Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 8, 1913, Page 2

f | } [ 2 v FAGE TWO THE ¥VENNG TELEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., APRIL 8, 1913. . e —— i S0 o 3" Startiing Experience of an Artist ; Who Met Strange Girl in Blizzard. B8y GEORGE MUNSON, would provide him Lawrence Harned had on the tenth morning after herarrival She was preparing tle gas stove 1n a corner of the studio. he put on his overcoat, and she smiled and nodded, just as though she to his S over G| served at once for studio and ®| room. Adjoining this was a smaller furnished room, but he never occupled i : i § a job; but the nervousness which the incident had produced revealed to him the abyss over which his happiness hung suspended. He resolved to ml the girl to Hicksville as soon as pos- Economy looks like an up-hill game when you first begin, and sible. He was lucky enough to sell sumetimes it IS an up-hill game; but it is the ROAD TO PROSPER- ITY, and if you can persevere in your small economies you will find & this out. Your extravagance does not draw interest. Some day you % will pay interest on your present extravagance. If you put that his picture at a satisfactory price, and depacted homeward, norant that the dealer, who was ao cumulating Harned’s work against the 5 in the BANK NOW, you can .~ day afford to buy the lux- § day of his fame, would glady have | fi ; 1ve ::l’::,yo: cr:u without missing the monhy.‘ 3 ml' m&mmmmum QDL Phone L and:prove . longer leaning Mm.nplll e POCEEeete se0eee seani,,,,. ("] ’ ’ nulTn-t::u;.“B.:nMHWhu Sugaz, 16 pomnds ) : o il Haragd ueiied X s e a e ] . .m‘“‘m.mm':hmu:. OCottelens, 10'pousd palls. .. oo coameevervrinnrerimna.. I8 ® ° unopened letter in his hand. He would First National Bank SR Rl BARORNE U 1o ST 10, B SN, cans fan DO o oo ooonsmamictaiiiniime ol M OF LAKELAN ' unlocked the door, and raa fa. The omhwd-:::-...... i e He rushed into the bedroom. The [N OGO COTTACOLIIOO O R FORORRROR girl was not thers. She was not any- l'mHM.o---»-u-.n------.--...-... " where. She had gone as mysterious- Pionio Hams, per poudd - e iveevvvmvvvvnimee. .. JA14 ly as she had come. He called her, Long Life of Linen along with good laundry werk is what you are looking for axd that is just what we are giviag. Try m. Lakeland Steam Laundry Phone 130. West Main 0. “Say, it I were you, I wouldn't male such a confounded noise about it an; \» All that night it snowed, and all that night Harned paced the streets in & frensy, looking for her in every woman's figure that hurried by. There were stout and lean women, old and young, some with dark, tousled hair, some frizzled blondes—there was none whom he could have mistaken for his love as far as he could have seen her. Toward morning he was back in his studio again. He bhad torn his letter to his mother into fragments, and he was painting again. Harned's picture, “The Snow Bride,” was the sensation of the year at the Exposition of American Paint: ers. In a single day he leaped into celebrity. Beat, the shrewd little deal- IT IS THE WISE WHO/ Wisely Insure Otherwise We Would Not Be In The Suddenly His Heart Beat Wiidly. her. This was the model that he had ::: Harned opened it to find a lit- sought so long. Afterward, later that night, undoubtedly he could succeed in ascertaining where she lived and 1 i |nl Fire Insurance take her home, |:!:‘ ht;:dum himselt with & smile Business She had no fear of him. She seemed like a tremulous, innocent child when he escorted her into the house, up the artist to paint my wite,” he said. dim passage and stairs, to his attic ' was much struck by your painting, at the top of the house. | ‘The Snow Bride' In fact, I am the She seemed naively interested in ' Dpurchaser of it if you will permit me. the pictures that stood round the The price fs, I understand, §2,0001" room, and went from one to another,; He went on to speak frankly. He clapping her hands with delight. But ' had long wanted a portrait of Mme. he could not understand a word she Nouriddian, but unfortunately, his sald. She was certainly not a Euro- | means were limited. Ho hoped that Mr. Dean girl. Perhaps she was a Syrian, | Harned would not demand an exces He took his brush and platette and sive price; he was sure that some began deftly changing the face of the day the picture would become & val L+ caniis SURTREY It has been sald, - A “A fool is & mortal who is wise too late,” d again, “He may hope for the best, that's prepared for the worst.” ARE YOU AMPLY PREPARED, e e It will cost you no more to have a policy in the strongest companies Fire Insurance is my sole business, T Your bysiness will have my personal attention. = An Y Ravmondo Bldg woman o the picture. It was mid- | ued heirioom in his family. Harned Z MANN : night before he had finished, and even | drank in the man's praise with the L - Room 7, Phone 80 then he was not satisfied. | thirst of one whose long struggle had | and pointed toward the door. He | He agreed to be at the consul's apart | WHEN WE FURNISH YOU @ STATIONERY and looking up imploringly l-bmuu.'-mmmnmu h:ven. there was nothing but to offer Hu'l;im::: -:1":.. ::tmu ": : ! ..e.m”.':".‘.'é.."" by O v b ofiec, and 1me. Nearietme THE BEST IS NONE T00 GOOD.~ Y| ofant v arsis ime to s 7 e v, Fie v shor a3 lowing morning, but when he was | modest reception room; he was cos- dressed and ready to begin breakfast | ! seat- nm“.n,.gm.,.,mm”:mummcmwr:: | wom- unknown stood there, beaming to hi® head. There before Ihll. 80 he prepared bmm"f: smiling and tremulous, was the mmmfi Dnsm“ two and then palnted her again. |8 he loved. LOUISVILLR, KY,U.8.A. t And he did not telephone for the = It seemed like a dream to Harned. WB ARE THEIR EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR THEIR EXCLUSIVE LR« Bl | police. For by this time the novel A mMist swam befors his eyes and s Full line of Dennison’s Gift Dressings; also Gibson Art Co's companionship, and & sense, too, that 925y faintn He E_‘“.“!!‘d Specialties, Holiday and Fancy Goods, 1oys, Kic, m.::‘: ;;:":” bt.u:’ndh:: m meh:. LAKELAND BOOK STORE 4 for cays he painted until at last the ADE Into a chair. picture was completed. Harned had always lived o m‘u—mmlmdhln.lndhcm lonely life. It had been one of intense v i struggles and hardships, too, until, o | At luncheon Harned, with his sweet. had to attract the notice of a small group ] [] !cteonmhmnnammmn rice which he ! CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER |t e e bo aad i i of the i i snd s il e sy s st || TR S e spoaifiantions | town upstate. He resolved to write : to her, to ask her counsel, with a view ' Ma o SURGILOWS A SPECIALTY | to sending the girl home to learn Eng. 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