Show FATES DECREE M t r awaiting your ou answer d with tho the utmost u t mu Q o s 6 t ta t eagerness eagerness a 5 may I not lol beg that you ou will shorten tho period of my m suspense by lJ using the wire j jS I S Susie u a I c N Nerd Nord o r d i tl M g frowned at tho the clean cI an anut I cut ut writing It was ryas I Just like Joel Meade to write his proposal on u Q business letter head and 0 to ask liar her to telephone her answer She wondered why he ho had hael not nol die dic dictated lc tho time letter to his stenographer I She Sho could not know that It was only because he had ha snot sent tho the typist t to a aroot root roof garden show that he ltd hud hind not done sot SOl Mcado Meado was old and und unattractive and ane his liis days of or romance wore were tho the days dars of long ago but ho wad W Q a close business s i friend of o her father and tho the latter had pressed suit far more vigorously r than Utan hall hail Meade himself disliked him Intensely she al I war waya had even oven when as a little girl he lie had drawn her upon his knee and nn had offered hor her candy that was WUi sticky 1 II stud nd mixed with the tobacco he carried In tho the same pocket Tho The Idea of or their marriage was In to hor her but lacked the will power to take lake a firm stand and sho she had weakly temporized even cn while sho she passionately p assured herself that she sho would woul never marry anyone except excepts s Ted It was his status as much muchas as old friendship that thal gave save Meade Meado the j I I advantage o with Susies father mud and she had lied bean sent to Iho tho shore for or her hel vacation with n ith the warning that hul if I the she loRd or Ot married Tod Ted sho she might no longer longor look to her hem father for tor r anything I Mrs Nording went along to make mako certain co that Ted reel did trot not n Ol follow and now that tho the proposal had hud come site KIO unmasked her batteries of and logic to urge urso the cause of Iho rho ab absent sent Arcade The rhe letter hotter was III fur for 01 it arrived nr ar rived on the time day that t she had hittl prom promised promIS IS d Ted to give giro him hlin n a and when at lust hint site sho tearfully consent consented ed cd to telegraph l Meado Mendo an 1111 I I It was with l eyes Is that limit site made her hel way 11 to tho thin telegraph t In 10 0 minutes minute it was as all ull over oer She Site hud had sealed her hI fate rute stud and with Item her heart crying cr within her at the lie violence lol she had done it ii she h retracted her steps to thin hotel to write T ul and try lr to lo make maliC him sec coe that limit she sho ah had hud had to give ie her h hp ti consent C l t tho Sho ho could not nOl write for 01 the tears that stood in bet eyes yes and It was waa wu not until she had hilll her cry out that lint she I was WIH at nt hint hUlt ruble able to write the time poor Joor little note that put from her 1101 the lh hap hall happiness happiness that hut was watt her heritage It was ns too lute late to mull null it and It Il was not until after breakfast text next t morning that she Bic started for fOI the lIO post with the tho letter In Item her hand hued She wanted to mall mail it herself It was aas the lust last thing site she hc could do for Ted Tod Tf She faltered an fiR neared the sta station station tion Ion and amid Ted red himself hurry In Ing Ini along tho the road roud 1011 1 His Fits HI face alo wan tuns wreathed in hm smiles smile anti and with a sinking heart site she told herself l that Ted Pail hud had taken for or an un and had como to reecho receive r elo his hll answer front from rom with wILh your wire In iii my qty My 1 wire I 1 sent you no nl wire I a n good gooel one he lie wild said approvingly I 1 I that thal this lu la u w for rOI forgery gory gery gOI t How did cUrt you lU come como to set get it ItE Because E I was waa the proper person to receive It H was ryas the Jubilant t reply You roll dont moan mean to say that you sent s oliO OHO to old Meade too Well fight over ocr h m H iii t t tt tI si I l i l s s I 1 t tr o a o a o Q t v Co O 0 4 0 d d da Op q Q 4 0 d 4 a 4 04 Q a o o Q p oa o 4 a Qa I I I II I WONT BONY YOU OU ACCEPT THE GUIDANCE aU ANCE OF OJ PATH FATE FAT DEAR DEAn I her hor own lips l Why you ou write that you Oll were coming com IllS sho faltered as he took her hands Was Vm that nc necessary iry ho asked Ho lie drew drow thin Ihn yellow eow slip p from his hi pocket and timid Wod It IL her eyes e es Susie clutched at lit It U and amid read it I s sent ent nt Hint to Mr 11 r Veado rade cah site she f said mid I you yon cold and one of o us 1 will have to sue I you Oll for or breach bract of or promise I only Font f Fen tH ono one and that was to toMi Mr Mi II Mcado Meado explained e Susie You see lcd Jod you ou wore not lIot here hr i and and And your OU mother was and you got Eol gota Eola go goa t a proposal from rom old Meade and you meant to say fay nJ no and nd site she let 0 to explained Ted But I did him yes yea and andI I telegraph you protested SM Ru Husic sic How Ilow did you ou get et that 1 Lets go So over to the tho telegraph telegraph of office office fice nee and antl find out suggested Ted Uld Did Didou you ou snitch It treat from the tho th hotel Over there Susie pointed across auroNS the th street and Ted Tech hurried lieu her hC away Tho Tula clerk cerk smiled In response to 10 1 Teds ed a rather rath t iemand fOl for In Iii Information n formation smarten but b band tiu ho Ito recognized Susie fill lc and obligingly looked upon the of tho ho message T Ted d gave a n 1 crow of triumph as ho hl caught up the message blank There it jt I ht g as itS plain aa as day he ho h cried I dont care what you mount meant to write What you dud did write was wan my address addres Now pro are you oU convinced Persons often think of or one name and write that t instead I of or the th proper address explained the tho clerk smiling smilingly ly 13 Thero Thera is is i some sonic name for forit forIt it Ili Its fot fo fate tl explained Ted Tod as ho he nodded Iris his thanks to the clerk and headed for or the lh door doo Once on the street he lie turned sharp sharply h lp ly I from the main mali thoroughfare and nn headed for Cor the lie country Look hero here little girl ho hr said pleadingly Even after you made the wrong wron move moC fate rute decided against you Oll and you OU sent the message to me and not to Meade because your heart would not let It you Youve bc hen n undecided between Meade and mo me for tor months montha now naw Wont you OU let It fate ato decide for you youVa We Va can cnn sot got a and a min minister mm Utter ister in no time lInto at all Wont WO tt you OU accept the guidance Cul of o fate dear dent For a moment Susie paused then tulle ho slipped her hand Into his hisH H it does docs seem like fate alc Ted Tech she sho said salt with a l tremulous B little smile 1 11 did not take tal c them long to t get married rho Tho clork clerk know thorn thom both bath bothI and he Issued the slut slip with I alacrity and with them across aero s I tho the street to thin tho quipsters ministers Ton minutes minute 4 Inter they thoy emerged I again anti this thin time line Teds head was wasI very vory er erect and 1111 h hI wage wast already ul re rehearsing rehearsing for the Interview with his hl I The Th sight of o tho the blue and white sign of tho the telegraph gave sae him an Idea hlen Look here hrc he ho suggested Meade Meado wanted to be he put out opt of ot hl hi Ills misery ml cr by b wire Lets T ts wire Blushing Susie followed him him up lip to the ho cheerful clerk and she giggled lg as s sho she read tho the over his shoulder It tho the I I WWi won s like lIko ay us became proposal itself and nn It ran Mrs 18 Theodore begs begH to ac acknowledge knowledge J r 1 Meades kind kine favor of or orthe the mid instant and regrets that a prior engagement prevents her hor acceptance I Y guc guess s that will break the thO news commented Ted as a h he put down a bill to pay for or the thc message Theres s the right address on that thul 1 Kate P ate hap bar done her hor share In deciding for you IM IJ look after attI the rest I |