The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-03

artists model, taking her MONDAY
rest. She sat down upOa the model
throne to eat her luncheon and listen
10 the music.
When Svengali had brought the mu-
sic to a close, Trilby remarked it was
not very gay, and offered to sing a
song which she knew, and in English,
whereat she sang ben Bolt" and fin
ished amid an embarrassing silence;
for her hearers did not know whether
II was intended seriously or in fun;
such q volume of sound ensued that II
flooded the studio, but without melody
or music of any kind, in fact rs If the
singer were tOne-deaf as indeed she
was.
With her charm and goodfellowship,
Trilby won the hearts of the Three
Musketeers, Billie's most of all, and it
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 she 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 so 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.
Trilby, too, saw matters in a differ
ent light. and after much self-eXam-
nation 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
one of the frail Ones 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 n
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 dyes"
Billie's mother, hearing of the In
tended marriage, iourneyed 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 it best for him, promised
to go away and not see him again.
Trilby kept her promise and Billie
became very i'll; when he had suf1-
GENTLY recovered he went back to
England with his mother, his heart, as
it seemed, quite dead
This was a sorrowful time for Taffy
and the Laird, as they missed both
Trilby and Billie.
Years went by and Billie became a
famous painter, with a beautiful home
in London and many friends.
Then the three Musketeers were to-
gether again in Paris. where they Wis
tied the scenes of former times, at least
going to the old studio, now rented to
other tenants, but having still upon its
wall Billie'S famous drawing of Tril-
by's foot, protected by a covering of
glass; and beneath it some stanzaS to
"Pauvre Trilhy, la belle ct bonnie ct
chere y
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 ap~peared-the con-
ductOr. Then a moment of silence,
and two little page-boys each drew a
Silken rope, the curtains parted, and a
tall figure walked slowly down to the
front of the stage. The house rose to
meet her as she advanced, bowling to
right and left-'It was Trilby."
Her eyes on Svengali, at a signal
from him, she sang without accompani-
ment, in a voice SO immense in its
softness, richness and freshness, that
it seemed to be pouring itself from all
around; and then her dove-like eyes
looked past Svengali, straight at Billie,
and all his long-lost power of loving
came back with a rush.
AT last-the final performance of the
evening. Trilby vocalized, without
words, Chopin's %Impromptu in A fiat
astounding, no piano had ever given
out such notes as these! Amid the
wild applause and enthusiasm of an
immense audience Trilby had made
her debut in Paris.
Her debut in London was a differ
ent matter; Svengali Ill, and unable
to conduct, had taken his place In 6
, box exactly opposite Trilby, but his
presence had no effect upon her. Wher
it came time for her to sing she start
ed "Ben Bolt" but sang only a few
bars when the house was in an uproal
of laughter, boots and Kisses. Trilb!
, had lost the power Of singing true"
She seemed TO be awakening r