Springtime romance featured in serialized tale
The newspaper prints the entire portion of Springtime with a synopsis by Browne and notes Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson as coauthors. It highlights Madeleine de Valette and Gilbert Steele in a tale set in Louisiana under Napoleonic Code with war, love, bravado, and moral conflict.
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Booth Tarkington
Harry Leon Wilson
Porter Emerson Browne
K. Browne
Madeleine de
Gilbert Steele
Andrew Jackson
Read
M. de Valette
Madeleine
Father O'Mara
L’acadienne
Wolf
Louisiana
Butterfly Chase Through Valette's Shadowed Bayou
A young woman from the Valette household dashes into the forest chasing a butterfly she believed hers. In a decaying estate, old loyalist Louise counts candles for a slave’s death as Father O'Mara questions the ever-dwindling ritual supplies amid rigid class and family expectations.
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Bayou
Valette
De Valette Candle Rite Sparks Louisiana Tale
In a Louisiana mansion the De Valette family clings to a centuries old candle custom for each year of a death. Louise explains a tragedy in Normandy linking a wife and crusader to twenty candles. The master enforces the rite despite hardship as old Christian, a slave, is honored with candles and the chapel is kept. The scene moves toward a marriage that unsettles Father O Mara and hints at family intrigue.
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Valette
Christian
Valettes
Old Louise
M. de Valette
Louise
Mlie. de Valette
Old Christian
Mile
de Valette
Father O'Mara
Mlle. de Valette
Father O’mara
Charlemtigne
Chateau
Normandy
de Valettes
Philip
Holy Land
Louisiana
Lemaitre
Sauther O'Mara
O'Mara
Pather O'Mara
Mlle
Marguerite
Madeleine
Po Louise
Miche
De Valette Betrothal Arranges A Longstanding Bond
In a quiet French household M de Valette orchestrates a betrothal for Madeleine to his cousin Raoul de Valette. Father O'Mara questions Madeleine’s compliance as the ceremony unfolds, while Louisa and Miche adjust candles and preparations for the forthcoming presentation.
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Aunt Marguerite
Marie
Mara
M. de Vurette
Mlle. de Vallette
M. Raoul de Valee
Oasara
M. Ruwoul de Valette
Demoiselles de Valette
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