Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 11, 1913, Page 8

A Story of Intrigue and Love in the Frozen North. By CLARICE ANTON WESTICOTT. “Will you remember me when I am gone, Leona? Tell me!” The tone was masterful. “Perhaps.” The man gave a sbarp exclamation, and catching the girl by the wrist he sald sternly: “Don’t speak that way. When you do it cuts like a knife,” and his other hand fell half-unconsciously upon the hilt of the hunting knife in his belt. “How dare you? You know, Jean Lemare, I bave never told any man that I love him.” “Actions speak louder than words,” the man returned coldly. “Those glorious eyes of yours say yes, when your lips form no. You have listened to my words of love and never turned away.” “They interested me as long as they were different,” the girl returned, mad- deningly. “When you have something new to 8ay, expect me to remember you; but until then I do not care to even Every dollar you deposii in this bank is protected by the Government. The most stringent financial laws in the world apply to National Banks. Government experts watch each transaction. That is why this Bank is so safe. FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Lakeland with his rage and love. Until his de- parture on the following day the spoil- once he had disappeared, she drew a deep sigh of relief. Smiling a little to herself, and yet wondering if he would study something new to say to her when he emerged from the dangers of the unbroken path into the wilderness, she hummed a song he favored, and was so wrapped up in her own thoughts she did mot hear the stealthy step of a man who stole upon her. Small wonder that she did not, for he was skilled in tracking down the wildest kind of game, and hiding his presence from the keen-scented wild things of the unexplored north. The first that she ;| realized that she was not alone was when Leona felt a man’s arms about her, and a man’s mouth pressed to hers; and frightened almost to death JLong.Lifieof}Linen along with good laundry work is what you are looking for and that is just what we are giving. Try us. ing eyes. “You told me to make love differ- ently,” he said, after he had kissed Lakeland Steam Laundry West Main 8t. Phone 130. ‘wmwawmmmm . {in Ounce of PREVENTION Is worth a pound of cure, For that reason it Will Pay Yot To Insure While Fire Insurance can’t prevent the home from [burning down It is the Source whence comes the means for the BUILDING OF IT UP I represent reliable companies. | am dealing ininsurance only. That is my sole business. Successor to the Johnson Agency Yo ll MANN Room 7, Ravmondo Bldg. Phone 30 (3 FOEOHOLOITHOL OHOBOICEIPOROPOIIPOPOFOS LA 31 N W ) < ¥ STATIONERY THE BEST IS NONE 100 GOOD.~ For Answer the Girl Raised Her Face to His. her breathless, “and 80 I have, ) knew no other man has ever held you | in bis arms or taken kisses from your lips. Now I have put my stamp on, you. Iknow you well enough to know | that the man who kisses you will be' your husband, or you will go unwed to your grave. I've staked my life on your love for me, Kill me if you wish,” and he handed her the heavy revolver that kept his knife company in his belt. | The girl's face quivered, her eyes' filled with tears, then waving away' the Proffered weapon, once more she fled, but this time threw back no laughing challenge over her shoulder. | With a heavy sigh, and yet with the light of hopeful love in his face, Jean retraced his steps, and this time fairly | began his long journey. For weeks afterwards, Leona felt her cheeks burn | crimson at the very thought of Jean's | Ir EN~ “iIns kisses, and yet in her heart she was | , for ehe did love him, though ! GRAVED BY HAR(OURI &w- CORBECT" | | hof usr. o Wk tiv ebutt ] mU}'ACTURmG E'fiGRAVEM at restraint. As the days crept on, she ' took pleasure in the thought that she | belonged to this mighty hunter, and she began to plan her future as his wife. Suddenly her happiness was | crushed as the tender verdure beneath the branches of the felled forest tree. | After a day that had seemed unusual. | ly long to her impatience, although ! one of the shortest of the year, she | was sitting in the chimney corner id] v, listening to her father, when some of | his words recalled her to attention. | “T didn’t think that of Jean. He | ought to be ashamed of such a thing " | “What?” Leona asked. “Marrying an Indian girl,” was the | careless answer. i “He never did!' she said fiercely, | her eyes blazing in the firelight. ! The factor nodded his head. “Yes. | Long John says so. Father Acton ! married them at St. Pierre mission, of which she was a comvert. I'p sorry, for 1 never have held to these mized marriages,” and then he caught his daughter as she fell forward. For a week she lay fll, and when , she finally crawled forth into the open | alr she loved s0 well she was lfke one Louisy VLR, KY,U.S.A. .WE ARE, THEIR EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR THEIR EXCLUSIVE LINE. Full|line of Dennison’s Gift Dressings; also Gibson Art Co's Eungraved Specialties, Holiday ang Fancy Goods, loys; Etc. LAKELAND BOOK STORE R. L. MARSHALL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Will furnish plans ard specifications or will follow any plans and SUNGALOWS A SPECIALTY. Lot me skow you some Lakeloud homes I have buils, LAKELAND, Phone 267.Green. FLORIDA SFOLS OF VCTORY listen,” and the trapper was left alone | | ed beauty kept out of his way, and | 8" | convicted, I suggested to the lawyer | | that he plead guilty, | ~London Mail smitten. All her proud, young cour . age was gone. She shunned the trap- pers who flocked to her father’s store, and spent her time out in the woods where Jean had kissed ber maidea lips and held her in his strong arms. Into this retreat no one dared peme- trate, not even Long John Huluu.l He would not give up the secret hope in his heart, and tried to court her, although he said but little. His eyes glowed a red fire that nothing extin- guished. Leona at first scarcely mo- ticed him, then hated:him for the love she saw he bore her, and prevented him from speaking of it until one day when the sun was beginning to feel warm, and she was once more in the woods. Believing herself entirely alone, she began to live over once more the love scene of the fall be- fore, when suddenly Long John stood before her, speaking madly of his' love, and pleading madly with ww| return it. The girl fought like a young tiger. She knew now that he had been & witness to her last scene with Jou.i and it drove her mad with rage. Fi- nally, seeing the bateful, bearded face coming nearer and nearer, she cried aloud for help, and in providential an- swer to her cry it came, for suddenly Long John measured his length on the grass, and she saw Jean like one in a dream. “Come, Leona, sweetheart,” Jean said tenderly, “give me the Wwelcome back I deserve,” and he held out IlllI 'ms. “How dare you?” she gasped. “What will your wife think when I tell her? “What about the Indian girl?” she continued, for the man looked pus- zled. “Indian girl? Oh, you mean the one | found and took to the mission. Why, dear, she is only eleven.” Leona gave a gasp of happiness, and | Long John, crawling to his feet, once more 8aw Leona in Jean's arms, but this time she went of her own accord. “Let him go,” said Jean merrily, as | he watched the tall figure of his late adversary disappearing in the dis tance. “He has lost, Leona, despite the lying reports he circulated, and the spoils of victory are mine, aren't they, dear?” For gnswer the girl raised her face she looked up into Jean's dark, flash. | to his, and thelr lips met for the seo- ond time. (Copyright, 1912, by W, G. Chapman.) AND JUDGE LOST HIS DOG Shrewd Teutonic Reasoning Made Ita Owner the Possessor of a Pet Worth Having. Judge T. F. Mason of Chestaut Hill, Loudon county, Virginta, is telling thoi following story of the workings of the Teutonic mind as exemplified in one of his German-American tenants, “My beautiful setter, Mistress Fay IIL, fell ill a few weeks ago and the veterinarian I summoned from Lees burg warned me that the prize win ner might have hydrophobla., I de termined to take no chances, and started off toward the back of the barn lot with my rifie and Fay, trail ing behind, all unmindful of her com: ing extinction. All at once Adolph Dreisenbach, who rents my river farm, saw what was about to happen; climb ing the fence, he rushed madly acrose the field. He was panting when he caught up with me and he sputtered out the following without stopping to catch a breath: “‘Oh! Chudge Mason, don'd kill dot beautitul tawg! Gif her to me Don'd shood her, Chudge Mason, | beg of you. Ven I was in Deutschland [ learnt all aboud ter hydrophobia. tells you vat I do mit her. I pen her up for nine days and if she don’d got der hydrophobia in nine days she | don'd got it nine weeks, und if she| don'd got id in nine weeks she don’d got it in nine' mont's und every time I vill pen her up und if she don’'d got it in nine mont's she von't got it in nine years, und by dot time, Chudge Mason, der tam tawg vill be dedt any how yet. “The second period, nine weeks, has almost expired and Mistress Fay, as bright as a button and as chipper as a pup, is penned up in Adolph's corn crib, 1 am out one fine ‘tawg.’ And the veterinarian won't speak to me." | Good Grounds for Defense. Floyd Jacobs, assistant prosecuting attorney, tells this story upon a not altogether obscure member of the Jackson county bar: “The lawyer in question had been retained to defend a man charged with assault to kill,” said Mr. Ja cobs, “I looked into the facts care fully and, being convinced that the man was guilty and could easily be throw himself | upon the merey of the court and save the state the expense of prosecuting m. i “*f couldn’t think of it—couldn't' think of it at all—quite absurd, pre- | posteroun—monstrous of the state’'s attorney to suggest such a thing,’ ex- ploded the attorney for the defense. “*Your case hasn’t a leg to stand on —hasn’t the shadow of a defense,’ I protested. “‘We have two excellent grounds, sir—two excellent defenses, either one of which will acquit my client.’ * ‘What are they? i “*An alibl and self-defense, sir}]’ "= | Kansas City Journal. English Cyclist Ran Into & Pox. At an inquest at Windsor on Walter Harman, 21, of Hambledon, the fathee | said his son told him that when he was cycling downhill a fox jumped out of the hedge into his front wheel. | He remembered nothing more until he regained consciousness after lying, he thought, over an hour on the road. ! ['wir e ——— The neckruff of ostrich is an as sured favorite for the fall and winter season. It is worn to best advantage when the hat is trimmed to match. With a world of ostrich fancy feath- ers, plumes and bands of all descrip- tions, it is not difficult to melect a trimming suited to almost any kind of hat. These ostrich neckruffs are made of long-fibred stock, generally, and set close up about the neck. A hat to match, with & drooping brim, or a shape which sets down on the head, merges at some points into the ruff and it is this that makes the effect 80 good when the hat trimming is like the ruff, AAAAAAAAAAA Some very handsome trimmed with long boss One end falls from the hat s: the e back and is thrown arounq 1. Deck, A tiny bow, or a little nose-gay op Jeweled pin fastens the end 1o thy shoulder. Nearly all ruffs are fasteneq with loops and ends of velvet ribhoy Some. times these are long and heavy by this s not usual. Short smar( bowy are just as good. Narrow velvet b bens in rosettes and many falling ends, or narrow satin ribbon of goog quality make equally effective finggh. ings, all depending on the tasts of the wearer. hats gy Ot ostrieh | JULIA BOTTOMLEY, L L TR N —— SMOKE The best Union Made cigar in town. They have stood the test. Sebring, INMAN’S | 5¢c. 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