The Washington herald., 1914-07-26

and straightforward life concealins
nothing.
l And even she-the poor woman-had
she not worked OF her fingers almost
| to earn money by knitting. embroidering
crocheting for a shop in the Rue st
Denis. and even cheated her husband a
little now and then in the household eX'
| penses in order that Maxence might
have spending money as other young
men had.
And Gilberte had assisted her and
worked with her for the same object
But Msxence had stesdied down and
would take no more money from his
mother.
He had a job in an architects office
and worked at it for a small salary,
asking nothing from the paternal or ma
ternal sources. So that was over.
lie Marquis de TreEars.
But GIberte had a secret OF a greater
and more lasting Importance, a secret
which she hugged to her breast day and
night. She was in love with-had. in
fact, promised to marry-Marius Genost
Marquis de Tregars. a young man Of
her own age.
Years before there had come up from
his castle and estates in Brittany the
old Marquis de Tregars. determined to
see little OF the world before he died.
He did. The sharpers OF the Bourse
got hold of him and took away all his
money and all his estates-except the old
Breton castle and the park around II.
A woman named Phrasie got hold of
him. helped plunder him. and took away
his reputation.
Then he died OF a broken heart and
his son Marius gave up all his own pri-
vate fortune to satisfy his fathers cred
itors. Marius went to work for a living.
Across the Gulf.
He was talented. lived a clean life. and
got on. He was now the manager OF a
large dye factory with a good salary.
He was at work upon an electric motor
which would make his fortune.
He met Gilberte by chance, fell in love
at first sight and inquired about her. All!
she was the daughter of a rich man.
Marius was poor-that made a gulf be-
tween them
Many and many a time the two saw
each other without speaking. Gilberte
learned the history of Marius Tregars
and realized why he did not address her
directly
Finally they did speak one day in the
gardens of the Palais Royal. and agJeed
to wait three years for each other. BY
that time Marius would be rich enough
to ask NJ. Favoral for his daughters
hand. This, with the optimism OF youth.
they both believed.
A Husband Selected.
The woman's instinct of Nine. Favoral
told her that Gilberte was concealing
something from her and reproached her.
But GiIberte steadily replied that she
had no secrets from her mother.
Many times, though. she was on the
point of confessing all to Nine. FavoraI-
and would have done so had she not been
certain that her mother would have con-
sidered il her duty to tell the story at
once to NJ. FavoraL
Gilberte shrank from the row which
would follow and feared that her father
would. in some underhand way, manage
to separate her and Marius forever.
Besides NJ. Favoral had commanded
Gilberta to marry certain stock broker
Of offensive character and dubious busi-
ness record, one NJ. Costeclar.
He told her that her marriage with
Costeclar meant much to him in the
business world-everything
She must marry him. But on this
point Gilberte was stubborn, and. in
spite of her fathers raging, sent the
broker about his business.
Breaking Their Agreement.
1t had been agreed upon between Ma
RUS and Gilberte that they should not