Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 13, 1912, Page 2

g ——— T ] A o o 4 | l - 1 The coolest place i townis'oursoda fountain. When you are tired and hot you can always find some- thing sparkhng, deli~ cious, refreshing and satis- fying here. The many varie- ties of our soft drinks ena- bles you to get justjwhat you want— Papa’s Politics Elsa Dryden opened the library door. Tuen she raised her hand sud- denly to wave Kent Bane, who was behind her, back into the hall. She held the door half open for a moment and then softly closed it. Her face, which a moment before had been flushed and laughing, was very white. | “What is it?” Bane asked. “It is nothing—nothing. Come in bere.” She led him into a room across the hall. “Father bas guests in the library.” “Elsa, what is 1t? Ts there anything I can do to help you? You know that what hurts you must also make me | unhappy.” “I can't tell you about this, Kent. It is something that—that— Oh, I can't speak of it to you—to you, of all people. Let us talk about some- *4yE EVENING fELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., MAY 13, 1912, A Plan That . Faled | In high social circles the girl who | wants to cut out another girl orders new dresses and more hats. Among | savages she sticks on a few more beads and feathers. But in nmnll,‘ middle western towns she rolls upf her sleeves, opens the flour bin and ! cooks something calculated to knock the spots off anything culinary the oth- er girl ever dared dream of. | That was why Mrs. Fruby said to ber daughter with a hint of excite- ment in her voice, “Try him on beat- en biscuits, Sadie! And your choco- late marshmallow pudding!” It had been hard enough all her life for Mrs. Fruby to be outdone by Mary ! Sandler without having to endure see- | ing Mary Sandler's daughter get ahead of her own Sadle. And of late Rose Sandler had asked Peter Vernon to thing else.” When Horace Dryden, after accom- panying his guests to the door, re- turned to the library he found his daughter walting for him. “Father, will Colonel Bane lose his position as president of the canal board ?” Mr. Dryden stared at her. be said, coolly, “he will.” “But, fatber, have you no thought “Yes,” Something That Goes |for Kent and for me?” Right to the Spot There are many ways and many|to me? And what” ingredients for making eoda water|you?" Mr. Dryden slowly lighted a cigar. dinner entirely too often to suit Mrs. Fruby's plans. So had half a dozen other girls. For Peter Vernon was & matrimonial prize, the like of which a small town does not see more than once in 2 generation. He had an in- terest in the big engine works, which made money so fast that it gave the populace hiccoughs trying to count it. Natural jealousy of Mary Sandler made Mrs. Fruby conmsider Rosa a deadly rival. Rosa was nearly as pretty as Sadie and, moreover, she With your glasses, or if you have rot worn glasses yet and are troubled with headaches in ang about the eyes, we want to sec you. All such troubles can be relieved with specially ground Dr. Edgar H. Cole will be atCole & Hull’s Jewelry Store TUESDAY, MAY 14 glasses. from 8 a, m. to 5 p. m. Read Testimonial Below: It Sounds Like a Fairy Story, But They Are Stubborn Facts My eyes have always been very bad (would go blind. About six months “Why should 1 consider Kent?" he | W35 8 good cook. So were Margaret asked deliberately. “What fs Kent | 30d Agnes and Carrie, other aspirants. he added, after | Loulse—Mrs. Fruby merely smiled at » significant silence, “what is Kent to | the idea of Loulse. “Kent fs—he 1s—" Her eyes dropped Being built on solld lines herself, and other summer drinks, but we use | petore her father's keen ones, and the Mrs. Fruby had an imagined contempt orly the best methods and the best goods 1 QUICK DELIVERY Red Cross Pharmacy PHONE 89 Good News! The latest news can always be for ethereal creatures like Louise, who looked as though a puff of wind might easily remove her from the scene. ?:gn y:z'::,‘:f. Ro, eupasemnt B Louise was of the ethereal, useless kind “But, father, 1 care a—a great deal | 80d Mrs. Fruby knew that no sensible man wanted a belpless wife. Men, she 2;.}'““" and he—I belleve he cares for often told Sadle, liked energy and abil 5t ity In a girl. As for cooking, it was 1 How did you know that his f“h:.‘: doubtful if Loulse could even cook a s to be ousted from the canal board? ? fudge without burning it, “Tonight I opened the lbrary door. | Pan of fudge without burning 1 did not know there was any one in [ Peter Vernon was a tall, thin young the room. You and the governor and | Man with a well set head and a kind- Mr. Green were there. 1 beard you | ¥, if shrewd, smile. say, ‘We'll oust Bane from his pres- | “He's not the sort to get taken in!” ent place. Tt is the best plan.'” Mrs. Fruby said thankfully as she “Elsa,” the curtness was gone from | superintended Sadie’s work making Mr. Dryden's voice, and he spoke | the beaten biscuits for that night's gently, “Itf you and Kent really care | supper, to which Peter was comlnz-| for each other, my action in dismiss. | “Does your arm ache? Let me beat ing his father will not separate you. (& while!" But the colonel ghall leave the canal Peter Vernon llked the beaten bis- board. You can't expect me to allow | cuit immensely. He ate six. And he the friendship between you and Kent, | had two helpings of the chocolate a friendship which {s not an engage- | marshmallow pudding. ment, to interfere in the plans of & | «“ghe nearly beat her arm off mak- governor and his state machine.” ing those,” Sadle’s mother confided to The newspapers announced the res- words were almost inaudible. “Kent is not your affianced hus- COLE & HULL'S JEWELRY STORE and for twenty years I have had no use of the left one. In fact, I never could read with my left eye. I have hud headache and suffered with my eyes since childhood. At times I would stumble when trying to walk and have been confined to my bed for weeks at a time on account of it. I have consulted and been examined by a number of specialists and some of them have told me that if I ever tried ty get vision with the left eye 1 Kentucky Avenue,fOpposite Park ago 1 went to Dr. H, Edgar Cole, of Kissimmee, Fla., and he fitted me with spectacles. And I can see per- fectly, either at distance or near point; can read or sew with perfect ease, and can see with my left eye as well as with the other. My headache is gone and it seems like a new world to me and I feel so grateful to Dr. Cole that I want everyhody to know it. ¥ MRS. F. M. BENJAMIN, St. Cloud, Fla Lakeland, Florida him. “But, I tell you, nothing daunts il THAT HOUSE IS MINE, FEELING 1S A FEELING THAT CANNOT BE DEFINED, BUT BUST BE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED IN ORDER TO BE FULLY APPRECIATED. By our plans we make it possible and easy for any man with an ordinary in- come, or the average earning capacity, to own his own home, and in such an easy way that it in no way works a hardship on him. WE WILL BUY YOU A HOME FOR $1,000.60 You pay only $8.30 found at my News Stand, where th % ¢ ®|tenation of Colonel Rane from the [ Sagie! When she does & thing she after publication. ”“A few hours after the anmounce. | FéPeAted Peter Vernon, ' ot ahpos “We always have 'em Wednesday GOOd‘ViCWS! hl"?;‘el;zu" he exclatmed as she came | *idden inspiration. “And you drop it in that night without waiting to be |4 land postcards, are also in stock ip |0 the world” “Yes, do!” echoed Sadie. o ? — Rl : great variety. appy, Kent? And your father Heaten biscuits are hard to make. his retirement. He h: lenty of | ., m:noy S m:" 1':":“::;" y"?fl Fruby put in over them, because they For those who smoke the splendid you how much I love you and to ask If he did not he was certain to be cigars carricd, Lakeland and Tampa|you to marry me. T could not do so | et On the street the next day by Sa. leading newspapers and perlodicals, | presidency of the canal board and the | goeg 111" magazines, etc., are on sale promptly ‘Wc‘:"‘"“'" of Mr. Greene in b8 | wppey certalnly were mighty good,” ment Kent Bane went to the Dryden | \yopinee » gaid Sadie's mother with a of Florida scenery, including Lake-|into the room, “I'm the happiest man asked, since you're so fond of 'em.” “Father is quite unconcerned about Many were the weary hours Sadie | NO BluCS! retirement affects me more than it had to be made regularly on Wednes- does him. It makes me free to tell day. Sometimes Peter dropped in, and c : while my father held his itfon die or her mother and pinned down to makes. Fine smoking tobacco also, through your father's Influence??' another date. Mrs. Fruby took his e post - o, o BT Come, Choose! From my varied stock, anything you Elsa stepped away from him. “Why couldn’t you?" “Because the whole world would hvae sald that I was marrying you in order to retain Mr. Dryden’s influence may desire in my line. You will not | for my father” be disappointed in quality or price. Miss Ruby Daniel «BFRR News Stand o Lobby of Edisonia Theater. Why Not Smoke the BEST A. H. T. %3 ol BLUNTS ' A3 X &b For Sale at All Stand - t ! “And now, when people can no long- er say that, you are ready to marry? You loved me so little that you allow- ed your pride—your eilly vanity—to stand between us. 1 don't want the insignificant, poor little gift you offer —your love.” A week later Mr. Dryden handed & paper across the breakfast table to his daughter. It contained the an: nouncement of Colonel Bane's ap- pointment to one of the highest of- fices in the gift of the governor. “What does it mean, father? “When we decided to oust Bane from the canal board we also declded | You beat those biscults longer Dext | to give him something better. I asked | time!" | him not to mention the new appoint- ment to any one, not even to his son. T thought that it Kent's love for you | per contained the unexpected could be shattered by my dismissal | nouncement of the quiet marriage of | of his father it should have the | Peter Vernon and Loutse, the ethercal, | chance. But your pride took fire at the boy's conduct and—" Kent Bane strode into the room. He pald no attention to Mr. Dryden. He caught Elsa's hands, crushing the newspaper she held. “I've come back to you again,” he said, before she could speak. “You showed me that 1 had acted like a weak cad. 1 am thoroughly ashamed of my attitude. Won't you forgive the pride—silly vanity you called it— that stood between us? A chair scraped on the flcor as Mr. Dryden rose from his seat. I wish """,‘,'_ new theory of life. “Beaten bis. | he eald to the two radiant persons, | CUit!" she echoed bl who had evidently forgotten his pree- | *°0t 'O 8ee one again! I guess what | ence, “that you foolieh children would | YOU, eat doesn’t count for much after | keep your love affairs out of your fatber’s political plans. We can’t and won't rule the state to accommodate the notions of you two. But we will | 1 thought I would run over to my say, ‘Bless you, chil@ren.’ " Some Good In Great lessons of Dull Times. thrift may bde evolved from a period of industrial Mthebltotmlwuuwu[ @epression.—Exchange. fondness for the marshmallow pud- ding as an especlally good sign. “You keep it up, Sadie,” she told her daughter the evening Peter had stayed a half-hour beyond his usual time. “I can begin to see that you're winning out!" “I don’t know,” Sadie sald dubious- ly. “He goes to Isabel's and Margar- et’s, too—and Loulse's!" “l wouldn't worry” declared her mother. “I guess Isabel can't make biscuit like yours and Margaret’s cake i a joke. And you knmow Louise! Why, you've got ‘em all on the run'" “But he never says nothing,” Sadle protested. “I mean anything that 1 could take as—" “He ain't that Kind," declared Mrs. | Fruby. “He ain't going to make love | to a girl tlll he's engaged to her! | Shortly after that the local newspa. | an- | Mrs. Fruby, after a hysterical ! scream when she read the mews. told | Sadie plainly what she thought of Pe ter. She talked so vehemently that | the did not motice how pale Sadie's | cheeks were. Sadle usually was stolid and unmoved. “Well,” Mre, Fruby sald at last, wiping her eyes, “it can't be helped. You'd better etir up some beaten bis- cult for supper tonight—it's Wednes. day!"™ Hablt was strong with her | It was then that Sadie volced g | “1 mever ! —— Unexpected Realization. friend’s place in the suburbs Sunda and get a bite.” “Did you? “l d4d. 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