Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 14, 1913, Page 2

- - 004 +OFOHF0 O FOFOEFOIOEQ IO O FOPOADFOPOFOIOHOFCAOFOEO & SOUVENIRS We have some very heavy Sterling Spoons with a cut of the AL C. LEDepot on the handle. Also a nice line o Cloisonne and Hand Painted Pins in many styles, Lakeland SOPDIOFOFOFOHOHIHOBEDHOHOLEHROLOOOOICOO00CORNCO0000 For The Men%fi A.H.T. | CIGARS AN T ClGARz’f Lakeland, Florida 200 Blue. 020 B0 B OBOBOBO OGS om.gmmom 2OFOBPOIOIOLOIOBOIOHC CO. IO OO0 OROSOT DEIEDI IO 1§ 004 4 0POHIVIOIOFCIOBO DT Cakes! We have putin a full line of Steel-Drake Baking Co. Cakes. Lady, Marble, QH O3 QFO OPOFOBO QPO LOPOPO | bands, | tion. i But then of conr (¥ RAM, LAK: b . FEB. 14, 1913 —_— e (:ORIEX OF GURLICK Strange Diagnosis of a Prospec- tive Bridegroom’s Complaint by a Supposed Doctor. By GEORGE MUNSON. Three months before his marriage { Charles Bannon began to put in over- time. This i8 a phenomenon by no means rare among prospective hus- and is usually viewed indul- by their employers, even it means a double salary at the end of the month. But Bannon's savings were scan.y and the furniture had to be paid for. “Charles, you must positively stop,” declared his flancee. Marian James, when a month's overwork and lack of exercise had showed itself in the young man's pale and trembling hands. “I'm not going to have you kill yourself, dear, for that horrid old furniture. How is rlnt lnsomnia you were telling me abou ;" admitted her “1 think 1 shall go to a doc- tor about it " “Go to Dr. O'Kecte! rian promptly. “He¢ answered Ma- the greatest nerve and hrain sueeialist in the city. Esther Carter was telling me how he cured her brother of neurasthenia. Philip Carter was completely unbal- { anced urtil Dr. O'Keefe took him in hand, and now he's almost rational. And I'm not going to have you become unbalanced,” she pouted, and sealed her advice with a kiss. That was how Bannon came to visit the great specialist. He entered the comfortable waiting room in trepida- It was not O’'Keefe's regular hour, but the inaid thought he would be in shortlv. Would he wait? Ban- non waited, turning over thoe leaves of a six months' ol magazine aimlessly, and graduz!ls Lecoming convineed that all of his SLONIS Were aggra- vated ones the doctor ap- peared at the do He v oas quite a yonnger than Ban Sur ddoniy Glitg man — much n had expected. o ull rthe great spe- ch of work we nowadays, O'Keefe cialists in every ! young men Fruit, Raisins, Citron, Nut and Sponge Cakes. 30c pound Pure Food Store W. P. Pillens & (. PHONE 93 SOOGS0 P0S0$0P0F0FOFOFOEOVOPOFOFDF+CFO +D O DO+ 00000 A Snap For Quick Sale, 80 Acres As fine .and as there is in Florida, one and a half mile from station; 60 a ‘res under good wire fence; W acres cultivated; 128 large bearing orange trees, 200 grapefrait trees, budded, 4 vears old; 30 acres fine pine timber; 10 acres cheice hammock land cov- erod with oak: 10 acres good muck land. T he first man with $2.200 cash gets this bargain, ther 2000 to be paad in one, two and three vears, Aot quick as this wili not fast, et il " rite TAE ALEX, NOLLY REALTY CO,, Lakeland Fla 3 F0CCIOOIOVOGODDDIINNY <05 IEODE D s owooooo- — [ s ] Davis, Fulghum & Campbell Successors to D. Fulghum 218-220 S. Florida Ave. Phone 334 Dealers in All Kinds of Fancy and Heavy Groceries, Hay, Grain and all Kinds of teed Stuff. Couatry Produce Bought and Sold Call and See Us Before Placing Your Orders Eisewhere. All Kinds of Feed Stuff a Specialty. “Did He Charge You Anything.” hardly thirty, and he looked exces | sively tired, as though his work had almost unstrung him. ““Come right in, sir,” he sald cheer- fully, and Bannon followed him into his cozy office at the back of the house, where he took a chair and be gan to describe his symptoms. Dr. O'Keefe listened with his lips pursed and the fingers of his right hand pressed against those of his left. “You say your head aches oftea?™ the doctor asked. “Yes, right here," answered the vis ftor, and O'Keefe rose and gently moved his fingers to the spot Iindh cated. “A shooting pain—a sort of gyrat ing pain?” he asked. “Yes,” answered Bannon anything serlous?” O’Keefe sat down, wrote out a pre scription, and suddenly tore it “You are not married?” he asked “Not yet,” sald Baunon, blushing “I hope to be in March ™ Dr. O'Keefe arose again and placed a fatherly hand upon the young m;m'n shoulder. “Go home,” he said. “and write to her that you have changed your mind, and do not want {0 see her again™ “Why?" sald Banunon, feeling his heart leap and then flutter wildly “Because you can't live three weeks,” answered the specialist. “That pain is Gurlick's convolution It means atrophy of the breathing cen ter. When the cortex is invaded you will drop--just drop. You will know nothing. There is no hope—1 may as well be frank with you. You will live not less than 17 days, and not more than 23" Bannon got up and faced the pe- cialist He was breathing heavily. “ls 1t “You've got it figured out accurately, doctor?” he said. “Yes. Banta and Gurlick complied a table of mortality from this rare disease. No, there is no possibility of a mistake. Ten dollars, please— ' and, my dear fellow, go home and write that letter.” Bannon did not write that letter It was not that he doubted, but he pre- ferred to die truthfully and not like a llar. He did not think Marian would want to think him disloyal. And, then —famous as O'Keefe undoubtedly was, even the shrewdest doctor some- timnes erred. So he said nothing, but he went on working overtime, because the time was so short now that noth- ing mattered very much. was | up. | went round, the second began, and | ran to its close. He had now from three to nine days to live. Yet the pain seemed an insignificant thing, certainly no worse. It was a mere headache—surely O'Keefe was wrong! ! Sometimes he could not feel it at all. | And yet, under the cap of the skull that deadly wasting was continuing, eating away towards the cortex of Gur- | lick. Then it would reach it and he H t would drop—he would just cease to | breathe. The thought of Marian be- reft turned him sick at night. | “Dearest, what did the doctor say ™ she asked. And he put her off with some triviality. But he could not en- tirely hide his fears from her, and she watched him with increasing con- cern The third week ended. The twenty- gecond day went by. On the next Bannon felt better than he had felt for weeks. The time iimit was gone, | and he still lived. He resolved t.o! have his jest with the doctor, On | the evening of the twenty-third day went to his house. This time the | room was filled. But, hear- vices in the hall, he peered out, «w O'Keefe talking with a mid- «d, bespectacled, bearded pa- and, suddenly forgetful of the rs who should have preceded him, | : ran into the hall, “\Well, doctor, you're wrong,” he | to O'Keefe. “You gave me not less than 17 days to live, and not more than 23, and the time limit expired this afternoon. You'd be!t.er| mike another diagnosis.” “Will you have the goodness to wait your turn, sir, and sit in the reception room?" asked the bearded man se- verely Will you be so kind as to mind your own business, sir? returned Bannon, nettled. “My business {8 with this gentleman here.” The younger man turned round. ‘I have never, to my knowledge, had any business with you, sir,” he said. Oh, yes, doctor,” answered Ban- | noi. “Twenty-three days and five hours ago yeu set a time limit upon mv life, and here | am alive all the same « bearded man was smiling now ernieal. mocking, yet human “1 think that 1 begin to under- he said re certainly { Wirned to Bannon lin, wr?” he asked courteously. I E am Docrer O'Keefe,” ‘ You?" stammered Bannon. *“Why, i that gentleman 18 Doctor O'Keefe. ‘lh- examined me three weeks ago | ' Sothe days crept on; the week | tient orled | stand,” “Giood-bye Philip. | cured now.” He and told me I had atrophy of Gurlick's | couvolution.” The other clapped him on the back and laughed noisily. “Poor fellow— | boor fellow!” he sald. “That's Mr. Carter, a patient of mine. He has 1 been a little irrational, and I suppose { he got into my office and played my | vart. Gurlick's convolution? Oh, ves, hie must just have been reading of that in the "Medical Record,’ but "1t is a disease that only affects sheep {in the tropics. | wonder” he con- tinued thoughtfully, “how many other | people Phillp has scared. Did he { charge you anything?" | “Ten dollars,” Bannon replied. ’ "Ab!" said the other, “that's very promising. I think he must be cured.” (Cupyright, 1913, by W. Q. Chapman.) AUNT HANNAH'S ONE HOBBY Old Lady, Restricted All Her Life, Meant to Use Her Money as She Liked. After being poor all her life, Aunt Hannah bad come into property. It was not much from some people’s standpoint, only $1,000, but from | Aunt Hannah's standpoint it was a fortune. Considering previous depriva tions, she held her head pretty level | Her only extravagance was tele grams. She sent half a dozen of them every day—great, long telegrams run- ning to as high as 100 words. Their cost began to make inroads even on | $1,000. A prospective helr felt con " strained to remonstrate against the | needless expense. “If you must telegraph to all those people,” he said. “you ought to try tc | keep it down to ten words.” Aunt Hannah displayed the first real emotion of vears. “Ten words!" she retorted. “That i just what 1 will not do. Al my lif. I have been restricted to ten-word telegrams. 1 have never sent many for people as poor as | have always been have nobody to telegraph to nor nothing to telegraph about, but when ever I did teleziaph [ had to do it in ten words. The meanness of it wa awful. I ached to add just two or thre words, but T conldn't afford it. 1 or vied the rich their telegrams. 1 oftern | read them in the newspapers, those in | divorce suits and breach-of-prom cases in particular. Telegrams = long as a letter those people sent 1'd have been willing to figure in a law suit just to send one of them. I am| rich now, middling, so I telegraph | Don't argue that it's silly. Maybe it is, but it is harmiess.” 4 Pacific Island to College. The University of Minnesota has ' been offered a ten-acre tract on Cy press island in the Pacific ocean, 50 miles from Seattle, and buildings fnv' use as a marine biological laboratory | The alumni of the university resid | ing in Washington have made the of. | fer, which is not yet a formal one. The alumni also propose to give to the uni. versity, besides the landings and build | ings, whatever minor additions are! necessary to maintain the station, and | to give the university three or pos. | sibly more scholarships to assist ltu ; dents desiring to take advanced wx in biology at the marine station ‘ case the offer cannot be accepted now | it will remain open for three years % i A Won't you come ,.“ e The Home of HART SCHAFFNER & MRy Clothing We are getting in every day our Spring Line, so if you want 3 2004 nobby suit, see us, as tmis is the ), store in town that keeps them ‘ We have also received our < ny line of Hats, Shoes, Arrow Shirts and Onyx Socks. The Hub JOSEPH LeVAY 118 Kentucky Avenue Lakelard TR T v EEREERRSEDAGT S s Where Can You Get Them? Here at this drug store, If the doctor « you need a certain®instrument or appliance (¢ right to this store— we have it. || Red Cross Pharmac) Phone 89 ¥ Quick [Delivery [< Smith & Steitz For All hinds of REAL ESTATE See Us fur RGS[IMl[ and, PAKK; HiLl ' — ? Deen & Bryant{Building alum« C "‘OC' FOVOVVOTVAVVIRVVVOTVVTOCVVIQOOVO VN e e b0 04 MRS 33 4 RS P ot 34 e s ne s SO 05, 03000 LIOIOI0I0 22 HOEQIOT004 0 The Model Ilardware Just reccived car load 'of “BUCKE Wire Fencing and a car fload of San Bath Room Fixtues. Give us a call be convinced that out prices are righ" A complete stock of Builders’ Supp'-* always on hand. All Plumbing and 1/7* ning Guarznteed. New stock of Hav ware and Furniture. The Model Hardware (o. PHONE 340 ommowmmomov { B W