Show 4 FATE OR CUPID by MILDRED WHITE D by Alc Cluro newspaper syndicate margaret eldridge wa was savery a very pretty girl everyone avas agreed as to that lut bill when NOW alio ile cile came to visit aunt margaret wells in it was not long before tile the majority of women reI residents dents tit lit least had dubbed her frivolous 11 does nothing nil ali lay day they said buld except dress up to look pretty rind anil loll 1011 around dalsy daisy loveil loved pretty clothes there was also a dainty lavender frock painted muslin in it was called with willi violet flowers scattered quaintly over its lavender surface mother h had ad made this frock ati just t before tile the serious time of her last illness but daisy could not yet think calmly of those sorrowful days das of loving self sacrifice upon poll ile iier part for aunt ala margaret garet was now trying to atone or to efface dirling darling she sali said tile lie day of the anticipated picnic to mortons Mor Alo rions tons fall 1 I wish for my iny sake wear the lavender muslin it Is so becoming unit and I 1 want you to make a rood good imbres impression lon upon my friends 77 heres tilly saunders for instance a friend of my own girlhood lier doctor sou son Is one of the finest if not indeed the finest of iny illy young men daisy laughed tint but good daisy wore the he ender palli fed truck frock aunt urged ill the dark warm cape upon her at tie part par lureL it may site she salt said anyway it is crol cool down nt at Mor tonK falls you hii ill nevil need a imag and as it often happens in this misjudging world mrs saunders glancing from nil an upper window at the very moment of dabsys happy departure for the rails palls viewed tile the lavender frock find and the silk lineol lined cape contemptuously ifer her son near by was preparing ills his medicine case for the calls of the aft oration 1 I declare remarked tillie saunders aci s that girl from the city is dressed to go to a picnic as though she were going on the stage ny by the way lie he remarked your friend margaret wells lias haa invited invited me to meet her niece nt at a social but if the lie niece answers your description other mother please write for roe me the usual polite refusal I 1 am beastly busy and vu can make no mistake in saying savins 0 so O thereupon the young voting doctor went on its his way ant and daisy swinging her satin lined cape went blithely upon tier her way peggyjane peggy jane would not be pleased with this nor pleased with that and peggyjane peggy beggy jane insisted upon going out on the lake in shell like boats with ien ea tur lure soine esome youths or swimming dangerously far from shore she Is so reckless peggy janes mother confided to dais daisy v the afternoon was not a success just near the supper hour came one of the sudden drenching showers dalsy daisy wis was out in it so was peggyjane they were far from sli shelter elter A moment the despi despised qed visitor of bay stood looking flown down at her rebellious charge peggyjane peggy jane was gl giggling lag it is cold here near tile ills falls it miss eldridge Ild ridgel queer flow cold it cart cali lie he in summer t title time I 1 just because a little rain comes canies up dalsy daisy cast one hasty glance nt at the cherished painted mothers fingers fanger had flat fashioned it tile the violets would run disastrously into the lavender ground and peggyjane peggy jane was not the only one who had been warned It against cold or dampness ill that at summer the trip into the country had been suggested as a fortifying remedy also for margaret after her long iong days of nursing th there ere I 1 she said as slie she folded the warm cape about peggy janes receptive tive figure that will keep keel you both warm and dry now lets run 1 for lit it peggy janes mother was tearful tear fuli iT grateful you have saved tier her fiction an illness I 1 am sure she said but daisy had not saved herself from illness it began that night utter after aunt margaret lovingly tucked lier her in bed daisy hated to tell about the queer throbbing pain in lier her back the funny little creepy chills cut but aunt margaret found out find and later daisy found herself telling a kind young physIc physician lan you see sec she explained our old doctor at home told me I 1 must be care till to avoid dampness and all that I 1 had barely gotten over the hu flu when mother was taken sick and then 1 I see heo the understanding young physician said tile the rails falls Is a damp liole hole lie remarked later and you v 11 ere s soaked in that cold cald rain but we tire are going to prevent any serious trouble you will nill have to take my word for it doctor Step stephen lien smiled sallied daisy took look ills his word for it slie she felt that she would take ills his word for anything certain it was tile the loung doctor did not neglect ills his patient pal lent just ran in again to see how she bhe is lie would explain to smiling aunt margaret when daisy was able to take her first drive in ills car doctor stephen Step lien gazed admiringly into her violet ees that was mighty decent of ou on lie re marled perplexingly to wrap your our c cape ape around my fool young niece my aly sister has not forgotten tile lie kindness however dalsy stared sl iiri unbelieving peggy julie your ri niece leve she questioned which abich shows that fate that mystery twos power or cupid or whatever you choose to call it will not be cheated two hearts are destined to beat us its ore |