Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 18, 1912, Page 9

THE FVENING TELEGRAM, LAKEL AND, FLA,, DEC. 18, 1912, PAGE NINB \ T()\l\l() FIFI ] \I AR | ‘l\ { ncer Sion in Norre l o of “white” in the | dicates a vicious na- ioh tempered horse abeut, apprehensive ring to do wmischief. 1 of the eyeball in op- exposes an unusual- of the white, which .n evidence of the tem- ual. Had No Time, “Why doesu't Jobez Joues go to vork and get presjeron “Because,” replied the loyal triend., “lie's a pa- triot who never nczleets his duty as a citizén. He has been a member of the petit jury thre: times, a member of the grand jury *wice, a dclegate to four conventions and has gone un- resisting to the legislature frequently, What time has he to himsel{?" D3 | | | | | | ‘.'*.»00000000000000 osedale 1o lots are the best lots now on the market, lceated so % | § P OCCOO0000OC00000000CY center of the city. '« will continue to offer them at the origiral price wade one .20 until Dec. 15, when the price will be advanced 20 per R if you are thinking of buying a lot near n any time in the @ o S tire, vou had better see us ay once, or you will mist a gold- pportunity and regret it. Where Can You Get Them? flore at this drug store. I the vou need a certain instrument or appliance come right to this store— we have it. docter savs —————— . s - A el B M ot T W S Red Cross Pharmacy Phone 89 ¥ Quick Delivery 0O FIPOPOPOLOFOTO MWO“M’O"O«‘O«’0.0‘“O 0 CLEAN GOODS AT ALL TIMES S an Goldencrisp Potato Chips 10c Mapl Corn and Wheat Flakes 10c Post-Tavern Special 10 and 20c Buckwheat, Rye. Graham and Pan Cake Flour. P g I T RPN e L S s 4 Pure Food Store W.P.Pillans & Co.--“Ask tha Inspector” &Mommmm QHOFOFOLOHIPOFOFOFUIIOE0S T R R - - R | O 10O ‘3»04'Q*O@O*&O&O'SOEWO*MMOWW@OW&O@OGO %2 COPYRIGHT 1912 - WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION. OWN the long, gray country road an au- tomobile came whizzing ahead of a cloud of dust that rolled away behind it like smoke from a bomb. In the middle of the road half a dozen tur- keys were ccngre- gnted, long of neck, Iorg of limd, fat of . body, juicy, tempt- ing—basking in the fall sunlight, Sud- denly there was a rattling gobble from the horn of the machine, an answering gobble from the throats of the turkeys, a cloud of feathers in the air and the man at the wheel passed on with a backward grin at the fowl as it lay fluttering by the wayside, “One more gobbler gathered to the eternal roost,” he chuckled. From out of the long grass that fringed the wayside a man arose, lean and hungry, and stood looking at the still kicking victim., Then he drew a huge, old-fashioned silver watch from his pocket and glanced at it, “Just dinner time, and 1 haven't had a taste of a turk in a year. Guess this is my lueky day,” he soliloquized. Then he picked up the bird and start- ed for the brook near by. He seated himself by the bank and commenced dressing his find, tossing handfuls of feathers to the winds, feeling of the plump body with grins of satisfaction. Then all at once he lovked up. A sour faced man with a big star on his coat was standing over him, “Come with me,” he command- ed. “To where?” grunted Hobo Jim. “To the place where all turkey thieves should go—to the coop.” “But I didn’t steal this bird—" Jim began, then stopped short, He was staring into the open countenance of a disagreeable looking revolver and he dropped his prey, “All right. I'll go,” he said, sullenly, . L] . L] Night had smothered the country- side and from out of it the snow was | “Come With Me,” He Commanded. | coming down in hard, frozen particles like sifted sands. Across the fields the wind came nipping like a sharp | toothed terrier, and Hobo Jim glanced | anxiously about through the gloom He had been released from the “coop” only that day after two months of con finement for having been caught with ! . & dead turkey in his possession, and | " he shivered a bit beneath his thin clothes as he hurried along the lone | road. To make matters worse he was hungry, broke and friendless, and tn‘ be hungry, broke and friendless upon | Christmas eve i8 hard enough luck | for any man. Then as he pecred, he saw through the darkness of the road-! side a glimmer of light that twinkle d‘ before his eyes like a great star of | hope and he paused with his gaze fast- ened wistfully upon it l With a caution grown of long ex- perience he passed quietly to the back { of the building and peered through an | window. He could see into the dining | | room from here, and as he gazed and sniffed at a crack deep within him his| stomach began clamoring like a fam- { Ished wolf pack, for within dn,m\ | feet of him was a table piled ]n h with ' good things to eat, while about it thvu gorged family »still sat uibbilug. | . “There is enough left for a dozen | Junches, and still things to throw | away,” he muttered as his eyes roved over the board. Much encouraged by the sight he stretched forth his knuckles in a timid tap, then putting on his most woebegone face stood ! awaiting his fate with a heart that fluttered anxiously. before it peering into the darkness. | hesitated [ the yard with feet that fell as softly | | was no laden table door and tried the | . | was not locked and he entered with | the stealth of a panthar, the FLill of doubting smiles until you reach of otherlgu fes! i “make-—you—und: g whisper, you count A afar, have seen m twinkle of a star; you hcar th jingle and the clatter of song of gladness as they galop o 1 How far is it to Christmas? It's away—for all I know, alread %% and hold the day; it has to every little heart. tlon to run you in again upen suspl-! tien. Get out of here, thief.” “But 1 didn’t steal that bird-- whined the caller. Then he mu;«d suddenly, for once more he wis staring . into the mouth of that same unpleas- ant looking revolver, “Oh, T'N go all right,” he added hastily, | Up the road he went hurrying, an- | gry, disappointed, hungrier and cold- er than ever, In the bottom of a pock- | old-fushioned watch ¢ lay ticking and his fingers closed about it fondly, It was his only pos- seesion of slightest value, vears ago it had been given upon a Christmas eve—twenty years warmtih his big, to him ago in the days of his boyhood, und :u woman and a sick boy to f le had carried it with him fncessantly |t throughout all his wanderings. I sup- | pose | could get the price of a meal and a bed from that old ticker,” he; mused, then his jaw set. “But l' wouldn't part with it for its weight in| greenbacks, Tt 16 the last thing she ever gave me, and I'll hang on to lt if 1 hang for doing it. I'll beg, starve ! — yes, or help mysell when nobody is | looking before Ul part with it.” He shoved it deeper into its place and! hent forward against the wind, | I"ive minutes later he again |mu~'ml": siddenly, By the wayside another light was shining, and with a quick| glance up and down the rond he stood ! listening, Nothing eame to his ears| hut the low growl of the wind and he no longer, Sneaking into a8 the snowllakes themselves he once more peered through a window. There! here, but Instead ! he saw a bed upon which lay a white faced boy with a woman close heside! him. He put his ear to the pane .mn(‘ listened. It was not long before he | { learned that the two were almu-‘ in the house, anrd at that good m-\m' 1oLo Jim smiled anprovinely, e passed quickly to the kitchen lutch. The door | A spare bed room with door ajor was adjoining, and forming his plans as he sneaked along Jim crept within, [Here, in the | durkness, he would hide beneath the | bed, wait until all was still, and then | in the early morning hours fill his stomach and pockets from the pantry | {ow far is it to Chris Land of Dreams, wher¥ arg the lay, valleys and the ever-sii t's faf oeday,dnd nea'zgg "i&is x9{%@":@:1—0}: e stand? try to bring imear,eriuq, ndre B lready you have}:d‘éh i is not set apart, but sends m blessedisunshine AT TR i*‘*?‘f i cine, » of the medicine was a very important {hour all had been still a8 a cavern, l(mmnusl\ silently, Jim backed out of ot where he had plunged a hand for his lair and rising to his feet stood 1 ‘er room he could see Twenty 'Ment. Lakeland Lodgp l\n 91, F. & A { M. Regular communications heid om P t s across the sccond and 4th Mondays at 7:30 p. hlfl m. Visiting brethran cordially in- treams, a fi 3 | vited J. L. LOVE, W. M alopf? the 'roam fib J. F. WILSON, Socy the der 0" md Lakeland Chapter, R. A. M. No. ¢ 29 meets the first Thursday night in N | each month in Masonic Hall. Visit- there. ing companions welcomed. €. G. ttleiellow, ca Arendell, Sec'y.; J. F. Wilson, H. P. lie awake mf rount the days; na dvaned‘iv S, Palm Chapter, 0. E. 8. mects every second and fourth Thursday uignis 4 of each month at 7:30 p. w. Mra 3 Flora Keen, W. M., Lucie F. B. a g-(.al" (%} ’0” Eaton, Secy. pproaching s ¢l Lakeland Camp No. G0, Ve Ul b meets every second and fourts Thure- day night. Woodmen Clircle frst o third Thursdays. W. J. Estridge, ‘ouncil Commander, Mrs. Sallie Seip- Guardian of Circle. the’ hoo 1 K. OF P Regular meeting every Tuesday at 7:30 at 0dd Fellows Hall. Visit- ing members always welcome. F. D. BRYAN. Chancellor Commander. A M. ACKSON, Secretary G.1L A toB of L E no time nor eason; it "’L\ "‘"“—\_ and the proper administration matter to the sick one. “That's kind of tough on the kid,” thought the : . “hobo from his hiding place. But it Orange Blossom I).lv. No 495 ‘was no fault of his and anyway he|G. 1. A. to B. of L. k. meets every gecond and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 2:30 p. m. Visiting Sisters always welcome MRS. J. C. BROWN Gec'y Mrs. J. B. HOGAN, Pres had troubles enough of his own. Midnight came, and for the last By the dim light from the mh the pantry. | [ Then he gave a snort of disappoint. There was not enough upon the barren shelves to fill one corner of his hollow stomach, and here were eed off of It was disgusting. Slipping meres Iy a crust of bread into his pocket he crept out again. From whore he stoed he could see the interior of the dimly lighted room bo)und and curiosity arose within "him. With the tread of a prowling fox he stepped to the threshold and wlert. Grand Ordes of Eagle: Meets every Wednesday night 8 |0dd Fellows hall. & 'W. Row'and, president; W. B. Hicks, secretary. POST 33, G. A. R. Meets the first Saturday in cvery month at 10 2. m. at the home of J. M. Sparling on Kentucky avenue A O SHAFPER, Commander J. R TALLEY, Adjutant Blnora Rebekah Lodge Noo & I meets every second and fourth Mon- | day nights at 1. 0. O. . hall. Vis Ling brothers and sisters cordially in- vited, MRS. MRS, JULIA FRENCH, N. G . 1. ROBERTSON, Sec — lLake Lodge No. 2, 1.0.0. F. Umicets Friday nights at 7:30, at |} 0. 0. I Visiting brothers i L cordially invited. 1. M. SMAILES, Sec. T. . ROBERTSON, N. G. hal! are 'SLALED PROPOSALS FOR A FIRE- PROOF HOTEL, LAKELAND, FLORIDA U1 SEALED BIDS will be received by NSy : M O M. Clayton, Cashier of the " 4 National Bank of Lakeland. * Florida, up to TEN O'CLOCK A M i JANUARY o, 1913, and then pub- 3 licly opencd by the owners for the Levection and completion of a five Slid the Watch Into the Stocking. story and basement fire-proof hote: to be built ar Lakeland, Florida Copies of drawings and specificy | tions can Le seen at the office of the peered around the corner. The boy was slecping now, while beside the, ')od the woman was sitting with head and sllently steal away. Instinct told drooped forward as worn out from him that the woman would sleep be- ' her long vigll she had fallen asleep in | slde the sick boy and he had llmoltlu, midst of her watching. fear of being discovered. And what if | he gazed at their tired faces there he was—with a lone woman and a|came to Jim a picture of many long helpless kid as his only bar to escape! ! | vears before, a picture of when he Noiselessly he crept beneath his | had been a boy and sick as this one And as| The door opened and a man stood | | shelter and lay listening. Through the etillness their voices came to him In murmurs. It had beea a bad year for the two in the next room, a year of privation and want, and the morrow would be the hollow- est mockery of any Christmas that had ever come to them; a day when | a skeleton would preside at thelr board and hunger be an unwilled guest. Patiently the woman was ex- plaining to the sufferer, telling him | that she feared that this year Santa | Claug would pass him by without stopping. But the boy was unbeliev- u)g. “Santa Claus does not forget. Hang up my stocking, please,” he told her, and Jim heard her sigh as she crossed the room to obey him. Then as the warmth of the house came stealing softly over him Jim's eyelids fluttered and closed, the last thing he remembered hearing being the woman’s voice as it began read- ing to the sick one. “More blessed to give than to re- ceive—" But Hobo Jim was now sleeping. He was awakened and raised his head a trifle as he listened. There had been an accident In the room, a serlous accident as he soon gathered, | for through some misfortune clock had been knocked from the And as the lamp light from within fell upon the hobo's cringing form, the | tace of the one upon the threshold | darkened until it matched the night. | “So it 18 you—sneaking around here | er had the means of telling when it I and looking for more of my turkeys,” ho sald threateningly. “I have a 0o 4—————_—_4 mantle and now lay a ruin upon the floor. It was the only timeplece they had, and the woman was worrying over it considerably, for she no long- was time to give the boy his med!- now was, when a woman had sat be-| architects at Ocala, Florida, the office of the First National Bank @i Lakeland, Florida, on or aftes December 16, 1912, Copies of the plans and speciflca- tions may also he obtained from the avchitects by depositing for each set or a' the ! side him the long nights through giv- |, (opritied check for twenty-five doi- ing him his medicine and ministering ', K. e arhitects. A chienk to him as she read—what was it she e l‘ " '.'" 4 5 had read? Yes, he remembered now. TRlisy COURIY o 54 ' “Mor~ blessed to give than to re- '!™M* 1l to the bidders after each set tor Pe- celve.” That was it. He had newr of drawings and specifications have had a gres' deal of confidence in boen returned in good condition te these wor. . «nd had never tried them tie architects. out, still he "ad sometimes !houghty that one day .1e would put them to ! the test. But he had never had enough for himself, let alone others, while ! ! now—his eyes fell upon the stocking hanging from the mantle and a queer | look came creeping over his face.| Whale Whips Five Crews. They certalnly were In tough luok,! The largest whale ever captured 18 tougher luck than he was in himself, ' that vici:ity was caught in Fred Pe- and the smashing of the clock had ' pez' fish nets, near Santa Cruz. Five been bad business. For a full m’“"launchea tried to tow the monster te ute he stood blinking at them, them | the pler without success. Nets ant for the second time that night ho‘mpeq breke and the task was abaw chuckled as his hand wandered 1nto | doned. The whale was fifty fret long his one good pocket. Then he withs drew it, and stretching forth a long) arm slid the big silver watch Int0| gy prentstoric Man—"“Then you the hanging stocking. i don’t approve ot cook & and manuad Along the black road Jim went| training in the schoole®” Second Pre hurrying, hunger gnawing at his stom- | higtoric Man—"1t's a shameful waste ach, the teeth of the wind sharper| o¢ the tax payers’ money. That daugh- ! than ever, In one hand he held the | er ot mine has had two years of it crust of bread and now and then he | 5,9 she can't fry a dinosaur fit to eat: | bit at it savagely. “More blessed 10 | \(yjje my son, who has been at it just give than to receive.” He laughed a8 | 5o jong has carved a club that 1 he buttoned his coat around his throat | w,u1an't trust to black the eye of & and bent further forward agalnst the | yopy mammoth "—Puck gale. i . - “I dunno—I dunno, but anyway I've tried it out at last. Only thing I'm ysorry for is that I won't see that sick kid’s face when he finds that old ticker in the morning.” The owners reserve the right reject any or all bids. McIVER & MacKAY, 12-11-t-1-6 Architects The First Kicker. Reversing the Order. “I gay, Wombat, why did you marr> such a bridge flend?’ Same old fock tsh story, Wallaby. 1 married her -3 reform her."—Kansae Cty Journal