Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 11, 1913, Page 2

TAGE TWO. ' 2QVOHOFO B0 T QBOEOBCHO ‘OJ’U ‘ 2 SOUVENIRS We have some very heavy Sterling Spoons with a cut of the A, (. of @O OFQE O 0 OP0E D Crady L.EDepot on the handle. Also a nice line Cloisonne and Hand Painted Pins in many styles. H. C. STEVENS Lakeland Jeweler Fla. LACHQAIVIUIVEOIOSGPOH0H 000 - QHOHOFOBOHOIOF X FOFOIOFOHO SOE HOTOHODUEOFOFOFIHOH0HQODTOIO0OCACOCLOO0ODA00ICOCO For The Men 1O OFOBOHO THE : H EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK m1AND, FLA, FEB. 11, 1913 ) OLSE OF GHRS 0ld “Pop” Steifel’s Great Sacri- fice as a Memorial to His Daugi:ter Mina, { By ARTHUR JONES, “Bends?” queried “Pop” Stiefel | scornfully. “Hub! if you fellers wasn't in such a biame hurry to get out of the caissons s0 as to knock off work you wouldia't be in danger of them.” body knew old Stiefel, the foreman of the construction company, as “Pop.” It 18 not often that a German {8 found in charge of a ganz; and when he is he is apt to be a man of authority. Itut everybody revered “Pop” Stiefel beeatise he was known to be a man devoid of fear. that something abnormal was happen- A In fact, the alr pressure had n siight!y lowered and a little silt was drifting In. That in itself was not of the greatest consequence. Probably there was a leaky valve somewhere which lowered the atmosphere tension. had happened before and meant b *only a few hours’ work lost. But this was something different. It was no leaky valve—he saw that now—but a gudden Influx of quicksand, probably propelled by the sudden releasing of the pressure of the dead welght of ,cley that had conflued it in its orig- ; fnal lim Though he was only tifty-five, every- ' its. And it was flowing, not from the south, as it should have flowed, but from the west—from imme- diately beneath the Smith building. “Pop” Stiefel knew what that meaunt. The rotten foundations would simply be swept away Che building, resting ¢n nothing, would collapse as surely as a house of cards falls when the un- dr eards are withdrawn, The sweat poured down hi3 face. | ! “You sce, boyvs,” he would explain Sfeokod rennd hit in agony. Then ’ 2 {to the newceo “them bends 15 . pehed back to the alr lnek and . 4 @ Cut Under two, three, g the chamber with the next { § | four pre g full ot! o cire of re. One mm sy ol O e N 10 ck slow, s waitir nd he was jnst i | = 1or else ¢ots back to one it to i ' . ! pressure them air bubbles hasn't iiun! plueking B | z .bu:h«l yer, and it's zoing to get into !y, by the si “Run ke all you ' 1 o i i ou, maybe.” [ opth, r. and tell 'em the L5 ‘ & as nenrly seientific as was | ¢y building's going to fall!” i g ‘ G | mec ¥ for their comprehension. | ppa man caueht the horrified look L o anxlous to git back to meet! ., the old German's face and turned (5 O ’ that girl of his when the Smith build- [ and obeyed. Then Stiefel turned back Lo ing turns out its people” sald one of | |\, the Jowest chamber again and }he men. | waded through eight Inches of swampy l ARS Everybody knew Bill's girl. Bill! gund | i 1 was the popular sobriquet for Mr.| “Mye minntes!" he muttered. “Five | William Allen, whose uncle was Junior | minutes and she falls. But we'll save 2 P i S partner {u the coustruction company | per!” | R that was sinking its calssons deep into | jjo knew that a slight obstruction or the edge of the East river, adjoining ! orton checks a vast momentum for a 4 A H T ClGAR t CO the Swith building. Allen was quali-| .;ort space of time. And he, with his! w,‘ . . . Az . fying for an engiucer by learning the | | 4 1 body—what better purpose | ! practical details of the work. Miss! ¢4 he serve? o he sat down heav- ' } | o Elizabeth Strickland was employed in | i)y in the mud, which reached almost (‘ | Lakeland| Florlda . | the Smith build'ug, a Iiflll‘e ,':lr""' ! to his armpits. A8 he did 8o he be- iy 1 gtory structure oon to be pulled down i caume conscious that the quivering ! 290 Blue. 5 ’b('r‘.lu:w of nd general deerepi- 3 temporarily halted, like A G O3 momo&womowwiowwmowwmmm f““" it v, 8 rarel “"’“”“" UL e o meeting a breakwater. ing to worl did 50 Miss Elizabeth | 7he pipnling surface undulated away R o seated at ber desd beside a Window | jrom him: then slowly it erept round ' wtiaf‘w%immmmWQWSM‘lO'i’O‘ OIQFOLOHL L0 | on (he top story. and looking out to | and upeard. fut he had saved a min wave her hand to Lill. Pop™ Stiefel, And a @ meant the margin | -~ L W.2P. Pillans & . i PHONE 93 a L d ko b Cream Cheese, cake 10¢ \ Pimento 10¢ Piconto 10¢ Yind Dill Pickles dozen 20¢ Sour Pickles, dozen 10¢ W1 R 4 i Sweet Pickles, quart e 3 OIOH0w0F OHOLOBOSDIOEO ORGSO 10 ist as most Teutons | are, was onc almost In tears, though he stoutly attributed his con- ditlon to the onion which his landlady had placed in his lunch basket that morning. “Say, you fellers- -when [ see a nice girl like Miss Strickland and a fine young feller like that feller Bill, it sort { the sentinn foti The Quivering Mass Was Temporarily | of his Furoy B tween desith and safety. tHe looked at his watch minutes,” he said. “Five. let her come!™ And the mass rosc to his neck and gulped his watch and the hand that held it, and lapped at his chin and nostrils. The old man tilted back his head to breathe. “She looked like Mina,” he muttered, as though in extenuation of his sacrifice. And suddenly he saw Mina beside him, i her arms outstretched, a look of in- effable love in her eyes. “Mina!” he mumbled thickly. “I'm coming, my dear!” And the lapping sands no lon- ger oppressed him, nor the mud waves that now surged over him. 12 by W, G (Capvrip I‘Vnpmm\ DULL TIME FOR ROYAL CHILD Heir to the Throne of Russia Knows Very Little of the Genuine Joys of Boyhood. The czarevitch cannot look back up- on the jors of early life in the way that most children born to a throne are In a position 10 do. Nor will any can ecolleagues envy the crown prinee of Russin From the day of his birth the little prince was put under the care of a Cossack guard. who is held answerable “Four 'k Good. Now | | [ f with ln~ hf for the safety of his . soldier never leaves the he <loone in the anteroom of { his bedehony he room is loctod That a viof hills wonld at a tonh p communicste with the | Tvo & i porad fth bedroom door and wes fur | ther on 12 another ‘ nrd [ Little Al four yenrs old be ’ fore his eves {ell on anv sight bovor his owr 'n bonnded by wall of a4 courtyard He did not ev nl: othor ehiliren do. for whils l ! \nnd of a lady in waiting POHOP IOQ Halted K A Snap For Guick Saie, cres | "‘ T Ol \ ; As fine land as there is in ;'ml‘un,..,'\ and a aif g pyeu h ' mile from stetion; 60 @ res under good wire fence; # }:\H (HIOK= e a2 ettt i, 30 acres cuitivated; 123 durge bearing orange trees. ? L #lone, 1 otia Ao Aok oiton f' 200 grapetrwit trees, budded, 4 yvears old; 30 acres & |make now f ¥ hl‘( [nl timber; 10 acres choice hammock lard cov o ““ tm 8 ke ¢ ! \ 1 =% J y G * | mung ! Btd ercd with oak: 10 acres good muck land, 5 !rotten “old S i The first man with $2.200 cash gets this bargain, $ :x.:';! Yos f ) rotten - rott ; another 82000 to be paid in one, two and three vears. § ang Tl 3 3 B Act quick as this wili not last, ¥ | contractor must bave ot gt/ N i on the mud of the river 1 1 ik Call or write ; ain’t one inch of coney 1o 1 or - & | felers, Avllf hH-U"“', Fy THE ALEX. HOLLY REALTY CO., Lakeland, Fia ¢ | vaneca it ¢ | from the way them fon is 0000900000000000000 JEOHOSDEOHIFOFOFOFOOPIoe | twisted, she falls plumb g 7‘ s w2 _{ river, like a house of ¢: 1t i 19 *- &_; you say nothing to Bill." ] : '?’,: Miss Elizabeth alvavs waved 3 w .;I i coming hand to i n a e d? ] would have dic. for her She ha ‘,fi i} whispered to him, before anybody clse | A was told, the seeret of her engagement ‘\ !f ’ to Allen, and had told him § | : SUCCCSSOI’S to D. F“'flhum consider himself a privilezed guest at 218-220 S. Florida Ave. Phone 33 Dealers in Grain and all Kinds of Feed Stuff. Country Produce Bought and Sold Call and See Us Before Placing Your Orders Elsewhere. All Kinds of Feed Stuff a Specialty. N R R S I SR T | (P TR All Kinds of Fancy and Heavy Groceries, Hay, the little bunsalow which was b ing built for them out on Long Island She reminded “Pop™ more than ever o! Mina. He went away, wining the tears out of his eves. Softhearted and stout of soul. Stiefel was eyag geratedly German, from his bluchers to his spectacles and his thateh of iron-gray hair. He had gone down in the cafscon Under several pressures of atmos phere the men were pusling the grea shield forward. scooping cut the soft cheese-like clay of the river bank and sending up the debris the gang’s hour was ended ol ::icfo] re mained down alone. He wanted to in- spect those Swith building foundations again. He had been worrying about them. Three months remained before the old, condemned building was to be closed. Of course it was not likely that within three months they would give way. They must have been rot- ten for fifty years; three months made little difference. .sndde Stlefel became conscious Wihen | he was in the sand or running hont only companion, th son of a ladv in waiting, other ehil dren were running aboent garden (o dist security donhlyv sack gnarded 1! Roesia, vhile a anlated ¢ ones An Enclish tntor entered upon th serviee of the crarovitch when he was seven years old. bnt all lessons are | done in the presence of the Cossack Friedbor: was the first place the little boy saw it aciine as his ghosts and nother part of the tttention and make His own Cos imnerial child o second Cossack guar ity over the other litt) 4| ontside his own secluded plaveround later he beheld the eronnds of the im { perial residence. and from the decke Was 10} of the Standart his eyes greeted the Raltie On one occasion only was the son of of the czar at a military reception and the precautionary measnres adopted were of the strictest kind. The ezar and czarina have tried *o prevent anv possible risk of their child being pois- oned. attacked or Fidnaped He eats nothing until it has been examined by his own special “taster’ who makes trial of every dich hefore it appears on the table —Neues Wiener Journal. Tough Luck. “Why so disconsolate > “T've such a fine formula for getting | rid of red ants” pouted the bride. “Well?” “And I have no red ants to get rid of."—Louisville Courier-Journal. Often the Case. | | ! The Fat Man—What line are m' in? The Bearded Man—I'm manufactur- ing a safety razor. What's yours? The Fat Man—I put up an antifat —— =¥ preparation.—PhHaleiphia Bulletin, f]he flome of m SCHAFENER & 8 5] L B oz~:~=o : COOOCONN0VVOVTOACDIGOVOLDOVGOQOVD0V &0¢ § g iy/ Clothing We are getting in every ¢, oif Spring Line, so if you wan 00d nobby suit, see us, as tmis is ¢, store in tewn that keeps t!A\rz-, We have alto reccive( line of ;Hats, Shoes, Shirts and Onyx Sock L ATl CW < The Hu :JOSEPH LeVAY 118 Kentucky Avenue Lekelond NIRRT Ny ——eran s Where Can You Get Then? Here at this drug store., If the doct you need a certain instrument or applia: right to this store— we have it. Red Cr’oss Phermic Phone 89 Quick T 34 ¥ sl o Fm Al hinds of REAL EST/ See US For RCSELALE erc l‘iH ——— Ccen & Bryant Building Lk FOEOIO DO 1EDIOIOI0EOI0 The Model | Hardwer: Just reccived car load of “ELC l} Wire; Fencing snd a car lcad f *¢ BathiRocm Fixtues. Give us a ¢ be convinced that our prices are r'¢’ A complete stock of Builders’ Sm : always on hand. All Plumbing and 17" ning Guaranteed. New stock of I’ é ware and Furniture. : The Model Hardware (0 PHONE 340