Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-11-24
THE WAYS OF
FATE
By M, QUAD
Copyright, 1910, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate,


had raincd and frozen during the night,
She opened the door aud stepped out
to find that the top stone step was still
O glare, Miss Dorothy was falling and
screaming when 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 az he raised his hat
mot only excuse, but thank you"
was the reply.
And you were going out without
rubbers" he querled,
81 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 Il
man Of perhaps twenty-five, with Il
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 rough neck Of 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 90 right down amid the sluSh,
A pair of strong arms prevented her,
and ms she was lifted on her feet again
she turned TO find the man who had
saved her before.
"Why-you-you"-
yes" he smiled. 81 was not follow
ing you to act the part of guardian,
but | had to come back this way and
had only just seen you when the big
loafer brought about the collision. |
was near enough to save you from n
fall"
And 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 little coun-
try railroad station twenty miles out OF
the big city. She had come down to
pay her sister 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 a
dozen voices in chorus and then there
was mad scramble among those on
the platform. One Of the freight cars
being pushed along by the locomotive
had partly left the rail and broken
loose from the train and 1t would be
almost sure to bump into the platform
Miss Dorothy was about the only one
In the crowd who did not see the dan
ger. Most Of them had got away, and
she was still standing and wondering.
when an arm went around her waist
and she was lifted up and half car
ried and half dragged to the far end of
the platform and thence half way
across a street She turned to find
that man" He lifted his hat and
calmly explained:
Il have come down here to visit my
brother, who is to meet me here. !
was on the car with you, but you did
not see me. | am glad to have been of
service to you. Three or four people
have been hurt and will require the
aid of a surgeon. You, doubtless,
have friends coming to meet you, VIII
you excuse me while l go and see what
can do for those who have been in
jured? am physician, you know"
Just then her sister came up In the
auto and called to her. So she and
the young man had met once more,
though she had never expected to see
him again.
After she recovered her composure
and had beeR/asked a dozen times
over for the particulars Of the Incl
dent, she related her whole story from
the beginning.
A week passed away. If Dr. Roy
Goodsend took any measures to dis
cover where the young lady was stop
ping, no one but his brother knew. If
Miss Dorothy Campbell was rather
anxious to find where the doctor was
located she kept it to herself. but Fate
solved the problem. In walking about
her sisters gardens Miss Dorothy
stepped in a hole and fell forward and
H. L., 1 Il.