Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-18


irt awaken love, and finally depart leaving other col
lege widows in their course
And even yet it not her pride that wounded:
most not yet despite this that she felt de-
testaby degrading Her love had gone deeper than her
pride, and in this she suffered shame and poignant
anguish
She had loved him completely so ioyously with
all her strong young nature! She had loved him this
evening" out in the sunset glow, with sweet
of surrender which it seemed he must almost have felt
and understood She had loved him tr11stfuly,
dreaming her dreams, that with revulsion engulfng
all her SOUL she rendered fairly faint with changed
emotions
She CROPPED her way the couch at last and fell on it
in mood of anger, despair and humiliation. She did
not cry; she simply hid her face and cenched both her
Through every stage of wounded love she passed, to
the stages of anger Her pride had undergone ndigni
ties and when it to share in the woundngs of her
heart she was slowly making ready for reaction
1t came at last as heated resentment that tnged
every nerve of her being. She angry all through
and something superb was in her indignation. Never
theess, she did not descend t9 the evening NEAL but
lay for hour the couch before she felt she could
light the gas and stand face to face with her mirror
When she did rise she stood abruptly charged all at
once with resolution splendid in its strength. She
would not succumb! She would not permit her heart to
ache to breaking She would not permit the world to
know that another college widow to let!
Called in her pride by Galards intimation that her
origin not par with his own, smared by real
ization that something of his hint doubtless true
and stung by the that long as she remained
teacher of languages in this college town she would be
but target for futile admiration and passing affairs,
she resolved that everything should change and Fate
become her slave and not her master
thoroughbred Yes she'd prove she was thor
oughbred No pain of heart should lie upon her sleeve!
No salow cheek, faded smile, sunken eye or
laugh, to firt, to sing, and then in week. maybe
less, 60 down to New York accept the offer made
by Major Phipps and deliberately undertake the task
of forcing herself to the top
She knew not how such thing could be achieved;
she merely knew that it had been accomplished by
Others in the past and she felt that though thousand
OOn her. natl ind
the strength in her outraged heart to meet and suoun
them all.
velop, and behind it stood photograph of Galard
mutey gazing on her face. Tempted for moment to
catch up the picture and tear it into fragments she
altered her mind opened drawer and swept it in face
downward, among lot of empty bonbon boxes, faded
roses, and ribbons which had with many of his
avors. The enveop fell to the floor and she bent and
took it up.
For moment she glanced at it idly before she it
apart. Then she knew what it was. invitation
wrongly addressed and hence delayed but sent three
days before by Mrs ClaytonWhite, of New Ravens
newest newly rich to ropsyturvy" ball at her home
this present night. The ball was to which women
privileged to invite the male acquaintance of
their choice.
Not only did Thurley decide the instant to attend
but she also determined to ask her escort hopeful
admirer, good natured Harry Shattuck who alone of
Galards set had bested him at fencing and at chess
Color leaped warmly to her face at the thought that
Gaillard himself would almost certainly be at the ball.
She glanced at the mirror gave few restoring sweeps
to her hair then the door and down the stairs to
the phone at the of the hail.
Shattuck responded the wire in spirit of
youthful exultation. Not only he free to 60 the
ball, but also he wild to attend, and would call
nine with his limousine car and he knew they'd have
ripping time"
Half an hour later Thurley was robing in her room.
with of the girls of the house to dress her hair She
had swallowed cold, belated dinner; but had
appeared more animated in her life. The light in her
eyes was fame of warning fire. the pride in the pose
of her regal little head the natural unsudied out