Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 17, 1912, Page 6

[ PAGE SIX THE LEVENING fELEGRAM LAKEIAND, FLA.. FEBRUARY hand 1andy.some dg ay Are you satisfied with your NET RESULTS of last year? Unkept resolutions weaken you; DOING what you determine to do will build your character. Bring the money you have in your pocket to our bank RIGHT NOW, and begin the year sensibly by starting to SAVE and GET AHEAD. If you do, one year from today you_wi will thank us. Saving only 25 cents a day—$7.50 a month—and interest amount to over ELEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS in 10 years. FIRST NATIONAL BANK LAKELAND Under Control of U. S. Government. R S A e will S S N i e T S S ) "'Sunshine” Biscuits, Made by the Loose- Wiles Biscuit Co., in the Famous Factory With a Thousand Windows, in Boston Bibveralioal (v o i G . 10c¢ "Veroniqu]" SNA v vy Ve G RO [/ [o ISHELERMIINRY o5 vvoiiiv v s Gy v ...10¢ ROHBORE WHEBER (o vovois vivsan sovnsansasis ..+ 10c Cocoanut Dainties -+ -vvov vovein v -10¢ Marshmallow Dainties -+ . ... oo oaeeee - 10c London Biscuits .. .. .. .. ........... e -+.28¢C Hyarox BIBCHILS o5 o0 oviov e 25c¢ [DeRgert] Wafers ... .. 25e Cle iR T e e e R e 25¢ <) W.P. PILLANS & (0. THE PURE FOOD STORE ‘The Title of Countes By Lawrence Alfred Clay (Copvright, 1911, ;x Assoclated Literary | 3.) ! When a man is a jolly bachelor of thirty—when he belongs to three or four clubs—when he is liberal with his money and is familiarly called i going to take Lim serlously? It for being more than half in earnest. now and then he found it embarrass- ing not to be credited with serious- ! ness. When he dropped in to see the | widow Dareforth one afternoon and offer her his hand and heart, it was rather embarrassing to receive the reply: “It's a matter you just happened to think of.” . “’Pon my soul, but I have loved you | for—for——" “For thirty long sl-onndsf" “For a whole year. “Poor man' ho\\ \ou must have thrashed around nigi “But won't you believe me?” “No, sir. | say no.” | “But what's the trouble?” | “Mr. Nevins, I married one lah-de. {dah man, and [ don't want another. ‘ll I marry again, it won't be a sissy. lYou ve got money and you've got ! Ibmln! and you are throwing them both away. You are a nonentity out- side your circle.” I slon or working at a queried. “Just that. away. Just idling your time Just being a sissy of a man, you, but I sha'n't credit her with good sense.” “By George! but I don't amount to much, do 1?” laughed Fred. “Come to think of it, I ought to seek a job at something.” “And be told that you couldn't earn ten dollars a week!” “Perhaps! Say, now, I'm going to be different. I'm going to make a new start. Let's see what I can go into. bad.” The widow laughed. “And the headwaiter at a restau- The detective business is not rant makes fifty dollars a week.” Nmmwwvm, She laughed again. NOW OPEN SANITARY PLUMBING INSTITUTION Plumbing, Low Pressure Steam and Hot Water Heating, All Kinds of Pipe Fittings and Sewer- age Work Furnished and Iustalled by Practical Experienced Mechanics. Al Jobbing appre- ciated. Neat and Prompt Service and Guaran- teed. Phone 298 Oftice and Show Rooms With the Fiorida Electric & Machinery Co., Drane Building W. E. O'NEILL Plumber and Sanitary Engineer Lakeland, " - Florida AAAAAAAAAATARAANAARAAAAAA “Would you rather see me in one | of those occupations than doing noth- | ing?" “l certainly should. Then I4d change my mind about your being a sissy.” | “Good! You shall change it!" | “Meanwhile, drop in occasionally and renew your proposal. I can al- ! ways appreclate a bit of humor.” “Great.Scotts! She calls it humor'” groaned the bachelor as he left the house. “I must have her or die, and | vet she won't see anything but humor | in ft!” Count Lugi called the nesxt siderable trouble in ascertaining the widow's financial etanding. When ‘tha report came that she was worth about $2,000,000 he ordered his auto around and commanded his chauffeur | | to break all speed laws. | Count Lugi was an Itallan count.' He owned castles in Italy. Some | were built on peaks and crags, that {he might bhear the wind moan |around the gables; and some were |on the seashore, where the roar of | the mad waters could be heard as a | count sat in his library and smoked and sipped a cocktail. Count Lugl wanted a wife, but not a rich one. The poorer she was the better. She would them appreciate ,&.mflym fac_more. Of | Fred by every one, how is any pne | can’t be done. He can not get credit | Such a man was Fred Nevins, and | Even if I did, I should “Oh, it's that I'm not in a profes- | trade?” he | You may find some women to marry | 17,1912 ourse, if he should chance to be loved by a rich woman he would| have to make the best of it, but never, never, would he consent to | use one single stiver of her money. | The count got this much off in a | twenty-minute call. The widow Dareforth was charmed — not too lmuch 80, but moderately charmed. | She had always wanted to live in an | Italian castle and have bananas |nzht at hand. Besides, Italy is the | place where the pure olive oil comes | from after it has been shipped over ; there by the Cotton Seed trust. Be- sides, again, it would be so nice to have a husband who could swear by simply shrigging his shoulders! Yes, the count left a pleasant im- pression behind. and four days later, when he invited Mrs. Dareforth to dine with him at a restaurant, chap- eroned by her aunt, was accepted, Mr. Fred Nevins met them at the door and conducted them to a table in the most ceremonious way, He had got a place as headwaiter, That fis, he was to have a week to.make good .’- He did not smile. The widow s0 astounded that she couldn't a smiled for cash down. The aunt, who also knew Fred, had to swallow an olive or perich. The only one maintaining a complacent de- ! meanor was the count, and he|; bl 335l 5 snapped Lis fingers at the bead- b Opposite New Depot, LAKELAXND, | RIDA PNeionaARdRale) : &woo-wmoooowoowm,@-,- ) SO Fellow, see that my orders are| | attended to with promptness!” At that dinner the count grew con- filential. He was in America to buy the right of a patent flying machine for a million dollars—one he could sell to his government for five mil- | lion. He didn't need the four million, ! but he was a charitable man. He would devote the profits of the deal to orphan asylums. He was praised and flattered, and on t'e way out to | the taxi he dared to press the widow's hand. At her door he dared to press | 1t again, It was at his third call at the house that with a simple shrug of the right shoulder he let the widow know that he was in love with her. Then a shrug of the left warned her that a proposal might come at the next call, and that she had better get ready for it. It would be ungallant to say that Mrs. Dareforth was ready for it, but it can be related that the proposal didn't come. The count just ran in to say that he had bargained for the patent, but was short $20,000 cash. He must raise it within two hours or lose the four millions’ profit. He would have money from Rome by next steamer, and If th® widow would— 8he would and she did. She was happy to give him a check for the amount needed, and the count shrug- ged his gratitude with both shoulders at once. PRI S SO Two hours later Mr. Fred Nevins — “’ told her over the wire: “I've got the bounce at that res- taurant!” “Of course you have ply. “Well, what now?” “I'm in the detective business. Went into it only twenty minutes ago, but have already struck a clew.” “To what?" “To Count Lugi!” “What! What! Fred Nevius, I | command you to—" But he shut her off, and she had a | night of anxiety. Next forenoon Fred came again. This time he said: “Hot on the trail!" “What do you mean?" | “Count Lugi. He got your check was the re- | cashed, but T hope to get him with the goods on him.” [ “Fred Nevins, have you gone crazy!” No answer. He was off again. Two ‘awful hours passed, and then came | the ring agaip. “Got him at last!™ “Got who?” “Count Lugl. Took him off the steamer about to sail. Got your $20, | 000 back for you. He was formerly | & barber.” That night the jolly bachelor was taken serfously for once. When he had finished telling his story he said: | “80 you can see how bad you need /s husband who is in the detective business.” | “Ye-8,"” was the long-drawn reply. { *“Which is me.” | “Yes!” day | He had been rather dilatory in get- | ting around to it, as he had had con- | French Croupier's Tips. Startling statements regarding the | sums gambled away annually at the French casinos and the amount of money given to the croupiers in tips | were made in the chamber by M. Ker- ' duezoc in supporting a bill for a pro- gressive tax on gambling clubs and casinos. He said that the amount of the tak- | £iven to compiling city, display and advertising m. - e ings at Enghien, the casino near Paris, last year was £380,000, at Vichy, £166,000, and at Trouville, | sonable rates. £137,000. 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