Pictures and the Picturegoer (Jan-Dec 1924)

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JANUARY 1924 Pictures and Pichurepuer And then one day, Yoeland and her invalid sister were in danger of death from a fierce wolf that had slipped its leash in the courtyard. The thing, indeed, was almost upon her and it would have been certain death but for the prompt spring of tin hated serving man, Rupert cUVrieac. Hi arm can-la at the beast's throat, with it he fought and in the end the wolf was by him slain. IK had d her life and she knew it well, and though she continued on every occasion to remind him of his position she knew at last the feeling of a gro\l ing respect for this enemy of her house. An uncle of the tie la Roche, nominal head of the family, calling with his tram one day, brought news of the forthcoming marriage of Ins daughter to .1 certain Due de Tours, and Yoeland, despising the Due for a notorious profligate, excited at this news, determined to at once set out for Chateau Briege to dissuade her cousin Denise from the match. And it pleased her whim at the last moment to include in her retinue this Rupert, this serving man that her brother had so strangely acquired, in order to continue his persecution. " You may again carry a sword, sir," laughed the Count on the eve of the tram's departure; " hut only in defence of my sister." In due course Yoeland and her train arrived at the Castle Briege and was greeted warmly by her cousin Denise. The Due dc Tours, expected at any moment, had not yet arrived, and the two girls were thus able to exchange confidences. Y'oeland quickly learnt that the girl's heart was in reality given to one Phillipe de Vois, an impoverished noblemart whose estate adjoined that of Briege Castle, but her father's word was law and she dare not disobey. Upon the morning after the arrival of Yoeland the Due dc Tours presented himself at the Castle, and proved to be a nobleman of excessively catholic taste in many things. He had come prepared to love the fair Denise; but it seemed that he had come too, prepared to love any other lady who might glance his way. At his first sight^of Yoeland he greeted her boisterously. And so this is Yoeland of whom I have heard," he said. " By all the Gods of Gossip, those that have praised you have said not half enough." He turned and observed Rupert standing at attention. " Ah ! " he cried genially—" and this! What, prithee, is this? Some new toy that I have heard of, for the Count's amusement?" " For mine," explained Yoeland. " I have borrowed him from the box where the family toys are kept. My brother found him or bought him or won him in game. I know not which, and he is so attached to me that verily he cannot be persuaded to leave." S°> a" day she taunted Rupert, and still he was firm to his vows, and retorted not. It was a servant's place to keep silence and he did not forget that tor li\. years he must In a servant. The I hie meantime "as an ardent harvester. Were Denise in sighi he would pay com I to her; and wen she not in sight he would strcnously make love to Voeland. For her cousin's sake, Yoeland made every effort to Conceal her dislike for the wide and sagging Due, hut the task was difficult. " How strange it is," he said softly one day, when Yoeland, losing all self control at his arrogant cruelty, had Struck him with her riding whip, " that this arm now raised in anger, would feel soft and warm round a man's neck. You will not hold these little flirtations against me, 1 trust, Madame? Ami this marriage of mine to your cousin — you will not let it interfere with pur — friendship?" Yoeland knew not what to do, and wished keenly for her uncle's return. One day the little feeling of regard that had stirred in Yoeland's breast on the day that Rupert had saved her from the wolf quickened and she saw him in a new light, looked at him with a new interest now. A messenger, who said he had been searching for Rupert for many days, arrived from Paris with the news that Margot had given her heart to a nephew of de Tours' and was sending his ring back. The messenger had the ring and handed it to Rupert, and for the first time in his bond days the young man showed signs of visible emotion. He stared dumbly at the rin 0* hand, It I it drop to the ground anil toll away, made no > ffoi i • »ver ii H< scciiu d so ii i' ndli i now i ted b) everyone thai he had known and cared for. Servant? Why! even the vers servants in the lower hall had their friends, then relatives, their hopes, their loves. What hope had he? ..... Bui Yoeland, unknown to him, had been a witness of this incident and sin thought on it long. She contrasted this strangclj acquired servant with th< called nobleman, the Due dc Tours, who could love in ever) street and go away still capable of love. She found herself contrasting him indeed with even man who had come into her life, and she was surprised at the place he held amongst them. From that day on there was a notable lessening in her abuse of him. She taunted him less and less, and looked at him more and more. It was on the morning after the incident of the ring that the Castle was startled by the news that Denise had eloped with her lover Phillipc de Vois, and all eyes were on the Due to how u>: would take this turn. He took it in the manner which many might have expected. He began the day by becoming drunk, he continued it by making violent love to a serving maid, and he ended it, when the serving f yoeland strove to conceal her dislike for the Due, whose sole claim to invade society xco.f accident of birth.