Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28

| lAluS ucI W as
hung on a branch, and the old, gnarled
tree under whose shade she reclined
was covered with apples. Her hail
was tangled and golden and her eyes
full of light and laughter.
For a while l sat staring at her in
bewilderment. Then l stammered
Where am I?''
| Her answer was perfectly calm, but
it was not chill; no, her voice was SO
| tered were a melody.
You are in my fathers garden" she
said .
And I-I-?"
| You are a trespasser."
| But she smiled as she said it, smile
that showed two rows of pearl, spark.
ling in the sunlight that dappled her
face. -
And you?" said. / know not what
said, but soon asked her name, ana
| she told me it was Eve.
| And this is Paradise" l answered,
looking through the leaves of the old
apple tree at all the beauties of the
| garden.
| Then we talked. Of what? OF
| everything. OF solitude, of friendship,
of books; I fear, of Canada-and of
love.
| Then she bade me go, and 1 could
not. Nor would 1 if could; and when
at length 1 obeyed her and was about
to go, she bade me stay.
| So stayed, and soon had moored my
canoe and stood upon her lawn. l can
not tell how l of all men-modest al
most to bashfulness-cOuld have done
so, but l did.
| OF the flowers that grew wild there by
| the waters edge l made her a, crown,
and this put upon her tangled golden
hair. She was my queen there and
thenceforth forever; and SO l told her,
the poet aiding me.
Two roses that had not seen before
bloomed on her face, and she ran away,
light-footed and 1.-THE of limb, over the
lawn into her fathers house.
But l could not leave; l could not.
l looked for her, but she did not come.
Once, l saw the curtains of window
drawn aside and her face peering out
upon me, but she would not come again.
Well, stayed-that was all. How 1
| tell-but l could not 60.
She was a long while indoors.
heard her at the piano. l knew it was
her touch, though l had never heard
her before, but l was confident it was
she. Besides, now and then tine piano
stopped suddenly, and l saw by the
movement of the window curtains that
she was peeping to see whether l had
gone.
At last | grew ashamed of my intru-
| trusion, and, STOPPING from under the
| fruit-covered branches of the old apple
| tree, l went to my canoe, unfastened
| its moorings, and was about to with
| draw.
But, as luck would have it, just as
| 1 was about to get into the canoe, she
came out to me across the lawn. Her
gesture to me was that l must go.
! said what l felt, regardless of all Or
| der, of all propriety. Eve" | said
| passionately, you do not know me, nor
that love you. Yes, | love you, and
shall love you for ever. Your heart Is
my Eden. Do not shut the gates Of
this, my earthly Paradise. l must,
must see you again, and will. Say
that I.may." -
She looked down and blushed.
May I?' faltered.
Sine did not reply. But her silence
was better answer than words.
"WhenY'
Tomorrow"
She looked so pretty when she said
il that l was about to dare yet more
had the temerity to formulate :ne
| idea that would take her in my arms
and steal from her lips a kiss when
heard shout.
"Hullo, old chap. Is that your
1 looked up.
What, Fry?" 1 cried. ''Is it Fry?
1t is, by all that's wonderfulr'
I'm awfully sorry, my dear chap.
that couldn't join you on the river to-
day. rAbominably uncivil you must
have thought me. But didn't know
| you knew my sister"
He looked at her and he looked at
| me l think we were both blushing.
Whether it be unmannerly or not, l
confess 1 was. Aye, l was red to the
roots of my hair.
but you do know each other, don't
you?' he said, for we both looked SO
awkward that he seemed to think that
| he had made some faux pas.
"Oh, yes!' said. I'VE know each
other,'' and stole look at Eve. The
glance she gave me was grateful one
"And we shall know each other bet
ter" l whispered to her later. ''Now
that have discovered you to be your
| brothers sister, you bear an added
| charm in my eyes,"
! Three months afterward there was a
| river wedding, and, as we were rowed
| away from church in a galley manned
by four strong oarsmen, and l handed
| her out of the canopied boat on to her
| fathers lawn. the wedding bells rang
out merrily, for Eve and l were man
and wife, and 1 gave her a husbands s
| kiss under the old apple tree.
Woman as q Halter.
Mon ara GOOD af ravaD0a-thav have