The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-12
THE WAYS OF
FATE
By Nj. QUAD
Copyright. 1916, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.


screaming when a male pedestrian
who happened to be passing at that
moment. rushed part way up the steps
and received her in his arms. The
shock landed both of them on the walk,
but on their feet and they suffered no
injury.
You will excuse me, MISS" said the
man as he raised his hat.
Not only excuse, but thank you"
was the reply.
And you were going out without
rubbers?' he Queried
II never wear them"
You run terrible risk such a day
as today"
"Oh, / am pretty surefooted." she
laughed as she noticed that he had
provided himself with pair. Thanks
again.
AS Miss Dorothy was moving away
she noticed that her rescuer was a
man of perhaps twenty-five, with
professional look about him. He had
dark hair and eyes and smile that
was good nature itself He was still
standing, and she realized that he
would watch her until she had crossed
the street, and, though there was ice
under her feet, she stepped out boldly.
She saw two or three pedestrians slip
ping and falling, but she would take
no warning BY sheer good luck she
reached the destination she had set out
for, and in time she started to make
her way home. She had made half the
distance when a rough neck Of a man
in passing her seemed to give her his
elbow with intent to make her fall,
and fall she did. But Miss Dorothy
didn't go right down amid the slush.
A pair Of strong arms prevented her,
and as she was lifted on her feet again
she turned to find the man who had
saved her before.
"Why-you-you'-
"Yes," he smiled. II was not follow
ing you to act the part of a guardian,
but had to come back this way and
had only just seen you when the big
loafer brought about the collision. I
was near enough to save you from a
fall"
"And l owe you my thanks again"
she said.
1t was about the middle Of the next
May, and there were early roses in.
stead Of slush and ice that Miss DOro.
thy Campbell arrived at a little coun,
try railroad station twenty miles out OF
the big city. She had come down to
pay her sister a brief visit and they
were to meet her at the station with
an auto. The auto had not arrived yet
and the girl was standing on the plat
form, waiting.
Look out! Look out!" shouted Q
dozen voices in chorus, and then there
was a mad scramble among those or
the platform. One Of the freight carr
being pushed along by the locomotive
had partly left the rail and broker
loose from the train, and 1t would b
almost sure to bump into the platform
j. Miss Dorothy was about the only ont
In the crowd who did not see the dan
ger Most of them had got away, ant
she was still standing and wondering
when an arm went around her wais
and she was lifted up and half car
ried and half dragged to the far end o
the platform and thence half wa.
across a street. She turned to f1nt
'that man." He lifted his hat ant
calmly explained:
81 have come down here to visit m.
brother, who is to meet me here.
was on the car with you, but you di'
not see me. am glad to have been o
service to you. Three or four peopl
have been hurt and will require tn
aid of surgeon. You, doubtless
have friends coming to meet you. VIII
you excuse me while go and see wha
| can do for those who have been In
iured? lam physician, you know"
Just then her sister came up in tn
auto and called to her. So she an
the young man had met once more
though she had never expected to Sc
him again.
After she recovered her composur
and had been asked dozen time
over for the particulars Of the inc
dent. she related her whole story fror
the beginning.
A week passed away. If Dr. Ro
Goodsend took any measures to dis
cover where the young lady was stoT
ping. no one but his brother knew.
Miss Dorothy Campbell was rathe
! anxious to find where the doctor wa
located she kept 1t to herself, but Fat
solved the problem. In walking abou
her sisters gardens Miss Doroth
stepped In a hole and fell forward an
] broke an arm. A telephone call wa
sent out over the country neighbol
hood for a doctor-and doctor tina
could come with rush. Half an hou
later DR.. Roy Goodsend appeared O
the house. and in less than an hour tn
broken bone was set and splinted an
bandaged. and about all he said OF an
consequence before he took bis d.
parture was:
81 was sorry I was not at hand I
catch you as you fell Really. Mis-
Campbell. you seem to need the car