Show n I I I Late Kate YF ate Break I i IC I N News I 1 I I i I By JANE OSBORN J I f i 1 3 by McClure c lure NC S Kute Kate 11 1 knon to the Uie r residents of us i tili c cRy city Ev Every tI i y morning she he went tu to the bi big bg fill cIt three thirty tulles U away where for fur the she s shopped lul on un matte mude her dIf dlf- au an ordinary commission chopper II ll I that she also aso performed vrr d errands and rare many of ut them For doing these er errands er- er rands she charged for fur the time thue e es- es dat at ut tile rate of or a dollar an nn hour Hut But what hat with always s 's cheating her- her t lr Jf a II little In ill the he figuring of the time anti and and intI street car fare fale Kate Kater diU did W not 1 t become rich Often Orten she came camer cameI r I Homo from tier her rounds in the tue le city vel very erY n very ery I tired tiled hut but she he could n not t r rest st until un Ull- Ull her clients til she slie had reported to v i Shie was hurrying ing along to the sta station sta sta- tion one morning when Mrs Mr Granger h hailed her hel from frum a stor story second win win- low dow Airs Granger hud hind a n curling Iron In n. n the 11 hand which she used to b beckon ckon Kate t and nd She bhe wore a dressing gown She si C I Kate litte ute EO 10 o come collie upstairs and athe J tIu Grangers were ere good custom custom- decided to take taIe a later train did as she was told I Just you jou ou but they said J yEu you u hud hild gone What a blessing I saw II Mrs Irs Granger Ct Ive rYe a q et It or OT errand lIand hut but Im I'm sure you CB d IO do rit t YOu rim ou see Im I'm starting this morning to to tile the shore moto motoring ing down lends lends' to be gone a a week and andI I I e ye n thousand things to attend to f AYou U know my nephew Tom B Benion Ben Ben- n. n I i ion No Well Weil it doesn't matter I i been h here re long but heSs he's living liv liv- ing lag ing here with us liS now now commutes commutes to toV V the tile cily Ver Very nice young m man no no hair tro not what you'd call real r rd red rd d but reddish an and such nice e eyes eyes eyes- es but that doesn't matter J As I I was faIn saying Im I'm getting off and to add to tile lie confusion I just got gotfri Va fri froin le letter el from frol m ray my sister Toms Tom's mother mothe out In Oregon and she sa says s 's that Toms Tom's fiancee has s Just eloped I didn't tell you that Toms Tom's engaged did I Or tha that Is he lie was until this happ hap- hap p You see the difficulty It puts him in fp a very elY t trying position position and O 4 and hed he'd gi en t n her a It nice ring too Well m my sister wrote wrote to tell me of it and asked me to break the news to Tom Tom fearing that h hed he'd d take It hard and not liking hiking to write telling him of It You know she thought Id I'd let Jet him himI I down easy And of course she does want ant him hini to know before he gets a aletter aletter letter from the girl Of course course I J the thc writing J t The liThe 1 he idea Is that Tom must be t told ld before he gets that letter He might night mightY v Y take taka H It very IY hard red haired people are fire s Sf so Impulsive though or of course his his isn't a real red red just just that nice sha e like dried oak len leaves You get the iJ dont don't nt you ou 1 Id I'd telephone telephone tele- tele tele tele- phone only filly of course I couldn't break the news gently that way Just drop In at Toms Tom's office ask to see him and and and- welt well somehow let him know that that girl girl has gone and eloped without giving gh ing lag him a n shock Im ilm sure you ou can do It Youre You're so tactful His ills office Is Is well well I cant can't re remember now but you'll ouli find finel it In Inthe Inthe the he telephone director directory Hes He's an ar- ar Tom Toll Tom Denton Demon You'll find It Kale Kaie p potest protested otest d with what courage she she could but Mrs Its Granger paid no atte attention Uon Y louii ull do It I know she Insisted and of course Ill I'll make It worth your jour oi while She Site pr pressed a a. t ten dollar n dolar bill into Kates Kate's hand Take lak this to pa pay taxi fares taxi expenses expenses and everything everything every every- thing and Ill I'll give glye you ou ten doUat's I more when I get ba back lc to pay for the work orl Theres There's a de dear dear dear- r- r And with that Mrs Mis Granger disappeared into her dressing room to continue her her preparation for her trip and Kate was left to make her way to the front door of ot the Granger house and then on down to the railroad r station Kate was anything but a flirt Fm she had she bad flirted If casting a bit of a smile mlle at a 8 a strange young man n at nt a railroad station might aught be W called flirt flirt- j J lag Ing g. g lie went in on the B the 30 the train that Kate tried to catch op on Sat Sat- ft He Lie was always on the the plat plat- form torn when Kate rushed In at the last minute and he had hadnot not been ver very skillful In hiding from her the fact fact that hint lie he found her charming Kate had hind of ot courSe course become conf conscious con- con f ous of I the strangers stranger's glances and ne might have hn squelched him quite quickly by always going In the w waitIng wait wait- lt ing room Instead of- of of standing out t C there on the platform hut but there was ns something about this young oung man that put Ideas Ideas of of squelching to rout lie He had such nc lc nice e eyes es Kate told herself e to make a difference when Kate went into the office tit nf Mr Tort Tm m Benton on the errand froin Mrs Granger anc and found Coun that I young oung man to b be none other than the eyed nice jed young m man n ot oX her platform flirtations flirtation she was she Immediately el put at I something Qt a disadvantage In the errand il d she had to perform I She fel felt t Indignant at first first l Imlig Indig nant to think he could b be engaged d at t the le same sanc lime lane that he lie was looking ad- ad lY at ot her He ne had bach no no right to be be engaged n a ell ell- I It t. reflected she he lie IC really real real- I I ly If wasn't en d. d That was some some- I thing of a Yet It was I I extremely difficult to proceed lIe He would fr uld of f course be terribly disturbed hn th n sh she told him and she would have to sit t by h- hund and und see Iee him agitated jJ because of 0 another girls gins Irl's fickleness He Ht He seemed er very much pleased to see I ber her He was was' glad she had r f found und his bis i 1 S 'S wince II lie Uil u ne Lit ver eL i ni nito ii to tu find hers but had hUll h been en i ful iii he Imagined that sh she ii WAS IS a girl who worked voi keil In III the ell city lit did not nut even en know that site she was vis th the city messenger Ive T been heen bold hold enough to fo follow II 0 ron he told her tier Hut But ButIU you OU IU alwa go In III a It different direction and you Oll come ollie In on my train only on Satur lIl days s You Yuu were ele a n good Joud sport spoil to look me tile up lipI lip lip- I I didn't look you jou ou up said Kate ate blushing and feeling CI very cry Indignant to think that he tie thi thought she had hod been so bold I was us as liS sui surprIsed as ns you ou Just now no I had hail no Idea that you Oll were you you though though your jour our aunt did sa soy say that you soil had reddish hair and nice eyes eyet po ou j-ou OU think I have nice e eyes es 1 he he said with b boyish eagerness Did I 1 sa say so 1 You Indicated that you thought so said sald Mr 1 Benton Anyway they look honest dont don't the they 1 he asked and then Well VelI If you ou didn't know I 1 was was m myself then wh why did lid you rou come conic t to see me inc and how Is It t that you ou know my aunt You see began Kate I happened to stop there this this' morning an and she was talking about you aud we were speaking of engaged people and she said that since your yur engagement It Oh Oil hang It all ail said Tom Benton Denton Youre not going to let that engagement engagement engage engage- engagement ment stand in the way of our friendship friend friend- ship ship are are you ou r He was as very much in earnest and seized one of her hel hands In two of lila Ills and looked entreatingly into her e eyes es Please dont don't said Kate I You iou see she had a n letter from your our mother this morning and your our mother said said sald- well the truth of the matter Is that she your she your aunt aunt dIdn't didn't want mint to telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone to you about It It sIte she wanted to tell you but she was Just starting off for the shore shore so so she asked me to tell you I might as ns w well H tell you Sou outright The young lady you ou were engaged to has eloped She stopped abruptly expecting to see Tom grow pale or otherwise embarrassed embarrassed embarrassed em em- but nothing of the sort ort happened So she eloped said Benton Denton Well Veil that's not surprising You see wed we'd been engaged in a way for lor a year or 01 orso orso so but hadn't seen each other lately We AVe became engaged on condition that 1 If either saw a anyone one we liked better wed we'd be frank and tell the other and there'd d be no hard feeling Well I told her a month ago and she wrote back sa saying she was just trying j to get up courage to tell mathat me ma that she had promised to marry Bill Pepper an old flame fiame of hers I didn't sa say an anything to my family and she didn't say fi anything to hers because they didn't like Bill BUl So she's eloped eloped- well Im I'm glad glad glad- and Tom rIom laughed heartily Kate felt indignant and looked It This was a pretty way for a man to take the elopement of an ex Since youve you've met another gil ghI you care for said Kate Yer very primly I 1 suppose that accounts for your fer ference nce I fancy you'll be the next nest one to elope elope elope- Bully uI y Idea said Tom suddenly putting pitting two strong arms arms around the surprised Kate Suppose we do I always did dislike long engagements Lets Let's do It before ID my aunt comes back and give ghe her a surprise And they did |