Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 13, 1912, Page 6

THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., MARCH 13, 1912 PAGE SIX | attended his few™ patfents, and wa¥ | studiously polite to Nan when chance | threw them together. Nancy Ann, Matchmaker P it o be et el i ’ —_— Enot care either!” | The few attempts he made to call By Susanne Glenn 1upon her were unsuccessful. | “Certainly I will ride home with The colt tossed her head impatient- Dr. Grey rather than put you to the ly as ber driver suddenly drew rein. |trouble of taking me,” declared Nan “Want a ride, Nan?" called the one evening after she had speat the young fellow to the girl on the cool day at her uncle’s farm. {porch. “You'll have to hurry; lhei Fred Grey with his light-stepping | won't stand.” iNancy Ann had very opportunely driv- “Nan, Nan,” called her mother fran- | !tlcally from the door, “do mot ride |°B into the yard just as Mr. Thomp- after that colt. You willall be killed!” |00 started for his own horse. > GUARANTEED — DR. 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You'll be satisfied ever your particular de- when you deal at our sire may be, we'll take care of it with satisfac- store for our service is tory goods and satisface pleasing in every way. tory service. THE WHITE DRUG, STORE R d PGB Bd G R BBED DI DD PP BB DD o LR R R SR LT LR S LA T S T A L e You'll Pay Your Respects to our bread by ordering regularly after you have once tried it. You'll at once realize the absurdity of sweating over a hot fire when you and at less expense tham you could bake it for at home. Try just one loaf. 1he Modern Bkery Barhite Brothers \ bread as ours without any trouble lttle gird, fa But the girl sprang lightly into the low buggy, not waiting to be assist- ed, and with a wave of her hand, was disappearing down the shady country road. “Isn't she a darling?” cried Nan ea- gerly. “Such lines, such a coat, such color. Isn't this a great deal of style for a poor young country doctor who isn’t sure of even his office rent? Do not try to make me believe you have taken her for debt!” Young Dr. Grey laughed happily. “No, my dear, I did not take her on a debt—although I did get her for a | song. She has been mismanaged. She has a trifling fault that is sometimes designated by the term ‘balky.’ But it is an ugly word, and I refuse to use it in connection with such a per- fect animal.” 5 “But a balky horse—for a doctor! Fred, you might better not have sung.” “Wait and see, Miss Doubtful. She {s young. She may get over her fault with good handling. And if she does, there isn't a horse in this town that can come up with her. Want to see her ge?” “Oh, yes!” sald Nan, shivering pleasurably. There was a fine straight stretch of smooth road ahead. The slender bay horse seemed not to touch her feet to earth. “Isn’t that going some?” asked the young man complacently as he drew her to a walk. “Isn’t it worth something to have a horse like that when some one has taken the wrong medicine, or some other accident bas uccurred?” “Indeed yes—Iif she happens to be in good humor.” “At least she has been nothing but pleasant since I have had her. And even if she refuses to go some day, she will be very attractive to look upon while I wait.” Nan laughed derisively. “Still, I do not know that I can blame you,” she “Want to see her por™ admitted presently. “I'm in love with her myself. What is her name?” “Nancy Ann, to be sure.” “What?” cried Nan so sharply that her namesake flung up her head ner vously. Y “Of course I named her for my girl,” declared Grey stoutly. “But you know I hate my name at its best—and Nancy Ann! I will not bave it!" she cried stormily. “Every- one will make fun.” “I love your name, Nan, dear. And,” he added with a smile, “I think it es- pecially appropriate to name her for you. She certainly is as beautiful as the name deserves after your bearing it. And I'm not sure she doesn’t ex- hibit some similarity of character.” Nan sat in displeased silence. “She has learned her name, too; I certainly cannot change it now, dear.” “You will change it if you care for me,” declared the girl. “That is the very reason why I can- not, Nan. Be reasonable, darling.” Again there was no sound but the light tap of Nancy Ann’s hoofs upon the soft road. When Dr. Grey held out his hand in farewell at her gate, the girl pressed her ring into his palm. “You surely do not mean this?” he asked gravely. “Since my desires have no weight with you, I certainly do mean it!” she can get such white, light, toothsome | flashed as she darted into the house. Fred Grey drove away alone. “Dear " he sald as he placed the “'!‘.heymnmol H t followed were long Thompson. - Dr. Grey drove his new horse dally, “It is so fortunate I happened in it the right moment,” said the doc- |tor, with & quiet smile, X They rode in silence to the first | zorner, where the doctor drew up his orse. “Which road do you prefer, Miss Nan?” he inquired politely. “Isn’t the one over the hill a mile Dr. Grey?” “That is what they say.” “Then by all means take that one!” | | Without a word he turned into the | ' hill road. Nancy Ann threw her pretty head angrily, and traveled unevenly in | nervous spirits. At the foot of the {long hill she stopped suddenly. “Go on, Nancy Ann,” said the doc- | tor, gently. Nancy Ann lowered her head stub- bornly. The girl lifted hers in chilling displeasure. There was absolute silence for five minutes. Darkness was setting in densely. Presently rain began to splash on the leaves above their heads, and the young man sprang out to get the rubber curtains from under the seat. “Guess you will not need to hold her,” he observed. Nancy Ann stiffened her forelegs deflantly, expecting some unusual, move on the part of her driver. But he simply walked around her, adjust- ing her harness and stroking her neck a little before returning to the buggy. “Nan,” he said after another silence broken only by the fall of the increas- ing rain, “Nan, I've spent a very lone- ly summer.” Silence. “Nan,” reaching along the back of the seat, “why do you sit so that the rain beats in against you? Your sleeve is wet.” ’ His arm drew her to a more pro tected position. “How much longer, Dr. Grey, do you expect to keep me here?” “My dear girl, much as I have craved your society, you surely can- not hold me to blame for this delay?” Nan did not trust herself to an- swer. “Dear,” he said at last, very gently, “I wish you would let me give you back your ring.” “I wish,” fcily, “that you would get me home.” “Evidently neither of us will get our wish,” he answered cheerfully. The rain fell steadily, musically. The woods seemed full of strange night sounds. “Whatever are we going to do?” asked the girl at last. “Wait until she is ready to start. It would do not good to beat her, even it you woud! allow it. It is tedious, I admit, Nan, but—I'm getting used to this waiting game. For I'm going to wait for you, dear, if it is until I am grey.” “You are Grey, now,” said Nan de- murely. “Nan, what do you mean?” eagerly. “Dear heart, listen to me just a mo- ment. What has been the trouble between us, anyway? Surely you can- not blame me if I love you so dearly that I like your name and everything about you? If you had objected be- cause the name was too good, I would have changed it willingly.” Dropping the useless reins, he drew the ring from his pocket and put it in its old place on her finger. “Nan,” he whispered, “I'm the bap- plest man that ever sat behind a balky horse.” Nancy pricked up her ears with sudden interest. Then she began to move slawly up the long hill, and at the corner she broke into her usual willing trot. “Fred, how in the world do you manage with her?” asked the girl. “I always go by the valley road, even if it is an extra mile. She was brought up and—mismanaged—in the hill road.” “Oh,” cried she with sudden under standing, “you do not deserve to be forgiven!” “But I gave you your choice, m: girl. I knew we could eomoc:'o II’I Good fences==and lots of theme- y; grow money for you. Fence off your farm into a suffici number of fields to get the proper r tion of crops and the most advantageous pum ing, and your cash returns each season are b to increase. At the same time fences are an asset, as they i greatly to the value of any farm, We sell good fence—made heavy and strog® last. The prices are very reasonable. We it you to call and see us. CRPVID The Jackson & Wilson Lakeland, Florida IRONING SHIRT If you wisi ; to look just r disappointed i for we make a4 * laundry work Our purpos THE LAKELAND STEAM LAWY R. W. WEAVER, PROP. *Phone 130 Love's Sweet Mes! ' understanding i you'd let me see you is a box of o for half an hour, Nan, dear!” or other «© - —————— could hell May Have Been Cook’s Cannon, sender of 7 Much interest has been roused ia acemakeT Australia by the finding of a cannon, S 2 -1 which Is supposed to have been jet- i A tisoned from Captain Cook’s ship, the gift of a b3 3 Endeavor. The relic was found on the Try a box on i Queensland coast. possibly N Hardly Even eating it. “° People who like bardly ever are villing to concede that it is fiat- N tery when it is banded to them. . ™ e