tailieunhanh - The Alpine Path

When the Editor of Everywoman's World asked me to write "The Story of My Career," I smiled with a little touch of incredulous amusement. My career? Had I a career? Was not -- should not -- a "career" be something splendid, wonderful, spectacular at the very least, something varied and exciting? Could my long, uphill struggle, through many quiet, uneventful years, be termed a "career"? It had never occurred to me to call it so; and, on first thought, it did not seem to me that there was much to be said about that same long, monotonous struggle. But it appeared to be a whim. | The Alpine Path 1 The Alpine Path L. M. Montgomery The Alpine Path The Story of My Career. Originally published in installments in Everywoman s World 1917. When the Editor of Everywoman s World asked me to write The Story of My Career I smiled with a little touch of incredulous amusement. My career Had I a career Was not -- should not -- a career be something splendid wonderful spectacular at the very least something varied and exciting Could my long uphill struggle through many quiet uneventful years be termed a career It had never occurred to me to call it so and on first thought it did not seem to me that there was much to be said about that same long monotonous struggle. But it appeared to be a whim of the aforesaid editor that I should say what little there was to be said and in those same long years I acquired the habit of accommodating myself to the whims of editors to such an inveterate degree that I have not yet been able to shake it off. So I shall cheerfully tell my tame story. If it does nothing else it may serve to encourage some other toiler who is struggling along in the weary pathway I once followed to success. Many years ago when I was still a child I clipped from a current magazine a bit of verse entitled To the Fringed Gentian and pasted it on the corner of the little portfolio on which I wrote my letters and school essays. Every time I opened the portfolio I read one of those verses over it was the key-note of my every aim and ambition Then whisper blossom in thy sleep 2 L. M. Montgomery How I may upward climb The Alpine path so hard so steep That leads to heights sublime How I may reach that far-off goal Of true and honoured fame And write upon its shining scroll A woman s humble name. It is indeed a hard and steep path and if any word I can write will assist or encourage another pilgrim along that path that word I gladly and willingly write. I was born in the little village of Clifton Prince Edward Island. Old Prince Edward Island is a good .