Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 5, 1913, Page 2

TAGE TWO. THE EVENING TELEURAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., APRIL 5, 1913, Ot o o QOO0 EIIRHOHO I SOOI SISO LA FIFIQ AT Anchovies, Glars 35¢ Imported Cherries, Glass 35¢ Imported Crab Meat, Tin Imported Clams 15¢ Pine Apple Cheese 55¢ Dried Herring, dozen 25¢ Horse Radish, Glass 35¢ Pure Food Store L3 W. P. Pillans & (. pHON E 93 was striving hard to win the tutelary plum of Harris college. It was a two i thousand dollars per year position, — with perquisites. In case he won it, there would he a wedding, a family { removal, and he would feel settled for i / ! life. “I ers “m er So far everything looked favorable. / Adolphus had appeared before the au- gust college faculty and had read his paper on Egyptian poetry. He had made a hit. It seemed as if his posi- tion was assured. A few days later, however, the president of Harris wrote TN FRESH STOCK | | Accidental E:change of Manu- | scripts Saved the Day for Two Asgiring Students. By MILDRED CAROLINE GOOD- RIDGE. “This {8 a great moment in your life, my son,” said the mother of Adolphus Barclay. “I hope and believe that it settles your future.” “And 1 am sure that it will,” de- clared Algernon Barclay's sister. “Don’t you think so, Irma?” “He certainly deserves the best the world can give him,” answered Adolphus Barclay's fiancee, blushingly sweet as her eyes answered the deep love light in his own. “Well, we will soon know,” pro- claimed Adolphus himself. “Where is my manuscript? Ah, here. Good-by,” and kissing all three of the best friends a young man ever had, the hope of the Barclay family made a rush for the railroad depot. A year out of college, critic and au- thority on ancient literature, Adolphus G $3 wn (=] o $OI04040 HOSO SO0 $0SAIDSTINO0F0S0SOHOFOFO40 SIBOFOFOH —————————————— e | | | it | B H &R0 GAR , PROPRIETORS, him to come down with something Phone 8. Toot of Main Btreer bright and interesting, and give the students a sample of his erudition. _—_—— e - I “I understand a good many wealthy men send their sons to Harris” " 2 4 AM“ 5 INGH o b 4."0 M :mpll;?s:lnn on t:lr- ml:xdonts.dl“ fancy w e 8(‘09])!.]] e all around. ND. | STANDIAD CYPRESS LATH TTT] (Rt ” H o MRSFLG BCCEILNG SIING, INVERNESS STOcK 25,00 -——-———# We are handling the cut of a small mill, and can furnish you rough and dressed framing from 2x4 to 10x12 best heart if wanted, cut from round timber, We make doors and sash and can furnish any kind of mill work out of pine and cypress lumber. Re carry a first class line of points, varnishes and oil. Our lumber and mill business will be managed by Mr E. I1. Hopkins, who is well known by the people of Lakeland as an nu-to-date lumber man Terms: Strictly{Cash{en Delivery of Goods [ SHERAE SO ettt e o R - s i o i B R SRR, Successors to D. Fuighum 218 and 220 South Florida Avenue J. J. DAVIS Stared at the Neatly Typewritten Pages. Heavy and Fancy Groceries now carried. It dealt with ancient romance, precizely the thing to suit a lot of young feilows, he decided. Adolphus caught the train just in time, threw his roll up in the car rack, and sank into his seat to move along to make room for a second hurry-up. This latter also carried a manuscript roll, the exact couuterpart of that be- longing to Adolphus. He likewise tossed this into the rack, and smiled broadly as he sald: “Muslc?” Hay, Grain,'jand Feeds a Specialty tare.” “H'm: 807 Further coincidence. Same line. Shake.” He was a jolly fellow, and he and Phone 33¢ W Prompt Delivery ance. “l am a professional humorist,” he told Adolphus. “Bound for a Dunkard the regularly scheduled man who was to lecture on some abstruse subject s ill, and I have to substitute. 1T warned the lecture bureau that 1 would probably be ezeed or arrested by those solemn old fellows.” :before the humorist was aware that it was his station “See you again” he said, grabbing for his manuscript roll and rushing | for the depot platform. In due time Adolphus arrived at the | i college town. A committee of seniors | { met him at the hotel and then escort- | ‘ed him to the college itself. They | were inclined to be chummy with | | Adolphus. ’ “T wish T had made that lecture a ‘lmlo lighter and more entertaining.” | j was the burden of the young lecturer’s Here at this drug store. ‘If the doctor says thoughts, as he faced & throng 1n the you need a certaininstrument or appliance come l;hhavel Somposed entirely of students. % ey were a lively set, and the hum right to this stere— we have it. 1 of careless chatter indicated that they would be restless or riotous, just as | the humor took them. | Adolphus had been a studious col 'lege man. and his trend was gienified | and grave. He ascended to the ros- { trum and opened his manuseript roll. | His audience was suspiciously quiet. | Adolphus cleared his throat. l “I am at your service this evening, lmtlemeu." he begar, “with a brief Red Cross Pharmacy Phone 89 % Quick Delivery talk on the—" “Oh, no,” replied Adolnh\ll—“'l&-’ Adolphus struck up a speedy acquaint- I ' probably ever been heard in a coro- settlement at Jackson. It seems thltl { were found in bed were those of Ellen | of age and who had lived with witness They became so companionable that H | “Miss Griffin wi the train was starting up from a stop | e b o AL ShS | OSCHTHOPO 2040404040000 »C Qmmioma}i Cag There Adolphus gasped. His eyes I’ 7 L b e stared at the neatly typewritten pages g See our line of Sterlmg Slth‘r that ha before him. He was clectrified. The | 4 ¥ i d room swam. He paled, he trembled. | iust afl'lved. The pieces \Vl" mak(‘ o ; Wedding Gifts. You can be sure ¢ their 3 correctness when they, come from yg o i A mute horror seized his bewildered ' ¥ ; senses, and a cold, ominous sweat be- | gan to creep down his back. A realiza- | | tion of his awkward position came to ! {him fully, as he observed that the E, students were staring wonderingly at | 7 {him on account of his sudden stop- ¢ ! page of speech and the prolongation | & ! ble silence. 4 ) o o o 201 COLE & HU L manuscript before him was s | own! n his hurry in leaving the train | - Jewelers gndjQptomerists o Phone 1734 - Lakelarg [, OS040S05TSCATADSTAOOOIR0AT » WO‘OW@&«?.-..- T WO ““A pleasure to show goods.” the humorist had grabbed up the OrxDapdy drem It was the crucial, critical moment In the life of Adolphus. He could not Desbands clothes speak extempore, he could not remem- ber his lecture verbatim. A hundred | eyes were focussed upon him. A sud- | den resolve came to him. In despera- tion he called out huskily: ' “The subject of my lecture is “The | Jokes of the Ancients.’” ! “Good!” “New!” “Give us a sam- ple!” and like eager and urgent calls [ 1 filled the air. | Adolphus began to read. He had not proceeded ten lines before he . realized that the humorist was an| adept in his line. There were only ' . ten basic jokes in the world, he claimed, and the ancients orizinated them all. With exquisite wit and finish the manuseript expatiated on 1 these. iR As Adolphus proceeded thcre were F grim smiles, then guffaws. At a de- § cided interruption the lecturer looked | up In his mild, astonished way, to observe the room convulsed, with jolly | men laughing till the tears came Intol their eyes. One student was so over come that he had fallen to the floor in a spasm of uproarious hilarity. The jokes were funny, but there was an added zest to the apprecia- tiveness of the audience. This was the solemn, owl-like seriousness of the lecturer. To Adolphus it was no fun. All this was trivial as compared with his own high literary screed. Besides that, his province was to instruct, not ' to amuse, and the faculty might eriti- | cize, 3 With wild whapps the crowd mnde! b a rush for Adolphus as he folded up | his manuscript. Four stalwart fellows | raised him on their shoulders. Amid #ay hurrahs they started from the | room with him. “Gentleman! gentlemen!” repri- | {manded & stentorian voice as they | Your wife or sweetheart will lixe your clothes if fyou buy them frcm us, because women know mocre about materials and styles tha; men do, anyhow. We are not afraid to have our clothing and furnichirgs subjected;to the closest scrutiny. A ded » stentorian voleo as they ¢ IQN OWeS It to his wife and swec!- dont of the sollege hated the proces. || Di€@rt to dress well* it helps them e at rtt, ros st e[| SOCIALLY. It also HELPS HIN, <c. ringleader of the riot. “We've elected | ErQ"y and in business_ |hirn our new professor, and we're go- | ing to give him the honorary degres '8 We Will not rcb ycu, but gi\:‘f’ 2l fn all our fraternal societirs by car [ . . K § rying him three times around the i honest ClOthlVg, FurnIShlr;gsv einte | campus to the tune ef—" £ W—-_-" aetiezen 0 4 A rollickine eollege song rang out b Clts for hOI:GSL pl ic S, ifrom the formidable, blustering mob # 'bearing Ado!plus in triumph from the [} RS | Beene ‘ Vhe beme of Fert Scbitfoen € Ny 4 A favorite all around, the young f DS S : s = Iman was seftled for life, and a hapny I bridegroom in the bargain, a few { weeks later. i 1 That wasg not all of it. The humor- s ist hunted up Adelphus to got back his manuscript. The one he had ta- ken by mistake he claimed had saved the day for him. Its sentiment and | classical tinze had just caught his JOSEPH LeVAY | audience. It gove him a great repu- I'tation for versatility, and the lecture | , bureau had raiced his pay. He hired | * 3es- R DT e TR | Adolphus on the spot to write him a' e 0" g . c,—'»cr.- i | series of lectures in the same veln, | % EpEs e 157 and this work resulted in some sub- O i H @ o) |stnntlal pin money for his delighted « little wife. i \ | (Copyright, 112 by W, @. Chapman.) | 'SHE LIVED WITH SKELETON' | Aged and Eccentric English Woman | | Expected Reanimation of Dead Spinster Friend. i The discovery of a skeleton of a ! woman who died apparently two or | three years ago, and whose remains have been kept in a bedroom by an- i other woman, “so that they could both , be burled togcther,” has been made by | itho police at Wimborne, Dorset, Eng- d. An Inquest was held the other day, and as strange a story was told as has ' ner's court. Sarah Mary Kearley, spinster, aged sixty-four, sald the remains which Griffin, who was nearly seventy years ‘ over thirty years after leaving service together in London. | “One morning,” continued witness, All Refrigerators Are Not Alike. You Want to Get the : Y Ed é_ kS § ¢ ‘ Q ° fainted and died before I went to work. I slept in the same bed two nights with | the body, thinking that she would come to iife again.” Witness £aid she did not tell anyone of the death as she intended keeping the remains as long as she lived, so that they could both be buried to- gether. They had no quarrel, witness de- clared, and added she worked for and | kept Miss Grifin, who could only do a little sewing. ! The town surveyor, who said he had known Miss Kearley for many said that both wom-n were ecco: A docter said the skeleton was o in a natural reclining position, was not a vestige of flesh remaining, and from an examination his opirion Kind—the Kind That Insures Proper AIR CIRCULATION White Clad Refrigerator This Refrigerator Will Keep Your FOODS FRESH and We sell the B s o N L vent Vegetable Odors from Making Your Butter and Milk T : We Sell Only the Best in Hardware. TINNERS AND PLUMBERS An open verdict was returned. The Model Hardware (. Early Bird, | SAOTEPE0 A0 F0PSOT IO I OFOSOEIIOIOSOBRF DI 00 Old Gent (7 a. m.)—Waiter, this ! breakfast cheese is full of worn s! 408 e was that death was due to natural | causes. ’ | | A ODOPO OOl