The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-11-11

FATE



Hereafter" announced the queen
at the hotel switchboard. calmly, I'm
going to take life exactly as it comes.
Nevernore will 1 be heard kicKin
against things that are, or hopon' for
things that amt. It don't do speck
of good anyway" she continued. "All
this worryin' and stewin' over our
problems makes most of us old before
our time Lies plums and lemons
was all picked and packed and labeled
before we was born, and they'll be
handed out to us when the time comes
without us maxim no effort whatso-
ever. So after this I'm simply going
to make the best Of things and save
my energy for something more impor-
tant than fussin' over what can't be
helped.
''Well. for PHYS sakel" exclaimed
her friend at the cigar stand What
crazy book have you been readin' now,
Myrtle?"
None" replied the switchboard
queen, coldly. I'm capable of formin'
nay own conclusions, an don't need
no horn-rimmed specks to aid my eyes
In seem what's goin' on all around me.
Positively. Clarice. since / got this
side light on how the world is run,
get a real heartache when ! think of
the poor gumps that's hurryin' and
frettin' their lives away, and all for
nothin'.
Look at that man there, f'r In
stance" she pointed. "Ain't it
scream the way he's always on the
jump, an hardly sets down long
enough to read paper? Just as If
his rushin gets him anywhere!"
That's ]. P. Baxter, and they say
he's worth two millions that he made
himself" demurred Clarice.
But Myrtle waved this lightly aside.
"If he was intended to have $4,000
900, he'd got 'em just the same
whether he rushed around like he
dies, or just set on a chair quiet and
waited for 'em to come to him. Peo-
pie can't get away from what's intend
ed. P. Baxter or you or me, or any
body else.
Haven't you never noticed" she
went on, how these little, thin, scared
lookin' men are always married to big,
strappin' women that domineer over
'em somethin' awful? 1t amt because
they like women like that-nothin' of
the kind! They'd prefer a girl that was
still hitler and scareder than them,
so they'd look like heroes alongside
their wives. But it's intended for 'em
to marry big. bold Amazons, so they
do.
"An' whenever you see fine, hand
some, noble-lookin' fella, amt he in
variably tied down to little, insig-
nificant, pug-nosed wife that amt got
sense enough to pick out her own
spring suit without draggin' all her
friends to help her do it? He GER
tainly is, because many's the time
when / was heart-free, Clarice, I've lot
my young fancies roam toward such
a man only to find out that he'd al
ready made the mistake of his life
with girl like I've just described.
"And don't you know loads of fat
folks who diet an exercise somethin'
painful, and stay Just as fat? An
others that eat starchy things and lay
around the house thinkin' pleasant
thoughts, just like the newspaper re-
cipes say, an keep right on gettin
thinner? Well, now don't all them
instances go to prove that things is
intended and you'll get what's comm
to you whether you like or not?''
II s'pose you're right" murmured
Clarice. Say, Myrtle, AL Vests goin'
to take Mabelle Green to the club
dance Wednesday--did you know?"
Myrtle Strengthened UP with jerk.
Eyes he is--not!" she snapped.
Il thought you'd feel that way about
it, dearie." sympathized her friend.
"But it's so. Mabelle told me AL said
he'd take her, providin' some impor-
tant business didn't prevent"
We'll, important business'll pre-
vent, stated the switchboard queen,
emphatieally. "Al West asked me
first. an said wasn't goin'-but I'm
goin' now, all right!'
STILL" argued Clarice, whats the
use putin yourself out SO If you real
ly don't want to go? If AL West is in
tended to take Mabelle instead of you
or vice versa why, nothin' can change
it. Things is as they are intended in
this life.''
Humpf!" replied Myrtle with fine
disregard for former utterances. BE
Iieye me, dearie, anything you get in
this world you, work for!"