The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

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ed in the scheme:
AS she sat lingering her letter IN her
bedroom, she went over the parting
SCENE in her mind. The details OF 1t
would only increase the delight OF the
letter. For Eva had learned during the
last wear that happiness Is so rare that
It deserved to be rolled on the tongue
and not swallowed in haste. 1t was at
n dance on the night before her de-
parture-her last dance, so she thought'
before she started life in earnest. Ihey |
were sitting out dance together, for
Eva was not disposed to think unklndly
of Allan. though she might resent his
intrusion into her scheme OF lie. She
remembered how there had been silence
between them for some moments now
Allan had leaned his elbows on MS
knees and dug the heel of his dancing
shoes into the carpet.
"And so you are quite determined TO
leave us?" said Allan.
"Of course" replied Eva "My boxes
are all packed"
Full of manuscript novels and other
things"
zone novel and several stories.
"I cannot understand why you want
to 90 when-"
l. 81 want to-well-to live larger life.
"You mean. you want to live in big
ger placer"
"Well. not exactly. don't think you
quite understand"
| q quite understand that there Is not
enough scope for you here. and that
am a selfish brute for trying to keep
| Won from your ambition. LOOK here,
Eva, can you honestly say that you
don't love me little bit?"
| Allan had risen and was standing
over her. Eva looked up at him. she
could see him standing there now-bls,
comely. with something in his eyes that
thrilled her, half with fear and half
with Measure. She rose and faced him.
81 shall be sorry to leave you-very
sorry"
''Then why"
"Can't you see, Allan? know nave
It in me to do good work. and | must
be where good work is wanted. Here
am bampered; in London
"You may fail" said Allan, with/a
note of hope in his voice. Then Eva
spoke:
81 shall succeed-1 know shall"
"Will you write to me!'
Eva hesitated She was half In
clined to give in to that extent. Allai
had mistaken her hesitation.
"No," he said. '"There shall be NJ
selfishness in my love for you, viii
wait a year from tonight. and then
if London is no go. you know thef
will always be me. You can't eApec
me to pray for your success, can you
Eva. placed on her mettle, looked hir
in the face.
81 am bound to succeed" she sale
and turned to go. The waltz had cea:
ed in the room below, and rustic
skirts and ripple of tongues had take
% its place.
"Eya-once-the last time, perhaps
She turned again, laughing.
"Ouickr she said; "some one wi
come"
A woman may forget many thing
III but no woman ever forgets the fir
I'd time a lovers arm was around b
d. waist and lovers lips upon her oW
n And as Eva sat in the corner OF thlr
he class carriage in the London train ne
n, morning, looking forward to the c
er reer before her. the remembrance
i'd the support of Allan's arm persisted
er. obtruding Itself Having got what s
of wanted she had already begun to dou
Is. If she wanted what she had got. f
he a career, after all. is rather lonesoI
sort of a thing.
er Such small success as may. come
ne the inexperienced girl upon her n
VI incursion into literature came to E'
She lived sparingly, worked hard,
.eu never made the mistake of refusl
Dh Invitations on the ground of work. :
All staid I'D a little later or got up lit
10 earlier instead. A weekly column
len "Health and Beauty" placed at her &
Ig- oso1 hy tho vouthfrl editor of a n
III" woman's paper, who had met ner
the Writer'S Club and thought her pi
leu ty, paid her weekly bill at the boa
'nu ing-house. Her sto. les found frequ
uie' acceptance and occasional welcome
the minor periodicals., and a hal
oeu meeting with an editor at dinner T
lu- ty paved the way to her appeara
tue in p widely read magazine. By
itn- end of the year Eva Norrington
Id" got so far toward the realization OF
ambition that when people heard
peu name mentioned they wrinkled Il
sn' brows and tried to remember wi
they had heard it before. At home
'"N' course, her fame was great The
gas .ou -,t,,,h .to ,yrote circuIated f
ly in the town, her stories were disc
- - ed at afternoon teas, and towns
;ras were glad to think that they partlcl
ed to some extent in the literary "
of the century.
re- All this time Eva was horribly /
ents Iy She knew plenty of people
liked them; they were kind to her. S
p of of them because they liked her for
her self, others because they saw that
ould was marked for ultimate success. /
ern- ing advanced a certain distance a
vor- the road she had longed to travel,
light could judge better whittier 1t W
Eva lead her. 1t would lead her to ?
the in the newspaper paragraphs, to
,rize on the bookstalls, to a place in the
. be- tographer's windows, and to a
# he ar Bavswater or South Kensins
felt This. then. must be he end cf The 8,
her gle and the turmoil Of the fight
21st ! how she hated the fight! A fight wi
I'd to In victory would bring her no ne
r GO to the actualities of life: for she
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