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The Ways
...Of Fate.
By Zelia Margaret Walters.
Copyrighted 1908, by Associated
Literary Press.
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When it became an established fact
that Daniel Forbes would never go
wooing on ids own account, his mother
undertook to manage the delicate af
fair for him. She selected Lucy Wil
son, a capable girl.
“Now, you go over there tonight,“
she directed her son. “Lucy's willing,
and the old folk have given their con
sent, so there's nothing to be afraid
of. Lucy’s so lively and runs on so 1
guess you won’t have to do much talk
ing.’’
Although David turned pale under
his tan, he prepared to obey. He drove
past the Wilson farmhouse twice, but
on appronehlng the third time, just as
he was about to enter recklessly, be
saw Lucy on the porch, and, turning
his horse about, he fled.
Thus abruptly ended David’s first ad
vance toward matrimony. Indignant.
Lucy quickly accepted another swain,
and David settled down to what
seemed hopeless bachelorhood.
One morning In midsummer when
the first luscious blueberries were ripe
Mrs. Forbes asked David to take a
half day from the farm work and go
to the mountain for blueberries. David
agreed and started off with a basket
on either arm. Many berry pickers
were at work on the lower slopes and
near the path, but David, who had suf
fered often from their rough wit, went
farther on, circling around to the
wilder, steeper side of the mountain.
He found a place yet unvisited and
settled to picking where the bushes
were loaded with fruit. Hut even in
this lonely place he was disturbed by
someone approaching through tin
brush.
He caught a glimpse of a woman's
gown and started to retreat noiseless
ly. Then he noticed that it was a
pink gown and paused. The farmer’s
daughters and the village girls did not
wear thin pink dresses when they
went berrying on the mountain side.
David had observed more than his
triends gave him credit for, so he
waited a moment to see who this girl
was. Quite unexpectedly she stepped
into full view, scarcely five yards from
him. There was no retreating then.
David bent over the bushes indus
triously.
The fair stranger (In the one brief
glance David found that she was both
fair and n stranger* was picking too.
Bhe had half tilled a fanciful little bas
ked. David wondered why she was
alone so far from the frequented
paths.
The girl examined the big. handsome
farmer through downcast lashes, and
she was at once Interested.
“Why doesn't he speak V’ she thought.
“The others all do. 1 wonder who he
Is. I haven’t seen him anywhere.
I’ll just stay until he does say some
thing,” she reflected as she watched
him.
David was chained to the spot. His
diffidence urged him to flee, but some
thing stronger held him almost within
arm’s length of the girl. In his wild
est daring, however, he never thought
of doing more than glance in her di
rection. Nothing less than a miracle
would have made him change his at
titude.
Fate, which one time in a thousand
is unexpectedly kind, interposed with
something very like a miracle. Then*
was a jarring and a rending of the
earth, followed by a muffled roar. The
ground yawned in an awful gulf at
their feet.
Man and maid, clutching wildly at
each other, slid down, down, blinded
and choked by the flying dust.
Through it all David had kept liis arm
about the girl, whom lie had seized
when the nature of the calamity had
burst upon him.
Ills first thought when the uproar
ceased was that he still held her. He
moved cautiously to assure himself
that he was yet in the body and then
opened his eyes and found that he was
not buried, as lie had expected to be.
At a distance above hi* head he saw
the branches of a tree barring the blue
of the sky. Then he looked at the
lovely stranger lying in his arms. Her
eyes opened, fixed on his in terror.
To David’s own everlasting surprise
he found himself stroking her hair
soothingly. His tongue was unloosed.
“Don't be afraid,” he said. “The
danger is all over now.”
“You saved my life," she said In a
bushed voice.
“Not at all,” he answered briskly.
“I only held you when I saw that we
were going down. We’re mighty lucky
that we came out on top.”
For David knew that they had fall
en into an abandoned pocket of the
coal mine. The supports’ had rotted
away, and the pocket had run too near
the surface of the mountain side for
safety.
The girl, weeping softly, clung to Da
vid. The surest way to win her grati
tude would be to get her out as soon
as possible. He racked his brains fdr
a plan of escape. Crawling up the pet' :
pendicular sides of the pit was out of
the question.
“Some of the berry pickers may have
heard the noise.” he said cheerfully,
“and your friends will soon be looking
for you.”
“No,” she said; "they are so far from
here. Resides. I ran away from them,
and they will think I have gone home.”
“They'll search for rue when I don’t
come to supper.” Though he spoke
laughingly to reassure h*>r, he knew
the futility of this hope. The territory
to be searched was very large. They
might have to pass the night In the
awful dread of fresh earth falling at
any moment. But In the gloom of his
reflections a sound familiar, though
mu filed, came to his ear. He turned
to his companion, laughing.
“Help is at hand.” be said in mock
heroics. “Prepare for the most ro
mantic happening of your life. We
are about to be rescued by a mule.”
Ilis cheer was contagious, and she
lost her fear.
“Since the mule is no near there must
lie but. a thin wail of earth between us
and a passage of the mine.” he went
on. “I’m going to dig through, and
we'll walk till we find some miners.”
Although he had nothing but a
rough, broken bougii to work with, he
attacked the wall vigorously. The girl
stood beside him.
Soon he could thrust his arm through
the opening lie had made. Then he
worked furiously until it was large
enough for them to creep throng!). The
fear of more earth falling was upon
him every moment. An astonished
mule thrust his head out into the light
and then fled wildly back into the
mine.
“Come,” said David, taking her hand
and drawing a long breath of relief.
She clung close to him as they went
Into the darkness. Their progress was
toilsome, for David had to feel his
way stop by step and shield his com
panion.
It seemed that hours of this madden
ing groping went by, and yet David
was exultant, for, though panic fear
dogged the footsteps of the girl, he was
able to keep it at bay by his touch and
voice.
She cried out when a point of light
showed far ahead of them. A moment
later a voice with a rich Welsh accent
exclaimed; “Here comes that bludy
runaway mule omen the old pocket.
And I’m donined if here be'ant a lady
cornin’, too—and Davie Forbes, as I'm
a livin’ sinner.”
The miner listened to David's story
of the cave-in and then conducted them
to the shaft, muttering softly, “Well,
I’yi doomed!”
When they stood on firm earth in the
welcome sunlight David again asserted
his newly discovered mastery. “You're
too tired to walk back to town. It’s
miles from here arid rough walking.
I’ll get a horse and buggy somewhere
around here and take you up to our
place. Then after you have supper
and rest I’ll drive you to town. My
mother will be glad to have you come.”
Oh, David Forbes!
And they thought you knew nothing
of women.
The stranger assented with a meek
ness as unusual in her as imperious
uess was in David.
Never before had David been so
anxious that Ins fine house and well
kept farm should make a good impres
sion. Mrs. Forbes received the girl
with eager hospitality. When she
heard of the accident her sympathy
was boundless. Tbe visitor recovered
tier spirits quickly. She told them
that her name was Marion llillis
and that she was visiting an aunt
In town. She assured Mrs. Forbes
that David was positively the bravest
man in the world. Mrs. Forbes
looked at her son In helpless wonder
ment. While waiting for supper
Marion demanded that David show
her about the farm.
“I’ve always longed to visit a farm,”
she said as with mutual satisfaction
they strolled through meadows and
orchards.
"Shall 1 send one of the men to tell
your people where you are?” David
asked when she remarked that it was
growing late.
"No,” ..he said. “No one cares very
much where I am. 1 have no one
nearer than Aunt Kate, and she thinks
1 am a great nuisance, though 1 am
only with her for my two weeks' va
cation each year.”
“There is someone who cares very
much where you are,” said David
boldly. Marion hastened to admire
the beautiful view from the orchard
slope, but he was not to be diverted
and soon possessed himself of her
commonplace little story of struggle
and hard work.
“You are not going back at all,” said
David hotly. "It’s dreadful that a
girl should work like that and have no
one to take care of her. Two weeks is
enough courting. I believe girls usu
ally think they need lots of time, but
I'll make you trust me”—
Mrs. Forbes was calling them from
the kitchen door. Marion ran ahead,
her cheeks scarlet and her eyes star
bright
But of course when they were driv
ing to town through that sweet sutn
i Jer night she had to tell him tremu
lously how grateful she was to him
for saving her life. And he made the
answer expected of all heroes who do
high deeds for their ladyloves.
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4rnval and Departure of Trains
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Taking effect Sunday .Tan. 5, 08.
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SEABOARD AIR LINE
RAILWAY.
EASTWARD.
No. 52. - - 10:03 a m
No. 82. - - 2 50 p nr
No. 88, - - 10:85 P m
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