Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 2, 1912, Page 7

Vacation Days are here. Plan now where to go and let us hel in and lake resorts in the North and West 1 physically. W-hv-oni--l dail, ::l::“ ¢ Freory : p ¥y upbuild ’O:i -y b limits and will b ly rou p tickets at low Following are the round trip fares ipal resorts: mountain and lad to give you full infor. d fares an rom Jacksonville to some tion. :‘fathe pri CHAUTAUQUA LAKE PTS. -.-$47.40 NIAGARA FALLS ....... 347.40 PUTINBAY ...........__ PETOSKEY -.........._. 5008 SALTLAKECITY........ 71.60 MACKINAC ISLAND - .... 5200 TORONTO MAMMOTHCAVE -..... 3090 WAUKESHA . CHOICE OF 3 ROUTES NORTH H. C. BRETNEY, Fla. Pass. Agent, 118 W. Bay St. Jacksonville Romance in a Plain Family By Virginia Blair i :Ym.\'isl-l). and Mrs. Bivins heaped his plate, The two old people sat together on the back porch and watched the little | N€Ww moon over the tops of the trees. Within the man said, “For heaven's sake, Beatrice, what made you do it?" “Run away?" she asked. “Oh, Georgie, T was tired of it all. Tired | of the rush and whirl—I can't stand ! it—I can’t stand being separated from i vou by your clubs and my bridge par- “-)\".’_fl::: s:;:rn!has%ze::sl::d "‘:’ hlin':r tes. 1 made up my mind that you . . didn’t care what I did, and so I had bolled dinner. “Things just seem to (), drive me as far as the main road come to other people, but We get Ud \.ye ang then I left the machine and :";‘17 l::;:si]::dt:;’n;" btehde:: "'li:f!-' came over here, and I thought that— X that if you didn't find me—I'd get m‘:(l':\ Ug?';n it fflllt. e e something to do somewhere—and you sl!;‘(«i th; I;fim:‘I:Je»(r)oremllua remarke‘lvh ;(‘|l]t]i(1 Fea having good times—and b # ., dlirting.” H “f‘\‘\x'e':ll:e :‘h‘;’b[‘;sflf‘l;‘i’:nt‘r‘g‘;;‘:l‘f:‘{’ Her husband interrupted her with | 5 olle " a savage exclamation, quire much skill,” said Mrs. Bivins. ”:‘:;‘ Tl\t: I::;‘,IA“‘ ?l)ld vou think 1 'l?;l tnfli'w'il'fl"'\fefiflifi% rfl?fieé'o.fielffiflf;"j“”"‘ love any one but you? Don't S L | You suppose 'l' Im‘w all the thlng.s that “Now what irl- happened to upset | Pt g i ¢ l“nt i doseit G A “r I‘H\'ins SAl | about what he feels like a woman ain’t just your day's work that has got | You all worked up like this.” “No, it ain't,” Mrs. Bivins admitted (Copyright, 1912 by Associated Literary Press.) Mrs. Bivins was warm and tired does," Their voices floated out to the i poreh, where the old couple sat. Mrs. “I got a lett k : : Pivins leaned forward and looked BOt a letter from sister Jane, A intg her hasband's face. “Are you they're going to et an automobile—| jipq yhar Thomas? she demanded, and ft just semed as it—well, as if Her husband nodded we never had : ing.” iy { . ;i e never had anything But if T had dreamed,” the voice : “'"' "“"“"'._“"I“"““ hf”}““” to cal-| it on within, “that you were grow- | hage thoughtiully, “We've got each ing desperate—that you suspected me Why il payste Buy Hal%’dwa?e Here (nd ol S It we could talk personally to every man and woman who reads & this advertisement—tell them hew we carefully examine every bi- hardware before it is placed in our store: how we search for akness and defects and discard every article that we believe would in any way prove unworthy when placed to the test of ac- ual use—they would realize why they could not afford to buy goods from any other store. % g D Tt b ticle does not go out to any customer, because right at that flaw ust begins to work. and the avticle is worthless. Everything you other,” renture . t 5 "'gf. he “‘"“_”\‘,']' e ..l of--not caring-—oh, girl, why didn't you course we have,” said his wife | .\ 0 ong tell me? Didn't you know— | sharply, “and you know I wouldnt“m".t vou know—that you're mine— give you up, Thomas, for all the auto- that no one else——" mobiles in the world. But, gracious, Outside “l:: Bivins’ cheek was :o;?-md have you and something else, | against her husband's coat. “I'm go s G ; ing to cry, Thomas,” she said, and the qu?x[):‘ r:::‘\l:n\:(;:ll:l ‘I‘l““\"o";"'ns'l::‘st0{)[‘]‘:"':’ old man took out his handkerchief and S ave fe ' ¢! wiped her eyes gently knew his wife. It was not her hus- i band but fate which she blamed, M:}"I:‘a}: h::;, :n::r”']he‘ 1RO young When Mrs, Bivins rose from the "'ll‘h .‘[;p ¥ 8 (fmr\;\’ruy. i table she pointed to the ham. “Look an 'yon" o much for—your at all that" she moaned, “we'll have | Pread and jam.” sald the little lady. to eat and eat to make any impression | shyly. on it.” The young man laughed joyously. “Please,” suid a voice from the open "'I"hnnl‘: ?~(n1 for more than that,” he ' door. I wish you'd lot me try to 5:514!4 ‘I've caught & runaway, Mrs. make an impression on it Bivins, and she wants to go back with ! The Bivinses turned, and bebeld a ]."“ Ilut we want to come ngnln—; for a week at a time, now and then, | travel-worn little ereature, She had % on a dustcolored coat and a dust | D0 yYou think you could put us up jcolored hat and a dust-colored veil, when the whirl of town gets too much | | [ and you couldn't see the color of her | for us?” | hair for the dust, | Could she? 1 “U'm starved,” she said, “my automo “Iean put yon up™ Mes. Riving said, | bile broke down and P've walked twe | trembling with vapture, *“for mnrr’ miles,” than & week at a time. Thomas and 1 can't tell you how slad we'll he Pt she didn’t know the full extent ! l‘nt' her good fortune For almost | miraculously after that surpris ame [ tothem. Onee it was o wonderful hox of candy tied with pink (ibbons and with a gold seal, and once it was a silk coat with a wide lace collar, and | once it was a dignified hat with white | lilacs under the brim. | “It just seems as if they can't dc enough,” said the excited Mrs. Bivins as she baked cake and roasted chick ens and made little balls of cream cheese for her expected guests, “it just seems as it they couldn't do enough.” But Mr. Biving took it calmly. “You needn’t ever say that nothing ever happens now, mother,” he said, con: tentedly; “it scems to me that these two young folks aro the kind that make things happen. And they are so happy themselves that they can't be satisfled until they've made us happy, too.” HE BELONGED IN MATTEAWAN She dropped into a chair, and Mrs ! Bivins flew to help her, “Why, poor lamh." tractedly to her hushand, s t g said, dis e's faint she Oty here is exactly as represented. S o Take for instance, granite ware. All stores are not as careful @ we are. A tiny chip off or a slight blemish here, and the ar- & * prices The Jackson & Wilson Co. No matter what you need—a wrench—pump—food chopper— 9| * auger, come to us. Let us show you our stock and give you our st CLEAN QUALITY “OUR MOTTO” “%x Fish Roe, per can. .. ... .. ,2.0c ’ # Breakfast Roe, per cas o | “leat—Imported, per can - “as—Imported. per ca: 30 ol 2us Tips—Imported, per can s - s~Imported, per can. e od's Devil Ham, per cen i 2d Picanto Cheese, per package i <) W.P. PILLANS & CO0. The Pyre Food Store Ask the Inspector PHONE 93 | | thing to eat” Told What He Was Looking For in the Way of a City Apart- ment, “Please,” Said a Volce From the Open . Door. “l am looking for @& flat where there’s room for mother's hat and a place to put the baby when he bawls, I am searching for a place that can look me in the face when I glanco up at the paper on the walls. “I am looking for a home brighter than a catacomb, where the sun upon occasions will appear; with a parlor close at hand that will hold my baby grand without crowding on the kltch-' en at the rear. “I would like a little trap where a happy married chap needn’t blush be- cause unhappily he snores, and can do | it every night without thinking ot the plight of the folks who live upon | Get a glass of water, Thomas, and 1'll untie her veil.” Relieved from her wrappings, the little lady proved to be daintily beau- tiful. She had on an exquisite white gown, three diamond rings and silk stockings. All this Mrs. Bevins told her hus band while the little lady washed in the best bedroom and smoothed her hair. “And I said nothing ever hap pened,” said the excited Mre Diving, “and here comes a fairy princess right to our door, and | do belicve che's running away from somebody.” “Well, now,” said the amaz | Mr | been in use fro s | has not yet Leen ot the ta sha er perfectly delicic », | the new bridge : ¥ou never ate . lars of stone or ket Mrs. B [ 11| the suspension form 9 | Hungary, The brid for | double street car tra ¢ U4, | w2808 toafke and foot pas e set a place PAGE SEVEN o OIGIGIAGIAG IO PATRIOTIC MUSIC «n the Fourth as a matter of course. bt how about a piano to accompany the singers? You certainly should Yave one and there is no reason why Jou can't, and at once. Qur pay as You play plan will enable you to se- cure a splendid piano right now. Some hargains in slightly used pianes Perry-Tharp-Berry Music Co. ) i ) GG DG S RG] MAPS, BLUE PRINTS attentios Maps of any description compiled on short notice, Special given to compiling city, display and advertising maps. County and Stat maps kept on hand. Chemically prepared, non-fading blue prints at res sunable rates. Special rates for prints in large quantitiee. Prompt attention given mail ord ers. South Florida Map and Blueprint Co. Room 213-215 Drane Building LAKELAND, F1A. FOFOIHOCOIOHOIODIDIG I D v IDTOOE I EOIOIOBOE O HOHIPO, & ¢ lakeland Artificial Stone Works % 2=t Near Electric Light Plant MAKES ] RED CEMENT PPRIESSED BRICK CALL AND SEE THEM. CAN SAVE YOU MONEY Crushed Rock, Sand and Cement for Sale BUILDING BLOCKS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS 12 and 18 inch Drain Tile for Sidewalk, Gate Posts, Mounds, Ete, Good Stock on Hand WE Deliver Free of Charge H. B. ZIMMERMAN. Proprietor. OTOHOHALAFOIOIOHIPOTAIOMOHOFTIPOHOFIPID QOHOFO SO0 CHANCE OF A LIFE TIME 1 am going to retire from active business and in order to do this 1 am offering my entire stock of Dry Goods, Notlons, ete., ABSOLUTE COST it you want to make $1 do the work of $5, come to my stam and lay in a supply of Spring and Summer Goode. Everything will be slashed to rock bottom prices, including LAWNS, LINENS, GINGHAMS, PERCALES, CHAMBRAYS SILKS, SATINS, SHOES, HOSE, 20203 Flower g 20%*0‘!'0' Come land See My Line. My [Prices Will Astonish You N. A. RIGCINS Bivins, “did you ever?” lh: upper floors. : ] = The little lady at the table v with | 1 Would Tike to pass my Jife, with | oo nno000000000000000006006000000000000000000CO0M Lwest. “We mpever '“‘:0 anstl in | MY baby and my wife, in a gpot where Ce — A 8 ‘1':..\”.1 which fastes 'l;xi'o ;il—;- an | W can talk of what wo do, without E Iimber, Turpentine, Cut-over try ham, and your home-mard. fread | 24 that somebody we don’t know and Lands, Choice Colinization and jam—oh, Mrs, Divir you ;,:,’.l,':l:)uh\',.of;:;,mh' AL CERTE O Tracts at Low Prices, Florida Homes and Groves on ”lgh kn\(;‘;.,_-l?mv,-::,]?“s;l::f‘n':;,,,,‘ ol | “I would like a quiet spot, some. Rolling Land, Situated on Beautiful Lakes, Paying Straw- Mrs. I ace g 1 %) exha : 5 ol - RIS . :'y y ’ s | now.” she said. “I'm sorry tc o te | What bigger a slot and no small- heary and Trucking Farms. We guarantee all property just now,” she said, “I'm sorry to | oF thith i kenhel e o SIAOL Wiers & woary Y ¥ offer you a boiled dinner.” e gk as represented by us For reliable information see The little lady looked at e cook L' an co or r.u.!‘v or | ) 4 - . ’ la eake wit t <tanding th botl proachfully. “A Loiled ’ j}ll,‘,"d'h,',; .\_ nding h bhoth ? she sair, “why, Mrs, Biv ] T ‘."‘ : 4 s 2 '}xfldn‘f ed it 1 | Ve | And I'd or who Is not 6 said it m‘l re an emperor v chap with 9 I“ o | ! in hi ; 4 Thomas Bivi o et - 3 | mother,” he said ’”’!:;H,;l ],”,,, nl seuttlos. | & e | ul of coal 2 opposite New Depot, LAKELAND, FLORIDA Mrs. Bivins he nd.l " a,, N ay | O “Hush,” she sail, 1 T ’-‘“" - Sl Y BO00000050% POV SOO00TTTIIOTOTOIIACOVUIOO T PR and save ; eo thousan The little lady start t ‘3',‘,‘”‘"‘ Foll “Can't you it they thou tue, but fu t me » the began, ther {then «5 led him ure loomed in the doorv “"‘,;"‘1 C nhmc:,. ed white and whisper i 4 E —= n.” “The city « » writ you. o city : She semed to brace n- | sul H, J. Dur ‘ H \ "d |0C gwer. Then sud 1{; a new stee]l Ll , in ru' ( | her lips. She r | place of the 1 @ which ha A Few Drags Left Bt They are_Going Fast LAKE PHARMCY MAIN ST. . PHONE 42