. faP -
Grande Anse, she may b going -
sell her goods at Calabasse. At uaso.
got, or Vauclin. Far or near, Il n -
the same to her.
In n year she was known an ovoP
tho Island. The negroes cutting ~
cans would pause to look at Mario q
Morne Rouge. the prettiest porteolD
ut the villages where she called M
her wares sne did better trade To-
any other porteuse: her prsttinoGD
had little to do with this success. t.
her customers were women, but -
had "A way with her, an innocsDco n
sweetness. that made her plsasaas -
n rose.
Needless to say, In MartiniQuo,
where hearts arc AZ infammablo -
finder. she had admirers. scores, hun-
dreds-but she had no lover.
When young men came TO ta1h -
hcr they found themselves at . ~
before this girl who spoke 10 IT,
eye to eye, frankly. freely, a. . fSiGo1
might speak to . friend. She ~ ~
seem TO know that she was . I'll
other sirls--ali the girls In 81. Pioego
OF her ags-had lovers, visions a
love. visions OF cupids with tlnool
wings. wedding wreaths, all the fSep.
perry that goes to mako marriage tho
woman's pageant. Marie had no ~
ions OF these things. Her mlnd VAo
Of that rare order Of woman's MID
which holds all the love OF heAvoa -
solution. but no image Of Love tan ~
man she In fated to meet meets hoys
slances at nor. speaks to her. aad 81
n stroke makes her his forever.
These arc the w0Upn who are ~
heroines Of the real 6aGsdies Of u1o-
and OF the immortal tales Of Love.
Ono day N. Sarttns can't Marie ~
call at house on the high road that
leads across tho Morne Parnasse. Hee
business was 20 show some lace - Q
spanish lady. Sonora Vigil, and - oil
II II possible.
Marie sold tho whole quantity OF
lace to tho Sonora and was returuAog
10 81. Pierre well pleased and In high
spirits. II was her sixteenth btrth.
day.
II had been Q wonderful morning..
The sun was full IN the sky a. 80
came along the road past the JAe11o
des Plantcs. Tho gates were ouoos
they werc always open. ruDty on1
gone to decay: she could - -
through the Kreat arch Of tWQ9Oot
made by the trees.
Marie. whom she paAssd The DaAoA
always looked In fascinated An1 ha1e
AL h. Ia
and shrubs; but to-day u ooonoe
leas gloomy; the voice OF . song olsA
seemed 10 M II with night.
shc came through the Place. -
Ia Fontainc. A. she was ofuo11ng
the Place she saw n hsure IN Whlte
clothes coming toward her. ~
eye. keen and trained TO observation,
noted at once that this waa 0ouo
stranger to st. Pierre. eome nan
from the foreign ships, no CreoSe.
A she paused him she looked hini
straight in the face. frankly, just -
she looked every one In the tAeo.
man or woman: his syss met her
eyes full. lit up. and-shs had pa9DeA
on.
The crowd was around her. bat che
did not see II. Some one hsA spoken 10
her without words; she haA spoken 70
some one. The world for . mouDsat
seemed empty OF people. cOntala1nU
only herself and that mysterious 0one
one. She scarcely remembered his ne.
except that It was dark and vaSDoly
good looking: but the eyes held hoe
soul. He had spoken 10 her - q 0on
speaks to woman with = Eianee: hat
was nothing compared with the ~
that she had spoken to him. II We -
though something dumb In her. oooao-
thina NJ hirh a. had nAynP naannnm&AA
the existence. had awakened from aeop,
escaped from darkness. spoken ID .
strange language. and then sunk back
TO darkness, leaving her bewil1srel end
astonished
That Is how real love flrst coeneo;
analyze II to it's depths: that tre0oa.
dous wave which strikes all hu0on
beings at some time Of their lie; ~
crest may he sunlit. joyous: but ~
heart 10 from the great ocean whore
loneliness In supreme. Lifted on the
Joyous crest, a man secs the object 81
his desire. the companion Of his soul; II
he does not seize her. he will sink late
the heart OF the wave, the gloom Of ~
loneliness, TO he carried 10 the shQPe ~
last without ever seeing the tue 80
light again.
Among other things. Marie he'd y
go 10 market to buy provisions, an1
II was there. you remember. that ~
had her second meeting with 0a0-
pard. and his gift OF the oeur
glamour.
Next morning very early Asyjs
made her way TO the Rue vletoy
Hugo. received her tray Of goods aA1
started on ber journey. II was . loeG
journey to-day. right away TO 0raA1a
Anse. on the eastern side Of the ~
and,
Yesterday when she was leAvlnG
the market she had heard IN
screams OF the market women. and
had turned to see him surrounded
with people. lie had killed the fer d
lance with his naked hand; snaluea
, could do him no harm. 30 the mar.
ket people had said. That fact made
tho fer de lance less fearful to her
lie did not fear II. Why should she
In this tropical mind. sealed 10 lonl
to love, love had suddenly disclosed
himself fun grown and statuesQue.
AZ she passed along the clin road
\ to- Grande Anse. Marie saw by the
sea edge two white figures. the hgurs
OF an old man and a young man.
Tho old man was NJ. Seguin. the
young man was Gaspard.
ITO Be Continued)