Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 18, 1912, Page 6

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FLORIDA A SQUARE DEAL | DEAL It you wish to rent a house or have a houss you wish to reng, If you have a house to sell or wish t If, in fact, you desire t, buy or se real estate, this is my specialty. Full information given chee 0 purchasg one; 1l anything in the line of See me beforg you cloge a deal, erfully ang freely, N. K. LEwWIS Phone 309, Room 1, Raymondy BM( (‘hemically prepared, non-fading dlue yrints at res | =" | Mistake in Posting Letter Proves Right Thing. By HAROLD CARTER, Brett was in the seventn ot happiness on Saturda) 2, aid there were three dis contribuiing causes. First, it aas ~ajurday. and he did ot have to go to work that day; secoad. his new suit had come Lome; third: and im meas irably greater, though in a meas ure iound up with reason twe. he had 1eceied a letter 1rom Georgia Gaines “Yea I shall be in town Saturday but ealy for a couple of hours,” she | wrote. “And tcu, perhaps, [ shall answer the qu+:iion Ycu want to ask me—if you decide to a k it. T shall arrive al.mn_ 10 o'clock. shall do my shopping at ——, shall expect you ont- side—-" | Brett skimmed the letier hastily. ! Later he would read it at leisure. | lingering over cach letter of every word of that handwriting which a!- way thrilled him, even before he had torn open the envelope. On such oc casions the address—even the simple | superscription, “Jobn Brett, Esq.,” overwhelmed him with emotion. Reason two turned to gall and| wormwood. The suit did not fit. It did pnot fit approximately. It might have fitted the l.iving Skeleton or | made a passably good garment for the Elastic Man, but it was not built for John Brett. Aud there was no possibility of changing it. “I'll take it to the circus—I'll give it to Marcelline, the clown,” he solil- oquized, when the first burst of anger had spent itself. “No, I won't, either. I feel so fine today—here, Bill!” The janitor looked up from the yard at the man in the window. “Here's & new suit for yow,” cried Brett, and flung the garments down to him. Then, after donning his or dinary attire, with a litte sigh for a lost impression, he finished his break- fast and went downtown. “Now, whers are we to meet?" he asked himself a little later, and felt for the letter. s pockets were empty Suddenly the appalling consciousness came to him that he had left the let ter in the discarded suit. He rushed back and summoned the janitor. “I've got to have the fetter I “Postman, There's a Letter in Thers, Posted by Mistake.” 1 left in that coat,” he explained. “Hurry, Bill, or I'll miss an important engagement.” The janitor looked sheepish. “Why, Mr. Brett”” he stammered, “I-1, haven't got it now. 1 let it go-—" 1 “You sold it, you mean,” cried Rrett. “Where?" “Why, Mr. Brett, 've had some dealings with Mr. Peterman’s Misfit Parlors on Fourteenth strect, .md-—"l John Brett waited wot an instant, but, hurrying out of the house, leaped aboard a moving car, and 15 minutes later found himseit at his destina- tion. “You bought a suit this morning,” { he explained. “A brownish tweed. “Our purchases run to five dozen suits a nmrning mister,” said Mr. Peterman. “Among so many “But surely you'll remember {t,” persisted Brett. “It had ay import~ ant letter in the pocket. It was brought iu by a colored Janitor- "0, sure, [ remember,” said the pro- prietor affably. “That suit | Jiust gold not three minutes ago to—say. young | feller, you hurry down that sepeet | and you'll meet {t walking away om a| biggish man, but thin—" “I det he was thin,” mutter d John, hureying out of the store He ran like a madmau in the diree- tlon which Peterman had indicated, looked here and there and round the corners—then, to his indesc ribable oy he saw the very sult in question, hanging on—or draping, rather—the back of a tall, ascetic -looking man who was leaning against a street let- ter box. John Brett ran up to him. “You've just bought that suit at Peterman’s” he panted. “l want to :at 8 letter out of the inside pocket. "Letter"' Inquired the agcetio cheorleuly “Why—I thought that was the letter my wife gave me to pofl. I'm sorry, but it’s in that letter box. Better ask the postman " And he sauntered away, enveloped in the coat’s voluminous folds. Jobn felt like murder, but at that very moment & postman stepped across the street, whistling brigkly, and unlocked the box. John inter vened. i he walked down Fourteenth street. | givaness. At the thought ba swung | the direction of the terminal. {felt & touch on: his arm and looked . bened in the Boer war. { hill. Inrd«rod four men to dismount and A\ND, FLA, NOV. 18, 1912, tmzu,” he sald, “there’s a let- . there posted by mistake. IUS ~es=ed to John Brett, in a slanting aine hand. I want it back.” You'll have to go to the [ms‘.nfllc_e cpartiaent if you want it before itU's vered.” the postman answrre@ Ihat’il take three days. You'll get it migiit if you go home and sit down vl cool of a little.” Does money talk?” inquired John, aving a ten-dollar bill in the air. “Well, I air’t against free speech, nswered the other. taking the bill =4 handing Joha the letter. He seiz- { it, and then, so great was the re tion. he was unable to open it for eral moments. At last he did so. inside was a communication from 1 ankrown man. John made out r.ature with dillieulty. Clo—Clo— »=:fit! Then his senses reasserted wuselves. It was the bill fcr the it, which the tailor had enclosed u the inside pocket. And he raust ave left Georgia's letter at home fter all! There was no time to get it now— ‘" not the ghost of a chance that he ould return within a half hour of the time, for he knew that Georgia must have made it 11:30 or 11:45. And it was 11:25 now. He tore the letter into a hundred pieces and then, very slowls, with down-hanging head, He would go home, he wauld write to' Georgia and tell' her what an ass he had been—no, he would take the lirst traln to her home and erave for- round, nearly colliding with a young and attractive lady. and started in Bat before he had gone three steps he around. “Well, you are rude, running’ away from me like that!” she said petu- lantly, “I—" “Georgia!” exclaimed John Brett. “Well, didn’t you expect to meet me ? Didn't you come here for that purpose? And didn't you get my let- ter appointing this place?” “What place, Georgia?" Jobn mut- tered. “Why, this place said Georgia sharply. “Peterman’s Misfit Parlors. John, it you don’t prove to me in- stantly that you haven't been drink- ing I may change my answer.” (Copyright, 1912, by W. G. Chapman.) WHY THEY DID NOT RETURN Little Story Lacked Pathos Promised by the Altogether Grewsome Introduction. “Talking about omens,” said the ex- Canadian soldier, “a queer thing hap- “A troop of mounted rifles were re- turning after a hard day's scouting to our camp near Middleburg, in the eastern part of the Transvaal. On our way back we had to pass the town cemetery, which was on the side of a Near the gate of the cemetery stood a shed in which was kept the town hearse. | “The doors of this building were open as we were riding past, and in some manner the blocks which were usually kept under the wheels of the hearse must have become dislodged, ' for the hearse slowly moved out of the shed and rolled down the hill into the middle of our party, who scatter- ed in all directions, “The officer in charge of the troop take the hearse back. Now comes the queer part. Socn after this we went to Cape Town and took ship for home, Every man of that scouting party re- turned alive and well to Canada ex- cept the four men who handled that hearse. Not a man of that four re- turned.” The former warrior heaved a sigh. “Good men, true comrades were,” said he. “Have another drink,” said the bar- tender, “and tell us how the poor fel- lows died.” Silently the soldier drank to the memory of his comrades, set down the empty glass and edged toward the door, “The reason they did not come back was because two of them got good jobs in Cape Town: the other two married Boer widows and settled down ou farms,” he said. | paused and ' they Loneliest England. A man who was described as living in one of the loneliest parts of Eng- land has been given a parliame ntary vote by the revising barrister at Brampton, Cumberland. The conser- vative agent said he had visited the place —a farm situated on a fell be- tv en Newcastle and Maltwhistle on the border of Northumberland. Jn an area of 30,000 acres there were only four cottages. The members of this farmer's family had lived in the cottage concerned for 600 years, and tradition sald that the kitchen fire had never been extinguished for 200 years. The clalmant, William Goodfellow, slept in a bedroom eight feet square. He would have to walk fitteen miles to vote. The Liberal agent said he en- deavored to reach this remote spot, and finding the route so difficult and dangerous turned back when he had still twelve miles to travel. He un. derstood a child was at the place who | bad not seen another child for two years.—lLondon Evening Standard. — i Precaution Against Trichina. temperature of about 160 Fahrenheit kills the parasite dr:::: sible for the disease Trichina, or flesh worm, as it is more commoniy known. 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