Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 5, 1912, Page 6

| tt PAGE BIX THE EVENING TEL¥EGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., AUG. 5, 1912. If I had only / J g A When you feel like that ccme straight to this bank and open an account, It is the only cure. No matter how small the deposit it will be heartily welcomed. 3 | Then cut down your expenses and start on road to fortune by adding to the account regularly. ATIONAL BAN FIRST N OF LAKELAND Under Control of U. 8. Government HEHIO IO GIOI G HTOTO IF IT'S REAL ESTATE You want, see us before Jyou buy. We have it anywhere and in any size tracts, and if it is INSURANCE You are needing we can give you thebest on earth and treat you right. Polk County Real Estate & Insurance ;Co. Office: Rocm 7, Deen & Bryant Bnilding OUR METHOD CF proof. ILeaks scldom occur when do the work. roofing for the least money. L R. L. MARSHALL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Will farnish 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. el e« T R = 8 e S R LAYING TIN ROOFING. makes your house absolutely water- Every, pquare Rin laid by our workmen is - carofully scldered and tested before the mext is joined. See us if you want the best FLORIDA FEATHERS By Clarence O. Robbins (Copyright, 1912, by Assoclated Literary Press,) “I wouldn’t have the critters around,” muttered Aunt Agatha as the beauti- ful peacocks strutted proudly along the terrace. “Why don't you like them, Aunty?" asked Bess Long as she tossed a bis- cuit to one of the birds. Mrs. Long shook her lead mourf. fully. “It means bad luck to Lhave ‘em around,” she said. “I don't helieve it,” declared Bess stoutly. *I think I am lucky to own them. I always admired [lest pea. cocks, and when she went to Europe and gave these to nme—you noew how delighted 1 am!"” “My Aunt Emeline had a peacock feather fan sed her death,” declared Aunt Agatha dismal- ly. “But Aunt Emeline was nearly ninety when she died; I thought she died from the effects of a fall.” “She was carrying the fan when she fell. She always carried it, al- though the whole family warned her against {ll-luck. She dropped the fan and stooped to pick it up. She turned dizzy and fell down the front stairs.” “But she might have been picking up her handkerchief in the same man- ner,” protested Bess. “She was picking up the peacock feather fan,” returned Aunt Agatha obstinately, “and so we burned the fan in the kitchen stove.” “It was a pity,” murmured Bess, watching the sunlight play on the gargeous feathers of the outspread talls of her pets. Aunt Agatha arose and shook out her cashmere skirts. *“I must be get- ting back to the farm,” she said prim- ly. “I can't ablde the screech of those birds. 'Tain't fine feathers make fine birds, nor never will!” Bess sald nothing, for she was quite accustomed to her aunt's openly ex- pressed dislike for the peafowls, but herself a great lover of beauty in any- thing, she almost loved the splendid coloring of the feathers of the pea- cocks that strutted on the terrace. She watched the old-fashioned fig- ure of her country-bred aunt enter the modern automobile which Uncle Fred insisted was a necessity on the farm, and waved them a gay good-bye be- fore she returned to her slow pacing of the terrace. Woodmere was a beautiful estate, for Mr. Long was very rich, and this country place was his pride. The pea- cocks were the finishing touch to the formal garden with its clipped hedges, fancifully trimmed trees and stiff beds of glowing flowers. “Aunt Agatha has declared against peacocks,” she sald to her father at dinner that night. “Agatha nourishes a foolish vein of superstition,” observed Mr. Long. “By the way, have you seen our new neigh- bors?" “You mean the Allyns?” “Yes." “No. Nora sald they were occupy- ing the house, but of course we can- not even get a glimpse of it except from the west terrace, and I haven't walked there.” The next afternoon when the sun slanted warmly on the western terrace of the Long house the peacocks took a sudden fancy to sun themselves there, Bess, drowsing In'a hammock in an upper balcony, saw the beautiful crea- tures leave the terrace and drag their sweeping plumage across the grass to the brick wall that separated the two estates. It had been Mr. Long's great grief that he could not purchase the adjoining property and thus enlarge his own grounds on that side; but the Allyns had had a long lease of the property, and had never occupled it until this season. From the upper windows of the Long house one could see quite over the high brick wall into the quiet gar- den of the other house “l w0 hope that the peacocks will pot bring bad luck-—to--old s, Allyn,” thought Dess, as she dropped into a light sluniber 0l we 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 ®ail, bullding restrictions. Inside the eity, one block east from Iake Mor- ton SMITH & STEITZ ad G. C. ROGAN Deen-Bryant Bullding. Whatever you want in rea lestste. we have it. seream of The harst ht her bird: aw ki Hon drean brivg the sliook a now screech At that mon reach up from the oth wall and neatly catch on by its ugly feet and drag | of sight. An instant later frightened bird also made ing exit only to be promy; in some manner. Then f! tense silence. Miss Long stared from the window for sev and, seeing nothing exce 0. the old garden beroud and hearing not a sound of ished birds or of thei marched grimly downst taining a big rusty key dener, she made her wa little pine grove to a - the brick wall. The lock was rust was unwieldly. Bes Iy until the key turr she could pull open ti to inlonsly ar e 1 the gar rough tt ¢ closad door. dustriously. TN Y I “Hell he exclaimed at the sud- den apparition of a white-gowned maiden in his retreaf, and then having slipped to his feet he stared blankly though at the extremely scornful charming countenance presented to his. “Er—is anything the matter?” he stammered, “Nothing—much!" retorted Bess warnly, “but I would be greatly ob- lig.l if you will return the peacocks tu my garden.” “Return the what to your garden?” he a~ked in ludicrous dismay. “My peacocks.” “Put, I have Ln't steal ‘em anyway—I detest |- .atures,” he returned frankly. oy are very beautiful,” sald Bess |’ And then in a few words she‘l 3 ‘ihed the scene she had witnessed the you ked ve e had been dreaming. his face cleared. 1 believe it was Yang!” 1ed. and dashed out of sight. | 1o is crazy,” said Bess darkly. “I never was mixed up in such mysteri- | « appenings in my life. I wonder t oonec s feathers?” of the garden wall. In the distance she heard shrill protesting shrleks,i ard the thunder of a deep masculine voice lifted in stern reproof. there followed a scuffling sound on the graveled path, and presently her new acquaintance appeared, dragging the reluctant form of a Chinese cook. In the Chinaman's grasp were the limp and lifeless forms of her preclous peacocks. “Oh!" cried Bess sharply, and bit her lip to keep back the tears. “I can't tell you how sorry I am,” said young Mr. Allyn humbly, “Yang swears by all his gods that he belleved the hirds were common barnyard fowls, and he was about to prepare them for my dinner. As a matter of fact I think he had a covetous eye upon the plumage. What can I do to rectify this matter?” “It is too late now,” murmured Joss. “They ought not to have been trespassing, of course. It was horrid of your man to kill them—they are :0 beautiful and looked sc splendid trafling back and forth on the ter- race."” “If you would permit me to replice them—" he was beginning, but Bcss shook her head decidedly. “I would rather not, please. Aunt Agatha sald they would bring bad luck, and I believe there is something in it after all. You see they've lost i their own lives to begin with.” “And Yang has lost his job," sald Allyn darkly. “Ai Y1!" wailed Yang mournfully. i A little smile dimpled the corner of | the girl's mouth. “Let's change things about,” she sald suddenly. “If pea- | cocks have always carried ill-luck, we will have things different. To begin with, Yang shall keep his job, and that means good luck to him, see?" “Now that's real sporting of you, Miss Long," sald Allyn heartily, and when Bess blushed beautifully he added: ‘I wonder what luck they will have for me—I was going to sall for Europe Wednesday, but I've changed my mind. I'm going to stay right here.” “That sounds like bad luck,” aiarked Bess. “It seems like mighty good luck to me,"” declared Allyn. Bess pretended not to understand, but her heart beat faster as he held spen the door in the wall and she passed through to the other side. That was only the beginning, and «hen October came with her golden measure of days Bess Long became the bride of Jack Allyn. Iis gift to her was a splendidly jeweled fan of peacock feathers at sight of which Aunt Agatha threw up mittencd hands in horror. “But peacock feathers bring such bad luck,) she groaned. “Not for us,” explained Jack, meet- ing his bride's trusting eyes. “We have changed all that. Peacock feath- ers means nothing but happiness and re- nts | hairs, produ gle | turn a sunshiny day into a dreary wall, " van- | she ob- oor set in | paid. the key | 3 giles brave | cleared a situation. It never solved a \kingly and , problem. It admitted her to a long, vine-cov ered arbor where in the green gloor & young man swung in a hammock, reading a magazine and smoking in- good fortune for us.” NOTHING GAINED BY WORRY Oppose Depressing Thoughts With Good Nature and Hustle, and i Note the Results. | Sickness may come; death may be | at the door: but the man who does not i o doctor bills and 1 altogether may go wrong and 2 threaten, but | takes stock in himself the job seldom enters court { be at the door, and | ” nay bring adversity, but the | | man who takes his fortune with a ! smile will be at the dock when his | ghip comes in i S0, why worry? | | Worry saps vitality, brings gray | wrinkles, and it can | ay one | Without a cloud in the sky, worry | | can make one belleve there will be a | | downpour any minute. { | Worry discounts bills receivable, | | adds interest 1o those which are to be and disturbs the scheme of | things generally i It never won a battle. It m,‘_"! 1ts antithesis, good nature, and its lifelong enemy, optimism, have many «istories to their credit. Its antidote, L stle, is responsible for many good things which man has enjored. So, agaln, why worry? ¢ seen your birds—I 'gfl g wan rumpled his hair | much as if he be- | & can be the {llluck that follows | £ . lingered uneasily near the door | o Then | 2 We Won’t Sacrifice Quality but we are always studying how to Increase The Quantity We give the “most now but we are anxious to (iy more. Phone us and prove it. Best Butter, per pound . ..... Sugar, 16 pounds ...... Cottolene, 10 pound pails. ....... v Cottolene, 4-pound pails................coovvuinins S ) Snowdrift, 10-poun! pails. .. S s 11§ 4 cans family size Cream.................. Pne 25 7 cans baby size Cream . 1-2 barrel best Flour........... 12 pounds best Flour....... Picnic Hams, per pound ....... Cudahy's Uncanvassed Hams.......... 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