The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-13

The opora had opened The music
began 20 mi tho corridors But NJ.
Jonauelle did not 10 In
He remained idiing in the foyer,
c.saret In his fingers. his manner
and air. . wsll-bred. bored indif-
ference. Tho whole houss was
crowded Thsrs was not = vacan,
seat.
II was the last performance in
Paris OF Mms. Zirtsnzofrs saioma
A f-w bslated persons passed M.
Jonqueile and entered the doors 10
the boxes Some Of these persons
addressed him: nil regarded him He
was a well-known figurs In Par1s
His friendship was worth something
and whether one knew him. or cared
10 know him. all were curious about
the man.
Ths vast music assembled and ex-
tended itself
The foyer became empty. and stifl
NJ Ionaueile did nat 20 In Perhaps
Il was because Nine. Zirfenzoff had
not gone on. Rhe was famous
beauty. her Salome had tho abandon
which stimulated even the Jaded
nerves Of France. IL had been on
at the Opera for 90 days. and Paris
was stiii keen 20 zee H.
The woman was n Russian exotic.
ono Of those siiurinx creatures tha,
Away. assemble q fabulous legend.
There was . wild passion In her
Haions. and her oonquests wsre
the gossip of Paria
The opera had continued for per-
haps thirty minutes. Mme. zirtensofi
had come on: her voice. nks = silver
bell. reached NJ. Jonau~iie clearly
where he saunt-red In the foyer.
Presently the door 90 a box opened
and one Of the pages OF the fheafer
appeared with an immense bouquet
of orchids. The flowers were worth
n thousand francs They could have
been grown In Paris only with ex-
trsms care and under every perfec-
'ion OF light and temperature. II
was a mass of flowers that would
have drawn the attention Of any
body. exquisite orchids Of the genus
Oncidium Kramerii. called the
Notified Butterfly.
N seemed 20 have drawn the at
sention Of NJ. Jonauelle. He stopped
the page a. he passed him.
''Carcon.' he said. handing him =
piece of gold. find me a box of
cigarets before you 10 on with those
flowers ouickly--run. I win hold
them until you return
The boy knew the great chief Of
the Service de In surete
He gave NJ Icnauellc the bouquet
OF orchids and disappeared down the
stairway. He was gone hardly u
moment: when hc returned. Nj. JON
aueIie had not moved from his POSI-
tion by a pillar OF the foyer, lie
handed back the orchids 90 the page
and received the box OF cigarets.
lie paused moment. fingered the
box but did not open II: instead. he
walked a few steps down the foyer
and entered the box from which the
page had come out with the o.
chids
One looking on would have won
dercd why the Prefect OF Police re-
quircd pack OF cigarets At the
cost Of ten-franc piece
especially az. after having turned II
In his hand. he had put II carelessly
into his pocket and entered box.
II would appear that he waited for
these cigarets before entering the
box. But 20 what cnd7 Ono could
not smoke In box at the Opera. at
its most expensive point in the ultra
fashionable audience OF Paris. Altho
the great opera house was packed
with people--not vacant seat visible
to the eye---there was but one person
IN the box which NJ. .Jonquelle had
entered
He was n person that anyone would
pause almost anywhere TO observe.
He was young; he was cxauisitely
dressed-a dress IN which there WAS
some OF the over-extravngance OF de-
tail. that suggestion OF elegance,
which the Partisan cannot avoid
lie was a young man and extreme
~ handsome. a blond French type
with a dainty mustache and regular
Italian features. and thick. soft.
yellow hair presenting tho gloss OF
the seals coat In his physical as
pect. for perfection OF detail. the man
had no equal on tho Paris boulevards.
II had got him a rich American
wife and lifted him. as by fairy
iarsp. out of the sordid environments
Of an old family in decay The thing
seemed a piece OF the design OF n
Providence with an esthetic sense.
This exquisite person would have
been incongruous except IN an atmos-
phere OF wealth He had an apart
ment now beyond the Arc de Triom-
phe. one of those wonderful apart
ments that the American invasion
after the great war had set up In
Paris.
The MARQUIS was the envy Of the
houlevardier.
But II was rumored that he had
not the freedom OF his wife's money
sacks. He cot what she allowed hin,
hut n ought TO be written here. In
Justice TO the marquis. that u was
not no who complained why should
hee The allowance was evidently
enough for any reasonable man. He
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