Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 19, 1913, Page 2

! i. PAGE TWO. THE EVENING TELEURAM, LAKEL At the Annual Business Show. New York City. November 11-16-1912 The Underwood Typewriter ! Again proved conclusively in a public demonstration its superior qualities in Speed Accuracy Stability Operated for eight solid hours (continuously) by eight of the world’s fastest typists, in half- hour relays, one Underwood Typewriter (taken from stock) produced the magnificent total of 55,944 words, averaging nearly 10 strokes per second. The crucial test of stability was here shown. No- where, at any time, has a typewriter turned out such a tremendout amount of work in the same time. This is a world’s record. The UNDERWOND TYPEWRITER in the International Speed and Accuracy Contests won First Nine places in the World’'s Championship. First Four places in the World’s Amateur,Championship. First Two places in the World's School Championship,” break- inq all former records. Every Record, Every Year. in Every Contest is held by the UNDERWOOD ‘‘The Machine You Will Eventually Buy” Underwood Typewriter Company, Incorporated Branches In All Principal Cities 126 W. Bay St. Jacksonville, Fla. T OFQEQIOFI S OFOPOS O SO LOHOPOIOSOLOPCIOI CHLO0 R Ang for litile 1aMes to fun off and m.rin‘has‘sn-mrf one o provide tor Wim, 1 {tharry his nephew. So old Abner has some business experience or ! Burchell, retired bank president, and adaptability to some particular line in { | accustomed 1o strict obedience, did texactly what could be expected under the circumstances found hLim Young Rurchell If ent off without a eent, How Ready Wits of a Woman Subduzd a Crusty Cld Bachelor. ie didn’t mind that so much at first. urhed over the fact an who had been al d to meet ride v had a little money fn the hank when the elopement took plece, and although it was not a very rreat sum, in fact only the remaihs of his gencrons quarterly allowance, to him it ccemed quite cnough, ore By J. ANDREW WHITE. Tommy Burchell had imp: ical; furthermore ways besn indulecd afd mpered by his wealthy old uncle my persons pradicted that Lurchell's life would not always be a bed of roses—and thelr prediztions came true, im, refu vs heen » had al Furniture, even if it s for a cozy little apartment blissfully termed the When he ran off with little Mabel “ “dove cote,” ts expensive. Moonlight Btockbridge thinzs took a sudden safls, theater tickets, hats, gowns, change for the worse. Now Mabel was ' even though they give pleasure out & pretty little girl, as sweet and re- of all proportion to their cost, are fined and clever a little lndy as one 'also costly. Durchell learned this could find in many a day's search, but very soon. And a little later he was Burchell's Uncle Abner wasn't search; ' ready to admit that unless a young T O OEOAOE SOFOHFORO POPOROBO POAOGO PO T HOIOIOEOTOIIID I YOU ARE THINKING OF BUILDING, SEE MARSHALL & SANDERS The 0ld Reliable Contractors Who have been building houses in Lakeland for years, and who never "FELL DOWN™ or failed to wive satisfaction. Al elasses of buildings contracted for The many tine residences built by this tivn e evidenees of therr ability to make good. . MARSHALL & SANDERS Phone 228 blue 6620‘050303\030203050903\0:-0-:--." : | 3 % % DUOIODOTOIOIN IO 10 SOFDLOTOIO IR DIOTC I 00 103 CODOD0DOLOCONDNNTTO 000 FOFOPOIOLOSOBOPOFOIO O Lakeland, Florida 290 Blue. - the realms of commerce, it i3 not so easy to secure the funds required by two young people with healthy appe- tites but it lasted only until the end of the first week. His employer gave In- competenen ns |y Ing with further s wping little brid T4 rvices, but the w . Mabel, co be expected to believe thut, and she was given come other reacon Four more <pismodie attempts at starting a business carcer resulted about the same way; although in ono case the period of employment ran, or rather dragged. according to Bur- chell, over into the third week. F}- nally this impractical young man de- cided he was not exactly a success as a business man, and sat himself | in 8 word, would she consent to carry K down to think, The pressing need of immedlate funds brought young Tommy's wits to a very sharp point; which, when | almed in the general direction of the | most likely source of relief, pune- 3mn-d the very center of an idea. The { Mdea grew into a plan, and 1t in turn assumed the proportions of a marvel of strategy when detailed to the ever- adoring Mabel, Next morning the policeman sta- tioned at a certain awe-inspiring cor- ner on Fifth avenue might have been noticed rolling a watchful and suspi- | clous eye toward the brownstone steps { leading up to the iron grilled portals that barred from the public gaze the | Tommy finally did get one job, | | on for dispens- | AND, FLA,, FEB. 19, 1913, | multitude and that she be bmdgfit‘fil him after the others had been dis- | | missed, | I In a moment a thoroughly readjust- ed Hoffman ushered in a dainty little ‘hdy barely out of her teens, who ! 'l:rolud the room and sank into the | indicated chalr with an air of conf. | dence belled by the hesitant tones of | her answer to the banker's demand | for the reason why she and the others | had insisted upon admittance to his | | house at this, or any other time. He | ! ! was informed that she had come in | answer to his advertisement in the ! paper. He had placed no advertlw? ment in the paper. He bad. He: hadn't. He had—and there it was. | marked with an X, in the nev-paper§ she was holding out to him. | Staring up at bim from the printed | page was a two-inch, double-column advertisement over his name and ad- dress, and informing the public that a LONESOME BACHELOR, retired banker of considerable means, desires to legally adopt a young lady of refine- | ment and culture g0 as to brighten the later years of his life. Only those whose birth and breeding qualify them for a considerable social posi- tion will be considered. Apply in per- son to the address given below. After reading this Abner Burchell, was in turn astonished, indignant, amused and curious. To the little lady | before him he rasped out his opinion l that it was the effort of some prac tical joker. She nodded her under standing and without saying a word immediately rose to go. That was when the banker became curious; for be it known Abner Burchell was a close student of human nature, and the fact that the girl, whose every ac- tion bespoke refinement, should an- swer an obviously ridiculous adver- tisement, puzsled him. Putting it down to the ignorance of youth, he asked her pardon for his gruffness, and courteously invited her , to remain for a sociable chat; where upon he was again amazed at the' subtly distinctive air with which she accepted the Invitation. Certainly this young woman possessed more | than ordinary refinement. Among other things he determined to dh~l' cover her identity. | Three hours later several facts | dawned upon the mind o?f one exceed: ! ingly interested old bachelor: First, | that even his most skillful questioning had failed to disclose her name; sec- ond, that he could not remember hav- ing listened to more spirited, yet sen- sible comments on a score or more subjects, nor had he ever dreamed that little ladies of tender years could prove such excellent company. He wished he might have had a daughter | like that. Then the idea came. During luncheon, for which she stuved, he was for the most partsi- lent, and searcely once raised his eyes from his plate. Finally he reached a decision, and with characteristic brev- | ity came at once to the point. He ex- |} nlined to her that he had raised from infancy the orphaned child of his | ., ister, hod dearly loved and tenderly | 'y the boy through many years, | y the blizhted foel had run and married some girl of Indef- nite antecedents he imagined, for he | had never investigated the matter, | 1 Nor would hie ever do #0; the young | man had marricd without €0 much as || asking his concent and, and—well, | ¥ that settled the matter. Now the fact 1 & was, he wis lonesome. His extended | ! talk with her hod shown him that, and { had set him thinking about the terms 'of that ridiculous advertisement and, out a similar idea and become his |E adopted daughter, She would, gladly, for she thought him a perfectly adorable old gentle- man. Whereupon he launched forth into a discussion of the futurs, and made plan after plan for the little girl he already loved as hiz own. So Inter- ested did old Abner Burchell become in the new order of things that it was two hours later before he thought to ask: “By the way, little girl, what is your name?” i “A very familiar one to you,” came § 3 & POEOPO® the hesitant renly, “it's—well, that is to say—I am Mrs. Tommy Burchell.” “My nephew’'s—" “Wife. And 1 want youn to know that almost eaered domnin presided over | by one Abner Burchell, retired bank- | {er: for {from the first crack of dawn until the last of the neizhboring pom- ' i eranians had returned from its fomale | attended morning constitutional those i Irreproachable steps were the scene | of a decidedly unusual series of | | events | | | Girls, scores of them, tall ones, | | short ones, pretty ones and others not | | 80 pretty were geen 10 ascend the | | 8teps, ring the bell, hold a few words | | with the formidable butler and then | | slowly descend to the £treet, an alr of bewilderment on each face. As ‘tho sun rose higher they came In | greater numbers, each one carrying a newspaper and wearing, among other thinge, an air of expectaney. Finally an outraged butler slammed the door for the last time and refused to an- swer the peremptory summons of the | doorbell. Then the late comers gath- ered in excited groups about the house end aired thelr grievances in no sub- dued tones. Gradually more strag- glers joined them until the whole ! street overflowed with girls of all de- scriptions, and the air bocame filled | with a hum of Indignation, About this time old Abner Burchell, ’ bappening to glance from his library window, beheld the rem rkable dem.‘ onstration. Straizhtway the invaluable Hoffman was summoned and an ex- planation demanded. The admirable butler, bereft of his hatitual impene- trability and his entire =upply of H's, spluttered out an incoherent Jjumble of words which did not enlighten the ex-banker a particle. He ordered that the most presentable young lady be chosen from_the continyally. avwelling |lrrnmlon and hysterical vou are a darling old uncle, that 1 al. | © ready love you doarly, that Tommy é- loves you too, and that you love him; and, although you may not know it.| ~ you want him back, in fact you want | < us both. I am going to send for him right away—and that's all there is to (350 As the astonishment gradually left his face, Abner Burchell slowly drew the girl toward him, »nd a faint ex- pression of understanding twinkled from his eyes “l guess you know where Tommy can be found along about this time,” he murmured. “The telephone is over there. Suppos~ you tell him Uncle Abner wants both him and his wife to have dinner here tonight—and al- ways.” ‘Copyright, 1913, by the McClure News- pPaper Syndicate ) ———— Various Forms of Hiccough. 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