Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 24, 1912, Page 7

CARCLESSNESS is the only reason why you have not yel L~ ue of our private safety deposit boxes, and put your valu s and mpms—wnll and deeds and contracts in our fire 'md roof vaults, LAKELAND Under Control of U. 8. Government. ~ . T TSR N I T YN G THE EXCELLENCE can only be appreciated by tasting Good as it Jooks, with just th proper crust, it is even better to U\\ N taste Try a loaf for your own sat- IR T : | g\\ | dsfaction, There must be good rea- | iy sons why many of the best home | i ! bakers now use our bread exclu- | he 3]()dern Bakery Barhite Brothers IT'S A REFLECTION. on daintiness to own a house not equipped with modern sanitary plumbing. Wives feel this keenly though they may not complain avdi hly It you take pride in vour houns Iave modern plumbing ' | wk e o co the work heland Hardware & Plumbing Co. -0 Y I e T e B RUSEDALE Locind’s only exclusive division is now on| the Wide Streets, Shade Trees, ‘Fertile Soil, Restrictions. market, Building Inside the city one block from Lake Morton Smith & Steitz and G. C. Rogan Rooms 19-23 Raymondo Bldg. When you take a walk or or ride go through- Rosedale the newest part of Lakeland L. MARSHALL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER * frzish plans and specifications or will follow any plans and specifications furnished. BUNGALOWS A SPECIALTY. L¢t e show you some Lakeland homes 1 have built. OF OUR BREAD | An Eleventh-Hour Bridegroom ciated L1y crary I'ress) the ready except He alone is lack- was | so foolish o™ ng by a win stared out into the night with frightencd eves. Nerv ously she clasped her hands as they lay on the ledgze before her, and a ray of meonlight caught the chaste as to get Dorothy dow in her bedroom little diamond on her third finger till 1t scemed to mock her with its sig- ‘~l‘(‘ was named, the latter had given is diamond. an heirloom 1 always intended nee you are my nae- .nd On her return home Dorothy had thoughtlessly worn it on her third | finger to a meeting of the Fancywork that sake, she ¢ e | | 1 dgi g | nificant gleam. The trouble had all | | begun with that ring! | ) Six months ago, when she had gone ! to Chicago to visit the aunt for whom (elub, The girls, remembering <he had recently | two months’ urally returned from a sojourn in the eity, nat- formed one conclusion when | they saw that diamond. Most of them married or en- “Tell us his name, Dot; you must | do that, since we have never seen [ him,” begged her chum Edith, “Tom Morton,"” replied Dorothy, | glving the fi"st name that popped | into her head. “Is he handsome?"” asked another. 1 - vent of a private box for a whole year costs only $5 and b ‘werp either mewly arri ‘ £ bung in your saluables and rent a punte box. gngc-_d‘ §0 their thoughts ran in matrl- | monial channels. Dorothy, taking the Im:mor as a joke, and yielding to a :s‘nddon impulse, had accepted their good-natured raillery with laughing | acquiescence, “I Will See If He Can Come,” She Answered. “Why—er—I supnpose most wouldn't congider him so; but he's big and broad shouldered, with a breezy western manner. zht it was known th Dunton that people rough- Dor- Letore out the v ge ol othy Ik ern man whom ghe 1i dazed surpris But when other men would have made searching inquiries concerning his niece’s fiance, Unclo Eumett breathed a sigh of relief that the courtship had been carried on | elsewhere so that it in no way inter. | tered with the even tenor of his life; | then he signed a generous check for S Wis d Tom Morton, HUET | her trousseau and returned to his be- | | loved books. Dorothy sewed with the | other engaged girls on wedding | | finery, and when questioned about | the date for her wedding, replied: “September 12th.” “I must have been mad” the girl declared. “I shall have to end the | affair some way—it has gone much too far. why did 1 let things drift so long!" she repeated. Next morning at the breakfast ta- | ble Dorothy appeared pale but reso- lute. She was determined that, cost | what it may, “Tom” must die. That | would be the easiest way out of it all. | If she attempted to inveni a hroken engagement it “would necessitate end- | | Jess explanations; would be surrounded with a halo of sentiment as a her ! romance. She felt that carry off the & Dolly came to visit her, “She knows I didn’t meet a single ghe could | man when I was vi isiting her, and if | | she comes T shall have to make a | clean breast of it and throw myself | on her mercy. She would enjoy help- | ing me along, for she always sees the | humor of the case.” She had decided that the mnext let- ter would be made to contain the fatal tidings. Usually she heard from her aunt on Tuesdays, 8o a letter would probably come on the noon train. “I shall soon be a maiden all for lorn,” she was thinking when bher uncle broke in upon her revery. “I should think, Dorothy,” he be THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAWLELAND, FLA, APRIL 24, for the wedding is| trousseau | engaged to o west- | ninded old uncle with | ed heard the news in | But how can I do it? Oh,| but in this way she | jine of a blighted | tion unless Aunt | PAGE SEVEN 1912 czooo«oowm@&&woococwc-wow be fitting if your—er—ak—flance vis- 1?2 you are looking for somcthing goud itea us before rour wedding. I sup- & pose 1 should get acquainted with " the you Lefore he comes into n WE HAVE tha fu He heaved a s as Le 9 | thought of some new books that wei2 ul. “Yes, it is cles ! Uncle ¥mmett had visions of trailing | dismally in the wake of an enthusias- | tie golfer, “I—will see if he can come,” she answered, “but do net think he will "trouble you with athletics.” With | that he was content, However, it was not so easy to sat- isfy Tompkins, their old house- Mrs, tion and answer, | “Seems to me your young man would be comin' of his own accord before the weddin’' d: she remark- ed later with the familiarity of an old ser “He has been very busy. T expect g evadesl Dorothy. s sniffed. “In my day men were more keen, They | young always managed to see their sweet- hes bus “I must dress and go down for the | mail,” said Dorvothy, | “L feel almost as if it were true,” she thought, as she fastened her linen dress with shaking fingers. Then the full force of the case rushed over her, Ok, I'm so tired of subter- fuges and lies—iies—yes, that {8 what they have been. 1, \\hn have a'lways prided myself on m,\ truthfulness! 1 , began it all in fun, never dreaming it would go so far. I can't explain now { without making myself a laughing stock. Oh, If it were true and 1 was going to be happy like other wom- st pretty often, business or no }en—. { She was descending the stairs when a knock sounded at the front door. On opening it ghe found a tall, keen- "eyed young man standing on the porch, \ “Is this Miss Dorothy Bowers?” he | asked, as he took off his broad- i brimmed straw hat, Wonderingly, she assented. “I am T. M. Morton, of I}lue Mound, braska." Morton!” she repeated. Seeing the puzzled look in brown eyes, he added, “May in?" She led the way into the living | room, which he seemed to fill with his | virile persenality, i He drew from his pocket a pack- lage of letters whose addresses Doro- ‘th\' saw with a flush of recognition. } “I'mafraid I've gotten hold of | some letters that were meant for an- j other fellow,” he began with a glance jat the diamond on her finger. *It imay have caused you trouble. 1If so, I'm sorry, “I was honest in thinking it mine when T opened the first. There was a bunch of them addressed to T. M. E.\Im'lnn. advertised in the Chiecago papers. When T went there with a carlond of cattle 1 was expegting somo mall through the general deliv- ery, so naturally thought these were mine.” She did not speak, and he contin- the big 1 come in and expls ned: “I know 1 was a cad to read the others—but the temptation was too | strong. Yon see T have dreamed so |often of a little girl who would write | Tetters like those to me. T have heen | alone g0 much with no one to know or {eare ginee T honght my ranch, and the "thought took a pretty strong grip on tme. Strangely enough, my dream | sweetheart had hrown eyes like yonrs, “Put it all came over me the other night what I'd done Ietters from come one #lse—the Incky chap to wham they belonz. And T re- | [solved to return them to yvour” | Dorothy clisped her slim tightly. “There—there is no other | m she said, | | “No other man?” “No, mine was only a faney, too.” Then, briefly, she told him of the { whole affair, from the sudden impulse {to play a joke on the club girls until ;!mfnro she was aware of the fact she | had been caught In a maze of her own making from which she couldn't ex- tricate herself without ridicule and mortification. “It's a wonderful rellef ‘m tell the truth at last; 1 had no idea | of letting the joke go so far—and now {I'm not brave enough to own to the fnr'q 80 I've decided to have my flance dle,” she concluded, with a ytromulous little laugh. | Into his keen eyes came a new light. | He crossed the room and took the {nervous little hands. “I have a better idea, Dorethy. Let it be true about the dream chap, lLet | me take his place! There are stift eleven days In which we can get ac- | quainted before the date of the wed- ding. And we can say a lot in that time. Tl furnish references ahout my | character and business prospects to your uncle. T know I'm unpolished, | though I've always trled to be a de- jcent scrt. But if at the last you don't | want me, I'll go—away.” | Asif drawn by the magnetism of his earnest eyes, Dorothy rose, her hand still in his. “Perhaps, together, we can make our dreams come true,” she said. Behind the Times. DOOTDODNIODE keeper, who had overheard the ques- | Although he was a typical Weary | | Willie in general appearance, the way- | farer carried himself with a certain | |alr of distinction that attracted the | | attention of the kindly matron. “My poor man,” she sald, “you look as if you had seen better days.” “Yes, madam,” was the reply. “In my time I have been the cynosure of all eyes.” “Indeed ? “Yes; you see I was the tattooed man in the big circus. “How did you come to lose your po- sition?” “Ob, the people are crazy for mov- , peering at her from over his .rimmed glasses, “that it would ing pictures now and I couldn't Al the bilL" 2 IT We want you to be a stead customer at our FOUNTAIN Try some of our POPULAR DIt MO0 NKS and SUNDAES We have absolute confidence tha CENTRAL PHARMACY IR e T xS NOTICE! ; (. 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