Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 1, 1913, Page 2

C_l[AN GOODS FRESH STOCK 35¢ 35¢ 50c 15¢ 55¢ 25¢ 35¢ Anchovies, Glars Imported Chérrles, Glass Imported Crab Meat, Tin Imported Clams Pine Apple Cheese Dried Herring, dozen Horse Radish, Glass Purc Food Store W. P, Pillans & (. PHONE 93 L90s oL ol BuildersLumber & Supply COMPANY E H & E 0. GARLAND, PROPRIETOR], . Foot of Main Strees Phone 8. N0.1°4 AND 5 INCH I}YPBESS SHINGLES 24 M0 5 INGH ¢ N0. 1 STANDARD CYPRESS LATH fiR_FLG & CEILING SIDING, INVERNESS STOCK Eu.o We you rough and dressed framing from 284 o 10x12 are handling the cut of a small mill, and ecan best heart wanted, cut from round timber. We make doors and sash furnish any kind of mill work out of pine and crovess lumber. carry a first clags line of points, varnishes and oil. . known by the people of Lakeland as an nu-to-date lumber mill business will be mataged by Mr I, Hopkins, man TcrmS° Strlctly[Cash on Dchvcrv of Good S-lccessors to D. Fulghumr 218 "and 220 South Florida Avenue v — i . | 4.0 40 ~ £ Oy y ! ‘ w Y \ ~ . vily Coads o klhw "\.4-.’,.&." Prompt Delivery Where CAn You Get Them? Here at this drug store. ‘If the doctor says you need a certain’instrument or appliance come right to this store— wc have it. Red Cross Pharmacy Phone 89 ¥ Quick Delivery e $OHCHOAFCEOFO40 0 2AP0EUIRSOFO SO S0 04OEO+OSORO SO SOREDHD 21D | ! 4040 ORQEQEQPABOROS DB OHISAIIEOFOFOPOPOPOP0S $6,00 M 400 M 400 M firnish it and can Re Our lumber and whao is well -, — e . l | i one of curic 5 THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA., APRIL 1, 1912, |Ar;<"= L LG WAIT | How Suseoes Much Delayed at ! Last Erought Happiness. py NELLIE C. GILMORE. After the Lopeless monotony of twenty years, found hi.wscli confronted by a feel-, ing of curious cxcitement; a sense ' of something impending, which might have been tragedy, or travesty, or even the herald of happiness in hls dull, dispassionate life. His mood | was whimsical, and he wondered with a grim smile if he were not gmwlngl Forty-six, hysterical in his old age! and—dreaming? Long ago—a score of years—he had relezated sentiment forever to oblivion. And now its ghost was walking. He was not sure that he liked the sensation nor was he altogether certain that he cbjected to uetted at oi elbow and Loy . But put- ting forth his hund to graep the one, 1 it had crumbicd in his grasp, and in the bitterness of his defeat, he had deliberately renounced the other. He had loved the girl better than his life, loved her fir too well to drag her down with him to the level of medio- crity, perhaps poverty. His master effort had tailed. All that was strong- est and best within him bad been cast inio the venture. He knew that by instine. and he would not go to I Alice Rutledge with the miserable story of his failure. So he had writ- ten her a letter quite calmly, announc ing his defeut and releasing her from all ties. Altervards, he had set stoic ally to work, straining every unerve and brain ecll to its capacity in Ui futile ¢ffort to vive the lie to his own Iwh’-khu\\!ul ¢ The result was in evitable. 1's et tuilure was fol lowed by repoatod others and he had finally theew qown bis penand yielaod himsell gitindy 1o the sedden grind oi a clevieal dosk in oo recad ofices, Al g within hiim, in lite he real been his for tl 1 of the big rail nbition was dead d though the only thing red for might have he vowed sol ShiNg, emnly to forswear it until he had proved himscll deserving, Bervingor was sitting before his | desk, tricing cecontric designs on the blotting yad and where the themselves, fie tle sigh ol the Qe him in answer to his own, sturing inlo space thought with a it or the girl had seat Every denly surcharged imagination, Impelled by sowe incomprehensible impulse to open the little wonnd, he took out his and fitted one of them into the lock of a seeret draws er. The ccmpartinent yielded casily to his presoure, and alter 20 years koys he looked again on the things that had been dear o him in his youth, There wos a toof leiers and a bulky c¢nvelo ¢« the rem- nants ¢ [ drow them o \ N . m i o e | Y s of your I am LOITY W Oy | the bt « went out in t ( And 1 believe it d Wt vou are rizht in your dnation to fight upward : It is not that 1 love ‘you les wor you ihe more. | You are not wins success wi side. hard, come. Success, for its own sake, is bring ing one fame is no very great thing, and as such 1 do not crave it for you. But I desire that a man—the man 1 love—which makes him break down every barrier to attain it . ort of man who a woman by his It must come to you through unremitting toil with laurels on your brow, and 1 shall be waiting—even into eternity, dear —for your hour of triumph—and mine —when you come to claim me, “ALICE.” For a brief moment, Berringer held | the yellowed sheet to his lips; then suddenly thrust it back into the pack- et with a gesture of self contempt. ‘What right had he—a failure—to dese- | crate her wor Much as she might despise him—as she surely must now —she could not despise him as he | did himself. He frowned as he pick- | ed up the manuseript and snapped the ' rotten cord that held it. The seal on | the envelope was still unbroken—aft- er a score of ¥ He smiled synt- cally in anticipation of the polite et that doubiless TS | printed &lip of rear reposcd between the editor had decades ago A into the v poteat ! o lock inside once mc Lo broke the seal. A blur oi penscript confronted Berringer suddenly | it. But he was decidedly disturbed by it. l Did thi ogical reiurn to memoric: signity that the o d wheels of bi being were i 1 and th some subile i@ e sclf wi prepe 0 b (Y 4h1 uzgle all over ag { Twenty years wgo life had leokod | very biz and very brisht to Arthur ) Berringer. & had ¢ eveuts of his youth lined | word stood torih vividly in his sud- | And it will| ‘ twenty-two hours at a somewhat slow- ‘-plnd having a supporting surface “Some day you will come to me, ‘npparatus and searchlights will ' abutting land is owned him. He gave a little start, lm.edl the letter with shaking fingers and | ; | read ' \l) Dear Mr. Berringer: “You have handled this subject in a masterly manner—nothing short of | it. We predict a big success fer your | book and intend to spend a small for- tune in advertising it. However, we are somewhat puzzled a bit disap- | pointed over the ending, It seen.s hazy, incomplete. We are quite certain that you can icadily remedy this defect ; and will willingly do so under persua- sion of the assured sale we foretell | 4 for your work. We accordingly re- turn the Vs. tor your correction. Im |+ the event that you do not wish to be guided by our counsel in the above' matter, we will consider the matter closed. Otherwise, kindly communi- cate with us at your earliest codve- nience. “HARDWICK BROTHERS, o : Sec our line of Sterling Silver tnat has ; just arrived. The pieces will maj. > Wedding Gifts. You can be sure ¢ t correctness when they come from y A pleasure to show zoods." "COLE & HULL Jewelers and Oplometrists Phome 173 13401, f | PHUAOSOLOSLADSD 4 00 DHOSOOQSOSIFOLOH T4 ' times, laic it down—picked it up and ; : ma@flyflfafsg IA'QJ' 0/ i read 1t agzin. What a focl he had |} been to throw rout eve fing heir (' I “Publishers. ! “(per G. M.—Ed.)" | Berringer read ‘the Ictier three the manuseript aside | e re h i (;{.'Llll,:, it. v it came nt, the blank e him, the of hoy 1eiimes i ie! Was it? in his chair. His ily with excite- |y : house was an | b !'u'lzxv-f wed b venty ye 'L fand gloom and s And now le sat up suddon! heart throbbed h ment. The publizhi old and reliable one. The same ed- ! itor was in the chair. Without even ! leaving his seat he drew up pen and ink and paper and dashed down a hasty line, enclosed it With the bulk of manuscript, sealed and addressed it to Harwick Brothers, Publishers, New York. It was a weary month of waltlnl] it was too k and hoping and fearing that followed; a period of alternate ecstasy and de- pression. The long looked for letter‘ came at ‘last. Berringer opened it dazedly, dreading to look inside. But | he pulled hiniself together sharply and | unfolded the crackling, typewritten | sheet. The editor remembered the ' Your wife or sweetheart will |i«e your clothes if [you buy them (o us, because women know story distine he was returning it 3 under separate cover with detailed QbOUt mOtOHGIS Gnd St}’les \‘l’ Cii instruetions as to the exact line of corrections he wishod made, and was as ) A9, anyhcw We are not ! work of fction. I subjected to Lhe cicsest scru! g The peper clinvped from Berringer's | ¢ Perveless fo Poraite while he [ MEN CWeES it to his wife cro « { felt blinded by the great good news | g ¥ ilhh( had come to him. Then grad- hGC*It tO CI€°S We” lt hC iF '; I H ually the chaos of his mind clearcd ¢ themselves for neerted action. | { Alice! The dom t thought \\‘:xsnolr': CIO”y cnd ln bUSlness' { her, for her. A thousand miles lay | “’e W”l nOL rcb ycu but i ( ' ! between them-—-und if that were all! | N s y i o aS " ; But suppose she had ceased to care, | honest [ ClOU’HVg, FUI’nIShH G W& | to belicve i him- to wait, as she had ! A i promised At Lt he conid write and || QLS for honest prices ‘!rll her of ail his triamph--and in a ! week he would koow the worst, or; the best Her answer came had expected it in recognizing The l( ime of Huvt S(hullmr & h’arx( (" almost before he | e had no dilliculty | the delicate round | characters on the back of the en- | ; velope, ond his pulses gave an l*ug'-r[ bound as he slimp=ed the daiuty gold | ] monog i oi the ap. She was alilll ‘ -Alice Rutledye! , Her contlovords Muttered to his v B g g | O\EF H i nVA | “Den l E | "'l'In. v oail the oy come ot 11 o lioj = am w i vi 2 i 7 \ 3 =4 { ;2 y i i 4 5 \ " { i 3 | | | s Ellaht. | # i { //-/'\\ | . Spain i A first of 11 A islands, or 1,0 miles. From o he is to attemy the flieht acro ocean to Halifax | which wili dbout 1,800 mile: He will take on board 2,000 pounds o gasoline and o), and is to fly for about eleven hours at ninety miles an hour for the Azores trip. Then he will take on 4.000 pounds of gasoline and the fight to Halifax will last | er speed. This German transatlantic ' machine is to be a monoplane of no less than 33 feet in length and 56 feet Nr. & Mrs. Young Couple:— of 540 square feet. The weight of the Everybody can stand a little hoax on April Fool's I: aeroplane is 1,500 pounds, and the framing is of steel tubes. It is to have two revolving cylinder motors each driving one pro: ler. Wireless be Lobody likes to be fooled the year around. Well, lots of have bought furniture from us every day In the year and ctrrled on board. —_— Government Owns Water Front. In the Canal Zone the water front, | up to the high-water mark, is owned | by the United States. even when the by private parties. There is no authority in any executive or administrative officer at present to lease any of the water areas at the terminals of the canal The granting of such authority mus(‘ emanate from congress | Card Index S)s‘em ’ “Who's on t Fool's Day, too, but nobody has ever been fooled in our give the good quality, the standard styles, the substantia! and we charge only HONEST, RELIABLE PRICES, Come TINNERS AND PLUMBEFS Ihe Model Ilardware i'- our furniture. “Your wife.” a ered the offce boy | “Wants to know if ycu really love her.” ¥ $LQPOE 2 O v “Tell her yes™ directc “but explain that I'm & her to the file of letter drawer of her writing de d the groem, | v avd rr"erl Subscnbeforllltltl[fi‘fi