Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 29, 1913, Page 6

PAGE SIX. THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK F 'In the . need money fo play with e Long Life of Linen along with good laundry work is what you are looking for and 1.0 is just what we are giving Try us. t ) ! } Lakeland Steam Laundry Phone 130. West Main St. GTOIOB0EQIOT0OIOBOHIIOHOPO O2OBOBOBOEO An Ounce of PREVENTION Is worth a pound of cure. For that rewson it Will Pay Yot To Insure | E While Fire Insurance can't prevent the home from SPPPP LALTSLES 1B LGS TP PP EIPP T oIpy - burning down f{ It is the Scurce ¢ hence comes the means for the BUILDING OF IT UP I represent reliable companies. | am dealing ininsurance only. That is my sole business. Y l MANN Successor to the Johnson Agency ® . Room 7, Ravmondo Bldg. Phone 30 IO POE 'rwmm*m @ WHEN RNISH YOU @& THE BEST IS NONE T00 GOOD-~ 2225 HAROUKT&Q0. 25 GRAVED BY CORRECT" MANUFACTURING ENG RAVERS LOUISVILLE, KY,U.S.A. WE ARE THEIR EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR THEIR EXCLUSIVE LINE. Full line ot Dennison’s Gift Dressings; also Gibson Art Co's Engraved Speciaities, Holiday and Fancy Goods, loys, Etc. LAKELAND BOOK STORE, R. L. MARSHALL CO‘\TRACTOR AND BUILDER Wil nd specifica! . sty tpcciflention ! i plers oxw ¢ will follow wny plans sad {arnished SUXGALCWE © STLCIALTY int ®e 3807 you ome Laiciond Lomes I kave bui, LARELISG, Phonc 267-Green. FLORIDA back to the town together. was a fhort one and they separated on | Jim boarded at the were hachelors. farm situnted on a sunny slope, but | His | I the arrangement was satisfactory. liked the { seemed as though it would make Mttlo | difference | married his house done first!"” cause : the jeweler, who had {iER THD SUITGHS Accepted on Certain Con- ditions. By HAMILTON POPE GALT. *RBill Summers and Maria Wilkes are going to get married this fall,” said the tall slim young man in a wistful voice. “Well, it is of no use for anybody to ask me to marry him until he has a nice house to put me in,” replied the queenly blonde. “If a man wants to marry me let him build a nice house and then come and ask me.” The short, fat man on the opposite side of the piazza steps cleared his throat. “Supposing I was to build a swell new house and then came and asked you, would you marry me?" he asked. The tall, slim young gentleman stared. Proposing to a girl right in the pres- ence of a rival was enough to startle any man' Y I aui i t But the slim gent'eman held his OJ r('qu‘re money lf you are hof lgfe neace He just watched the golden ail the eni a i of life. curls that the cvenine breeze waved at 22 ‘“l the Lnlo},mvnt pOSSlble our £ him. The wind had a chance to do Only a bank account will help you to that these emiuei 1 111 icks ot on | plcasurc. A very small sum will open hair, ut It waved the shiy when i e field & t i t | 1 ; 1 o0unt K¢ tered the s of ors whieh had fl aceouns at THIS ban‘\. been d watered, and it conspired with the n mwoecn to make a man yearny lfin- :u':! romantie, The rhort, fat g cleared his | £ throat and r d his question. This I time the girl -1 1 him, "‘ “Yes. | think perhaps 1 would, Jim.” At this the =l you man cleared |« throat and put the same question ._f Lakeland “Well, T dou't know but what [ would, Sam* The three sot =till on the porch, saying little arter thig, until Molly in- timated that it was tiwe for her luo. suitors to depart. The two men walked along the road The walk ho outskirts ‘Good-night, Sam,” said the stout young man. “Good-night, Jim,” said the slender one. Sam boarded at the St. Charles. Both Sum had a beautitul | 10 had never buflt a house on fit. yrother had inherited the house with 1is portion Jim also owned a As ong as the farms were near the vil- ge and the owners were “hm!\r"ed As far as anyone could tell two men equally. Molly It really to her which suitor she The day after she They They tel iphed for lumber in suf- ficlent quantities to build a house. The agent told it around town “She will marry the one who gets everyone said, Some thought it would he he was a better worker: sthers suid it wonld be wis the artest Sam be- but sm Poskins the tailor excited as Lo was cut did not know whe extra dozen short { dozen long tail shins, And in the midst of the excitement a carload of lumber arrived. Only one o order an carload. It was Jim's lumber! Sam burned the wires to find out what had become of his car and learned that his order had been coun- | termanded. That night when the two suitors met on the lady’s porch Sam accused Jim of countermanding his order, and there was quite a scene. Jim bitterly denied having done such a trick, and threat ened that Sam would have to prove ft if he made any more assertions like that. Then Sam apologized and sald he was only too glad to believe that Jim had not done such a measly trick, and the two shook hands This part of the proceedings was | talked of around town for days. It was suggested that the countermanding | was done by somebody who expected | to profit more from Jim as a groom than from Sam. Suspicion pointed to once fixed a| watch for Sam in such a way that Sam would never patronize Lim again Jim offered to wait for Sam's car to arrive 80 they could start even But Sam sald no, all was fair in love, and he stood around and watched Jim un- loading the car. He cven Jumped in and helped him Then Sam's lumber came, and Jim had to turn in and help Sam because | & raln came up, and there was some i danger of the lumber warpi ng if posed to the weather By the time the s two men were able t even terms. ex- vas over the L 1o work on nd tuck noor Jim ¢ which ior 5 as com- except for the rst trips Jim t le admir plete One of the to Sam’s house much and was manly enough t pliment Sam and congratulate Inxu. ok was it very com- That night Sam’s new house burned to the ground. Once was more JLAND, FLA., JAN uOth Pro'mse Swn Day. and Are Palace hotel. | f beautiful farm ' which had no good house on it. declared herself | | the two men met at the depot were bent upon sending a telegram Jim becanse he ! s fanciod | tail wedding | | iorinm hirts or an extra | was under suspicion, but an fin- | zution settled the fact that the | had been struck by lightning. : house was of course not insured, vitw total loss. utosq oW im trust or torest fires or both, sum bad to stand around tor a and wateh Jim., went ahead with his house. He put a faney little cupola on it that every one suid was “just too sweet.” Even the lady, the beloved of Sam and Jim, went into ecstacies over it, and clapped her pretty hands wisttully. From this, and other little things in her manner, Sam saw that Jim’s house was a triumph, and that it had thrown the balance in his rival's favor for ever That night he did not want to sit upon the porch with Jim and Molly. He knew that he was not wanted. That was the night of the dreadful storm’ It was the heaviest rain storm. that the valley had ever known. tusiness was suspended the next day. Everyone went over the country to see the damage wrought—the land- slides, the dreadful gullies, and the property washed away. Sum hurried out to take a look over arm, and overtook Jim and Molly +ir way to look at their future They joined Sam for a look his farm. hold! | |t [ i Lut | | | beautiful, | They were paralyzed and | farm stood a indowed, and semi-goth. |4 e house of the most approved no it was oll complete, and al- ) i i right j whe had j ! a sitaneely tamiliar look. n e d ut Molly, and Molly at Jim wde a wry lit i It wes evig that she vould have to 1 three pic! roway along nd ceie up close + house for a more thorough inspec It was cer- ainly complete. It was even furnish- l(l iiey walked through the front door, into the hall. The hall led into ai coztly furnished parlor, and the parlor | into a dining room. Fkrom the dining | ,rootn they strolled into he km.hen The kitchen was furnished with all | Tth was necessary in the way of do- ! ‘mvsliv happiness. for besides every- I thitg in the way of utensils, there was | | & dainty, domestic blue-aproned | | housewife Whose wife? ' She blughed painfully when the three entered Why, Annie Boggins!™ {lunging forward and grasping her {hand. “Where did you come from?" I slipped down hill last night,” ex- pluined the lictle lady “And | don't | (sec how I am ever goinz to get my house up again on my ov'n land.” Jim and Molly stepped outside and ' gazed In wonderment at the slippery i puth down which the Widow Boggins' house had come the previous night. ! cried Sam, ! it I hud scen the house some place” said Jim. ! “1 thought witches had done ft!"” declared Molly Meanwhile, Sam was busy talking to i Mrs. Poggive teliing her he had loved she had married Phil | rening that the fates ! lier to him, and he was 1o let her go her even bofore Boggins had bro not going: Ann: md t us’ answers to Sam's ar- | fruments were blushes and stammer- ings, and 1 did net convinee Sam that his o nts were poor ones | By way of suwent ho l‘lssed’ her on the check v While t ere diseussing the mat- ng, Jim and Molly at the land- 1 was explained " laushed Jim, man that wakes up in possession of a house with a wire!” | NOT A PREMEDITATED ACT Duke of w.ulngton Was Satisfied Burning of Moscow Was the Result of Accident. It seems that we have always some- thing new to learn about the great men of the past. The celebration of the centennial of the battle of Boro- dino in Russia tempts a writer fa the London Times to reproduce a y.°vate letter describing a conversation with the duke of Wellington. The duke sald he was quite convinced that the burning of Moscow was the resu't of ! aceident and not of design and he of- | tered to show how it was done. He | took a doily in his hand and twisted it hard into a sharp point, and while he was doing it he said: “Every sol- | dler carries an ofl-rag much of this size and shape for wiping his pan after he has fired, and, 1 am sorry to say, when a town is taken, they too commonly proceed to plunder They | light these rags for flambeau. and go |down to the cellars and vaults to |search for hidden plate and other | treasures. When they find candles or 'better torches they throw away thelr oil-rags, without taking time to ex- tinguish them, and a more likely act to set fire to a city mostly built of houses of wood can scarcely be im- agined. It was so when | was at St. Sebastian, and 1 am quite satizfieq that Moscow was burnt in this man. ! ner ‘It isn't m'or_\'; the morning in furnished even | —F!— ?Fi an icr._ f i wore T et | The Sanitary Market | el on a very | income. He js a | 8 E street oo fn e euslor o the 8 Florida and Western Meats of All Kinds and earns $12 4| week. Recently when ha left for an- other overseas journey he took $146 with him. There was | ze in lumber just at that i to the formaiion of a lum- ! £0 | v | | | We Won’t Sacrifice Quality but we are always studying how t Increase The Quantir We give the “most now but we are anyio more. Phone us and prove it Thy “l v Best Butter, per pound ceseceameies teaias 1) Sugar, 16 pounds ...... ... S e e i Cottolene, 10 yound pails. . . cov.vme vun.e. ... ) Cottolene, 4-nound pails hlemsi i Snowdrift. 10-v0unl pails ... .. S ¢ 3 cans family size Cream....... ....ccu.... i 8 cans baby size Cream......... et ] 1-2 barrel best Flour. ... AR R “ q 12 poands best Flour. ... .. Picnic Hams, per pound . Cudahy's Uncanvassed Hams. Octagon Soap, 6 for. .. Ground Coffee, per pound il 5 gallons Kerosene .. i E. G. Tweedei! 1 i 2] R I crcommen o ms s eamemmectosrasss ! % ] i BLUNT 5c. CIGAR l The best Union Made cigar in town. They have stood the test. Sebring, Florida The Town of Beautiful Location The Town of s The Town of Opportuniry lnqnin About It At Roon l hmndo Bldg., L.kemd flor‘dl C. D. M'CAIN, MANAGER. Telephone 309. [ WHITE STAR MARKET D. A. HENDERSON G. P. CLEMMONS Proprietor Manager Corner Florida & Main Phone 279 e Fresh Vegetables 4 Mother’s Bread