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L.wJsjf "WULL-i twM' Ul 'Tin! rijrffli'1 TX. iiyspspsia OB Has i r Springtime the breath is spirit of love were never more beautifully translated into words than in this idyllic story, the combined work of three men of literary genius, Booth Tarkington, Harry Leon Wilson and Porter Emer son Browne. The play, by the first two named authors, capti vated hundreds of audiences. The story, by Mr. Browne, can not fail to captivate an entire nation. Madeleine de Valette a heroine more beautiful, more innocent, more divinely inspired with the innate purity of a young girl's love, has never been por trayed in fiction. And in Gil bert Steele, the stalwart young American soldier in Andrew Jackson's army, is found a hero who lives up to the traditions' upon which this patriotic nation was founded. Read of M. de Valette, the stern French aristo crat; of his dissolute cousin, to whom he would wed Made leine; of Father O'Mara; of L'Acadienne, the wandering dancer, who had a heart; of Wolf's sturdy American sharp shooters; of old time French customs in Louisiana, where th Code Napoleon yet prevails to administer justice on American soil; of war and peace, of brav ery and cowardice, of love and hate, of life and death, and you will read a romance that creates a new standard in contempora neons American fiction. S Chapter HE came through the mists of the raornlns, a slender little figure, fragile as the dew lndeii cobweb, delicate as tue near of a violet Skirting the lushy edge of the bayou, she came beue;itu the trull Iiib moss of the oaks, following tlii' old footpath that led to Valette. Th, little shafts of sunlight piercing the tangle of the great trees above her lost themselves on the tumbled masses of her uold brown hair. There was laugh xnzLznra pa Tatarrs. -DatJCAra . m aaaar o a nots w 1. her eres sad 00 ber Ups. for sb. was very yoaag sad there was ta fcr to the full the joy - be was late, she knew. It bad beea a woadertal botterty. a uattlWafbat i - v. .n at red and foM M iad i-tteted ber. and theraJssAM ber faraway- It had fJ Boment - the "Ja" Ta.. ladeed, she bad tboeiM tt hers tets the forest she bad followed. a - - Vb were welting ft ber a h. err bitet p-or aa bwtaat Ber father id be n7 af Manroertta for It was s-t bi "f tTlor of Yalt th. W-f the bo '.SLST ..4 Aea-t to keep d aoritT the Bttle wbBe dresa taai Springtime ! lovetime! And spring and the ' I i si '1 ' x&X L i r V.i I fe"" " jig so carefully, so painstakingly, mad. for her; that she had meanl to sin., only a little war a-down the iiatl mat iea to tile brond aires that Inid once been of Valelte ire nuic tin clutching finders of bard tared povi-r:; rMin inem llii'nce Sli woii.,i tell them Ihi-se tUiugs: she would 1 pinin anout tne butterfly. R'n would these things, that explanation, be suiH clent? bbe did not know Her father was a strauge man. a proud man. a man reserved. She loved hlni much cut sometimes he was strange She did not understand She felt far from him, very far. And Aunl .Marguerite was even the shudow of her brother. And so she hurried on. In the great room of the house of Valette, a room that once had had even the splendor of the old chateau In the Norman hills, but now time worn, sunk into the dullness that marks decay, were they preparing to do their last dead slave the honor of the candles, for old Christian had been obedient, faithful yes, even to the end of bis days. And for this he was to have the honor that comes to the Valettes in their going. It was old Louise who counted thu candles now for the last slave, the slave that was dead. Stout, heavy fea tured, clad in rough gray gown and cap of spotless white, she bent over the leather box that lay upon the old table, taking therefrom the candles and counting them as she did so. And as she counted there came to the kind ly old face a look of worrlment At length she turned, hearing foot steps. Came through the door the sis ter of M. de Valette. Across the som ber room she came, a highborn, high bred woman of sixty, a woman of deli cate, pale, gentle face and slender fig ure. Old Louise courfesied. "Yon are counting the candles?" ask ed Mile, de Valette. It was a ques tion that was not a question. She went on, "lly brother tolls the bell for old j Christian with his own bands." The old servant shrugged her shoul ders. "Who else Is there to do It?" she queried. Mile, de Valette said, "Le maltre will , play the requiem." She was counting the candles. Finishing, she exclaimed: "My good Louise, there are not enough! Old Christian was sixty-three." Again Louise shrugged her shoulders. "Here are tblrty-eight." she grum bled. "That should be enough. Old Christian! He was but a black slave, after all." She shook her head. In the year of our Lord 1815, you know, slaves, especially dead slaves, were not of much value. Candles were. Mile, de Valette. pity In her gentle heart, would have made reply, but ere opportunity was hers there had en tered the room Father O'Mara, priest of the parish a kindly man Father O'Mara, who lived much in the out of doors,' a strong man and ragged end a man of the kind that It were good for God to have In his labor. He spoke In s fall, deep voice that echoed resonantly from the dim raft ers with barely s trace of brogue. The old servant conrtesied. Mile, de Vs lette Inclined her head graciously. "You are welcome, Father 'Mara," she said. "We are preparing the can dles, yon see. But there ere not enough. LoulaeT The old servant turned. Mile, de Valette. with s light gesture. Indicated where! upon the walls, tar nished sconces upheld blacaenea csn- dles. Toir thoae" she commanded. I win look tbroneh the house for otb- fthe bowed to Father O'Mara, wnc Mmnolf bowed, snd passed througn tn door. Old Louise obediently went from sconce to sconce, gathering the half bnrned bit of wss and wics msi were to be the last eartniy moots re the dead slave. At length she csroc again to the tsble. laying the old be side the new. Father O'Mara took a pmcn or snun. watching ber with shrewd, kindly gray "Not enougn csnaieer be said at length. The old serrsnt shoos ner oeaa. vn father." she returned, "not an- m voa can convince the master that old Christian was much younger tbas h utd be was. Wouldn't yoa say. -w that be wouldn't have been mo ih.n- eh. stoopea. couniins; id. bw ladles and tbs old-"f orty fourr sbt finis bed. "Much more then rony-rour. una.. said ruber Otlara, smiling a uirm But what baa bis age u 00 wna ni four eaodles art eaoaga tor jw rnapel slur." HJs axe baa sn to 00 wna n. w replied. Toa haven't been wag Ibis pansn. rstaer, or jvm w. kaow." Bs lifted bis hands. -iaa-r be eidalmed. "afy soml! rve beea priest of this aarisb slxtaa. jeers come KastssT t. amntcea rears since tba last death ks the De T alette family. That VfUa. MadelelBe's saotaer. bds paar to the Messed aetata waea atuei. Itodeletne was bora, tba year before yoa cams, so yoa - rastosa here ef Valette, fatbac" Tour rastotar -The nstoss ef the eaadlea. la this faatfly of Tatatte they call It the boa or ef the esadlea. They hsv that for baadreds ef years. Ware tba niae at the Emperor Otarlesnajraa, ia rraaea. hears, whenever deals cones ia ae af this fasally eaadles to the aamber ef his years, as caaaie iot arb year, were set apoa tne aar mm the old ehsprt st the caateaa m nar stsody. Xa matter bow r where saa the family dleU. peraaw si bow. prrbao f.r iwi; ia tstlle. there were (be caad! apow lb siur. It a Novelized by PORTER EMERSON BROWNE From the Play of the Same Name by Booth Tarkiritfton and Harry Leon Wilson COPYRIGHT, 1W0. BY AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION curious" custom, father. 'And the old tales say It led to a tragedy once. But because of that do you think that the De Valettes abandoned It? . Not theyl The De Valettes do-hot aban don custom." "A tragedy?" The priest was inter ested. He leaned forward, resting his elbows on bis cassocked knees. Louise went on: "It was a De Valette who went t the crusades, they say. He was a lover, father, and the woman be loved was bis wife. He left ber there a bride and very beautiful. He was a great soldier, and King PWllp. In the Holy Land, made him count of all Valette, In Normandy, 'So he rode home gayly all the long journey to kiss his bride again. But as be passed by the chapel before be came to the chateau he saw by the lighted win dow there were candles on the altar. So be went in to count them. They were twenty. His wife, she was tweu- GILBERT STEELB ty, father. So he knew.. And then he set his dagger at the armpit where the breastplate does not meet, tbe shoulder piece, reaching bis heart that wsy. Next day tbe candles were for him." She finished. Tbe priest sat back In bis chair, -folding bis bands. "But thst," be ssld, "wss in tbe old world snd hundreds of years ago." She turned a little to blm. "What Is that to tbe masterr sb demanded. "It Is enough for blm that be is a De Vslette. Her are w In Louisiana. But what difference has tbe new world made to tba De Valettes when they come here snd bring their customs with tbera? They build our chapel yonder." She thrust her arm behind ber. indicating tba window through which- one might see 'the heavy spire of stons "like tbe on in Normandy." close by tbe bouse. "Yes," she went on grumbllngly. "they must have their cbapel-veu sn organiat. old Lemaltre. tbe master keeps here on, more mouth to feed! And be can do nothing In tbe world but play tbe organ. And now tbe master has sld tbst old Cbrlstlsn. though be was t slave, must receive tbe honor of tbe todies because be bas been a mem ber of tbe household sll bis life." Father O'Mara ssld: "Tbst dors honor to your master's heart.". "la bis place," muttered Louise. "I would rather ssre some for my stom ach. Old Christian wss slxty-tbre years old. Here, with thee others from tbe scoocea, I rso make ao more tbaa forty-four candles. If tbe master ties bs buy more to OH tb count tbera will be ao more tbaa sslsd to eat tomorrow." rather-0hTsra rose, wandering to the window. "80 Cbrfstlaa wss tb tost slave be longing to If. de Valetur he ssld. Tbe very last of all tb bundreds tbst were to other dire. AO are sotd or dead. Ah. these few acres thst tb Americans bare left tbe master! It Is good that these few seres doat dlef rather O'Mara opened bis snuffbox. Deliberately be took a little ef tb pungent pewder aad placed It to his ostrlla. -The chapel bell baa etoppeo- Louisa, hastily fathering p the caudles open th table, pisced I hem hi tb box. "The tb master win be eoming.- she cried. There a bo better Spring too J tbaa BoUiater Boekj Mountain Tea. Tb sUtaOird for winy years. Tea or Tablet, iSc Get a package today, aadyooTl Utak for the aance. AnomiwoB Drag Co. ilP -, Z'fr (?h , Ip v- (4:v j: f!C ( f . vV" , '? V : Ik - t'J "; V I K i ' ' . ' ; ' v . ' 1XTT years had come and bad fne since the birth of M. de aeette. They bad been' years of Joy, years of sorrow, years of wealth, years of poverty. But alike they bad foiled to move him from that which he was a De Valette. A De Valette, you must know, Is- a-De Va Iette, and when one has said that one has Bald all. And now be stood In the doorway, tan. erect, quiet, command ing, possessing in all its fullness the innate dignity mothered of birth, fa thered of pride, a spare, onbend) g fig ure dressed, plainly In block, with cnui brlc stock, collar snd wristbands. HI hair was gray, yet his eyebrows were still in their primal black.-. AND sfAOELEINS. father 0'Mra turned and bent to bis quiet greeting. To Louise turned tb master. "Too bar tb candles for tbe chap si?" be asked.' ."Tea, Mich, an of them." . "There are sixty -three?" Th old servsnt paused hesitatingly. She ssld: "Mlche, 1 fblnk Christian was not aa eld as be looked He bad to m the air of being not more tbaa forty four." "Which easaaa," stated If. de Vs Iette, "that yoa bare but forty-foui candles." . "Micbe," ried Lontse exteauatlngly. "Mil. VsrgusrH looks for others." "That will sot da We must bars no burnt ones. Throw. out those that are burnt" Louis raised ber bands protesting 17. . "But. Mlrb"- "Oo to the vUlsg and boy more. Take th box. See that it la Oiled. Yon know where th money Is kept" Sb mad a gesture of ImplorsUoB, but tbs master stoooT before ber lnx orsbl. Slowly sbe opened tb drawn In tb table. Sb took therefrom s few coins of small denomination. "It to tbe tost," sbe wblspered-"tbe eery tost" n ssld simply: "Have the box fllled." Be turned from ber, saying to the priest: -."Fstber O'Mara." The tatter tamed. "Touching thwasittr of msasea for old Christian" be began, but hL de Valette Interrupted him. "It to In regard to soother reretaov that I wish to Instruct yoa. One ef the quick. It is, not of tbe dead." O'Mara said, smiling: 1 bare bat christenings and wed dings, I spore bead that this to aot a christening." . ' j - "A marriage, rather CMara." Tear sister. Mile Marguerite, bas tsslesceoded at tastr exclaimed tb- prVet la apparent swprto. The ether shook his head. "My stater bas aot eadacoded.' he retorned. - -Bat" cried CMsrs. "It to aot year dsaghtar aot mtle MadeMaer -Aad why eatr The priest eaerled stswly: Has sbe oae wttb bar dotlsr -Mile, de Taflette,- statad th other evenly, "to esitatasa." "Sereotesar rsaraed OTfara Bgbb tf. "AH ef that She carries her years sasfiy." -Bar betrothed to here," ssld P T letta, aabsadlag. "I wish t srearat yoa." Be tanked. Tbrsagh tbe opea eoer he coatd ees bto stoter gathering eaadles from tbe daU scoaces by the replace. My sister." be caned, aad the, we slrtar win aak ht. Based a Ta. tone tf be wttl de ass the boasr ef bto O'Mara, Cat barled bs head, was lookjag at hiss, bis gray eyes half closed. Be said, at teagth. etowty: -Cpoa my eoal. M. da Tsletsa, yea take mr breath little M tel. p f'Vfl .4TBSn O'aUHS. trothedr De Valette smiled a little, his On, rem Dlarlne with tbe cover of bis snuffbox. "An arrangement of many years. he said. "M. Raoul do ValeU Is my cousin." w "And." queried the priest slowly "Madeleine sdores him?" U ' "Tbnf will be ber duty when she shall know blm." "She bss never seen him?" De Vslette replied: 1 "This Is M. de Valetto's first visit here. Be came lalo last night They are to be presented to each other to day." "And," persisted the priest, "she Is docile? She accepts this betrothal to one sbe hss nerer seen?" De Valette smiled a little. Surely this good priest knew little of hliu snd of bis. "Could there, be sny question of tbatr be asked. "It Is so that tbe demoiselles De Valette are brought up, Sb bss si ways understood tbe ar rangement." Tb good priest shrugged bis shorn. ders a little. He ssld: "Fsltb, I bsve known young ladles of seventeen to make their own ar rangements." . "They were not ladles of this fami ly, Fstber 0Mers.". returned De Vslette quietly. "Madeleine bss never even seen a young man of ber own class. Tbe first mr cousin. Is to b her husband." Tb good priest said no word. II raised his eyebrows. There came with in bis glance sn approaching figure. It was of a man of tblrty-nv or so, a "ADILLSJSS SOOBBS HTM?" man dressed rsrefully, even foppishly, With graying uslr elaborately arranged and well turned calves w-t off wttb stockings of black silk. Ills coat wss af dark. rV-b material, bis waistcoat whits with strtiea of yellow, snd bU Stork was of white silk, while bbi collar, frills snd wristband aere of dellcsle csnibric. Wltb bead erect, cola held high, be sauntered towsrd them slowly. Indolently. Fstber O'Mara watched blm closely He wss wool to read men by their faces, yet here wss oae thst poszled bias. Be wss worried e little, but aot hiss af bis festnn-s might bsve Shown. Entering tbe ream. M. Roal de Va tstte tamed to hi cousin, bowing elab orately. "At roar command, behold me." be said. Bis voire wss well mod n Is ted. It wss e voire tbst va ss his face. pasaled. De Tsiette tnraed to tb prieet, thee back to bis rotMin. -If. Baoul d Valette. I have tbe beaor to pritst b yoa rather Joseph CTMsra. abbe of this parish." Raeal art bow lodged tbe iotroductloa with formality, tbs priest with dignity. CMara said -Tea are ef the yooager branch of the family. I believe, sir." -Merely th cadet." Banal returned. Voae the less ef purest etrala." ss- serted De Valette. -M. Baool d Ta too to th aameaake ef that ether T alette whose portrait lies ssdicated to where apoa the waB rested a tJaw dimased agar ef oils "to my mlad the greatest ef Baool threw back bis bead, Ufti&g deaa Unaed brows, with a tsach of ssraaaJcieaa. - -Eh-tmt wttb respect, ary eeusta," he protested. "It was he who lost us our estate In France." De Valette said oulckly, gravely: "But he saved the fair fame of bis sister, whom a king of France de sired too greatly to honor. Be put an ocean between ber and tbe king's pur suit We lost the estates in Norman dy, but we kept the good name of our women." ne stood a moment con templating In slleuce the scroll upon tbe bottom of the old frame wherein lay the portrait of blur who bad done these things. He said, at length, slow ly: "Untarnished! That Is tbe motto of De Valette. We keep our women sacred. And that Is our proudest tra dition not even tbe breath of a king," Haoul, gaslug disinterestedly at the point of his shining pump, said lightly: "Tbe world knows that, my cousin." De Vallette turned lo hlra abruptly. "Rooul." he said slowly, gravely, "you are to receive a bride whos ev ery moment; since ber babyhood bas been guarded, protected and cloistered from the world from all knowledge of that noisome beast, tbe world. Sbe comes to you in thnt whit Innocence which Is the Immemorial heritage of the demoiselles De Valette." Raoul said softly: "A Jewel never taken from Its casket.'" " "Ah, not a Jewel," asserted O'Mara, -l.lnr- "Tint Inwel. M. KBOUl. IOT, tbougb they shine to dazzle you, Jew els are bard. Of Madeleine 1 never bnnm which .he Is the more a flower or a child. Perhaps you will decide that for ma when vou meet ner. Raoul said, smiling. "1 grow a little imnatlant for the moment sir." "Tbe -moment, cousin. Is at band," mmA n ValaHe. "Not quite yet" declared CMara. 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