Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 28, 1913, Page 2

£40B TWO. A e C L THR SVENWNG ma@. ulls;LAND. FLA., APRIL 28, xm.‘i | v————— R R P e NS LIVED AND SUFFERED [JIM ELLIOT'S MISSION By 8. A. D. COX. By GENE D. GRANDE, i The ringmaster was a handsome | It was a sharp gust of wind coming man, after a cruel, tigerish fashion; | furiously around the corner and filling and Mlle. Zongora, the animal trainer, | Jimmy Elliot's eyes with dust that {was good looking, too. True, there | was responsible for the acclident. For | were hard lines about her face, show- | being partially blinded, he darted for- ing that the mademoiselle had lived | ward in the path of a street car, which 'and suffered; but what of that? She | promptly knocked him over amlI 'had & heart; she had feelings, just | against the edge of the sidewalk, | {the same as do those whom fortune | where he lay senseless, while the ihas never buffeted, and when the |breeze caught up his unsold newspa- | ringmaster coolly told her that he no | pers and scattered them along the ‘ |longer cared for her, and that he was | block. going to marry Mlle. Therese, the | Miss Elsie Moore, who, with her es- bareback rider, who can hlame Mlle. | cort was just about to enter the the- Zongora for feeling hurt and angry? | ater close by, saw the accident and . They stood there beside Mlle. Zon- ! ran to the boy’s side. She placed her gora's cage of lions and tigers, he | dainty handkerchief over the gash in with a cold, sneering smile on his |his forehead, while the gentleman by Rockele. //erfimfieen lhe riehest mama the world ifhe had /oenf the lirst money he earned® He put min THE BANK When Jol.n D. Rockefeller went into the oil flelds, ho went $ there with Two Thousand Dollars that he had saved and with which £ hc was ready to take a good business chance. HAD HE NOT HAD § HIS ¥ NEY AN THE BANK, he would not have been able to take B the business chance that led to his stupendous fortune. Johm D. B Rockefeller was no different from other fabulously rich men. Their § Creat fortunes were the logical resu It of their FIRST savings ; Do YOUR banking with US. First National Bank OF LAKELAND lips, she with pain and rage in her | with her picked up the Jad and car- . eyes—eyes whjch were capable, on |ried him to a near-by drug store. i occasion, of flashing with as much| Fortunately the injury was not seri- lIlercencn as those of the most cour- | ous and Jimmy, having recovered his | : ageous of her tigers. senses, overflowed with gratitude “So! You are going to throw mo When expressing his thanks to—‘de over and marry that white-faced chit | swells what picked him outen de gut of a girl, are you?” fiercely. ter.” Gerald Osborne laughed as he “So I have told you,” carelessly. complied with his flancee’s request to The animal queen was not the|recompense the little news-vendor tox_ woman to rave. She simply regard- | the loss of his papers. Jimmy nat ed the ringmaster for a few moments 'urally looked upon his adventure as 8 with flashing eyes. Then she pointed | lucky one. The cut on his forehead to Diavolo, the man-eating tiger, in | Was a trivial matter, and the five dol the cage before them, and sald in an | jar bill Osborne had given him was | | ntense, cutting voice: of much importance. “Look there! You see Diavolo?| As it chanced he was destined to | . He is a tiger, & brute. He would tear | 8ee his benefactors on more than one anyone to bits, and that would end it; | occasion. Osborne and his flancee but you are worse. You tear your | were regulai theatergoers and it fre- victim's heart, wring the life blood | quently happened that they ,passed from fit, and leave its owner to live | the corner where Jimmy had his liead- and suffer! The tiger is the better | Quarters. At such times the boy was animal of the two! You—* always sure of a bright smile and kind With a harsh laugh, the ringmaster Word from the girl and a tip from her turned and strode away, leaving the escort. It was late in the fall when We Won’t Sacrifice Qualm bat we are always studying how to: , Increase The Quantity We give the “most now but we are anxious to yive more. Phone us and|prove it. Best Butter, per POTBE ... copopamocce coveen conren..., (1} L P i 160 Cottolene, 10 pound pails. .. mecoamcccecicecneee. mecm.. 180 1 . ] p T B | € cans baby size Cream..... S it el TR ....................... woman to glare sfter him, pain, rage, he first noticed that his two favorite 12 ”M best Flour. . .. . Co® despair gleaming from her eyes. customers had not pald his stand & |} Picaio Hams i Mlle. Zongora, desiring to always be visit for an unusually Jlong time. . per po e - R BN] near her animals, lived in a little When the winter days came qn and Cudably's Uncanvassed Hams. . 1 house on wheels, a home wagon, con- they were still missing Jimmy came sisting of two miniature rooms. There to the conclusion that they must have were two doors opening into the sit- | been married and left the city. ting-room, one at either side. Thres months later on a wet after | f After the performance that evening, | noon he suddenly spied ariong the | 3 the ringmaster entered this room for | throng at the corner walting for tho , ., hat was tacitly understood to be | Passing cars, the slender form of his |’ w 6 C j i the last time. Mlle. Zongora had. in- | former patroness. ‘, ! vited him to enjoy a little luncheon.| “So you missed me, Jimmy?” she & - queried softly. ‘ “You bet I did, Miss” responded the boy. “I t'ought youse mecbbe got :fitrtl;gt Z'Enfi‘--e“' it Mo ol POPAOLPUNLIIP L ¢ O PP PP TP SOPOPOPREOFOFOBREO 400t ¢ The girl shook her head radly, “No, IF YOU ARE THINKING OF BUILDING, S§IE | I didn’'t get married, Jimmy,” she 2 b sald. “Things have changed with mo since I saw you last. I'm just as poor MARSHA LL & SA NDERS as you are now, Jimmy.” The boy stared at her in uttter bes The Old Rt"able CO"U‘HC‘O[S wilderment. He noticed that her dress was old and worn, though neat and carefully mended in places. Grouzd Coffce, per poul. o « : u 5 gallons Kerosenp ... Long Life of Linen along witk good laundry werk is what you are looking for aad that is Jusy what we are llvlu * Tiy va. N o N T Y T Y SN s e Lakeland Steam Laundry Pbone 130 West Xain 88, Who have bcrn tuilding houses in Lakeland for’ years, ur who never “"FELL DOWN” or failed to give satisfaction, m@mmmmmg: “Where's Mister Osborne?® he All classes of buildings contracted for, ‘IhLe man v fir asked. “Don't he know nothin’ about § refidences built by this tirm are evidgnces of thieir .Al,n“\ ( it make good, Elsle shook. her head again, “I don't know where Mr. Osborne {a at pres- 'J,A RSHA LL & SA AIDERS ent,” she said. “We have not seen each other for a long time, not since— I Phone 228 Blue I became a working girl.” “Did he trun youse down when you ' O4UHGMOSOEIPOFOH01 020POHO~ CROSOHOPOPOFOLOPIHOPO+ 00 loses yer dough?” demanded the small | Bl squire of dames wrathiully. ' “8o | Have Told You” “I guess that must be it, Jimmy” moammomnoooaoncyoo, responded the girl, as she turned to She bore him no {1l will, she told him, { board her car. ’ and wished their parting to be as| The boy's eyes followed her wist: | that between friends. fully. “I wonder,” he murmured I 8he greeted him with a smile. No | thoughttully, “if she’s still stuck on \ v The Accumulation | of a Life Time SWEPT AWAY 41 In One Short Hour j v ¢ + ‘ 4 4 i < 4 4 s { ¢ ¢ ¢ 4 ¢ ¢ - one would have guessed that she was | dat guy. Wisht I could see him some For All hinds of not happy. wheres.” The ringmaster was somewhat fllat | Two days ater a familiar volce T T ease, at first, but after they had eaten | hailed him and Gerald Osborne tossed R E A I E S A ‘ E something, and drank some wine, he | a coln on the stand as he caught up a | [ is a Ruthless Destroyer! A Fire Insu- . began to be himself again, and | paper. Irmgl:ned and talked as }l.l: hlzlo“'ont- “Say, youse ain't no friend of mine . ' T T ot T s 2 e e Seo Us Fur ROSEBALE end;PAVA] BILLLC1 animal tralner. He little suspected | Moore.” that she was playing & part for a pur-| Osborne dropped the .ml T pose. He little dreamed that, stand- | caught his shoulder. | Deen & Bryant Building Lakeland. Fla, ing close beside the little house-| “What do you know about Miss GO0000000NINN0RATA0 2 50020 wagon, on the farther side from the | Moore? he acked excitedly. “Do you St one at which he had entered, was the | know where she {s?" wagon containing the cage in which | Jimmy, recounted his interview wlth Wmmmmfl#« was Diavolo, the man-eating tiger. He | the girl, and Osborne listened ntten . did not for one moment suspect that | tively. 1 the door of this caze was exactly even | “It was all a mistake, Jimmy,” he E RCSTF R C (— P i with the door of the house-wagon. Nor | eald. “I have been hunting for Miss | ¢ [ i 5 < did he imagine that a certain circus | Mcore for a long time. .When you Lfnd “r'd" Cl(\L = roustabout was standing with hand | eee her again, follow her, find out We own. or have for sale, some ot tue chulcest properties on the sliding-door of the tiger's cage, | where she lives, let me know and I'll Jacent to the town of Frostproof, including a few good bes ready to draw it quickly back when he | reward you well. Don't say anything |$ groves. Timber, turpeutine azd colonization tracts, Also see us * i should hear a whistle from Mlle. Zon- | to her; ehe weuldn't understand; ho r! { gora’s lins. DBut all this was true, | mind has been poisoned against me lakeland strawberry farms, groves and city property. TflE BEST IS I\ONE TOO GOOD- | mevertheless. b lien” : ; And when the ringmaster roso to| True to his trust, Jimmy tracked | H : IF EX= “ IS leave, he did not notice that he was i the girl to her humble home the next | T » shown to the door on the opposite | time she paseed the corner, and a few i GRAVED B CORRECT eide of the room from the one on | hours later Elsle stood face to face | | which he had entered, but this was ! with ker supposedly unfaithful lover. { UPACLOUISV&LLEK)YI%M ‘m\:'.ith her hand on the door, Mil un‘c{“:utened“h o it LAKELAND‘ FLORIDA { » KY, " e. en Mr. Moore's wealth WE ARE, THEIR EXCLUSIVE AGENT'S FOR THEIR EXCLUSIVE LINE: Zongora emilincly bade the ringmastes | lowed up by an unlucky :p:;.lxl'l:t:o.: Full line of Dennison’s Gift Dressings; also Gibson Art Co's good night and good-by. Then she |ang the family went to live in a poor -2 IO X Eneray Traved Mfl, Holiday and Fancy Goods, 103"- Ete, ferked the door open, at the same mo- | section of the city, Osborne, sum- LAKELAND BOOK STORE e “Thre v rto s, | s o o s it s v § DCREE STEAM PRESSING CllB and MANN PLUMBING CO, and then, as the ringmaster, surprised | ceive & curt note from his flancee {and a bit startled. hesitated. Mille. | breaking off their engagement, but IZongoru gave him a fierce, strong glving no reason for the action. He | shove, and he went headlong through | was unaware that his sister Ethel, | Gleamng, Pressing and Alteration. Ladies’ Work a c— Specialty. ¢ All Work Called For and Delivered. Prompt Service. Satisfaction Guaranteed. rance Policy a Beneficent Restorer! HAVE YOU ONE?P Y. Z. MANN &2 s . - Room 7, Phone 30 0OD2040 [ PP R R ST CEF NSO E SOOI BOIATWRL S (V4 O L8 CL B B BT ) I‘ K K| 4 ' the doorway of the house-wagon—and whe bad never liked Elcie, had in- |through the oven door of Diavolo's | formed the girl that Gera': had ! 5 " 'cage, also! There was a grating | bowed to the wished of his fawmily and | {sound, as the cage door was pushed | was anxions to break oft an enenves ! CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER || ;M Mue. zongorss door closed with e s o e s | . n = sie's pride was aroused apd con- Will farnish plans and spesifications or will follow any plans and Mlle. Zongora stuffed cotton in her sidering no further explanation pect+ |3 . !:"u“‘ calmly urdressed and got sary, she took steps 1o releas wri® C. A. MANN € MANAGER sposifimtions furnished. i —_— oy pie ot lake bim loug to estab |§ N, Kentucky Ave. PHONE 257 Bowyer Bldg. SUNGALOWS A SPECIALTY | ‘:":...""f"..."' et saved o ot ot petors the eht was over the remsited Lot me show you come Lakeload howes I have bails : '__-::'::r"‘ ~' ; Jimmy, - LAKRLAND, Phone 867-Grema. FLORIDA s scribe for The Telegram