Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 12, 1913, Page 2

THE EVENING (ELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA, JUNE 11, 1913, e——— »o4, and relapsed info uncons | T DAUEHTER OF WARDEN | Knew tne Promptings of Her Heart Had Not Been in Vain, the wall of the office hung!| tho keys. Acting now by blind in-:l v ! | f f 1 o s it Y B xS MBOAE- . KRN AN RN O L ] Hunt For “"HUNTS” No Lie on the Can No Lye in the Can stinet, Mollie seized the heaviest of | all, the key which opened the door of | Lowndes’ cell. She ran down the flagged passage, gasping. The key ! clicked in the lock, and the convict | rose in astonishment to see the girl ; standing there. “Come!” she cried, and ran back. I As Lowndes followed her he heurd” the thud of wood upon wood and the ¥ ‘triumphant yells of the mob as the | gates splintered before the blows of their beams. By CLARENCE FISHER. The life prisoner was little more than a boy in years. To Mollie, the daughter of the warden, he had the 4 e R e i i Soevp— e I T 0 3 T SN 'uin MANN PLUMBING CO. — A9 1 Peaches Pears Apricots Cherries Hawaiian Pine Apple Pure Food Store S04 NSBPOIOS LI HISTINSNON Lakeland Paving&ConstructionCo. Artiticial Stone, Brick and Concrete Bulldlng Materlal Estimates Cheerfully |Furnished on Paving and all Kinds of Artificial Stone Work 307 West Main Street- Phone 348-Black F.J. HOFFMAN - J. N. OMIS . P. NEWBECKER Pres. Sec.& Tres, Supt, & Gen. Man. V. Pres. & Asst Mas For a House Com- plete Only $115.00 Consisting ¢t a complete bath r oom, containing one enameled sam 4ub, one enameled lavatory complete , one closet complete with eak tan’ and seat, ono 18x30 sink in kitchen and 130 gallon range deller with az secessary pipes to complete job and pay nspection fees for 9118 Call and talk it over, Hot and cold water to all Sxtures Bowyer Bldg, 203 N. Ky., Ave. Phcne 287. - . $ It you wall “tackle” our fishing tackle you'll land any fish that g tackles yoar ba't- Our lines are new and fresh and stromg; our % reels are not rusty. R Whenever the thonght of hardware eaters your mind, also let in § : the thonght that our store is the place to buy reliable hardware, B | sistance. g | with the strong sentiment of venge- saddest and most interesting face that she had ever seen. She had seen him twice, when she had gone into her father’s office while the convicts were exercising in the prison yard outside. She asked him about the man. “Jeft Lowndes?” inquired the old warden, frowning. “You'd best not interest yourself in him, Mollie. There’s other ‘lifers’ may get their sentences commuted some day, but he never will.” “What did he do, father?” asked the girl. “He murdered a man in cold blood, She died before the verdict was ren. dered, confident of her son’s ac- quital.” “He doesn’t look like a murderer, tather,” said Mollfe. But it was morbid to let - her thoughts dwell on any of the prison- ers. Why was she thinking of him tonight as she crouched beside the upper window, watching keenly the winding road that led to Halters? Downstairs her father sat before the prison gates, his rifie across his; knees. There had been ominous ru- mors in town of a lynching party, to kill the negro who now cowered in the furthest cell of the prison, charged with an unspeakable crime. But old Warden Davis was of stern stuff and he had let it be known that | he would lose his life before he lost his prisoner. However, he had tele phoned to the capital for a militia company. Something stirred along the wind- ing road and the low, muttering mur “Turn Back or | Firel™ B % | mur of an angry mob came to the girl faintly. She flew downstalrs. *Father, they're coming!” she ex- claimed. “Go back to the house, Moll,” he an- swered sternly. “But they'll kill you!” she cried. “They won't get Washington,” ane swered the old warden. “At least, not B [ til] they do me. Get back, girl!” Mollie dared not disobey. Bhe waited at the ofice door. The wardea ¥ | was alone, for the six guards had all % | jolned the mob. It would have been worth their lives to have offered re- And they %00 were imbued ance upon the black criminal. The murmur swelled into a din and a mob of men came racing up the, road that led to the prison. Many were masked, and in their hands they carried heavy beams, capable of bat- tering in the oaken warden stood facing them. most of them, “Give up that nigger and you can go free. We ain't got vothing against you.” Warden Davis deliberately nrose | numan skeletons and old colns have “Give up, Davis,” yelled the fore- | | were dated about the time this expe dition started. It is generally thought | § that the bodies found were those who |8 The girl dragged him into the of- ! fice and flung the shutters close and || barred the door. She thrust the rifle ' “You'll save my fa- | ther?” she cried. “I trust you. They ! into his hands. are maddened now by the sight of; blood, but they shall never set foot ! in here as long as I live.” “Or 1,” he answered, and, kneeling beside the window, opened a chink in the shutters and thrust the rifie forth. The leaders looked into it as: they ran yelling forward. They knew that their revolver bullets were pow- erless agalnst the strong window i beams. it . . Moll, dear. Cut h s throat | °¢ g e | W.P, Pillans & Co. PHONE93 Mol desr ut ble snemys hrokt| ““rurs tuck o 1ot rtot el seore i this community. We supply i ¥ A been unable to meet his mortgage and ::ntvi:t. ?u:hey 5‘;:!' ed he h'lrehv; | s save his mother's farm. Poor woman! | Dol 8o bad them Siwe mer. TR\ peeds and requirements of everybody. that of hate. They halted and the courage was gone out of them. He flung the shutters wide and rose to his feet. “Fling down your shouted. They saw the tall figure in convict's stripes and the gleaming barrel lev- eled on them. Sullenly they obeyed and withdrew toward the gate. Then from beyond the road a trampling was heard. Gray-coated men came at the double toward the prison. It was the militla company from the capital. A moment later and the last of tho' assailants was racing to safety. Two officers bore the man who had been shot into the office and placed him at | the warden's side. The elder man | opened his eyes. “Thank God, warden, we came in time,” sald the commanding officer. “What have they done to you? A knee wound? You'll be up and around in a week, man. But as for him—" Simms moaned and struggled into a sitting posture, his head resting against the officer’s shoulder. He was shot through the body; he could not live an hour. “I—want—to tell—you—" he mut tered, and then his eyes met those of the convict's. The two men stared fixedly at each other. Simms uttered & groan. “Listen—before I die,” he gasped. “He's not—guilty. I—shot—Bert Smith. We had a feud. I—put—the knife beside— Lowndes’ bed while he—slept. He's—innocent. I—" His head fell back and an instant later he sighed, the eyelids fluttered and closed. The officer rose. “He's dead,” he said. But even in that moment an un- quenchable joy rose up in the girl's heart as she met Lowndes’ eyes and knew that the promptings of her heart had not been in vain. (Copyright, 1913, by W, G. Chapman.) OLD COINS AND BONES FOUND weapons!” he Thought to Be Relics of French Naval | & Expedition of American History of 1746, Within the last few years parts of been washed out on the beach at Spermacete cave near the old High- lands. The bomes and other relics come from Skeleton hill. and tides acting on the base of the hill cguse the land at the top to slide | § down to the beach, thus unearthing the bones and other relics. Although many stories are told of how the bodies came to be thers, the one recelving the most credence is that the men were part of the exped!- tion sent out by France to avenge the capture of Louisburg by the colonists and English troops. This expedition lett France in 1746. During the voy age several of the warships carrying the troops were wrecked. Later a |§ pestilence broke out among the crew, killing hundreds of men. The admiral in command, in despalr, committed suicide, as did his successor. It was planned to attack the colon-| § doors. The, ists in Massachusetts and then to devastate all the settlements as far | & as Georgla. Most of the coins found died from the plague and were burled The winds | 3 This is the most complete hardws, And we are determined that every cu toner who enters our store shall be co pletely satisfied or we refund their money The best thing about us however, is oi, prices. We buy in car load lots—take i smallest possible profit on each article v sell-- and depend on our volume of saly, ¢ for what proft we make. We invite yo,' to call and inspect our stock and price, ! Tre Jacksol Smohed An Endless Variety Of the Best Brands HAMS--With that ric., spicy flavor, BACON--That streak of lean and streak of fatkind g SAUSAGES--Mostany kind to your liking. Potted Meats Canned Meats Pickled Meats A different kind for every day in the month Best Butter, per pound and drew & line in the mud with his | b’s;:?“m'hlgfi‘:e'- e Sugar, 17 pounds ..... . PR 100 3 . ° ° . ° | boot toe. When he closed one-half of eton Rill is owned by the gow Tlnn‘ng and Plumblnga SPec‘alty tha' gats slowly, Ealinly. ernment. No one is allowed on the | § Cottolene, 10 Pou‘ plfll .......................... 1.23 . “The first man that sets foot across | ProPerty without & permit. But for |§ Cottolene, 4-pound pails......... 50 3 that line I'll shoot,” said Davis, rais | thi8 fact the place, no doubt, would | & : : S0 et : $ | 1ng his rife. :aveh be:n du{v up ;on: azo by treas Snowdrift, 10-pound pails......... Vastisinad el L) ®| The man who had addressed him ! Ure hunters—New Jersey correspoad: ily si The Model Hardware Co. ot G e A | IILbTL e ) o Bl “1 know you, Simms, for anl your 6 cans bahy size Cream............. ..... .. ...... ¥} g . mask,” sald the warden. “Now boys. Few Grizzly Bears Left. 1.8 barrel best Flo 10 § T T p— are you going to follow that man to| A report issued by the state fish B siavives SladmaEs o s Bt P bt your death? Go home, you fools” |&nd game commission says there is | § 18 pounds best Flowr.......... ) Bu:d:nly tl;em came & revolver :l:e:;d" of tbflefil! bears in Califor ! e N P M _|erack from the mob and the old ere not being more than a half- PIES Sevay Sertettit s seses 4e seeess I IF YOU ARE THINKING OF BUILDING., SEE man pitched forward, struggled to dozen known to be left of all the hun. tround Coffee, per pound ) rise, and sank back with a groan, Hia ' dreds that used to roam the Sierras. ') it et NS R AN e MARSHA LL & SA NDERS knee was shattered. The rifle had; The statement is also made that 39, § gallons Kerosens ... .. SRR RN e e The 0ld Reliable Contractors Who have been building houses in Lakeland for years, and who never “FELL DOWN" or failed to give satisfaction. All classes of buildings contracted for. The many fine residences built by this firm are evidgnces of their abilityto make good. MARSHALL & SANDERS Phone 228 Blue SRODINOCITANITINIINNINS DETITITICIINDIDe0e0e ey Tl last five minutes® Davis fallen from his hand and he made frantie, futile efforts to regaln it sprung to her father's side. snatched the rifle and, pofnting it at 000 deer are killed annually in the | state, 10,000 by hunters and the re- At the sound of the shot Mollie had | She mainder by mountain lions, coyotes, and other animals that prey om them. ——————— POQP . 41 Doy Simms, fired. The man reeled and At the Indoor Falr, fell. The mob shrank back and in an| Helper—We're going to have a big fustant she had dragged her father in- ‘ crowd here,and it'll be some job to slde the gate and closed it. Next mo- | keep ’em moving. ment she was carrying him, panting| Manager—That'll be easy. Take under his welght, into the house, ' down that rear exit sign, post up while the crowd hammered in fury the word “Free”and they’llall bolt for upon the gates. | it—Judge. FOTOLITOTICIIIEI® @ 0200000 Auditing TAMPA .. 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