Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 25, 1912, Page 6

O 4 S 3 3 g e ok A 5 S PRI == e Y . o— PAGD SIX THE EVENING fELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., MAY 25, 1912. q &_ Ity If your home or business office were to burn up or be looted by a burglar WOULD YOU NOT LOSE VALUABLE PAPERS’ Is it not careless for you to longer put oc coming to us and .enting a private box in our absolutely fire and burglar proof safety deposit vaults? " Our rent for a private box is only $1 and up for a wholcyear. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LAKELAND Under Control of U. S. Government KEEP OUT THE FLIES irstead of trying to drive them out or kill them. 1t is very much casier, The way to do it is to come here at once and buy the window screens and screen doors you will have to have sooner or later anyway, and Put them in at once save yourself trouble, annoyancy and discomfort, lj}c!and Hardware & Plumbing Co. R. L. MARSHALL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Will furnish plans and specifications or will follow any plans and specifications furnished. BUNGALOWS A SPECIALTY. Let me show you some Lakeland homes I have built, LAKELAND, Phone 267-Gracen, FLORIDA THE VERY BEST WHEAT only is used to make the flour which £6es into our bread. _— T i TioaT, T T T nEver .1...un. sil i 5Y NOPsIS under der h tiaz as officers. | The great steamer Tit1n, supposed to be ot me say that | : And, my fri now a m..,_ half an hour after you are bulletined . She all Seotland Yard will be looking for Lt my door is not locked.” Iy they pale, shame- atud <hed, and went out the ! thronzh the outer office and into the street Mr, Selfridge had begun to take an interest in the proceedings. As the men puassed out he arose and 1 | unsinkable, s | mon sailor, meets | is with her husba you 1 arose, ‘ The Titan cuts | eaptain endeavors ind objects. | w y, so that he | Myra accuses him of ut ! der her child Rowland is dru der and is then giv fookout, so that | in two, and her el th i 5 to mur « captain’s or- wourd bridge ¢ himself. | 1::{i\n;a’ g Hne N “[live you reached a settlement, i - Mever? Wil the insurance be | The Titan strikes an fechers and sinks. | M- Mever? Thousands are 1 Myra escapes in @ paid? : | boat. Rowlitd and the i tind refuge poared the underwriter in the i on the icebers. e loses an arm ina fight | . f (he puzzled old gentleman, | with a polar bear, ] while he slapped him vigorously _"" Rowland, who has been an atheist, prays | ¢, Lack, It will not be paid. You :?r\}(“,'lp'. :“lmu), i ‘h‘,:',l,:tn;.,.r;;s‘.;l:.m. lor 1 must have been ruined, Mr. Sel- hit by the loss o i and the Royal | fridze, and it has sn-nl«:d on you. | Age. o not bay der Titan's insurance, nor r other insurers. Oun der con- as der collision clause in der s void with der rest, your com- Meyer wiil b 1 ance is paid, | grandfather, { the Titan insur- | . little Myra's | d it it s not | pulivy p:.‘:, phat e ”\”"f““;:‘\.u,':::: pay must reimburse me for der in- policide: Rowland s story Lelps him, w0 which 1 must bay to der | Aze owners—that s, unless our wocd friend here, Mr. Rowland, who wis on der lookont at der time, will sweir that her lights were out.” “Not at all,” said Rowland. “Her CHAPTER Vil. A Tale of Hasheesh, IITEE My caunhurt, but badly i frizhtened an tooery and lights were burning. Look to the old eall for Rowland in her own i )¢ gentleman!” he exclaimed, “Look out way, to the wonder and some what to the scandil of the gentle o | for him! Catch him!" ; man who wis endenvoring o soothe | Mro Selfridge was stumbling toward her. a chair, e grasped it loosened hix holid and before any one could reach “Dammy " ) hiny fell to the floor, where he lay Lo~ she strag gled to go to "l it Dammy— y Dammy - Daa 9% 3 with ashen lips and rolling eyes. gasp SO, Wit o ped Jiste siel” said e | ¥ convulsively. ‘ Jocular Mro Moy laoking down on “[eart failure,” said Rowland as he her. “Wihere did von learn sieh lan. | knelt by his side. “Send for a doctor. g cxend for a doctor,” repeated Mr hat £ DR S said Rowlad, | Moger through the door to his ‘1-l<-r|;-. smiling it voof Bimeell She hes | il send for aearriage. 13»111-' 1 cofed e work e cxptained th the | o't want him to die in der offic Captain Barry lifted the helples to a couch, and they watched, while the convulsions grew easier, the breath shorter and the lips from ashen v to blue. Before a doctor or car- had come he had passed away. agitaied M seifvidee, w comprehended what | fand 1 ohove notover L suade hor to drap it aud 1 eoull not be | harsh with per Let me tale her, sie’™ | He seated B fowith the child, who | ¥ i had not yet ad o happenaed, | Vable to per- | nestled up e oo contente ! “xndden emotion of some kind." Was trangu - the doctor when he did arrive, CNOW, tay foiewd said o My 1 emotion too, Hear had news? nd good,* answered the un wod In learning that this Loile girl was his granddaugh ul “you st tol s ahout this dr Then, while Cantain Ligoe, under the memory of the Blow he bl received, nursed him o o fnsane fury and M. Austen < Band resting light- Iy on the « restrain hi, fis 1 to the story, and the attorney drew i chair and took notes of the storg, amd Mr. Nelfridge drew his chair close 1o Myr no attention to the story land recited the events p o and sue ceeding the shipwreck. Beginning with the finding of the whisky in his pocket, he told of his being called to the star board bridge lookout in place of the rightful incumbent, of the sudden and strange interest Mr. Austen displayed a8 to his knowledge of navigation, of the pain in his stomach, the frightful | shapes he had seen on the deck be | neath and the sensations of his dream, wing out only the part which bore | it the woman he loved; he told of the | sleep walking child which awakened him, of the crash of ice and instant | < wreek awd the fised condition of his eyes, wWhich prevented their focusing only at a certain distance, tinishing his story—to explain his empty sleeve— with a gr with the bear. And the very best methods only are cmployed to produce both the flour and the bread. You'll like the looks of our “bread when you see it. You'll like its taste still better when you try it. 1he Modern Bakery Barhite Brothers Live Where You Will Like Your Neighbor's We are exercising great care to sell our ROSEDALE lots only to the best class of people. Thus we give you desirable neighbors in addition to ROSEDALE'S other attratcions. Wide streets, shade trees, fertile sall, building restrictions. Inside the city, one block east from Lake Mor- ton, SMITH & STEITZ ad G. C. ROGAN Deen-Bryant Building. Whatever you want in rea lestate. wa have it | “And 1 have studied it all out,” he | said in conclusion. 1 was drugged, 1 } belfeve, with hasheesh, which makes a man see strange things, and brought up ou the bridge lookout, where 1 could be watched and my ravings Iis tened to and recorded for the sole pur- pose of discrediting my threatened tes- timony in regard to the coliision of the night before. But 1 was only half drugged, as 1 spilled part of my tea at supper. In that tea, I am positive, was the hasheesh.” “You know all about it, don't you?" snarled Captain Bryce from his chafe. **Twas not hasheesh: 'twas an Infusion of Indian hemp. You don't know"— Mr. Austen's band closed over his mouth, and he subsided. “Self convicted,” said Rowland with & quiet laugh. “Hasheesh is made from Indian hewp." “You hear this, gentlemen®” exciaim- ed Mr. Meyer, springing to his feet and facing everybody in turn. He pounced on Captaln Barry. *“You bhear this confession, captain—you hear hin: say Indian hemp? 1 have a witness now, Mr. Thompson. Go right on witli your suit. You hear him, Captain Rurry, You are disinterested. You are a wit- ness. You hear?” “Yes, 1 heard it—the scoundrel:” said the captain Mr. Meyer danced up and down in ! his joy, while the attorney, p ng | his notes, remarked to the discomiited ! Captain Bryce, “You are the poorest | fool I know,” and left the ottice Then Mr. Meyer calmed himself and, | facing the two steamship o o i 1 slowly and impressivel ed his forefinger | faces: “England is a *Heart failure,” said Rowland. ter; bad In learning that he was a ruined man. He was der heaviest stockholder in der Titan. One hun- dred thousand pounds he owned of der stock, all of which this poor, dear little child will not get.” Mr. Meyer looked sorrowful as he patted Myra on the head. Captain Barry beckoned to Rowland, who, slightly flushed, was standing by the still figure on the couch and watch- ing the face of Mr. Meyer, on which annoyance, jubilation and simulated shock could be seen in turn. “Wait,” he said as he turned to watch the doctor leave the room. “Is this so, Mr. Merer,” he added to the underwriter, “that Mr. Selfridge own- ed Titan stock and would have been ruined bad be lived by the loss of the insurance money?" “Yes; he would have been a poor man. He bad invested his last farthing —£100000. And if he had left any more it would be assessed to make good his share of what der company must bay for der Royal Age, which 1 also insured.” “Was there a collision clause in the Titan's policy ¥ “Dere was.” “And you took the risk, knowing that she was to run the northern lane at full speed through fog and snow ¥ “I did. So did others.” “Then, Mr. Meyer, it remains for me to tell you that the insurance on the Titan will be paid, as well a bilities included in and spec the collision clause in the policy. In T -I.xml | short, 1. the one man who can prevent fan it, refuse to testify ™ (Continued on Page 7.) murdering fine | friends—a tize country to loy country, my hind sometimes. Dere is Canada aud der | United States and Ausiralia 45 s mth Africa—all fine countries, oo ! countries to go to with new My friends, yon will be bulie Usted at 1 | fine niames. I's in less than MAN BLuNy ClGAgg is not due to their pyj.. ;. . quality. 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