The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-05-20

Poly here, you will be crying directly
to be let out"
| Eloise left the room with tears of NOR
tification and disappointment in her calm
eyes.
Down in the parlor a gentleman was
standing before the fire. It was Doctor
1 Chandos, who called every day on Mrs.
Giles, and who had fallen deeply and
tenderly in love with Eloise, who was
/ innocently unconscious of bis feeling for
her. She looked upon him as kind
and wise friend; therefore, when seeing
| her fearful eyes as she entered the par
lor, the doctor advanced with solicitous
inquiries, it seemed very natural to con.
| fide in him.
Doctor Chandos listened to her story
with strange look gathering in his dark
gray eyes as they rested gravely on her
! face.
sEloise, do you honestly feel that your
place is by this mans side?''
cit is the sincere desire of my heart to
be there, and to work with him." she re-
piled earnestly.
The doctor marched thoughtfully the
| whole length of the room, turned and
came back, pausing before her. n
s'If you really wish to go to India I
| will give you the necessary funds"
grateful surprise, but the doctor freed
himself rather abruptly and proceeded
upstairs to pay his morning visit to Mrs.
Giles.
Great was that lady's indignation when
she learned what he had promised.
IT did give you credit for possessing
little common sense, Godfrey Chandos!'
she had sharply. "Cant you see that
the girl is simply infatuated with the
idea of mission? A mission, indeed!
Her mission is to stay at home and be
nice little wife and mother-and declare
Godfrey Chandos, you haven't any more
sense than stick of woodr'
At which extraordinary speech the doc
tor smiled calmy, with his fingers on the
wrinkled wrist of the old lady, and his
eyes on the face of his gold repeater.
It's of no use, my dear she hasn't
thought of me. lam too DID," he said.
"Old" shifted Madam Giles contempt
uously as she glanced at the doctors
handsome, bearded face, clear eyes and
black-a-moor of a missionary looks ten
years older than you, with his narrow
shoulders, cadvaerous cheeks and hollow
eyes! Eloise Preston is one of the big
gest geese in existence, and you are an
other, to send the girl you love out to a
crazy missionary for whom she has no
more affection than she has for the man
in the moon-not bit morer' and Mrs.
Giles turned her back upon the doctor.
who, being familiar with the old lady's
oddities, was in no way disturbed.
There followed a month of prepara-
tion, during which Doctor Chandos was
so kind and helpful and sympathetic that
Eloise could not fail to ap preciate his
goodness.
When at last he had escorted her
safely aboard the steamer which would
sail on the following morning, and had
left her with a lingering hand clasp and
many kind wishes, Eloise, in a lonely
portion of the deck, sat with her vail
drawn over two fearful eyes, and great
fear, and dread and sorrow in her heart.
A union with Hiram Stevens almost
hateful to her now.
Her religious enthusiasm had abated.
In the last month-how weak of her
she had grown to think far too much of
DR.. Chandos, whom she was never again
to look upon.
little uncomfortable. sob burst from
her lips. She started, as warm hand
closed over her own.
"Eloise-dear child" whispered a
familiar voice, and then DR.. Chandos
seated himself beside her.
81 find it impossible to let you go
from me until I tell you how dearly I
love you, and until you assure me that
Hiram Stevens has the first place in your
affection. Will youf feave me, sweetheart,
or will you stay?"
What would you have done dear
reader?
Eloise broke down utterly, and shed
tears of mingled shame and rapture be-
hind her veil.
The doctor transported her and her
baggage back to Mrs. Giles in triumph,
and the next mail to India carried let
ter of explanation to Mr.. Stevens, en-
closing bank check for a generous
amount to be spent in the cause for
which he was laboring.
When Mrs. Giles died, two years later,
she had bequeathed to Eloise, DR.. Chan
dos wife, ten thousand dollars and the
green parrot.