Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 22, 1911, Page 11

[l i | /A Doll ‘Cékrt { Doiv Carts in all styles. Make ones happy by having a the Christmas - tree. THANKING OUR FRIENDS JOUR_ DispLaY Ho -~ Few Suggestions Ty oa R 2 FRIDAY, DECEMB! for PAGE ELEVEN R L e T R N P R TSR SR I T | M T DR C hristmas Buffet No meve snitable present than a buffet or china closet. Let us show you our line. v .. . B O S———_ 8 Rockers Rock and be merry, nothing will make you happier than rocking in our rockers, They are fine, geod. AND PATRONS FOR THE BUSI- NESS THEY HAVE EXTENDED US THE PAST SEASON. WE WISH ALL A MERRY CHRIST- We have a complete line of Art Sguares in Axministeis, Tapestries, Wools and idensThree By Virginia Blair i by Associated Literary Pres MAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. Fabrics at prices to sui t every purse, and substantial: all finishes. Lakeland Furniture& Hardware Co, clerical garb, “You see we are busy with our roses, Mr. Grifiith," said the radiant Sara, “They are beautiful,” he said, “but I came over because you told me that one of your friends might sing for us." “Oh, yes; Betti sings,” sald Sara. “Would you mind?" he asked Bettl. “We shall be glad to pay you a mod- 1034 Luve belleved 1t?” sald | €8t sum.” Watching the window. “Anything will do,” said Betti hon- (imes Sarn, carrying a large | estly; “we are awfully hard up.” should write home,” sald wae looking over her ‘hat the fastidious Sara t1 walked through the don with such a burden, “ink it wasn't true.” fhan't write 1t,” sald Y5 "l wouldn't let them i two dear things are €0 that I can stay for + world.” faid Anne lightly, and U 1o kiss Bett!, who was e L3¢ il the stairs two at a she cried, radiantly. u in the bake shop. isted chicken with 100 extravagant,” iy starved,” Sara I've had great luck. of paper-—all r-making parish house on + said, “to ask the | n't sell some of * their fair. They lecorations. They ‘i flowers, so I sug- “stival} with paper And they said for my work, and d that they called Grifith, and oh, s#¢ him!” ided, “Why?" ‘'om most of the ~ara said slowly, ¢ at all romantic, “ a poor London fate.” “Lew it would hap- always scorn- ‘¢d You, and nmow ish it were. But € never thinks d seems to be sh. He didn't lalk about you,” They all do” 2 mourned. the girls were ¥ taek, there came i 1y, they declared. He smiled. “Then we’ll consider it settled.” When he went away Betti and Anne fell on Sara's neck. *“He's perfectly lovely,” they said; “you have our blessing.” Sara shook them off. “He's too fine to talk about in that way. Usually don’t mind your teasing, but this is different.” And it was thus that Sara Wool- worth, conqueror of hearts, fell in love at first sight with a London curate! The night of the festival the three girls wore gowns of crepe paper— Sara went as a yellow rose, Betti as a pink one, and Anne in white, The ladies received them enthus- fastically. The decorations were love- Sara's curate said the same thing, and added, "I feel as if 1 were in dreamland.” Sara sighed softly. He looked down at her quickly. ! “Are things going hard with you?" he arge parcel and | asked. “You must pardon me if | seem curious—but life for you must be a strugele—yon three girls alone— | with only music and painting to sup- port you.” ! One of the young wen jumped out and asked questions ot the landlady. Then he called back to the other occupants | of the car, “They're here!” And pres- | ently three excited gentlemen went clamoring up the steps and shouted when Sara opened the door, “We've | found you!" | Explanations followed; there were trips downstairs to the car, and pres- ently the little table was heaped with American Beauty roses, boxes of candy, hampers of fruit. At last the gray-bearded gentleman said, “Now get on your best bibs and tuckers, and we'll all go out to dinner and the ! play.” ) “Oh, dad,” Sara demurred. But he insisted, and finally she gave in. When they came out Bett! was in white satin, Anne in pale green, and | Sara in silverembroidered chiffon ' with pearls about her neck fastened with a diamond clasp. And it was thus that Grifith saw ! | her as he came up the steps in the dim twilight. “Sara?" he sald Incredulously. ! “My father has come,” she sald, quickly, “and the boys. They are up | there in our rooms. 1 came to let | you know——=" He caught her hands in his. “To | know what?" he demanded sternly. ! “That you are an American heiress? Do you think I could have asked you to marry me—if I had known?” You would not,” said Sara, | |8 y. “And now will you go , and come back later? [I'll be | alone then, and will explain.” i | When he had gone, she went back | and faced ber father | “Dad, dear,” she said, “I can't go. | , I've engaged myself to the dearest | said, slowly —— TUELL 0L TS RS T meals, and we wouldn't write Imln(-? for money because our pride was ulv: ~—and then you came into my life and | I didn’t want you to know. Somehow | I felt that your pride would stand | between us--as it is doing now " ! “How could it be otherwise?" he' “1 love you, . but ! you have been used to lu I,Ih»“ with me won'd mean hardships™ | “Am I such a poor thing.” she flung back at him, “that you cannot believe me capable ol wishing to share your life? Oh, Griffith, Griftith, don't | send me back to peity things” | Could any man resist such an ap- peal? And so his arms went about | her, as she stood there In all her pale | beauty. ! “Dear,” he murmured, | “is 1t then | ‘till death parts?” 3 ELABORATE HONOR TO DEAD| Chinese Funerarlr RAiibe|>Arouu Curios- ity Among the Citizens of West- ern Metropolis. | For over an hour traffic was almost ' completely blocked at South Clark and West Harrison strects the other after- noon while 400 Chinese sacrificed a roast pig and held funeral gervices for lee Yip Wing, the murdered Chinese merchant, in front of his place of business, No. 555 South Clurk street The entire program of ¢ueer cere monies was carried out in the street, and such large crowds collected that special details of policemen were re- quired to maintain order The body was exhibited for over an hour, and a roast pig, sacrificed honor of the dead, wax placed on a table at the foot of the coffin. One “We—we went hungry one night,” | man on the earth, and I'm going to|after another of the six pallbearers | she faltered. ! marry him because he didn't know | bowed in homage to the pig until their | “Oh, you poor little thing.” he sald | that I had money, and he loves me | forcheads touched the pavement, and so tenderly that Sara was conscience stricken. “I just felt too small for words” she confessed afterward to the girls. “He thinks I'm poor, and it is so blissful to know that he likes me for myself. Oh, I wonder what he will say when he finds out” “You needn’t tell him until you are married,” Anne began, and then Sara’s wrath swept down upon her “Oh,” she said, “I—I think you are dreadful, Anne. He hasn't said a word to me, not a word.” “It's in his heart” Anne assured her gently It was not long after that Griffith spoke of his love to Sara. “I want you, dear,” he said. "It isn’t much that 1 have to offer—I could not have asked you if I hadn't felt I could make life a bit easier for you.” And Sara W {for myself. And he's coming back | here tonight and I've got to tell him | | that I am overburdened with worldly | goods. It won't be pleasant and | want to be alone.” | She looked so pale that her father | stared at her anxiously, but Betti| whispered, “Let her stay,” and some- | what reluctantly he left her. i When Griffith came he held in his hand a little bunch of violets. “Perhaps I should have thrown these away,” he said, bitterly, as he saw the American Beauties. But the flowers out of his hand. “Give | them to me,” she said. “Don't you | know that I value them more than all | the roses in the world?—that | value your love for me more than all thel money in the universe? You think | that I deceived yon—well, the truth ispered back, “I love | {s this: we three girls came here and | €S | per hearing Chinese a came up to him and took | 4¢ then each poured a cup of sacred oil | on the ground beneath the table | Several other kinds of food were placed on the table as sacrifices, At the termination of the ceremo nies 108 carriages took up the line of ch to Rosehill cemetery, the cupants scattering small pieces of pa- scriptions along ary 1o the usual oc the entire way. Con! custom, NO music was used Wing was shot recern his store by Chow Foo Iiun quarrel over money r wag captured thres toge fter a matters The mur Waukegan, and, brotl is being held for (Licago Inter Ocean His Mind on Business. Her Father—I don’t kno let- ting you have my daughter Mr. Sell- Will you take care of her in you.” And wondered how she should | economized because Betti's guardians | Bood style? ever tell him the truth. But she had no chance to tell him, | wouldn't give her the money to study. Anne and ! pooled our allowances and Her Suitor (in the retail line)—I'll | guarantee it, sir, or—or return the for the next morning there came | made up our minds we would pay for | 800ds.—Eoston Transcript. chugging up to the shabby house where the girls lived a grand and gorgeous motor. In it were two young w8 snd & graybeanjed gentleman. Betti’'s music lessons, and we have bad a lovely time doing the things we wouldn't have dared to do In America We've copked our own Dally Thought. Guard well thy thought; our | thoughts are heard in beaven.—Young. 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