Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 12, 1912, Page 2

PAGEL TWO A WOMAN | By JEAN ELGINBROD : The rush of the day's work was nearly over in the telephone office. Jeanette Whipple, trunk operator, fac- | ing the clock, saw that fn a little less than two hours her time would be up. | She wondered i Richard were watch- i ing the clock as impatiently as she. , I{ew !ino Bed s in ".'-\-.inch Post | E::hthne r::;;own:l:"::m: E o'lesk Verni -““"']”- Oxodized, andi gpe glanced over at the local board. Necr Brass inishes frou $2.75 The local girls were always busy. and u», | Thelr hands flew as they connected line after line. The drops fell quick- ; er than they could answer them. The i chief operator (No. 25 officiall), was :worklng back of the board on the { Hayes, The monitor walked up and down, up and down, back of the girls, who hated her nearly as much as they did thetr chief. She had been 15 years in the bustuess—and showed fit. She was reported to have a soft spot in her | heart for the young, curly-headed as- sistant chief operator at the desk. The messenger boys called him the fellow with the “pretty blue hair.” The girls called him “twelve-and-a: ' half.,” being assistant to No. 25. ¢« Jesnelie laughed to hersell as she thought of it. Then she turned down NG e N ag fl Quriine of S orings are correct a jack to see if No. 270 were still and piices vig o rom S1,75 talking to Ridgeton. Captain Henry's and up. big volce boomed in her ear, and she caught a sentence. old, been foreman of the Electric “—tall and dark, about 30 years old, been foreman of the elettric company six years.” Mechanically ghe turned jack. Then, as she realizedl what she had heard she llstened again, a long time, I hear. Have your men wateh sharp. If he did go on that "It gets there about 4:30. at Ridgeton, which I doubt, he can't have gone far yet. I think he will keep on toward the west. Got it all? — 5 feet 11, dark, smooth face, well N built, brown suit, black derby—all Rockers in Oak, Reed, Rattan Fight. Goodby.” and Misslon at prices to suit, 270 rang off. Jeanette took the connection down and leaned back In her chair. The Cash or Instaiment, Your bulletins on the board swayed upand % | down with a horrible, sickening ac: tion. The noise of falling plugs grew Credit Is Good With Us. ! faint. The hum of volces died into LAKELAND FURNITURE & 2o ooee ™ ™ HARDWARE C0. Then, slowly her brain cleared. i ;Sho had no trouble in realizing now what it all meant. Richard Nash, her | Richard Nash, had killed Lathrop. His face came up before her, clear cut as a cameo, the wise, tender face, the frank, steady eyes. Why, every one had hated Lathrop, but Richard. He had only laughed at him. It could not be true. Some one was playing a Joke on her. She looked swiftly down the long line of girls. All were working, still and sober. The monitor paced slowly, back and forth. No. 121 was writing out trouble reports. A drop fell. It was 270. S. L. A, CLONT DEALER Real _{_ tate reach it, and plugged in on the line. Her volce sounded strange to her as she spoke. “Toll line.” “Give me police statlon. Saturne, - Captain Briggs to the telephone. And E ‘v M A R K E T right away quick, too, central.” , She made out the ticket slowly. Her ’ fingers were stiff and cold. She felt MEAT MARKET AND GROCERY | numbed all over except her brain. STORE. That seemed on fire. She looked down :l! the small diamond on her left Good Meats, Fresh Groceries, hand. Whether it were true, or not, prompt service, reasonable prices. :o was Richard—yes—and she loved ‘ him. Call or phone ' It Ridgeton had not been able to J. ). "lompsou & Son ' get & man down to the train in time to search it, after getting Captain morth Florida Ave; 'Phone 287 Henry's message, there was a small . | SMITH & STENZ Real Estate of All Kinds' — i Rooms 19-23 | Raymondo Blllllni SOME FINE BARGAINS. Ofice in Clonts’ Building, she could keep searched bdefore i -3 ; fys The Owner’s Price Is Our Price g | i ] 3 -l;l._l AGAIN up the | Why, Richard was foreman of the Blectric company. What could have | happencd! “Oh, Lathrep'll die. There is no chance. Don't know just how it hap- pened yet. Nash has always borne a good name, though there has heen bad blood between him and Lathrop | four o'clock I'll head it off at Saturne. ! It he got off | She took CITY AND CCUNTRY PROPERTY— it before the recording operator could | Richard was a murderer, fying for THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAK ELAND, FLA, FEBRUARY 12, 1912 “The murder, Richard, you—" He lifted her up into his arms and, carrying her In, sat down in the big, 1d-fashioned rocker with her. “There, there, child. It's all right, i Jeanette. Nash Farnsworth shot | Lathrop, but he is mot golng to dle, though they thought he was at first. Did you get it wrong? It was mixed at first, in the excitement. Did they tell you it was Richard Nash who did 1t? His first name being my last “:i i hav { and description belng rather alike di l'l:: l;‘l’e::y' nI’d.l ouou.m';m .:;tc:; jmake & little bother. He got away, I have—Jeanette Whipple sald eo |Suess. [ imagine he got that four Which would win? Why, little girl, you o'clock train. think it was I who sh “Wire 1s stil busy., 1 will call you,” | St conld you?” . s she sald . n ] And in the hush, while Susan got Captain Henry fumed. Jeanette lis-| ., or and the light from the fire tened In sllence. Then he siammed |, 3veq on the walls, the rocking up his telephone. She watched the | .pyir gwayed gently with its burden, clock and waited. 4:55—she drew & | .11 ghe told him how she bad play- long breath, and passed the call. In|.q the part of Fate to & man she a (t:e.v moments they were talking. | . er saw. ptain Henry gave tho same de-| " srier she was quite herself again talls that he had given to Ridgeton, |y, jooked at her solemnly and shook gave them like a flash. Then having |y, pead. evidently learned wisdom, he passed | "y just as the poets and philoso- :'all- to Lakeville, New Burn and phers always tell us,” he said. “A big New York at the same time. door hangs on a little hinge. It takes Jeanette had not thought he would | ."woman to fool a man, every time, do that. The train did not get into| gnq ¢ gave one, too, God bless her' New York until nearly six o'clock. 4 " Dared she deiay that call so long a “‘m s ‘oi’ Ama' time? ho teok the She cast a furtive look at the mon- | ftor, who was coming toward her. She answered two other calls, and made| quick connections. The monttor | glanced at her board, then walked © slowly away again. Time seemed to stand still, 4:57—4:58—. 270 called again. Captain Henry's voice boded trou-| ble for somebody. “Why ¢an't | have Saturne? [ must| have them before 4:50.” | Jeanette almost laughed. Her blood | The Professions COCOCOVNOCORUOUROCVUOQOGLNCy DR. SAMUEL F. SXITH SPECIALIST l Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat | Glasses Scientifically Prescribed | 'Phone: Oftice 141, Residence 22. Dryant Gldg, Lakeland, Fla. s s'owly, making i1 revent veveral times, until his ‘eo was Wie u eannon roar with ‘Then whe enr hear teeih, 2100 | s, and weited, Cnee she made intoef receiving rovoris on the oand e e ter 11 the iy e in i Qi U Cay IR, W. 8. IRVIN DENTIST Established in July, 1900 Phones: Oflice 180; Residence 84 | L \ " |DR. W. R, GROOVER, ; PHYSICIAN AND SURGFRON, IReomis 3 aud 4 Keutook v Building LARELAND, FLORIDA, DR. R R SULLIVAN, —PHYSICIAN— | Special attentiou given to Surgery and Gynecology Kentucky Building 'Pone 132 LAKELAND, FLA, sy forgit 3 niptaln Henry w g man cud a smart one, but he could not munage <omething he did not understand. 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