Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-18

rod. You two sho belong togethe'. All
wush you much Joy"
Were having that n0wl'' cried vir-
ginia; And we're down here. Aunt Chloe.
not TO make you any trouble, but to liYel
To i've 8 thousand years In q month, that
won't seem but minutsi To be Aioner'
We don't want any one TO know were
here" said Theodore. This little girl is
enough for me, and I for her. The rest Of
the world-it's lost"
Bat some one knows already. suh." said
the captain. We've done got a heap OF
kilograms 20 you"
"Craighead. darling" said Theodore.
open them. dearest" said Virginia. 7
hope the dear feIlow-oh, Mrs. Grayhin
likes him. know. But open the tele-
grams"
In their order. the messages were opened.
The first was dated New York and was
sent on the eve Of Craighead's departure TO
learn his fate
AS Caesar" said he. consulted the ora
elss and OWNERS before going TO battle, so
DO ], who am the Caesar Of the legal
world, since the temporary injunction is
made permanent, and shayne's given up.
prefer the art Of the haruspex: but this
is a legal holiday. and the live stock mar
kets closed. so revert 20 the daisy petal
divination. The hating places on the road
that takes me 70 my Caroline are the petals
on the flower Of my fate. and to them
appeal. More anon. They end with
She loves me OF Craighead's obssquisa
may be arranged"
7 can't understand him" said Theodore
any better than when I found him In the
garden"
oh. it's perfectly plain. sweetheart"
cried Virginia open the rest! Open the
restT'
The next was from PeekskiI, and con-
sisted OF the three words "she loves me"
The next She loves me not" was from
Poughksepsie. Theodore, with Virginia sit
ting on his knee. read one after another.
70 the growing excitement Of both. OF
course II was foolish. but Craighead wss
not 70 be judged BY ordinary standards.
He might have worked himself up 70 a
Whimsical faith In this old-new divinauon.
They were cast down AZ the she loves
me not" from Albany, and eheered BY She
loves me" from Schenectady. Not q word
came IN addition except ~Hurrah," added
70 the She loves me" al Chieago.
''Hurrah." cried Virginia.
But wait" sad Theodore. pulling her
back to the perch from which she had
sprung There are several stops before
he gets to Mr.. Waddy's-Wait,"
Heaven have mercy!' the next ran. 7
thought Il was all right Again the fall
guy Of destiny ! must 90 on local trainl
All In the air again, Oh that this too. too
solid flesh might melt"
On they went with the reading. and from
one little Illinois town after another came
the She loves me" and she loves me
not Of the despairing Craighsad. At last
there came from the town of slattsry In
Butute a vail OF defeat
She loves me not The gods have done
me art! Back 70 Chicago on the next
train-and then the Rat Mort I am sttn
THE GREAT UNCALLED."
"Oh, the crazy fellow" Virginia cried.
her eyes fun OF tears. Cant We 90 some
thingr That telegram came this morning.
There must be umsl On. he'll destroy his
me-foT . whim'
'They's anothah done come ssnce den %
said Chloe The bay lest done gone when
you come. Hyah Il la
They were enormously wrought up in
opening II.
she loves me" Il read. zone Of those
petals WsH 4 water tank. Caroline says
30. Blsst b the man who first invented
tanks Cards later. 7 have scored. The
simple life henceforth. Come 10 the we'd
ding Did you notice how Erasped the
skirts q happy chance and Erappled with
me evil start Oh. the game IL easy when
you learn ~ From this day. let no man Be
Sc dippy as to fan she IoEes me!
THE GREAT CRAIGHEAD, SOON TO
BE REoHGANLzED AS GREATER