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THE RED-HEADED BOY’S BIG BONFIRE When a young woman has just fin- wash on perilous lines run on pulleys from the back porch of her flat to the telephone pole in the alley, no right- losing her temper if a red with a wide mouth of a fiend should ¢* fire directly Lelow. The red-headed boy worked Simms' grocery, one of the stores that ried the gr d 1loor of the flat buiiding. He w poking the fire as thouzh it when Miss a smudgzy bon- any part he world oy-this bank roughfour§connections we can make h T collectioris¥for you in any part of the world. The lowest possible charges and i the mostiefficient service guaranteed. | T NATIOMAL BANK v ealled threate what yon're doing to m Tommy grinned up at her and gave the fire another stirring. Great clouds of stnoke and black smudges wavered upward, seeking the chaste whiteness of the Claney linen. “Stop it!” Miss f Clancy shrieked, i haking one fist the offender’s di- roction. The fist was small and white, for it was Miss Claney's mother who {had washed the clothes, her pretty | davehter's share in the work being the hangzing out proeo: Mrs, Clancy was aroud of Sadie's hands just as she | was proud of Sadie's erisply curling black hair and bh-r\ eyes and the gen- era) freshness of her. “Stop it, I say! You're horrid, and if you don't stop it I'n—" “Yah-h-h!" yelled Tommy, derisive- ly. “I ain't afraid of you, Sadie Clan- ey! You can't do nothin'!" Sadie Claney shot down the one flight of stairs like an angry comet and catapulted toward Tommy. | ping the broom handle with which he was stirring the fire, Tommy bolted, with Sadie after him. He darted to- ward the back door of the grocery and swerved just as that door filled with the bulk of young Simms himself. Young Simms being Sadie’s devoted worshiper, Tommy recognized that here was no safe haven. Indeed, after i 3 a breathless word from Sadie, Simms 1 IF 'S @ i also joined the chase down the alley. % | As he rushed past one of the delivery 3 R E A L E S T A T E wagons he caught his foot in the & AL Al A trailing lines and pitched headlong in the dust, “Pickles and prunes!” young Simms exploded as he staggzered up. “Oh, did you hurt yourself” Sadie cried, looking around in horror. Right in her course was the water hydrant and, hitting it, she, too, ornamented the alley pavement. “Don’t you know anything worse than that?" she gasped out furiously ‘as Simms picked her up, roaring. | “Coffee cakes and buns! Lot me get my hands on him!" Tommy, who had paused interested- Iy to view the unexpected gymnastics, was doubled up in mirth. Iie began to run again when his furions pur. !suers darted toward him. Spying an open door into the basement under Leigh's furniture store, he dashed in and his pursuers followed. Sadie was in the lead. Rounding some crates of dressers, she saw a human object shrunk up close to the last erate. She il s OF LAKELAND ' Under Control of U. 8. Goverriaent MO EQIOTO OO TG DN Q0 Ol O O GG ’ You want, see us before you buy., We have it anywhere and in any size tracts, and if it is ®° ' INSURANCE You are needing we can give you and treat you right. Polk County Real Estate & lnsurance Co. Office: thebestion carth Rocm™7, Deen & Bryant Bnil-iing E VALUE OF YOUR PRESERVING WORK Copends on theee things, The quat the tenit, the sKill of the pre avd the charaeter of the jars, to which the objeet responded with a howl. Young Simms, arriving, L grabbed, ‘Gotehu!™ the ' ribibers otes employed, W oany gty ol objeet yvelled in terri ble glee. “Y'will play tag in my hase- ment and earve initials all over the mahogany, will yer? " Tl teach von kids a lesgon! T've been alavin for The most skill prescrve ahoers in e ey own ¢ yeh and now T've got yeh!™ lakcland Har clware & Plumhmu l,o Lo, e frite man, s e spoke was shal Sadie and ¥« AT TOEDR o, 0N m‘"fl R R Simms, oc Kknockir 1l » heads together fm emphasis Sudd Iy the size of Simms seemed to con- fuge him and he i «d hisx captives into the light of a jet. “Good land'™ 1, h gureled, roleas- ing his hold. e stared at his bors whom he had been shaking. “Why—why—" stammered Teigh and sat down meekly. Then he gave a sort of groan and serambled %o his feet. He had sat down in a bueket of varnish, “Oh-h-hh!™ 8 CONTRACTOR ANDIBUILDER w 1 furnish plans and specifications or will follow any plans and specifications furnished. BUNGALOWS A SPECIAL1Y. lie wopt hyst et 3¢ show you Some Lakelond Lomes I have built, ELANT, Phone 287-Gieen. projec in the wall “Woo-0-0f | his wound. i+ Somewhere in the distance bas ont ther | demoniae | though emanating from a ‘l‘ boy with a wide mouth. “Let him go,” said young Rinims as S other aitratcions | H H H : {he put his arm around Sadic again. llve Wnem '0“ w‘" 'ch | “Somehow I don't seem to mind hin 0o v N ] hh Inow—do you, Sadie?” 0“r elfl ors | “Let's help Mr. Leigh get that vas Wa are exercising great care t nish off him” sald Sadie with very seli our ROSEDALE lots only 10 th pink chieeks. She did not move away beat class «f people. Thus 3 o from the arm. “Anyhow, ma's taken prapn S unC BNE the clothes In by now!"—Chicago . shade troes, fertile i R. L. MARSHALL | ¢ was a st laugh that wded you desiralie neighbors in addition w ROSEDA Wide 11 . Dally News. They Never Learn. Draw poker is a fine game 1 of skill and science, and the m. knows what to draw to and 0 it s the fellow who gets the till':\ Dixon, the eathor, was ¢ «ai! building restrictions. Inside the y. one bk east from Take Mor wa. SMITH & STEITZ ind G. C. ROGAN Deeu-Bryant Building Whateser ¥ou want in rea d Gcave 1t he aiar ished hanging out a perfectly good | minded person ceuld blame her for| ded boy | nd the ingenuity | in| also | THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKETAND, FLA., SEPT. 2, 1912, | | Drop- | grabbed it with a shriek of triumph, | | WITH SUMMER DRESS DAINTY PETTICOATS THAT ARE MOST APPROPRIATE. \deas Are New—Princess Particu- larly Useful With Trans- parent Dresses. Here are two dainty petticoats for wear with summer dresses. The first has a closefitting top of cambric with deep embroidery flounce sct on by a band of ribbon-threaded beading. Materials required: One and one- half yard 40 inches wide, two yards flouncing, one and one-half yard bead- ing. The camisole is made from flounc- ing embroidery with ribbon strape over the arms, Muterials required: From one and oncizith yard 14 inches deep, onc and one-fourth yard ribbon. The other is a Princess petticoat very uscful for wearing with trans. parent dresses. It is made from camn- bric, the trimming being Valenciennes lace and insertion; ribbon-threaded muslin beading Jjoins the plaited flounce to upper part, Materials reqg d: Four and one- halt yards 19 inches wide, about six and onc-half yards insertion, five and one-half w.rda lace, FOOTGEAR OF MUCH MOMENT Must Be Distinctive and Individua! and as Rich as the Wearer Can Afford, Some ingenious person has rad the fdea that we may as well have our fect in harmony with our faces, and so our hose are heing made to match our veils in patterns of fine cobwebby lace, which are not quite so disfigur- ing on our extremities as they are when making the presumably delicate complexion of some fair lady! Our lengtheing frocks for evening wear do not give our shoes the prom- inence they merit, but Cinder lla would find it difficut to make any : sation in a modern ballroom with urth- ing more remarkable than crystal slip- :, for footgear is most dainty and tic and individual, no two pairs ke, The distinctive extravagance of the season is the slipper of gold or silver tissue discreetly veiled with real lace— Brussels over gold, black Chantilly over silver, the lace itself boing fre- quently cmbroidered with beads or even with precious stones of some con- slderable value, “BLAZER” GOLF COAT. Coprright, Tu The young «ln- on H\n "ulr’ links s fall have deeided that the zer” coats and hats are the best aring apparel for this sport. The photograph shows the coat made in \orfolk style, -m’ of Princeton colors | of orange a match. black with cap ing Wool Scarfs. sLAWIS, Prejaie hite soay icle first in i the soaj I water Rinse through several ary it between cloth Never hang the line. To str upon a towel an absorbs the wa the article out of waters and cover without str w Hollows Under Eyes. One of the worst is the hollow enemies to beau: eve however, can be v by co massage d 1 11 be mucl speedier 2 1 cirenlat body, wor down con: e =] ¥ u'!mn:-sd with a coler. | Usual Material Employed, Though the to ! el n- | We give the “wost dow DUt v oo arXions nere Yhone us and prove it Begt Butter, per.nound . . ooiiiiiii ik s 1) SHANIB DOUNAS el G e e 1 Cottolene, 10 pound pails. .. N 1254 Cottolene, 4-pound pails. . . ... 5§ Suowdrift, 10-pounl pails. 115 ) 4 cans family size Cream...........;¢omeuvenn.... 5 s 7 cans baby size Cream..........cuiiimeiiiinn, 25 12 DAITel DOSETIOUR, i oovs s wosiomnissnnion vy 800 JEATC ) T e SR e i g o | Picuic Hams, per pound ..... P R 121.2 ("dehy's Uncanvassed Hams e 18 Octagoa Soap, 6 for............ )y Gro-.md Coltée meRpOUNd: . /0L s T BogallonscRerosele .. i el ilioin 80 E. G. 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