Montgomery County sentinel., 1931-05-08

Ncl 1881. Mcclure Newspaper Syndlcate,h
(WNU Servlce.l
HENRI and Fleurette were so very
much In love with each other
but marriage; little home-ah How
to accomplish 1t? Often as they sat
on their favorite bench atop Mont
martre looking up at the blue, star
studded sky; gllmmering back
ground for the Oriental Minarets of
the Church of Sacre Occur, Henri was
very sad and Of doleful expression.
Fleurette it was who always cheered
him up and devoted herself to the
bright side of life.
"But my Henri she softly whisp-
cred one evening, "lille all men, you
are INPATIENT What matter that ]
am an orphan with no parents to give
me dot and blessing? What matter
that your pay is too little as yet for
marriage? We are young; we love
wait and laugh ovei the lovely things
that are ours at this moment2 Be
hold, Henri SacrG Occur drowned In
stars You may kiss me after you
look ~
Thus admonished and invited Henri
revived at once with true Gallic
elastically of emotion. They kissed
with the happy abandon of gulleless
youth.
"Fleurette, my treasure, as always
you are right. am ashamed Of my
self. But no more; my cherished |
swear it ! will work harder, save ms
always the ten francs week. Whyf
Because love you and | have the
what is it? ih, the hunch Some
day the opportunity will arrive for
you and me to go to America and
astonish them all with our so perfect
English"
And so 1t went day after day; week
after week; and month after month
with Fleurette and Henrl-Fleurett
supremely joyous in French wOman's
love Of love; Henri, adoring, worship
full; but more often than not impa-
tientIy despairlng Il that bridal day
that spelled to him the worth of life
itself.
So brushed by romance they were,
that often they met by the damp, per-
fumed delight of the flower booths
situated on the long aisle back Of the
Madeleine--a riot Of roses with the
dew still on them And sometimes. Of
Sunday afternoon, they strolled, hand
in hand, shoulder touching shoulder;
out of the Avenue des Champs Blysees.
past Porte Malllot, into the messy,
lchened Bois de Boulogne, circllng
over to Longchamp.
In such ways The love Of Henri
and Fleurette grew to be beautiful
abiding quality of both their lives
Henri was the concierge (grandI.
oquent title) of dimnutive Inn with
a cigar box size office and q compile
ment of six rooms, all antiGuated as
the French revolution. but. due to
Henri's omnisclence, fairly shining
from perpetual securing True, one
had to go down to the rear court
yard to use the community wash basin
but when one considered the rate
four francs day, sixteen cents. which
included morning coffee and a wee,
shapely carafe of vii ordlnalre. In
other words, Henri was the arblter
of destiny for one of the manifold
pensions that lie In that Paris which
Is tucked away behind the wide ave
nues and broad boulevards the Paris
Of the true Partisan, and the Paris
that but one OF thousand tourists
ever glimpses.
How to save enough to marry Fleu-
rette and take her TO America where
he knew he could, with his expert
knowledge, make much money at one
Of the great hotels where cunning
continental service was appreciated In
terms Of dollars
Returning one day about one to his
pension after n neapcr luncheon with
Fleurette, he was as usual brOoding
mentally and peerlng into the misty
future. Remember that the street IN
which Henri abl1ed and won his
scanty sustenance could be crossed
from sidewalk to sidewalk In two fair
strides of six foot man; the side
walk would be exactly two and half
times the length II his shoe
Implanting Itself forcibly on HenrPs
vision, as he approached his pension,
was the picture Of nurse maid and
baby carriage the carriage juttlng
half way across the street--jusl this
side OF his destination. As he VAS al
most beside the carrlage. VOLTA
What was that careening recklessly
down the more than narrow street A
taxlcab The drivers eyes everywhere
but in front OF him. Bearing down on
the baby carrlngel Mordleu! Henri
leaped like an avalanche and grabbed
Back to the gray walls he held the
carriage and Its precious burden, close
in, with Il whlmrerlng nurse.maid
clawlng his arm while the taxi lnorted
by.
The sequel All therein HOurlshes
the sweet future Of Fleurette and
Henri The baby so deftly rescued
from destruction belonged to none
other than Harlan Keith owner of q
chain Of great hotels In that land Of
promise America.
The scene Harlan Kellh's room 10
the Ritz Henri announced and enter
ing:
"Cone In young man" Crisp, sharp
command. Ms Harlan Keith blew his
nose repeatedly on silk handker
chief. "Minnle, our nurse-maid. has
cOnlided to me yUul confidence. Ny
thanks would be invalid invite you
and your FieurCife, whom shall
SET TINT you rnnrry toniorrow to come
nome with me lnd build youf future
with me b. 'lll much criticized repub
Tic America"