The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-12-09
Trflby, that's my name, Trilby O'rerA


or music Of any kind. In fact as II the
singer were tone-deaf as indeed she
was.
With her charm and goodfellowship
Trilby won the hearts Of the Three
Musketeers. Bibles most Of all, and II
was Billie for whom she felt the deep.
est affection. She cooked for them at
times. mended their clothing. listened
to their music and the wonderful talks
Of "the glory that was Greece and the
grandeur that was Rome" At Other
times abe criticized their work; In
fact. was quite zone Of them"
A climax came one day when Billie,
visiting another studio, discovered
Trilby posing for the altogether" He
was 50 shocked that he was awakened
to the fact Of his great love for Tril-
by. and rushing home to his friends,
declared that he was going to Barbi-
zon to paint the forest and that he
wanted to be alone.
Trflby. too. saw matters In a differ
ent light. and after much self-exam-
inatiOn and struggle. decided that she
would pose no more. but would earn
her living as a fine laundress, with an
old friend who had a laundry and was
doing well. Poor Trilby was certainly
n Of the frail lei but through ig-
nOrance, rather than wrong intent;
now she saw her mistake and with her
love for Billie there came a new feel
Ing, a dawning self-respect.
Nineteen times Billie asked Trilby
to marry him, but she always refused,
feeling herself unworthy. Then one
Christmas night he asked her the
twentieth time, "Will you marry me?
If not l leave Paris In the morning
never to return" and Trilby, fearing
to lose him out of her life, finally an
swered EYES,"
Billie's mother. hearing Of the in
tended marriage, %journeyed to Paris
to make inquiries about Trilby, finally
deciding that she was not the wife for
her son, all Of which she said to Tril-
by. who in her great love for Billie.
and thinking 1t best for him, promised
to go away and not see him again.
Trilby kept her promise and Billie
became very Ill; when he had suffi-
GENTLY recovered he went back to
England with his mother. his heart, as
1t seemed, quite dead.
This was a sorrOwful time for Taffy
and the Laird. as they missed both
and Billie.
Years went by and Billie became q
painter, with a beautiful home
In London and many friends.
= Then the three Musketeers were to-
again In Paris. where they Wis
ted the n Of former times, at least
going to the old studio, now rented to
other tenants, but having still upon It's
wall Billie's famous drawing Of Tril-
by's foot, protected by a covering Of
glass /; and beneath 1t some stanzas to
'Pauvre Trilby, la belle ct bonnie ct
One night they attended a concert
in a large hall on the Rue st. Honore.
The first violin had scarcely taken his
seat before they recognized their old
friend Gecko. Just as the clock
struck, Svengali appeared-the on
Then q moment of silence,
and two little page-boys each drew a
'ilken rope, the curtains parted, and a
figure walked slowly down to the
'rOnt Of the stage. The house rose to
meet her as she advanced, bowling to
light and left-"It was Trilby."
Her eyes on Svengali, at q signal
rom him, she sang without accOmpani-
oftness, richness and freshness, that
seemed to be pouring itself from all
and then her dove-like eyes
oOked past Svengali, straight at Billie,
nd all his long-lost power Of loving
anne back with a rush. f.,
At last-the final performance Of the
Trilby vocalized. without
lords. Chopin's Impromptu in A fiat;
no piano had ever given
ut such notes as these! Amid the {
lid applause and enthusiasm Of an
immense audience Trilby had made 6
er debut In Paris. ~
Her debut in London was a differ. 7
ut matter; Svengali iii, and unable f
, conduct. had taken his place in q a
OK exactly opposite Trilby. but his t
had no effect upon her. When
came time for her to sing she start n
/ ben Bolt" but sang only a few a
ars when the house was in an upr0ar II
: laughter, boots and Kisses. Trilby T
I'D lost the power Of singing true" =
She seemed to be awakening from -
eep, not knowing where she was. Her r
friends rescued her and took "
,r home to Bibles mother. Svengali tt
Elapsed from shock and died very
The friends learned from Gecko that
here were two Trilbys." Svengah z
Id but to say "dor" and she suddenly
came an unconscious Trilby Of
arble to do his bidding. So they ;r
giving concerts, Svengali, T
ecko, Trilby. attended by Marta, an 1.
Il ~orropt Of CvopOuH