Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 3, 1912, Page 6

’ When you plant money in the bank you expect it to bring you a harv- est of profit and pleasure—sam: as your garden. And like the produce of your garden it grows best with care- ful attention—till it becomes a hary ing time.” Think it over, FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LAKELAND Under Control of U. S, Government a fortune, NOW is “plant- WE OFFER YOU PLUMBING of the highest class moderate at Get our fizares for converting your old bath room into a handsome ana sanitary lavatory, They will be much less than you think and will cenvinee you that you need no longer do without the luxury of modern plumbing, [ql_geland Iiardw:qqg & I’Iumbingf_»ACo. 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-Graen, FLORIDA “| on his dignity at once. There was some THE VERY BEST WHEAT only is used to make the flour which goes into our bread. And the very best methods only are employed to produce both the flour and the bread. You'll iike the looks of our bread when you see it. You'll like its taste still better when you try it. The Modern Bakery Barhite Brothers Live Where You Will Like Your Neighbors 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 strects, shade trees, fertile sail, building restrictions. Inside the city, one block east from Lake Mor- ton. SMITH & STEITZ ad G. C. ROGAN Deen-Bryant Building. Whatever yeu want in rea lestate. we have it. ¥HE KVENING fELEGKAM LAK)::\D, FLA., JUNE 3, 1912, —y 'Was He | a Coward? By Cora A. M. Thompson yright, 1912, by Assoclated {Copyright, Ty Press.) Litoensy When Fred Winters departed for Cuba with his regiment the know-it- alls in society said there was an en- gagement between him and Ruth Bart, and that when the war was over and the licutenant came marching back again there was to be a wedding. By and by there came strange ru- mors from the front. In no case could they be traced to a fountzin head, but those who held them in greatest con- tempt had a half-belicf just the same, Some one was giving out and repeat- ing that Fred Winters had shown cow- ardice in the face of the enemy. The newspapers didn't have it, but letters came back affirming and denying it. “It's a lie, and I know it!” exclaimed Miss Ruth’s only brother, who had reached his sixteenth birthday. “It's the work of some of his jealous rivals.” “l do not know a gentleman that would stoop to anything of the sort,” replied the sister. “Well, some one has been stooping. Have you written to Fred what is be- ing said about him?" “Of course not. Indeed, I am mnot writing to him at all.” *Just like a girl to condemn a feller unheard! Hang it, I'll write him my- self.” “You'll do nothing of the kind. I can manage my own affairs.” “Go on, then, but I'd give my pony to find out the liar.” “We shall know all about it when the soldiers return.” *“Yes, and I'll challenge and fight the man that first set the rumor afloat!"” And the youth puffed out his chest | iand walked to and fro in the long parlors and tried to look determined and ferocious. When Miss Ruth's letters ceased to put in an appearance, Mr. Winters was good reason, but was it for him to beg it? He had written last, and now he | must wait. At the front there were no | rumors of cowardice. It was the other | way, Lieutenant Winters had received high praise from his superior officers. , be good fishing. There came a time | of her volce, ! . | mission, but on s sunny morning, ou{ | behind the barn, young Burt was say ing to them: “You go right down the road about a mile to the thick growth of bushes and go into ambush, When two young iadics in an electric runabout come along look up and down the road and see if you can see an auto. If you can | n go ahead and hold up the girls. :se revolvers are loaded with blank cartridges. Do a good deal of shoot- If the chap in the auto stops to 120X in give him fists.” “Are we to Lart him?" was asked. “If you can. Don’t fear that he| won't try to hurt you, If he doesn’t show up then let the ladies pass and ! come back here.” “If it's highway robbery or assault ~o may get arrested,” muttered the leader of the trio. “Then I'll get you clear. It's all in ie way of a joke, you know. The idea hat the man in the auto rescues the ladies, and the harder ycu fight the more credit he gets. All as easy as pie, you seel” For four days Mr, Winter had been out in his auto, and for the same four days Miss Ruth Burt had gone spin- ning over the highways in her electric, No meeting. One was due, however. On this morning Miss Ruth started for the village, and Mr. Winter to ex- plore a pond where there was said to when he sighted her, but too far ahead to tell who it was. He was about to turn off when he heard the reports of pistols, and saw three men bound out of the bushes and stop the vehicle. Five minutes covered the distance. The autoist didn’t stop to look at the woman who was screaming at the top The three men were his game, They shouted to him to “hands up,” but he didn't put them higher than the professional boxer usually does. They turned their guns on him, but he got on to the blank cartridge bluff, and then foliowed a sad ten minutes for the conspirators. They were knocked gally-west and gally- east, and thev finally threw away their useless weapons ar!d fled into the | woods. It was then that the puffing, bleed- ing Mr. Winters had time to look about him. He knew that the electric and the young lady were there, and that after his arrival the cries for help had ceased. “What—you,” he exclaimed, as he looked into the face of the girl who | wasn't sure that he was not a cow: No One Knew Their Mission. He was in at the beginning and at the finish, and he returned home no wiser about Miss Ruth's silence. “If he calls, then what?” asked the brother. “He won't call.” “All right for you. Ruth, you are as stubborn as a mule.” “A coward has no place in my estl- mation.” “How about the half dozen fellers hanging around you? Do you know whether they are cowards or brave men?" “It sn't necessary for me to know. I am going down the country and shall forget all about it.” Young Mr. Burt took a resolve, and next day he hunted out the returned warrior and put the case to him straight from the shoulder. “And is that 1t?" was mused in re ply. “This is the first time I have beard of the rumors, and it's pretty late in the day to put up a denlal. Thanks for your interest.” Young Burt went home to sit down and purse his lips and say to himself: “Let's see? Let's see” The gov- ernor and the duchess are keeplng hands off, and the thing has been flung on my shoulders to settle. Very well; 1 will settle. Fred Winters must prove he is not a coward, and Ruth must apologize for doing him an in- Justice. 1 bring about a marriage, make two souls happy and gain & tip-top feller for a brotherinlaw. Um! 1 am equal to the occasion.” Eagle’s Nest is a manor house. So is the Birches. They are three miles apart. Two days after )Miss Ruth reached the Nest, Mr. Winters neached the Birches. It just happened so. As the ex-warrior had Lis auto with 1 him, and the girl had had her electrie | sent down, it could be only a question |of time when the two must meet. Young Burt imagined meeting and smiled. Not a wor ot a nod | —not a look! For three days he dis- | appeared from the pa and a detective mi to a country inn manor houses. He w ness. He saw his s (out in the electric care not to be seen ! 1. In his | company, much t0 ‘he wonderment of the landlord and oihers, were three beetle-browed who seemed to ache to cut throats. No one knew their ve traced him ere on busi- nd a friend took good rual mansion | en the two | rd. “And you here!” she answered. “You have come to no harm?” “No, thanks to you.” Then there came an embarrassing silence. One of the men had left his cap behind, and Mr. Winters stood turning it over with his foot. “You did not call on your return from Cuba,” guid the girl at last, “I feared you might not be at home to me.” “Did you fight this way in Cuba?”" “I shall have to refer you to the official reports.” “I am stopping at Eagle's Nest.” “Yes?” “And you might call.” “Thanks, I will.” And when he did call it didn’t take twenty minutes to make satisfactory explanations, and a week later young Purt was saying to his mother: “They’ve made it up.” “8o Ruth writes me.” “Mighty lucky she had a brother about my size.” “But what had you to do with 1t?” “Oh, nothing much, except that Fred has got to return me the sixty dollars I paid the robbers. You can't hire fellers to be knocked into the mid- dle of next week for a nickel apiece.” The “Panhandler.” Like the firetrap, the automobile speeder, the ticket speculator and oth. er motorious evils, the panhandler is the direct product of popular apathy. And never, perhaps, in the history of the town has he flourished as at the present day. He makes a living chiefly by trading on those superficial emotions that are supposed to spring from a kind heart, although they seldom reach below the skin. The nickel that these “good- hearted” ones bestow is well invested, for it makes them feel that they have done a kindly act, and self-esteem fs not readily purchasable In this town at that price. The wants of the pan- handler are few and simple—a cup of coffee, the price of a night's lodging, car fare to Brooklyn or the Bronx, and now and then “a good square drink.” Desplte the immense number who are assisted to their plans of emigration to remote points thelr number never lessens to a perceptible degree, possibly because the citizens of Brooklyn and the Bronx cheerfully ald in sending them back. Like the other evils named, the rem- edy for the panhandler rests in the hands of the public. If the hearts that are so easlly touched with pity were only backed by a little cold reasonm, the race of panhandlers would soon dle out.—New York Herald. The Hobo's Bearing. A Kind-hearted old lady in a West- chester town was summoned to her rear door not long ago by the knock-‘ ing of a tramp who desired food. The good soul hastened to give the man | something it, and as he fed, gazed upon him n expression of the GIMOst commiseration. “Oh, that you should have allowed yourself to sink into such a s'ate'™ she murmured. |“Man, man! Think of your poor Lakeland Lodge No. 91, F. & A. M. Regular communications held on second and 4th Mondays at 7:30 p. m. Visiting brethren cordially in- vited. J. L. LOVE, W. M. J. F. WILSON, Secy. Lakeland Chapter, R. A. M. No. 29 meets the first Thursday night in each month in Masonic Hall. Visit- ing companions welcomed. C. G. Arendell, Sec'y.; J. F. Wilson, H. P. Palm Chapter, 0. E. S. meets every second and fourth Thursday nights of each month at 7:30 p. m. Mrs Flora Keen, W, M., Lucie F. B. Eaton, Secy. Lakeland Camp No. 78, W. 0. W., meets every second and fourth Thurs- day night. Woodmen Circle first and third Thursdays. C. F. Ken- nedy, Council Commander, Mrs, Sal- lie Scipper, Guardian of Circle. 1.L0. 0. F. Meets every Friday night at 7:30 at I, 0. 0. F. Hall ,corner Main and Tennessee. Visiting brothers cor- dially invited. R. M. DAMPIER, Noble Grand. S. M. SMAILES, Rec. Sec. K. OF P. Regular meeting every Tuesday at 7:30 at 0dd Fellows Hall, Visit- ing members alway. welcome, J. W. BUCHANAN, JR,, Chancellor Commarder. A. M. JACKSON, Secretary. G.L A.toB of L E. Orange Blossom Div. No. 499, G. I. A. to B. of L. E. meets every second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 2:30 p. m. Visiting Sisters always welcome, MRS. J. C. BROWN Sec'y. Mrs. J. B. HOGAN, Pres. Grand Order of Eagles, Meets every Wednesday night in 0dd Fellows hall. G. W, Rowland, president; W, B. Hicks, secretary. G. AR month at J. \l 'Spa.r}lnn's‘ South Kentucky, J. R. TALLEY, Adjt. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. City Officers. Mayor—S. L. A, Clonts. ('Phonz 210-Red.) Clerk and Tax Cotiector, Swatts. Treasurer and Assessor, Armistead. Collector of Light and Water, C. D. Clough, Marshal, W, H. Tillis. Night Watchman, F. L. Franklin, Municipal Judge, Gen. J. A, Cox. Uity Attorney, Epps Tucker, Jr, Keeper of Park, Neil McLeod, Members of Council--Morris G. Munn, Chairman; W, p, Pillans, Vice-Chairman; Messrs, 0. M. Eaton, G. E. Southard, R. 7, Scip- per, W. II. Puzh, P. B, Haynes. The following standing com- mittees for the year were appointed: Finance and Fire, Messrs, Eaton, Pillans, Haynes. Light and Water, Messrs, Ha,\"nen. Pillans and Southard. Streets, Messrs. Scipper, ard, Haynes, Ordinance, Messrs. Southard, Pugk and Scipper. Sanitary, Messrs.. Scipper. Public Improvement ang Cemetery, Messrs. Pillans, Eaton, Pugh. State Officers. Governor—A., W, Gilchrist, Talla. hassee. Secretary of State—H, Clay Craw- tord, Tallahassee. Comptroller—w, hassee. Treasurer—J. (. hassee. Attorney-General—Park M. Tram. mell, Tallahassee, Commissioner of Agriculture—w, A. McRae, Tallahassee. Supt. of Public Instruction—Wm M. Holloway, Tallahassee, Railroad Commissioners—R. Hui. son Burr, Chairman; Newton A. Blitch, Royal ¢, Dunn. W, C. Yon, Secretary All Communications should be addressed to Tallahassee. —————— Where Palaces Are Dezerted. Persia is a land of deserted palaces. Ispahan. once a capital and powerful ity of the kingdom. is now being de. serted. and whole streets and many H. A ~ (o8 South. Pugh, Eaton V. Knott, Talla- Luning, Talla. | mother'™ “Excuse me. mum,” said the hobo, | i'nnmm'ed. “but 1 cam't get excited | about that phase of v career, You see, ladr, 1 was raised in an in- | cubator.” ‘\ palaces are now tenantless, — The Soft Answer, She (with irritation '—Oh. your con- duct is enough to make an zn; He—1 don't see you sheqq tears ing any % ; » Of all the attentioy; . or the presents you ¢ is more appreciated nice candy now ayg Our Candies Taste g, and Are in Goog Ta This is about g . needed for the yoyy, - ) member this, . ; such things are , more than before, you think more of 1, still she likes to be 'to be shown even ber-e, she can't tell you tl;i. cr.ce with a box of o how much it means Norris, Atlanta, (g — Quick Delivery | fiRed Cross Pharma PHONE 8¢ Good News! The latest news (au found at my News st leading newspapers and 3 magazines, etc., are ou s after publication. Good Views! of Florida scenery, in . ln:ld land postcards, are - great variety. No Blues! 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