Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 8, 1912, Page 6

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Whatever you wunt in we have it rea lestate £oes into our bread THE VERY BEST WHEAT only is used to make the flour which |elally as . . . as— best methods only are employed to You'll like its taste you try it The Modern Bakery Barhite Brothers .- at moderate They will be And the very Winnie and Ry Emeric Hulme Beaman —— —since it happened.” circumstance. “Yes,” he replied consideringly, “I belleve it is—I positively believe it 1s.” “I—I hope,” she said timidly, “I hope you've got over it—by now?” The widower reflected. sclentiously; “I'm almost sure I have. traveling and all that sort of thing, you know. I finished up at Monte Carlo. The place cheered me wonder- fully; I lost quite a lot of money at the tables.” “I think that was very wrong of you,” said Winnie, sternly. “Gambling is wicked.” “Ah—but if you knew what a relief it was to be able to do something wicked again” sighed the widower, “you would overlook it. Do you know, I was gradually becoming almost too good to live. It gave me quite a shock, when I realized it. My consti- tution would not have stood the strain much longer, I am certain.” “The older men grow the worse they get,” declared Winnie with the alr of one delivering a profeund epigram. “That, of course, is the natural ten- to check it—beyond a certain point.” “It's llke suppressing measles,” he added a little inconsequently. Then she looked up suddenly, fixing her large, blue, childish eyes on the widower's abstracted countenance. on earth ever made you marry her.” The widower withdrew his gaze slowly from vacancy and let it rest on her face with mild wonder. “You didn’t know my wife,” he re- marked cryptically. “I don't see that that would have helped to explain what made you mar- ry her,” persisted Winnle. “It would have helped immensely,” he corrected. "It would have afforded i) O Never Mind the Next Dance. a ecomplete and satisfactory explana- tion, in fact.” Winnie shook her head. “I don’t understand,” she admitted. “It has puzzled me ever since—espe. " She faltered and blushed. “Fxactly,” sald the widower. *“F pecially as that was the case.” “Don’t be absurd!™ exclaimeld Win nie wrathfully. “All the same, | produce both the flour and the bread. | should like to know,” she added, with true feminine pertinacity, “what made You'll like the looks of our bread you marry her?” “Shall I tell you?" he asked calmly. “Do, please,” entreated Winnie, “She did,” sald the widower. “She did? What do you mean®” “l mean that she made me marry explained the widower pa- tiently, [ “Your wife?” demanded Winnte, fmmnlm: wide eyes of amazement upon ; him. | "Yes. She was a woman of the ! most extraordinary determinatio }wns very rich, too.” He si U‘.\lom‘_\' {s such a power,” he added. “Then,” sald Winnie, with an air of etern rebuke, “it was mnot a love | match at al?” “Well, perhaps not exactly what you would describe as a love match " he | conceded; “although she pretended to be very devoted to me. I may add of showing her devotion at times™ ! “Did she pet you too much®' girl had a eomewhat flery temper | She was terribly jealous—entirely, oh, “I can't think,” she protested, “what band mig that she had a rather remarkable way | THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKi'l.AND, FLA., JUNE S8, 1912. | | from that moment I never knew what it was not to feel hungry. It was this practice, I believe, that eventually car- | the Widower ! ried her off.” She—she was mot very young?’ hazarded Winnle. “Poor girl—no! She—she had | been, I believe. But she outgrew it Sixty-four!” exclaimed Winnie. “Sixty-three,” he corrected. | w“0—oh!" ejaculated Winnie in @ The widower seemed struck by the ;... ;rawp gasp. “And you—you were only twenty-five when you married aer!” “When she married me,” the widow- ap interposed mildly. “Yes; I couldn’t help that, you know. It was three vears ago now, so I became consider- “I think I have,” he answered con- ably older as we went along.” “She was old enough to have been You see, I bave been trylng hard—| ., . ;ripdmother!” exclalmed Win- nfe indignantly. “True; but she would never have consented to act in that relation towzrds me—though, of course, | shoud have preferred it, if it could Lave been arranged.” “I feel” declared Winnle severely, “that we are treating the subject | much too flippantly.” “You've mnot been married,” he sighed; “so you don't know.” true,” conceded Winnie tively. “I don’t know—at least, not yet—" “There's no reason why you shouldn't,” put in the widower, with sudden eagerness. “Oh, but I am not sure that I want to,” she objected. “You would then enjoy the advan. — e w “And, supposing I found—when {t “You wouldn't” sald the widower, with emphasls. “You would find that Winnle was silent for a moment.| _, v, - cage—theory and practice |§ To begin | ¢ would entirely coincide. with, you—are not a vegetarian.” “But,” protested Winnle, “my hus- come one.” “I can answer for him,” sald the |§ widower decisively. “Do you know— |5 Winnie—by the way, you don't mind |} my calling you ‘Winnle,’ do you?" “‘Winnie' has always struck me as | § being the very prettiest name a girl | ¢ could have—Winnie.” “l didn’t say you could!" ghe ex-|¢ claimed. “I have & wonderful way of taking|$ things for granted,” explained the wid- ower airlly. me what a beautiful thing marriage might be with a sweet girl (who wasn't a vegetarian)—it just occurred to me that I was maost frightfully fond of you—" “Oh," said Winnle, rising. “There's the next dance beginning, and [—" “Sit down,” said the widower, plac- inz a detaining hand on her arm. “Never mind the next dance. What do you think I came here for tonight? [ didn't come to dance. [ came to see you, [ have heen waiting to see you for—tor months; but they told me you were engaged, and 1 kept away.” “I—1 broke it off,” she murmured, looking down. “Was—was he a vegetarian?" asked the widower anxiougly. Winnie raised her eves to his, and her checks turned suddenly crimson. “No, but I, I=" The widower gave a little trium- phant laugh. . “My darline,” he whispered in her | ear, “we can make it up to each other Ul the rest of our lives!” READY FOR WAR IN THE AIR France Already Has Organized the Fourth Arm of This Most Important Service. France and Germany lead the world fn military aviation; and, despite sen- sational reports to the contrary, France s at present considerably ahead of Germany. France has at this moment 208 avions, or military aero- planes, actually ready for use, and & grand total of 234 machines built and building. These are divided into thir- teen squadrillas, or squadrons; eight field and five garrison squadrons. The military aviation unit, as stated by the French war minister in the senate, {s a squadron of eight avions, in three sections—monoplanes, biplanes and multiplanes—plus a reserve section. Each squadron is provided with trans- port and material, comprising eleven or tweive motor wagons with tractors, | a repalr car, and a rapid motor car. At the end of 1912 the French war office will be able to dispose of 344 | avions, comprised In thirty-two squad. rons, twenty-seven field and five gar rison squadrons. This total includes | the 100 avions which are to be pre- | sented to the state by the eighty-sev- en departments. It is practically cer. taln, however, that France's total at “What sort of a remarkable way*"|the end of 1912 will be not 344, dbut Inquired Winnle, becoming interested. between 500 and 600 machines built and bdullding. The 344 government “Hardly too much,” replied the wid- | aeroplanes probably will be increased ower reflectively. “You see. the poor |to 400 or more machines from all | sources by December, 1912, by which time fully 100 or 150 more will have | quite entirely without cause™ he | been ordered by the French war office. "hast(‘nt’d to add. “Neverthe | would not allow me on any considera- tion to speak to a woman u five” * ' “That must have been a great hard- murmured Winnie “l could have suppo uanimity,” he sighed - developed vari eccentricities she became a ve pelled me to live ¢ self. She embraced th sh she It should be remembered that the | French rate of progress {s an increas- oder forty- | ing ratlo, and that it is the admitted | tntention of France to produce a fleet |of 2,00 to 3.000 aeroplanes, fully equipped and officered for war pm;~ poses, within the next three op four - | vears—W. Jornson Hicks, 3, p. in the National Review, —_— Explained. “She claims to have light on astra) 1bjects.” “Yes. I notice she uses astra; TR A e | tage of being in a position to prove | & dency,” he admitted. “It doesn't do yuir assertion,” he urged. g He sighed again at this sudden con-| o, ', Jate—that I was wrong?” she | § templation of man's innate depravity. demurred. ht insist upon making me be- | & “But do you know, ft|¢ Just occurred to me—while you were talking and while you were showing | ¢ ’ WANTED 100 LADIFS | She was in her sixty-fourth year when ' *“It's the first time,” said Winnfe, let- s!‘; e.v.!:ir S ting her eyes drcop, “it's the first time “g that we have been quite alone together | tc enter Packing House Market Contest. Would you like 1q 1, an 86-piece dinner set of fine Chinaware Free. This is the va;& Ladies’ Contest. No minors or single people can enter. The Dy, Set is on exhibition at Packing House Market. 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