Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 23, 1912, Page 6

. P e N T T Y } { i | ] i § i { i i LAK ELAXND, FLA,, AUG o — T—— 0 & TiHE EVENING TELEGRAM, \en aud then he saw her turn back. \ H <aw her face, too, with its look of i1 rapture. She opened the front and stood under the flickering of the iron lantern. ed loudiy, “Caleb The Ivory Box | ard out of the dark- ted to hers By TEMPLE BAILEY i Assoclated Literary Prese.) (Copyry, When Capt. Cul cam d‘c‘» him home nobody « m. He wa & 0 0 1 are wet, officially dead wo years he al 1 ha 1 cold. fore ves I down ; 1 the by a great gt ing a record trii were saved. It was captain and his Caleb's widow Finally, as ship « with no news, she outwardly to the opened a little shop pies and baked beans. She owned her house and garden, but taxes had in- creased and her income was small. Hence life became inereasingly hard. j: Her pies were delicions and her beans melted in the mouth, but customers | a child on his wif were few, and when there was a th:"} ‘e had beon so mue rainy season sales we slow and! o, und now the there were often meat pies left nn: What did vou think?" hand. ‘when he sat later at the table, with Caleb Bridge arrived home at night, | 11 . steamine chowder before him, his and walked straight to his house.! . io's face in placid content, “what He stopped short at the gate. Be-|qiq you think when you saw my fore the front dcor burned a feeble|i.nyy hox?” l light in an iron lantern. In the; “On, Caleb,” she said, “I was afraid window was a sizn—“Hot Reefl and |ty touch it. It seemed to be a mes- Pork Pies.” i saze from the dead, and I was afraid “Well, of ejaculated | t, go to the door and call—I' was Capt. Caleb. atraid it was your ghost out there i | o rour | + night that }'0\1! | { her about the Of courze she hated to think d admitted even s of his thought, she an- “I'Il eall Uncle Anthony,” | ‘vou know—on my moth- _ ('aleb. ie's hlind and he vith me” that moment Capt. rd sold men Calel) wept s shoulder, that he had Every little bit helps. You can always spare “something 1 You ‘ioe just a little within your income. . By adding a ‘‘trifle” ev- ery duy you will, in time, have a fortune and jn any case provide | against misfortune., Bring a “little bit” into this bank every day all things,” Start now, wife as comfortable. He had known you, Caleh” FIRST NATIONAL B that her wants were few, and he had I thought conceived her income adequate. I nu:hl did not seem like Saral to sell pies. ' his mind. He A feeling of faintness came over him. | really had them. “Yon see,” he said, | What if Sarah were dead? What it “ didn't have a chance to get word ' she had married again? He clutehed | to vou, for I was picked up by a boat | OF LAKELAND ‘ at the fence. Other women had mar-that was carrying arms to the rebels ! Hude . 8. t : uder Control of U. 8. Governmen ried, when their husbands had not in South America, and they didn't mmm:mwm» come home. He had read a lot of | want any one to know. And they e ———— | verse like that once, and the husband [ took me with them to the Andes, and LOSGHOIOIOFONG BN " had gone away. That would be the kept me until they dared to send me only kind thing to do—to go away. [back. But I'm here now, and we're He saw plainly that he must not|going to live i walk in unannounced. He must first | Sarah.” find out whether his coming would| Sarah came around and kissed 1.im. embarrass Sarah. He cast about inThen she set the little ivory box con- his mind for some method of proof.|snicuously in the middle of the man- He could not ask the neighbors. He|tel shelf, flanked by two tall brass candlesticks. “I'll make you a bag for your to- |bicco tomorrow, Caleb.” she sald, | “but that box is going to stay up there to the end of our days so's we ! shan't ever forget what we have to ! he Hmnl Ml for, dearest dear.” wondered if he had; TR R I = T IF IT'S REAL ESTATE You want, see us before vou buy. We have it anywhere and in anv size tracts, and if it 18 INSURANCE happy ever aller,: / [ \ ww ef///z//w / f‘, You are needing we can give vou the bestlon carth and treat you right. Polk County Real Estate & Insurance Co. Office: Rocm 7, Deen & Bryant Bnilding YOU SHOW WITH PRIDE \\ \\\ TN Frenchmen Never Fcrget to Celebrate the Anniversary of the Fall of the Bastille. BPQPQBYE QU IO G & The anniversary of the destruction of the Bastille, identified with royal despotism and | cruelty, 1789, was enthusiastically celebrated | | throughout France. When the Bas- | {tille was stormed and its defenders heaten, the victors expected to re- {lease a large number of prisoners, but under the gentle rule of Louis XVI. |the old prison was all but empty. The vaults restored to light only seven | prisoners. l “Three of these." says Lamartine, “gray-haired men, were shut up legiti- ( mately and had been from family mo- | tives withdrawn from the judgments | of the ordinary courts of law. Taver- | dld not want to ho recognized. 1f he Nier and Withe, two of them, had be- | s life forey.r come insane. The third was the Count | | i the bath room yon hine had us conip in up-to-date =tyle. Yon don't Liow the old fashioned Kind at all, If vou have been deterred from having vours modernized by the imagined capense, have a talk with us, It may net cost nearly =0 much as you have becit led to believe | waprzaty [ She Seemed Held to the Spot. . ’hn\ would leave lm parts unhnown deSolapges, 32 years before sent to | A light flared up in the front win this prison at his father’s request. R L M A }" A L L | dow. He could sea a shadowy fony Whether he had been guilty of some | 8 [ R behind the curtain. Then he .y crime or was the victim of oppression | CONTRACTOR AND BU'LDER | two shadowy forms. There stol i Was an inexplicable enigma. The oth- | | on the air a savory fragrance as er four prisoners had been confined | Will fornish plaus and specifications or will follow any plans and fish chowder. He was hung i ovly four years. They were arrested | tired and the October wind w n in Holland on the requisition of the | and cold. He drew his jacket v bankers they had defrauded. These about him. His hand went in yic seven prisoners of the Bastille releas- pocket and he drew out a sl °d. caressed, even crowneq with lau- square object. He started. Then 1o tels, carried in triumph by their lib- specifications furnished. BUNGALOWS A SPECIALYY. murmured: erators like living spoil snatched from & . “That's it. Shell remember the hands of tyranny, were paraded . ealo ¥ R I Let me show you somre Lakelond homes 1 have built. 16 Weatted vationtlic.unti ¢ thout the streets and their sufferings | 5 was turned down and 1 wenged by the people’s shouts and | TAXELAND, Phone 267-Green FLORIDA of the house adjourn o« Lit 'y tears. The intoxication of the \hloh Sarah wonld be washing diat broke out against the very stones “f Somebody was helpine Lo now i the place and the embrasures torn it was a man! rom the towers were soon hurled His impu h indignation into the ditches™ R P G TR L PSS ST R R e T N O, TR T3 "but his he y » site of the astille is now mark- . hearthstone t soltl i by a lofty coinmn of bronze dedi- !steps. The door di .1 not or cated to the * rory of the pauiols he opened it. Like a shadow f July, 178 11830 Fooling the Kaiser. A long smile A quiet chuckle are reported iron N consequent on a onfidence gam hich the empemr | William 1. was the victim during 1u~ « recent sojourn at the Greek island o' | looking out into the gusty picye Corfu. It seems that the authorities | | was Sarah. She had on a Mack dresc of the island, advised of the coming of and whtie apron. ier o v« iy the kaiser, wished to give him an | the shadow, but she seemed agreeable surprise. Knowing the in- | toward the sea with an air est he took in archacological exca- to the table, t | threshold, and there was no < | as he closed the door. | After magy minutes a wo | shadow entered the roc 11 burned dimly. She . | window and drew up Live Where You Will Like Your Neighbors We are exercising great care to seil our ROSEDALE lots only to the best ciass ¢! pecple. Thus we give you desirabie neighbors in addition to ROSEDALI'S other aitratcions shade troes, fertile | ing. they decided to do some dig- ctions. Inside the i Caleb's heart bourded. e v unted gi wder his very eves B A bast from Jake Mor | to ery “Sarah.” but dared Hardly had debarked when an ton, The woman turned wiard nouncent "m wa de that a number the table and turned Then she stocd very stil i down. She seemcd held o 1o < The was as if sh ad been turned 10 stone. When her band at las out toward an object that 21 the table, she moved like a puppet pulled 1 She had it in her hand now, ( little ivory tot 1 bought it on on had been ]v weo in i he d beenuncovered. © to see them and ex- hibited 2reat satisfaction when under his eves there was exhumed a num- les of great beauty. He rted to a neighbor- ing hail and .mmed that he would 4 em to the m um at Berlin. that The | .hem of deal- It is said that s when the fraud k Had it hap- ; rened in Gor v the tricksters might | he Kiteh |'e nunished for lese majesty. SMITH & STEITZ ad G. C. ROGAN Deen-Bryant Bullding. Whaiever you want in have it rea lestats W ad . wit went on his fata y He saw her rush 1ot 4 as she | 4 was gone. | he asked, H; 1 Increase The Quantity | | In the fifteen months of his en-|in the garden—I couldn't believe ft : forced absence, he had thought of his | could be yon—that it could be really | % X } § j’ L) , ' “1 thoug eht to break my |} Cottolene, 4-pound pails. ‘etve d * adequate. | coming gently,' aid ale His % 3 And now she was selling pies! It i doubts had receds 14 ine i o Snowdrift, 10-poun! pails............. STILL A DAY OF REJOICING | that grim old fortress | which took place July 14, || aiade Toase S ind Al o pdon: o Zabe - B $ We Won’t Sacr fiice ualiy Lut we are always stodying how 1 “most now but we @re anxious Phone us and prove it We give the e samore. . Best Butter, per pound . Sugar, 16 pounds . ... Cottolene, 10 pound pails 4 cans family size Cream. .. .. 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