Show vial filliat J the fate of a 1 letter by MAUD MURRAY MILLER ILLER I 1 7 aw MIT nt copyright by bord pub co colt tom dear will ill aou ou please post this letter for or mea me certainly I 1 am going by the ol of dec 11 ce any way 1 I am so glad that give it several hours the start ol of one put in the corner box mrs airs jerome turned from the door with A sigh of thank goodness that 5 disposed 1113 POSed of I 1 hope she will viii get it prompt now nov I 1 will at ai range that room hello jerome come with ath me to the club I 1 want t ant to talk with ith ou about the new radium company tolan grasped Jei onies arm am as lie he swung swims around the corner coner co ner and nith ath out w alting for 1 t rall re pi tire the two to men along talking e of tile the prospects of success in getting cepl tal to push their new net scheme for the he domestic use of radium for an hour they talked with mith knitting blows and anxious faces then leit irue arose 1 I ant am dofing to new nei lork ork to see about some buin business and while there I 1 will call on malison I 1 am sure he will join us its and that will mean elcar clear sailing ailing for foi us les his money is worth much tc t us but his name is 1 knorth more aci do iou ou goa in halt half an hour if anything new net arises address me here lie ile pulled a card from ills his pocket ilita alth it ca came me a letter ills his face fell BI B joe my aly wife asked ib ked me tc post this I 1 II 11 not have the fiur time e now old man attend to it for m me e n will I 1 I 1 ioui sure they parted jerome boarded a passing car for ills his train and tolan walked in the opposite dire t on hi brain was bus planning was arid and A V tom dear will you pleass please post this letter for me means to form be radium compani compan ahe aal callable lable and men were ranged around opposite sida of his brain anti anil each talked telepathy tle tele cally ot of the proposed plan absorbed in thought he beached leached the door ot of his office some important letter sir his secretary s slid ild as lie enter entered d will iou ou attend to them no now yes one ironi front haimon les I 1 es sir ile he hiis he will MR take shares ot of the stock at 50 cents on the dollar good that Is encouraging and alley ley he isa aas s he be can not see his way just now to take any humph well let him valt alt until it Is at par rapidly lie went through the letter dictating answers to his all afternoon he be worked ever nerie nene alert as the american usually bolks and when five 0 clock struck he put on his hat and left the office with a 4 feeling of relief taking a car home did you bring the samples his wife asked him thruston th thrusting rustin her hand into his pocket for them dramins out a letter and seeing jbv ta addless she exclaimed why albert atiat are arc ou doing nith ith a letter addressed to mis vou M mar a r ti landon ti hienton enton IM 1 7 9 gee whiz I 1 forgot arit ln letter jerome asked me to post it I 1 ou on are going down tomorrow be a glod gill and put it in the office so it will go I 1 am afraid io 10 trust dim mi int self again with fill it 11 abero must be i missing link be axeen a sans brain and a letter idler tp lie he mailed lea es I 1 will take it or pool mrs Tei rimes letter ma nestr see the inside ot of a mall mail bag 1 hen mrs tobin darud jovn town own the next morning like a dutiful di cifu lie nho feels a little pit for lie lid tins hils bal in s the he letter js is epding fafel in lier her hinding on the car she met a neighbor iho bo told lold her hei of some ome she had found tho the day at liess altos il co b h oh is s they are suree sure enough noigh lar 1 ar t ians NN lait do aou ou think of re rc il 11 il aln liobe hube for when hat dial und ill vor vcr bils for less lesh dian 2009 they arc jr I 1 bought thice pairs anti anil na as for fin lisi asli 0 lead ones wl wb I 1 ou can get them as nr it ip is cotton L en filing Is maikel ana a down donn the be floor alker sald 0 0 I 1 must lust go there an vreed mrs I 1 ulin lulin I 1 do tired so man things no A so to the he store she went ami the morning in that most fascinating occupation Ocell Pation bargain hunting bunting at noor noon she bhe went to a mar by restaurant lor for lunch and from there to the thure da literary Lile club with beneral mea bers whom she met all thought of the litter had bad passed from aiom her mind the absorbing club questions were of more vital interest Inter cut and not again did it occur to her until the he was on the car homeward bound IN hen she opened her handbag to get a car ticket the lel ased if letter tier stored stared her in the face heavens she ejaculated under her breath what will nill albert sa I 1 am sorn I 1 can not go she heart heard a gentleman near her say to another but I 1 shall ba have to return to my orfice tonight I 1 have haie some business lill which ic h I 1 c on in n not 0 t lost postpone pone A an n i idea le a fl flashed a s he d through her brain turning to the speaker she said baidon me air clark I 1 hari you sa vou non going back down town 10 M aou ou be so good as to post this letter which aich I 1 had forgot tell tena willi ale cisine the outstretched letter va w is to hla his pocket ind he was vas uon oon on his way anay to the ollice flinging aside his its coat be in worked bird bari for three hours horns then hastily donning don ninfi it again lie ho made a rush toi for the last car home Ls s lie he felt for a nickel tor for the conductor ll bs fingers closed on the fatal letter lie ile plied on an the wa benoy horr what to do alth it and a bright idea occurred As he left the car he tinned to the conductor and hindee him the letter with a cigar loll ion ale ae going back to low ii he sald said ill sou kindly drop this in ahr lice as you passi it Is and should leave leane the cita cit to file ton conductor ductor good natu accepted cf pled the lie mission inis slon arid and taking the ditan white ire en envelope clope ging cily between his fingers slipped it in d i crevice 0 of the cm cal window so its presence would remind him when be came to the poal po but a merry erod crowd ae hour an air evening party the car cai for foi the return trip to the cita and in the bustle and confusion the conductor forgot all about the ill fated letter ibe lettjr remained in the crack abole the window unil the next evening when iren the jolting of vie the car shook i into the lap lai of mr air simpson who villo looked at I 1 it t I 1 in n wonderment ile he bcd aad lcd ills his brain as to how he became possessed or of it and seeing it was stani stamped ped arid and addressed be determined to blip it ft in the port box outside the booi annerl lie came home nine ats later mrs airs jerome nent ent to pend upend a social afternoon inith ith herb her friend lis on oil the ibe ta ladles annei ei ir mrs sitting room loom arid anil she was brushing and sponging her husbands husband s coat coal div giving ing it it a igo shalie shake a letter fell out om the floor door she looked at ai the address deal deai nic me 11 here did julia john get this imater I 1 mis jerome looked at it ft it Is a letter I 1 mote ciote other mother and baie ma hubband to post 11 das ago I 1 ilian iia it il as she lias has ar rici na N ll 11 the corner coiner post postbox box Is safer than aua dai man s pocket if v i |