New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-12

Il am going tonight on the midnight 'raih'
It's going to be tomorrow .,. ,o or,od
| in surprise.
She bowed 49, - ,,.h
! but you'll be all played out. It's too m ,uS
IF He hesitated and stopped IN ms i"ue
cision as TO whether II would be worse 10 take 'e
journey or to forego attending the funeral. -
mo, shant mind It, I'm used to traVeli'hs'
| she replied quietly. -.
I'll go up to the station win !ou' II ~" W
| object" he suggested ,,,,,
| THANK you. That will save Madge and WINE
| the trouble" she replied as she started ioi "o'
| dressing room. ,..
| You shan't have to walt for me tonight
| Madge" she said when she reached the room
| "AIr Ewing Is going to the station with me.
"Mr Ewing" Madge repeated in surprise f0r
moment she looked mystifed but she only SAID:
| HAS he been round tonight?
| He came round for a few minutes
| "Wen | don't see what you want TO go on
| for anyway" the soubrette cried after mo-
ment's silence. You'll get yourself all Worn
out and you'll blow in lot OF money Tor 1ares'
| and all for
'Madge" cried Evelyn
| "Oh all right. do as you please" said Madge,
subsding. For that matter I've noticed you
generally do with all your. soft ways" she added
as a kind of retOrt
After the performance when she had dressed
for the street Evelyn found Clarke Ewing walt
| ing for her in front of Harry Davidson's room
| He was chatting and laughing with the actor,
who in his shirt sleeves and struggling WIN
| his collar The feud between the two men had
| long since been buried and they were now on the
most amiable terms.
Ewing took Evelyns handbag and they passed
| out Of the stage-door together. I'll call cab,
he said. That'n be the best way"
Il would rather walk" she said IT'S so
pleasant We've got plenty of time for the train
and it isn't far. It's only Quarter-past eleven.
That is unless you dislike to carry the bag
"Not in the least" he replied. brskly. I'D
much rather walk.
! the middle of the street. Lets turn down TO
| Madison-ave. That's quiet and pleasant"
They walked half block together in silence
Then he said: Il suppose your aunt's death was
great blow TO you. Miss Gordon told me that
| you used to live with her.
Yes. but it wasn't great blow she replied.
| He said nothing for a moment: then. by the
| remark that followed. she knew the trend OF his
thoughts After | got back from Europe" he
said with apparent irrelevancy. 1.-The Mater and
didn't quite understand each other. She was dis
| appointed in me, and l remember how hard II
for us to live through that misunderstand-
| ing"
'Disapponted?" Evelyn repeated.
| Yes. she urged me to go in for the law My
| father was lawyer and made reputation. and
she was awfully proud Of him, and she wanted ,,
me to follow in his footsteps and all that When
| I left Harvard she sent me to Europe for a year
She thought that would cure me OF some of my
| ideas about the ideal life that got there"
What were they?" Evelyn asked.
ooh. wanted TO go in for philanthropy and
literature and lot Of other things at the same
the philanthropy kind of side issue you
know. She's philanthropic herself for that mat
| ter: she's always helping people. But she ola
| object to the literature"
| How curious"
"Oh. dor't know. think she fanced It was
a kind Of excuse for being lazy. Sometimes Il IS.
| 1t was while In Germany. you know. l
wrote Myrna and when got back l got the
| literary fever worse than ever.
| But your mother must have liked 'Myrna."
"Oh. she said it was pretty. She always pre-
| tends to laugh at my things. It's her way. But
| 'Myrna' didn't go at first In fact didn't really
| catch TIL Social Parasites appeared. That
was my first book.
Perhaps you'll tell now why you changed
| from romance to realism" Evelyn said. as they
| turned into Madison-ave She knew that ne was
talking about himself simply to amuse her. TO
keep her from thinking about her own affairs
you know you promised.
He burst into his soft laughter. 80 you re-
member. do your?
~ should think you could imagine from what
| I told you he went on. q" Myrna' wrote during
ance with Europe. and the traditions OF the places
| I visited made me poetic. couldn't help being
romantic while was over there. Besides, once
| heard a realist say that young writer's first
| book always sure TO be romantic
And was that alp Evelyn asked shrewdly
Was It just the scenery and the associations OK
| Europe that made you romantic
He burst into his laugh again. You think FELL
| in love. don't yor?'
| Perhaps"
We'll. l did had n delightful love affair
with a little German giil. II wasn't serious you
| know IT was just one Of those ideal experiences
that only a boy Of twenty-five can have:
and then he never has one again. She married
| a great beer-drinking officer"
How sad" she said half mockingy
| Yes wasn't II? But forgave her and sent
| her my blessing"
"And then you became a realist?"
"Oh. no. The little German girl made me moro
Of romaniicisi than ever ! hadn't written !,
| religious coloring 10 my life II was very touch
| ing. For several weeks travelled about imagn-
ing myself young Byron. and as went from
| place to place in Switzerland wrote my story"
| But you haven't told me why you became a
realist YETI
| to New-York and quarrelled with the Mater.
| That made me blue for long time The Mater
| and | had been good friends. good comrades.
| Then the ugliness II American life sickened me,
especially the ugliness of New-York. Yet before
left America ! thought there couldn't be a
more beautiful place In the world"
| But you've got over that
"Oh yes. adjusted myself to things again.
! But II had paralyZing effect for long time. ]
Mater to Newport You we tried TO be good
friends. just the same. That's the worst kind OF
| quarrel-where you pretend it's all made up
and all right And then down In Newport /
hrted desperately"
"Ah I see. That explains IT,"
| 81 knew you'd think that So II does In a way.
was caught on the rebound. But ] woke up In
time found that she was utterly heartcss.
| Then ! went back to New-York, wrote Social
Parasites and
Found yourself famous
| "Oh don't know about that" he laughed.
| ut made my Newport friends furious. You know
the three swels put into IT are the worst char
acters in the book"
Yes they certainly are. I wondered at the
| time II you were Just to them. 1t seemd 10 me
so strange that people with so-with 90 many
advantages should profit so little by them.
80 many disadvantages. IT seems to me.
wonder they're not worse. Our society IL so
hideous that it's strange to me the people In II
can be good as they are. It's the rich people,
not the poor. that the worst sufferers In life.
And the strangest part OF 1t Is that they never
suspect IT, Until they do there's no help for
them. Now there IS my mother. Ever since
got adjusted again 20 American life. I've won
dered how she could be so good as she is Social
Parasites taught me a lot Of things-more than
IL teaches any else I'm afraid. Now the
Mater has spent her whole life In society: It's
raar IT ~ her being and she helleYes In Il and In