Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-02

ried and after, Parisians had courted her
with all the art and assiduity they we're
capable Of. Her dressing room at the
theater and her boudoir at home were
always filled with flowers sent her by
admirers, each vying with the other as
to who could send her the costlier and
the more beautiful ones. Her friend
and enemies used to speak of her dressing
room as her Court" Men in full dress,
silk hat under the arm, were waiting
for a glimpse and a word with her be-
TWEEN acts; and the happy ones who were
allowed to stay a little longer with her,
who were invited to her home for tea,
were considered exceptionally favored
mortals.
And now this simple peasant had, in
some subtle manner, turned the tables,
SO 1T was she who made all the advances.
Because OF his avarice OF speech she had
to invent all the little nice things to say
to him, to flatter him, to make him de-
pendent upon her. For she had made up
her mind to get him to go with her back
to Paris. From roundabout conversation
with her brother-in-1aw and his mother
she had discovered that Emanuel was a
man OF means, that he did not have to
stay on the farm N do himself the
work he was doing. He could rent his
farm to others and live on the income
in Paris. She had not yet told him of her
plans, but she was certain to succeed.
She had no doubts on that score. Who
would, who could, resist her? Had men
not always told her that she was ire
sistible?
Every time she saw him In the simple
peasant clothes she TRANSPORTED him for
herself in well cut city clothes: elegant
striped trousers n blue coat In the day
time, full dress in the evening. How
handsome he would look! How that enor-
mously wire chest of his would be
brought out In a white vest under a
black coatl
Whenever they were together she
talked about the city. about her work in
the theater. He listened, interested in
everything she told him, questioning in
diligently, with curiosity even, as one
interested In distant matters.
Their meetings we're half casual, with
out any definite appointment. He would
long day In the fields, and walk down
the road toward the castle. II she we're
coming toward him, he would stop where
he was n let her approach him. Once
or twice she had asked him to come TO
the castle when Henri and his mother
were away. She talked to him In the
large hall while he sat uncomfortably
on the edge Of q chair n fumbled with
the cap in his hand
Once she had asked Henri to take her
to the Cora farm; to visit the property
and have him show her things which she
wanted to know about. On that occasion
she had arranged to listen to some
Basque songs which Emanuel's mother
and people sang while Emanuel accom-
panied them on the guitar.
But nothing definite between them had
happened. Not a word spoken of the
future.
Genevieve's vacation was coming to q
close. Another few weeks and she would
have to go back to Paris to begin re-
hearsals on q play. She began talking
about Paris more frequently. more earn
estly to Emanuel, without ever e~licitine
from him the expression OF a desire To
go there. The more she talked to him
the more she realized how difficult II
would be to persuade him to abandon
the farm.
She began to observe him more closely
His feet. when he wr,ked. seemed one