Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 14, 1912, Page 6

PAGE »iX . day you will, in time, have a fortune and jn any case brovide against misfortune. Bring a “little bit” into this bank every day start now. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LAKELAND Under Control of U. S. Govermuent PUPO OO Q L0 GO IF IT'S REAL ESTATE You want, see us n.fore you buy. We lave i anywhere and in @ny size tracts, and if it is INSURANCE BOA) | S L St T T S T et e o You are needing we can give you the best on carth and treat you right. _Polk County Real Estate & Insurance:¢ Office: Roam 7, Deen & Bryant DBnil-l .mg DOBOTOIOIOG e e B A > RERERRN ST OO T YOU SHOW WITH PRVIDE the bath room yen have had us! canip in up-to-date style. You dnn'(‘[ show the old fashioned Kind at all, If | I capense, have a talk with us. It may | tet cost nearly so much as you have ! Leon ded to believe, Lakeland Hardware & Plumbing Co. n.&m WJ‘) t "fi'fl"— R. L. MARSHALL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Wil sk pars and speciications or will follow any plans and specifications furnished. BUNGALOWS A SPECIALTY. Let me vhow you some Lakeland homes I have built. LAKELANTD, Phone 267-Green FLORIDA Live Where You Will Like Your Neighbors We arc exercising great care to sell our ROSEDALE lots only to the Lest class of people. Thus we give you desirable neighbors in addition ‘o ROYENALE'S other attrateiors. My wreeas de trees, ferti!s Uding restrictier 3. Inside the Slock cast from Take Mor- SMITH & STEITZ Md G C. ROGAN " sidinge } ’l P over there | flashing eyes. | “Young lady, 1 | son’s future, [into a miscrable, crabby cynle, rvou have been deterred from having the existence of love and faith* ; | “Why me?" asked Isabel pertl yours modernized by the imagined | pently, | “Because,” said Mr Cramer, lean- more lucld than THE | ———— i The Invincible God ' By GRACE DE PINA abruptly, e souahn! end, and rising - hotess, SWill voi introduce e he requestod to that giri, | t)nm onade. —please ~he said. Isabel hand. The ol n bola it loug & enough to call a question to her eyes “I asked to meet you,” he explained frankly. “You are the only one here Every little it helps. You can always spare “romethinz” it M| who might succeed 1 have been watching them all. Will you help me?” “ive just a little within your income. By adding a “‘trifle” ev- “Details, please,” murmured Isabel, smiling, She liked this abrupt old man MthI the kindly face. There was magnetic appeal in his expression as he an- swered her. “I have a son,” he ebgan. “He s very dear to me. He is {ll—unhappy. It amounts to the same thing very often. He needs a doctor. For a long time I have been hunting for the right one. My search is over. | Now, I want you to help me persuade him to take the case.” “I! What is the matter with your son?" asked Isabel gently: “He is withering,” dlagnosed Mr. Cramer, solemnly. “Grief seldom kills, but he Is shrivellng-—mentally, phys- fcally, worst of all, in his heart. It frightens me. He is too young. 1 disapprove of it at any age, in fact.” “Of course!® agreed Isabel vigor- ously. “But how can I help you?" He plunged on quickly. “My son thought he fell in love, a year or so ago—desperately, you understand! Happiness comes high, it secms, and the lady decided he wasn't rich enough. Then and there he vowed to marry none but a wealthy girl, to eliminate the chance of future decep- tion. It s ruining him.” He put in simply. “He's got to be roused! You are the doctor—it I8 a woman's task. I want you to do it,” he ended bluntly. “Roused?” repeated Isabel, curl- ously. “Make him feel!" explained Cramer tensely. “He's numb, prick him, for good, or had; only male him feel!” “How?' asked the girl, still curt- ouz and a little hewildered “Oh, my dear!” deprecated the old gentleman, vet undisturbed by her He changed his tone. am fighting for my and his sane frame of mind; nothing is going to stand In my way. He's not going to dry up i1 Somebody's got to prove can help it. fng on his cane and staring ot hvr Perhaps Isabel found the masculine, for | became interested, and a little flat tered, in spite of hersell | “You have a plan?" she half surrender “I thought it out long he demands riches money have you? | he added quickly | But tsabel shook lier head without | f resentment My face {3 my fortune, | 1 8ir,” " she quoted, smiling | "H'm! Then you must ex ||mc(nllun.~ of a great legacy.” he an- | | nounced. “I'll see to that. You wiill | then proceed to engage his attentlon | ~I leave the method to you. If he succumbs, you must hurn vour expec- tations -and, if you have really sue- ceeded, it won't make any difference :\\'hen all's sald and done the little queried, in age Sinee How much You mustn’t mind,” | SeCure i god’ 1s fnvineible, yon know | | “What of me il o zod' | takes his revenge and 1! "lose both the leea “If the two provel would you care to win mer. “Besldes. it fa @ grear opporty nity that 1 offer you* “But suppose.” gasped the wirl “he learns to care, and | can’t ‘! with him?" “Have you met my son’™ domand ed the old gentleman proudly “No,” admitted Isabel, smiling “Ah! He Is coming this way 1 exclaimed Cramer. A good omen”™ Isabel detected a total lack of, rather than any definitely disagrecable | expression on the face of the young | man who stood before her. She stud fed him as they chatted, and before | he excnsed himself, was justifving his father’s stand by becoming rily and combatively desirous {ing forth some decided ol had nvolunia- zood or “Well?” pleaded Crane T -try,” answered | “Bless you, my dear’ mared, pressing her hand e , needed here any lonccr? Ny sft over the he pointed summer house, . n! decid: 1ails There must " no tine lost and no weak links in our chain. Now, for the source of your legacy thev cever fall from heaven—could vou ce up a great aunt or a god-mother or something? Think -hard Isabel thought. then confessed to bankruptcey. We must find one for vou then” o | fair | you \ EVENING TELEGRAM, ..Al\r.l AND, FLA., AUG. 14, 1912, “How?" “Trust me!” chuckled Cramer as- suringly. “There i3 a little old lady who is very fond of me—to the ex- tent of hopping around to the end of the earth at my bidding. She s something of a wizard, too, and can transform herself into anybody else at a moment’s notice. So, your ‘aunt,’ is ‘up-state,’ and will ‘wnyn tite . by Associ Literary Press, | With 2 twinkle, " n]-\ her part from llmrc We'll talk The success of Mrs. Tindall's gar- " don lxn 155 S it over with her. Come! th . ’” B in ¢ ellla vrivi ¢ Mr. Cramer fo-|¥i wsed. There »m on the gar- el ( ty. He in Miss Cur- gl 1 g art 1 3 > u.ul n 1 ieve. Hadn't ¢ a try—if you can that is. She's a favor- ( o Cramel It a new attitude on his father's 1 1 Lored no suspicions. N ur te him as sig- ni wreafter he met Isabel s N r ere he went, | - and see me,” said she one M z, on parting i but we are alwavs stedving how 1 3§ !+ went. She was popular, not | “ ! I e Ly obtained tete-atete, pretty, and i rim quite worth the effort, George |, l Th ' . mitted. He found others ahead of | ncrease e uantll\ ?} hlm not once, but frequently. One [R ; * b day he asked her over the telephone B We give the “most now but we are anxious ‘o i if he might have that evening. She | ) B i i declined. He hegged the next—for the | more. Phone us and prove 1t theater or anything she might prefer. | She chose to have him come to her Best Butter, per pound . .. ................. 3 house instead. It was then that she first hinted, delicately, at some leg- Sugar, 16 pounds . . RIS BT s et s 1.00 acy —a substantial one. He gathered | Cottolene, 10 pound pails. .. ... R e 125 & that her eccentric aunt was hopelessly Cottolene, 4-pound pails. ......... 5 & il : s 2 At the end of a week he proposed. Snowdrift, lo-pounl -pfllll. L0 118 g She refused him. His desire grew. N 4 cans family size Cream............... AR iR % At the end of a month she gave in. 7 cans blby size Cream............. 28 In a panic, she sought Mr. Cramer, Sr. | 1-2 ba Tt Lo ol MiBL o oiT ToRaoy=-ndl -2 barrel best Flour...................... : 300 too soon,” he decided. “Your aunt 12 poundl best Flour....... 140 will ~fu!donly (-hu'nxe her mind about (@ Pienic Hams, per pound ... 1212 4 endowing you. You can rely on her. o " You have disagreed, about—um-—ah— | § Cudahy’s Uncanvassed Hams.......................... 18 what have you disagreed about?” [ Octagon Soap, 6 JORE o S GG 1Y “My choice of a husband?" suggest- | @ Ground Coffee, per pound. . ... G ey 2§ ed Isabel, with a touch of humor. . Soygrmndispaietoo iyt gl 5 gallons Kerosene ..... R e e 0 might rouse George's chivalry—he used to have a great deal. It migat influence his actions, and that would neve. do." “Of course—not!" faltered Isabel Mr. Cramer searched her face. “Rless my soul! Do you—" “Yes,” admitted Isabel, "I care.” “My dear! Then you must lose everything —every cent you have in the world!" ‘Oh, no!" afraid!™ "All or nothing'” urged Cramer Meanwhile, Georze appeared satis- fled with hds lot. He word and won a rich girl. proud of her looks, bored him. As the days went by he reallzed her charm more and more, and it was with ever-Increasing impatience that he counted the time eried the girl. “I'm He between visits. With Interest, obser- vation had grown Lkeener, and one night her mood puzzled him, “What 18 it?" he demanded right away. “Everything!” She motioned him to keep his seat, a8 she‘paced in front of him. S0 you see, l've lost everything. 1 won't he worth a penny!" He sat and stared. She watched him. Then she took the ring from her finger and dropped it into his hand. This recalled him. replace it, perfunctorily. She would not let him, quite indifferently He should have felt relieved; this necullar dullness all through him? He left her abruptly, as if run- uing away Why? There was no danger. She had shown him plainly that she had regarded the whole af- as an arrangement which the turn of circumstances nullified. Per- haps he wasn't rich cnough for her either without her own wealth. She Wwas probably, at that moment, planning bigger game. He tried to laugh, but only succeeded in becoming very angry stupidly groped for consclousness of his own mood, Isabel was sobbing her heart out; for it seemed, indeed, as it the “lttle god” | sport of her She was wrong On George sought his father, who had , been watching him anxiously “1 won't love her' he ended 1 tell you I'm done with it 1 said I'd marry money and He crushed on his hat and dashed o escaped Isabel It's three dayvs’ Cramer 1 “I've lost.,” cried the girl to coul wait any {1 she My longer dully for—the whole affair. 1 want to,” she added naively He laid a hand on her shoulder ang pushed her into a chalr. “I'm not so sure. George has wan | dered around supperless the last two "nights There s hope,” he sald in confirmation, the door opened wildly. George rushed in without cer. emony . ' he cried. “I'm going to! o use' l've tried but 1, and gasped sald Mr Cramer, beam has tried’ Give him thar he really tried’ Aren't cried Isabel 1am:'" —!" shouted George show you—" 1 Iald her finger on his only the “little god™ looked up (\urlnusl_\'.‘ had kept his | wWas | and she never He tried | but why | additional | And while he | were waking cruel | the third day | He barely | continued | “I'm afrald I'm going to hate | don’t | practically flung herself ! and If she and Mr. | nged a wink over Geor- | | ¥4l i | | | o | WE WILL GIVE seme REAL information on the cost of the installation ity in yonr home if you will but ask us for an ESTIMATI You can depend on our estimate as being the low: moobtain a von thorouzhly first-class piece of work e cm—— v =& = richt materials and fixture Prompt work and no “skimping” when the work Florida Electric & Machinery Co. 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