Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 1, 1911, Page 7

THE Annie’s EVENING - OWNERS “OF AIJIOMOBIL[S i ) ' \ | Elopement ] —— E\_ BOASTS OF HANY! By Effie Stevens { . .~ YINE MACHINES, INDI- \ . S i | (Copyrignt, 1911, ;Iy_:;.m.ua Literary Anne Blair alighted at the Blithe | dale terminal, and waited impatiently | ufitil the trolley car, on which she dad come, had gone clanking back towards the city. Then she looked uncertainly up and down the lonely stretch of bush-bor | dered ocountry road, which ran at right angles to the car track, following ! the winding course of the Podunk; river. “Now, which direction did Walter tell me to take, | wonder?" she asked herself, puckering her brows In a frown of perplexity. “I shall just have 1o look at his letter again. It was lucky that 1 thought to bring 1t with me.” fl. enthusiasm with which ty is entering wupon the for good roads in this M of th. country is undoubtedly in nrt to the rapid increase in lu-hr of automobiles which been purchased in Lakeland past few months and . pow in daily use on Polk the Et ¥ § of the highland lake £ Florida, as well as of many parts of the United State-. | m roads have a tendency tu +amtomobiles and that auto- e 111 ‘follow good roads, Anne seated hersel upon a large " A yoar ago a locally owned auto- log which was lying conveniently by -0 lflllb‘wu slmost a curiosity in|(he roadside, and, drawing a bulky Many lakeland citizens their own cars and new efllng in every day. | Memminger of Orange ave- Mly received a new 191" ‘eylinder Packard O i r with his two ( admac '*'I,‘ l‘}l and 1912 models, makes . ithzee aMtomobiles in Mr. Memming- ‘private garage. epistle from her leather hand-bag, ran hurriedly through its pages. “Oh, here it fs on the sixth page!"| she exclalmed at last, Then her frown deepened. ! S i “Isn’t that just like his thoughtless- ness? He only says to follow the road | until I come to a path leading to the river; he will be there with a boat, or, It he cannot come himself, he will , ' Ome of the finest equipped cars in send a friend in his place. Now, the hiolnl s the 1912 (ndlll.u 30, | Qusstinn is, did he mean me to go up .;’1 ’.'” car ll vuulppetl (omplvtel) Iy O E AWt ihe ol T ot ;Inre - selt starting, clectric dynamo remain here much longer, for if father 4 ;#nd Delco lighting system. | ghould have found out, there's no tell- ha® | €. W'M president of the First| Ing at what moment he may come ? lmn) Bauk is the owner of a] whizzing along in that new, high speed Ibandsome 1911 model Buick 30, car of his. It's a pity the roads be- {Hendrix drives a fine, five- lw;:'n here ulxl lu\\'jn are :o gnml.'{‘ by / o hereupon, Anne jumped to her feet vrm-';::,:::g‘::;“o”v of Okla- ?lml 'proooodod to walk briskly down m(’.. who “has recently bought r:" ll'l‘"f:, r:‘;:"' h:{ ,?T:‘ Foxll:lchln. 'flflmfl‘ull grove on Lake Hol- bbbl LU d L L ) drives @ National. ; A0, 't"cuytnn cashier of the | 3Mest Nadlonal Boui, is daily ex- | ‘geeting the arrival of a 1912, five per Cadillic, snud a number of y or. Lakeland citizens are awaiting f e f‘.l new cars from various .ffl!m ft is but three weeks & the opening of the Unfon Ga- 2880 in Lakeland, this concern now (. Ba8 1n its new red brick building on { Wnar Florida avenue, fif- L oars In storage, amd has the mdy. for the Cadillac, Penn 30| Polk County Garage, with jorage for ten cars, is mu(immll,\'l and this company is making | . Tangements for cnlarging space Abd 1s lastalling additionsl conveni- ’ for its patronage. It has the for the “Krit” 20 H. P. un-| | “I‘ $1,000.00 car. | AP | . FIORIDA, WATCH HER GROW. : { “The following facts on llulidd.‘a"cm Almost Sure I've Taken the , ' @atheved fram the Manufacturers’ | Wrong Direction.” Rocokd, that noted and widely cir- culated Southern Journal, centain ‘ few of the many 1easons why 4%The Call to Florida” is bringing so | ‘#any thousands of hamsseckers in-| o ) m every month, her to the riverside, where she imag- ived Walter must be impatiently awaiting her, and ber ears keenly alert for the dreaded whir of an ap- praaching motor car. On and on she went for a distance Betwesn 1900 and 1910 the ;m,.‘ that seemed interminable to her over- wrought nerves; but nothing occurred g & i ‘A - % o tle ke Blavey (RET to break the peaceful montony of her 1 roundi 3 mw Same period the popu- | MTTINdIaRS | “I'm almost ‘hldl ineyeased 42.4 per 28 sure I've taken the wrong direction after all,” Anne com- E fll' plained to the solitude. “Why couldn't n-m:; population increas-| Walter have been more explicit? It [ ed twice @8 rapidly as that of the|dea’t come to that yath soon, I shall entire country have to turn about and go back, and 3 ;‘n. h'm”.."“ was greater| | Mke as not walk straight into the arms P i ther--that is if he doesn’ ; kB that of any other state cast of | :o:.r:o be 1:; he :emgnlm nl.e;"ll ¢ the Missisaippl river. | A few steps farther on, however,| ; material advance of the ! apne cime to a path leading towards ”. as illustrated in the increase | ¢he river, which she unhesitatingly ! ultural wealth was in keep- | took, though 1t proved decidedly un- l.m this growth in population d pleasant walking N the tem years, 1940 1o 1910 “I think Waiter might have chosean farm land< & nicer place for me vohmeet MTe";I . : she thought ruefully, as she stumb the United States was 118 jur over a treacherous stump, and barely , eent. saved herself from a fall. - Buring the sam: o the galn A moment later Anne came out upon nm was 200 oo cont the river bauk, but no Walter was in 1900 nnl 1910 th n- sight. y fn the value of farm build- Immediately, Anne's anxiety in- " tnge in the United States was 77 creased tenfold. She could not holp' L8 o imagining all sorts of unpleasant pos- [ cent. s in in | eibilities a8 to why Walter was not SR the mame time the gain there. What if her father had had B 164 por cont | him arrested for contemplated kid- &5 ly begets prosperity. The | gopipng? “She didn't even know if one ¥ of growth swells with an | eguld have a person arrested for pro- b pace | posing to do anything—bher ignorance of law was profound—but the uncer taiaty intensified her fears. . -':“:::.ui Aspe was on the point ofniu-. v on bim ia teul .q_ 'MI she caught sight of of a loag. - Burton. TELEGRAM: “Why, he doesn't say,” she gasped. | - LAK ELAND, FLORIDA, WEI L R INESDAY NOVEMBER 1. e B Ll e 1911, ! across the river, and the world grew | | bright again, for, though the boat was so far away she could not actually tell, i she never doubted but that its occu- | pant was Walter. | It took her but a short time to dis cover that the boat was headed for a i point much farther up stream than | her present position. | “I came the wrong way after all,” she wailed, as she waved her pocket | handkerchief frantically in the almost | | hopeless effort to attract the attention ! of the occupant of the boat. “Though {how was I to know there was more M one path?” Aane was seen, nevertheless, and { the little boat soom changed fts | course, and came directly towards her. ! At the same instant, to complicate | matters, Anne heard the unmistakable, though distant sound of & motor car approaching along the road. | Ordinarily Anne would have realised that a large number of people are the Possessors of motor cars at the pres- ent time, but now she immediately jumped to the conclusion that it mus: be her father. A dreadful fear assailed her lest Walter and her father should meet, in this lonely spot. Her father was a vig- orous, hot tempered man. He bad ! never lilked Walter. What might he not do now in his anger? Walter ! would certainly stand no chance | against his possible onslaught. Anne suddenly wished that Walter | Was not quite so, oh, well, lady-like and uamby-pamby—there were mno! other terms for it—though these were | the qualities which had especially at- | tracted her to him in the first place. If i he were only more like Herbert Sar- | Reant. He could have fought his own battles and hers, too. And then the hot color flooded her cheeks as she re- membered that it was Herbert Sar geant whom her father had desired her to marry, and that it was on his account that Walter and herself had been foreed into hasty action, Oh, if she had only let the boat go on its course unhindered. But that wish was vain, for while Aune had been giving way to her fears, the motor boat, all unheeded by her, had come ¢lose to the shore, and a cheerful, familiar voice now called out, “l wasn't expecting to find you away down here, Aune.” Anne started. cupant of the boat was not Walter James, but, of all persons in the world, Herbert Sargeant. “Were—were you looking for me?” she managed to stammer out incred- ulously. “Who elge?’ Herbert laughed. A feeling of intense reliet swept over Anne. She had not known before that Walter and Herbert were friends =-she did not quite understand yet how they could be—still, since Her- bert was here, everything must be all right. She had known Herbert all her life, and she ~ould trust him implicit- ly. She knew he would take care of her. The automobile passed on along the country road unheeded and forgotten. “let me help you Into the boat,” Herbert commanded kindly, almost tenderly, springing lightly to her side, and Anne obeyed him without ques- tion. Taking his place at the wheel, he sent the boat speeding across the river. Anne watched him silently. Now that she had time to review the situ- ation calmly she began to have serl- Ous regrets as to the step she had taken. It was too late, however, to ‘back out. She must go on to the end. “Why could Walter not come him- self?” she asked faintly. Herbert looked at her pityingly. Then he burst out: “Anne, how could you care for that contemptible littie cur?” Anne stared at him indignantly. “Oh, | suppose you'll hate me for telling you,” Herbert continued bitter- ly, “but I couldn’t bear to have anyone else know. Jim Grierson told me Wal- ter James had been asking all man- ner of questions abhout how much mowmey you had. I hunted the fellow up, double quick, and after I'd |old' him you hadn’t a cent but what your | father felt like giving you, and he wasn't likely to give you anything if you married him, he showed that he considered he'd put his foot in it, all right, and he was 8o anxious to get, out, he blabbed this whole elopement | plan. That’'s all, except that lg couldn’t leave you to bear the shock of his not meeting you alone, so I/ simply had to come.” “You didn’t hurt him?” Anne whis- pered, with white lips. “No,” Herbert said grimly. | “Oh, I'm so glad,” Anne breathed. “I wouldn't like to think you had de- meaned yourself by touching anything s0 vile.” | Then Anne blushed violently, as she realized the full import of her Im- | pulsive words. | A vell seemed suddenly lifted from be- l | fore her amaged eyes, and she realized that it was Herbert, and not Walter, whom she cared for all along. She bad merely aliowed a lifetime’s friend- ship for Herbert to blind her as to the real state of her feelings. llmall motor boat approaching !rom' With dismay, she saw that the oc:| “Anne,” Herbert cried, eagerly, "dn | You really mean it? You know I ha\e always cared for you. My mistake lay in telling your father before I told you. Suppose we go on with this elopement? We can go straight to the minister's."” “We haven't any marriage license,” Anne objected demurely, as they stepped from the boat onto dry land. “We'd have to have ome in this state, 1 know, because 1 looked it up.” “I did too,” confessed Herbert, as he sheepishly drew a paper from his pocket and held it out to her. “Won't father be surprised when we tell him,” was Anne's only reply. German Mortgage Banks Busy. Big things doing in Germany these days. The 36 mortgage banks there bave about $2,618,000,000 loaned out on mortgages, practically all of it on city property. That is about $350,000, 000 more than the public debt of Prus- sia, taking in the bonds issued to build the great system of Prussian rall- ways, which are a perfect network over the country. One of the mort- gage banks has outstanding mortgage loans of some $260,000,000. The av- erage returns on the loans h ranged from 4.22 per cent. in 1905 (as in the three years following) to 4.34 in 1909, with 4.33 in 1910.—New York | Press. Blistering Once Universal Blistering formerly was an almost universal treatment for internal con- | gestion to draw the diseased fluid to the surface. It acted as a counter-irrl- tant. It was also used for sciatica. Blistering is still used to a considera- ble extent, but a milder application is more frequently employed Few There Are Who Learn Wisdom. | A Chicago woman tried to undo a hard knot in her dress by burning it. xactly the = | 8he succeeded fn ¢ same | reluctant morning fire is started with kerosene. So few are the wise people who learn from experience of the feol ish ones, R L R ] 9, " CHURCH CALENDAR. DOOO DG | Presbyterian Church. Rev. U. P, Chalmers, Pastor, Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Morning sermon 11:00 a. m, Kvening sermon at 7:30 p. om, Y. . S. C. E. meets in co-opera- tion with other societies at the Cum- berland Preshyterian, Prayermecting, Wednesday, 7:0 Christian Church. Geo. W, Reimer, Pastor, Sunday school 9:43 a. m. Communion 10:45 a, m. Preaching, 11:00 a, m. Y. S, 0 E. co-operates with other societies at. Cumberland Pres byterian churech, Evening sermon, 7: l Baptist Church. Rev. W. D. Nowlin, pastor, ' Sunday school at 9:45 a. m, Morning service 11:00 a, . B.Y. P U meets at 6:30 p. Evening sermon, 7:30 p. m. Prayermecting Wednesday 7: m, Episcopal Church. Rev, J. 1. Weddell, rector Easch Sunday excepting only the third Sunday of cach mouth and ||lv: nfth Sunday when it oceurs: Sunday school every Sunday at 19 m. Service Evening a. 1100 a.m Prayer 5:00 p.om. M. E. Church, South. W. K. Piner, Pastor, Sunday =chool 9:4, a. m. ) Morning sermon 11:00 a m. | Epworth League 6:00 poom i Evening service, 7:00 p.om. | Prayermecting Wednesday 800 | p. m. ‘ Lutheran Church. Rev. 1. ). 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