Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 5, 1912, Page 7

B ool 3 AR IWAYS ON® I tart the g Foundation# @3@ fr Your 42 ¢A Novelisation of the Play by~ iibur D. Nesbit and Otto Hauerbach Yovelized & WILBUR D. NESBIT £ (Continued from page 6.) with the situation and made no move to correct matters, “No, there isn’t any mistake,” Har- ry sald. “Did I understand aright,” Medders asked, “that thee are paying seventy- five dollars for that hat?” “I did—without taking chloroform, too,” Harry ruefully asknowledged. “Some hats are worth that much,” the Count remarked. H‘IW.HI I”l L The requirements of the U. 8. Government National Bank laws guarantee safety to the depositors of OUR bank. wife often spends more than that a hat.” ders asked, casually, “I don't know if it will fit her,” Har- ry answered, non-committally. “Wouldst thee let us see it?" Med- ders asked. “Truly, a hat worth that much must be a wonderful thing.” Here the Count nervously inter posed, afraid that the General would become aroused if he saw the hat. “No, no. Der night air might spoll ft!” “I confess I am curious to see it,” Medders sald. “Ab, what forms the vanity of women and the foollshness of man do take!" From the house came the lank form of Socrates Primmer. In his hand he carried the hatbox which all day he had been endeavoring to open in the presence of Lucy. “What is the trouble?” he asked. “No trouble at all—until you came,” Harry replied, drily. “Harry has simply been doing what I have often done,” General Blazes explained. “He has bought a hat.” Primmer glanced at the hat box Harry held, and then looked at his own. “This then, is for his wife?” he in- quired, sadly. “What?”" the General sald, misun- derstanding Primmer. “Another man buy a hat for my wife? How dare you!" Primmer shrank away from him. The officers of our bank are always pleased to give the bene. ts of their experience to ou r patrons. Make OUR Bank YOUR Bank. FIRST NATIONAL BANK LAKELAND Under Control of U. 8. Government. Try to slice your breakfast bacon with that old dull knife, as it will be so thick that when cooked it will be so tough that you can’t eat it Let us slice it with The Packing House Market Slicing Machine. Po- lite service in stock all the time. “Nay,” Medders soothed. “The hat Harry has is for his sister, Cerolyn.” “No” Harry corrected him, fearing some further complication. “The fact Is, I was Mu to give the hat to Lucy—with your permission, Mr. Med- dere. Bntldldullkotnukyflr permission before all the others bere.” “Bully for you, Harry!" the General beamed. “You ocouldn’t do a finer thing.” Primmer lapsed into a fit of dejec- tion. “Alas!” he sobbed. “Homer was right when he said: Aln faint hope I leaned upon! W.P. PILLANS & (0. === ™ The Pure Food Store Ask the Inspector “Cheer him up!" General Blages " suggested. “Let him see your pres- ent for Lucy.” “I, too, have a present for Lucy,” Primmer satd. “Thee hast?’ Medders asked. “What SANITARY PLUMBING l NSTITUTION suspicion. He dropped the lid quick- 5 : ly, took the box from Primmer’s uare Plumbing, Low Pressure Steam and Hot Water %‘m;fl e e, S0 “Sarely not,” Primmer agreed. “All right. That's & sacred compact. Let's all go in now.” And as be ushered them into the is 1t, Socrates?" “A hat,” Primmer announced. Harry leaped to a conclusion. In- stantly he coupled Primmer with the mysterfous man who had bought the Heati o rfifl’mg All Kinds of Pipe Fittings and Sewer- b’.;m 1 aball preseat it to hee my: }«t Work Furnished and Iustalled by Practical st? Prismer doclered, taking te tperienced Mechanics. All jobbing appre- A oy right,” Harry sald. “Don’t let ciated, Neat and Prompt Service and Guaran- ted. Phone 298 Electric & Machinery Co., Drane Building e ———————————————————————— house Harry sald things to himself be W. E. O'NEILL §SHEREs . e seventy-five dollars for a hat when the duplicate was ia the house all the Plumber and Sanitary Engineer time. duplicate hat at Mile. Daphne's. any one profane that hat by seeing it “And," he growled, “T've still got Lakeland, . - Florida “Let’s see it,” he sald. He opened Primmer's hat box, and one g'ance was enough to confirm his until it gets to the one for whom it s intended. And neither will I witk e ————————————————————————— mine. You won't let any one see it™" Otfice and Show Rooms With the Florida one coming from Daphne!” “What did thee say? Medders asked, as they weat into the reception room. “l was saying that I boped no one was coming this evening to break wp ¢ Telegram Is lJp-Io-Now""‘“::':.':.":;:....., THE EVENING fELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., MARCH 5, 1912. Bure!" boomed the General. "My | €S crushed fruit and s tor thy simer, Harryr” Moa.|pUre sugar, They are| S = = PAGE SEVEN We Most Emphatically Protest gainst being known as a “cheap” store. The word has come to pply so much to quality as well as prlle that we do not wish to be soc Iatod with it. 1 gentleman was pretty well satisfied a“d a“ 0ther ki“ds Bllt You Wi" Find Pl'ices FOI‘ Dl‘y GOOds 0f deIICIous drinks t this store compare favorably with any, even if we do claim and rove that our qualities are of the very finest. Come and compare. CHILES AR BB POSO OO fi‘i:i:’i,::i;':ii;fl:i::’ Lakeland Artificial Stone Works Our '~ )rs and syrups are made from the fin- Near Electric Light Plant MAKES RED CEMENT PRESSED BRICK CALL AND SEE THEM. CAN SAVE YOU MONEY Crushed Rock, Sand and Cement for Sale BUILDING BLOCKS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS 12 and 18 inch Drain Tile for Sldewalk, Gate Posts, Flower Mounds, E isfying. On asweltering hot day you will appreciate one of our special thirst qnench ers—seem as if it came from the North Pole itself. Try One Today. Good Stock on Hand 'WE Deliver Free of Charge H. B. ZIMMERMAN. Proprietor. 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Florida Office in Clonts’ Building. NOTICE! Women Love The Smoke Cleaning and dying Is the business we do, We do it s0 weii t..t your gar- ments seem Dt 5, We take your suit (%.v. and all filled with stalz., And return it to you a new sul* again. So remember one thing and bear it Phone in mind That in cleaning and dying, we excel in this line, We will call for your clothes and de- liver them, too, Without any worry or trouble to DeREE & CARP()II PHONE Fo. 253. Odd Method of Spite. A man in Temesvar, Hungary, who Was summoned the other day for as- saulting a neighbor, pleaded that the latter used to spite him by buying & | S Bew hat for his wife every month, so that he was obliged to do the same for [ his own wife. lnman Cigar fact 3 ROUTES A oia of an Elko cigar. It is so fragrant and delicate that much as they may dislike the smell of ordinary tobacco, they enjoy the odor from am Elko cigar. 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