| Show I II II I I rtha L si S SMARIE s LA FARCE FAROE was Wal the MARIE prettiest girl in Her lIer dark eyes sparkled her black hair framed a lovely vivId vivid viv viv- vivId id face tace It was inevitable that many young men should fall faU Inlove in inlove inlove love with her Which they did But Dut chief among them was tall taU handsome Jules Jule Gareau the son on of a wood Maries Marie's mother was a small maU working hard-working woman whose beauty differed from the girls Strong lines Unes were graven on her face and andIn andIn andin in her eyes shone hone clear fortitude Madame La Farges Farge's eyes looked steadily at everything whether it was waa the snow now which lay so 0 many months month about the small maU tight cabin or at one of her children who bad had perhaps been angry or selfish So while Maries Marie's face was wa sweet and winning her mothers mother's expression was waa full fuU of tit character It could hardly fall faU that Marie should grow a little arrogant under under un der the circumstances You ar are e unkind to me said Jules one dayI dayI day I have loved you rou always alway yet yo you u act as if It it did not matter An And now you tell me you are going goin g away from here He Ue waved l his hi iii arm What Is I. that to you you Marie was wa dressed In bright Jacket full woolen skirt and high laced boots A A red knitted cap was pulled jauntily over her curls curia How low can you ask such luch a ques qua question lion tion of m me Jules reproved herA herA her A girl cannot stay in this simple slim sim pIe village forever But Dut Marie lie He reached for her hand His lils eyes looking down at her were tilled filled with beseeching be be- love We had bad plans plan together to tot gether ether you and I. I Already father has haa given me the land Already I have cut the timbers for tor our bouse house have you forgotten Marie laughed You handsome stupid I I must see ee a bit of the world before settling down to she nodded toW towards her own house where her mother stood in the door calling to toone one of the children You see r J tom N e eA ti A T t ti i I We Wo Ve Had Plans Flans Together You and andI I lie He Said Bald i said a d Marie she worn out with work work She's She old before her time She wears old clothes and thinks old thoughts It cannot be otherwise here In Your moth mother r replied Jules sternly has has ha the most truly beautiful beauy ful face In the village v My father says so Marie raised railed her long lashes In surprise and shrugged her shout der ders A week before Christmas the girl left the village I have bave a position During the holidays holiday extra girls are needed in the stores Soon I shall have money of my own Soon I 1 han hall dance and go places place with many fine line people j F So that Is what you are aro think ing lag said her mother But Dut sh she he e added no words warda of advice or mand mend Dont forget us child chUd Think of u ua u. at Christmas with th the e white snow about us and the green spruces spruce on the hills Think of your you r father In tn the woods chopping Think of me cooking and mendI mending mend mend- I ing lag and singing to the baby and shall shaU go eo wrong with you JOu Come home when tt it seems seem best We love you But Dut Jules was silent and heartbroken heart broken never be the same ame to me M le Ie again Your head will wUl be fit nl with Idle notions An Anto And d to think i t can go Co and leave leaveat us at Christer si sl lt ll t But Marie went And If U the they y d her sadly In the village ye e where while she was born she worked d hard rd And because of ot her enet energy face she was kept on In her position after the holidays hOliday She sent presents home but she sin shedid shedid did not go Co there there- She liked he her r new new ew life One year Two years For one on e reason or another she never found foun ed d time I to visit her hei people She was wa doing well She was thrifty She Sin went about with this or that tha admiring ing escort And she smothered the pangs of ot homesickness Win rh h heart rt 1 Five yeah aW away y Now and then from froin Jules short hort letters 3 to J 0 j K iLL which related how bow her ber father had cut his hand chopping wood How flow her tier brother had fallen through the ice and was wu rescued How JIow her ber mother was wu just the same lame Everyone Every one loves Jove her ber wrote Jules Then one on da day Marl Marie happened to meet an artist named Tom Santos Santo You are 10 so very beautiful I 1 must paint you at once declared this Impulsive young oung man Marie Maria laughed at him but it soon loon happened t 1 at she ahe posed regularly regu regu- regularly for this brilliant painter She liked his hi queer jerky wa way of talkIng talkIng talking talk- talk Ing while he worked She felt that she he was lucky to be admired by him One day In the studio he asked about her home dome Marie told him a little rather grudgingly You say you were born bora In Beauclaire Beau Beau- claire cried the man stow How odds He lIe laid down his hi brushes and went to a shell shelf One of the finest wood wood-en wood carvers In Quebec made this a young oung man called Jules Gareau lIe He picked up a small maU figurine urine and held it in his hands hand Marie felt a quick trembling runan run ill aU over her ber Oh Ob she breathed Jules Julu never told me he had bad taken up his fathers father's work You know him then this artist Jules Jules JulesT Yes ye she he answered stepping down from the dial dla where she sha posed Let me see ee please Tom gave her the small maU figurine as ea It If it were something precious Look at the pose he said Look at the old womans woman's face Isn't she wonderful and beautiful In n character Id I'd like to mee meet her Ina in ina You shall murmured Marie a low voice and added I must stay away from home for years Jears before I discover from a stranger tranger how fine ne m my mother Is Ia Come we can catch the evening train Snow la lay thick on that Christmas eve Bright Dright lights shone bone ilL to J 4 I I J Ji i t I II I Oh She Breathed Jules Wales Never Told Me lie from the houses house The mountains were dark dark with purple shadows shadow Two figures walked along the squeaking snow How could you have left all ail this for an ugly city Marie MarleT Marld The girl answered nothing She hurried faster and her heart beat beal furiously I cannot wait walt to get there she ahe thought Over there she ahe said paid aloud Is the Gareau home and now here bere we come com to our Hurry hurry They pushed through the gate they entered the house without knocking A huge fire blued blazed on the hearth Singing and dancing filled the low low room Marie pulled her tier friend towards a slight figure sitting In a chair This is 11 ismy ismy my mother she said laid At once the room was In tn an uproar up roar People flocked about the new guests all talking together kissing Marie laughing and shouting But Dut Tom Santos bent low over Madame La Farges Farge's hand Im proud and happy to know you ou Yes Yes Yes- looking at her critically Gareau Gateau Is 11 a genius Marie with a new light tight and radiance radi radl ance ante about her next pulled him to toa toa a tall young man standing by the fire And this II is Jules she explained ex simply Jules Gareau The two men shook hands Please please all of you she cried be quiet The room fell into silence I have been away a long while began the girl girt But Dut I 1 am home again I have neglected you all but chiefly my family But Dul now on Christmas eve I come to tomy tomy my senses lenses and you youl tier Her lovely smile encircled them them all Mother the figurine which Jules carved of you brought me back I could not wait walt for then 1 I knew how Id I'd missed you A murmur of pleasure ran about the room Jules her voice faltered blushes rose in her cheeks cheek are you still sUIl T She could not finn fin n. n lab ish The tall handsome young man men atU at a. atIf If U in a dream strode close to herNo herNo her No Marie Im I'm not married Ive I've waited so long Jong for you rou And then uproar rose again The They danced They feasted And Marie Marl sat close to her mother and looked and looked at that kind strong thong forgiving for tor giving gluing face And all aU the children fell tell asleep and were waked up again and Marie's Maries Marles Ma Maties ties rie's father Cather roared d with laughter Thus Marie Marl La Le Forge Farce came back to the village of and Jules O m Union I- I r |
