Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 21, 1913, Page 8

BAGE EIGHT There is no better Your account sol J. L. SKIPPER President AMERICAN 3 ularity of a bank then its deposits. OUR INCREASE FROM JANUARY 1st TO JULY 1st WAS 150 PER CENT kept in strict confidence. AL BANK }iwas A “0ark Horse” | [ By BELLE MANIATES. | “Thernton, 1 won't take ‘no’ for an answer this time. You: can stay over | a couple of weeks now just as well as not. There is a good golf links, boat- ! | g, and I have three nretty dingh—[ ) ters, and—" I “I certainly can't refise such: al hring inducements,” laughted Thern- ton, “and 1 trust, Mr. Darnley, I won’t be trespassing too much om your hospitality and the good nature of your houshold by accepting an fm- promptu invitation.” The household is an unconventional one, and delights in opening doors wide when & friend knocks,” replied the elder man, taking down the tele- phone: “Hello! evidence of the pop- icited, and will be This you, Madge?! Mr:. heard me speak of him. I have per- suaded him to remain over and pay | | us & visit. Yes, he’ll come home with) me tonight” After the transaction | of some busimess which had brought Roger Thoraten, the son of an old. college friend of Mr. Darnley’s; to the ! city, they took = suburban train to the latter's country home. “The house looks rather forbid- P. E. CHUNN Cashier q ‘ (} e i'l, w Class Thornton is in town—you have often:| FOR SALE. niK 34LE—Goed Winehester rifle; will be seld eheap. Phome 343 Red 3 OR SALE—Free dirt. Kindling wood at $3.00 per load. Apply at Kibler Hotel. 886 e e ———————————————e JR SALE—Gaod milch cow: F. B. Terrell. )24' R e "OR SALE—Lots west Florida ave- nue, 150 and up. Fia. and Ga..% Laud Co. Phone 72. 94&; POR SALE OR RENT—Four-room house, best' portion of Dixieland, ' $250 cash, balance like rent. Fla. & Ga. Land Co. Phonme 72. 948 Bt p— | "R SALE—New bouse of 9 rooms, bath, electric lights, corner lot $0 x 135; wiil be sold at a bargain. | ified Advertising S e e #0R RENT—Furnithed and unfur- #OR RENT—Office e I O R T FORaRENT-—NEW G-room ootuse,g TI S — — reject any or all bijg 8 1o I ;OR REN I D it ok 988 Chairmgy e 0 ; R NS—-6 room house; bath. g FOR RE i abaif| Some of A R Biowy shuaes and screens. One qsuares morth of school, Florida | ings for rent here, 4y, g -| sale and also lote, g, . Inquire st Pillan’s gFoc By, avenue. Ing [ Fire !msurance writ, " ory. j ings. merchandise, hoygy, niture in millionaire gy, reasonable rates. 5. Apply at 805 3 BTSSR led. Promptness. faitbty, % mf“c““"’ guaranteed. Smith Hardin bullding. The Jobn| . .‘.5; %id;vmfl%l ¥. Cox Realty Co. OMI l e el e %,R RENT—Two furnished rooms tor light housekeeping. Apply at| HOLD WINE 1,600 Yfl:g 104 East Oak and N. Florida Ave.| RN 983 Famous Bottle in Germy Was Taken From an LRV man Tomt close in. Screens, bath and &l go.n wine of e il convenlences. E. 8. McGleshan, 1o11 the higher grace m 301 W. Lemon St., cor. N. Y. ave.| which are just coming o dance,” interrupted Milss Smitnson,.! IN A DRESSING ROO By LILLIAN WOODS. and I'd have to wear one of those bead- | Will gather them up. ed things like yours that I had last ' “My, I thought I wasn’t going to mble to come!” exclaimed Miss Finch, peering closer into the mirror and add- this!” 1 :{, :h::k:.ate RO A0 Isklm and stood before the mirror in “You know, I hinted and hinted,” iplensed scrutiny. | she explained, “but Paul hadn't any . ears at all! My, I wouldn't have missed it for a farm! The floor's swell, ain’t 1t? And, say, did you see the orches- | Ara they've got? All of fifteen pieces! | fat 0 th h Must have cost them something, letlnpprec f e”us L 1o/ o1 nenawe e tell you!” 'get there,” replied the sophisticated | “Yes,” rejoined Miss Smithson, as i Miss Smitheon, giving a parting touch ' to her complexion before the mirror. he delved for a powder bag and began | ,, | ats careful application. 'This sure is my color—I feel that I | Miss Smithson drew up her | voice murmured tenderly: Roger sat the music, and the boy'll be frantic,” | half whispered: suggested Miss Finch, ! “I beg your pardon!” “It'll do them good to wait—they’l} | e i sound of vanishing skirts. heard echoes of mirthful Rogers heard a light footfall be- e | Winter, but & woman who was going {hind Mm: Then two soft arms en- abroad decided to wait a while longer, | circled his neck, a velvety cheek was 80 the dressmaker was able to finish ! lald against his ewn, and a beautiful “What made: you so late, dear?” like a man dazed, “I think we'd better get & move on ! stunned by the touch of lips and us if we want the first dance—I hear | cheek. After a throbbing silence he There was a horrified exelamation, a swift withdrawal of arms, and the- In a distant part of th» house he laughter. Presently Darnley came 'out of the with dignity. “The fussy things are ' ding” observed Mr. Darnley, as they | all out—that's why they sell them so | came up' the graveled road, “but the cbeap—and the whole thing now is | 8irls detest lights in summer. I pre- the plain drees with good lines® I was.| Bume they are back in .the garden. afraid it wouldn't be done for tonight, | Sit down here on the porch:and I) | Honest, Miss Finch, I envy you— : am going to enjoy myself tonight, I | | house. iyour color comes and goes at yonr own good will! Now, when I put on my Dest dress and get my hair combed my ! qace begins to ehow signs of labor and by the time I get on the floor 1 Y0k like a washerwoman! Honest, #t’s an awful trial.” Miss Smithson gave her cheeks an- ‘other coating of the powder to cover | the offending color, and restored the | bag to its place. Then she unwrapped | ter slippers. “You know, some girls think they <an't come to & dance unless tuey have | yet awhile! Now, here my slippers my own house and from the automo-‘ bile in here, don't they, now?’ b Miss Smithson put up a lanzuid foot «nd motioned to the maid to assist her. | “You saw that girl that just went | out?’ went on Miss Smithson, "Wdl.l what do you suppose I heard her ny" 1 wasn't listening, but she talked for the benefit of us all, as anyone could tell, so I just took it in. She said that Bair was all hers! She said she just ran a comb through it in the morning and the curls fell that way! As if you eouldn't see a mile away that she Pought it by the yard! Isn't it funny fow some pcople will think they can put one But I should worry about it LING, not as if we sl.ould scorn to buy it by the yard oursclves,” re- marked Miss Finch, pinning a rose Into a cluster of curls before applying the whole to her coilfure. “Well, I like that!” retorted Miss Bmithson, “All I got on is my own— and I'm not afraid to take it down!” Miss Finch changed the subject Rastily. “You didn't say anything about ~ | *Its Worth $30 If It's Worth a Cent.” ®my gown,” she remarked. “I got it at & sale, It's worth £30 if it's worth a eent, and I'd be ashamed to say what 1 got It for, just because they had to make room for summer goods, they sald.” She gazed at her reflection in the mirror appreciatively. “You know, 1 was afraid I'd be conspicuous here n it, but I guess iL's zoing to be some dance, and I'll be gi-d I wore it, It's %00 bad you didu't—" “I had_this made specially for this = A et ] always can tell! some one for the first dance, b on! Let’s run!"—Chicago Daily News. | In§T00m preparing a chafing dish | GEESE AND RAT IN BATILE, Desperate Fight on New York Gtate 1 C ; ; here, started from her home to Grove- & carriage; but I'm not o stuck UP | ja;q gtation, two miles south, she left: to bring home with me!” | { at the barn her pair of geese together | will look just as good as it I'd walked | jth tw on a red carpet to an automob'le from | 4¢ gaye | | sallied forth and pounced upon the remaining two goslings. | | wtter prowling all * the| “ ' ) prowling all over Y LRl [ BB LD ULl l::;'::; grounds, [ found the girls in the din~ { luncheon. for us Come in and meet | them.” | In the dinirig-room Roger was ml | sented to the three giris. In vain he | ! looked Into the roguisk taces seeking | some tell-tale token. But not a sign of confusion or enligntenment did he | receive. Geneseo, N. Y.—When Mrs. M:rkl “I must tell you a good joke, Thorn- joothe, who lives on a farm south of| ton,” laughed Darniey. “Tha girls: supposed it was your fathen I was| Farm in Which Fowls Cama Off Victora. | “Indeed! And was I also supposed 0 goslings, the only survivors ' to be my father when I sat out on the | n goslings, the rest of which & porch just now?* he asked, mean-| rat had killed. ! ingly. i Soon after her departure the rat mhere was a trio of laughing voices and knowing glances. “No. You were thought to be me,” Both ot these the rat surprised and killed. " When the parent birds dlscovered] Sxplaiuea e oy Seeall ORART w hat had been done they in turn had | f:::l:g“:;‘:)hr.'? el WAtRfLIS ombm! just pounced upon the rodent when | \here 16 but one wav-in whith 1 One of the big, enraged birds selzud1 er'..fi:\‘,.,..y'dom, fdaa tha trlo | the rat in its beak and holding him{ "0 01“;_ l'l\V sl e in the air tried to stun him by throw- | ot S. o sl b ing him to the ground. This It did a one oLt DA N AUIL COMD Hhsteg DO | number of times unmindful of the ?I"d,hf ?"d (fi’."‘t thonaneers R fact that nearly every time the rat's, l,‘rllh'ff i\‘..' .“l itively and laughin long teeth sank deep in its neck. 1ROV S hositlye voand BIBLAS ly declined. After a merry evening, When the rat would run for cover the Roger retired, unable to deeide which 'New York Mayor Walks While Other other goose, waiting close to the s barn, would, with lizhtning move- to'f "Il;»(m : ‘” .'\ Bl \\:‘“k»n I\“E ) ments, drive him back into the open 5 “and ‘.\“ll- : wund him still une | where her hiseing mate. with its ‘vl‘ . ‘1" Aot ai il t white coat of feathers covered with SN0 R0 T Ao S blood awaited his enemy. who had bestowed upon him the fleet- § After five minutes of these tactfes oo 7" ' the rat weakened noticeably and the - ; ‘]fi y lvl St "m‘ lmf by 1.1 ¥ QO 1 a nece ) gander, seizing the rat's head with its b ived to ," ‘ A .(. bill, gave it such a prodigious “yank” S, 2 7 3 . was a t) ier di nt from as to rip the rat's furry neck and cut i ) .3 . her light-licarted lauchter-loving its throat as neatly as could have densine been done with a knife. The contest {.‘. .0.”" or two skilliu | was over, but not the savage anger of o, ° il | the gecse, fer with ser ARt i HED Ahats 1 £ec r L 80T { . Ve i crowd and sourhit a secluded retrea shrieks they joined forces and con- in flvi 1 " S “‘ b " 1€ rose g 1 o tinued to strike their dead enemy “Ti5 You. ki \‘.. he said, suddenly, until their owner brought the hubbub gy 4. g o o iy . SR, : 3 ‘T had a very strange experience the § to an end by driving the birds away first night oi'-m\‘ arrival hlcr«'l » from the objec ir venges e i i W g object of their vengeance. | “umpat was before I came,” remind- ‘ed Marie. “Mr. Darnlay left me on the porch | while he went in search of his fam. ily, and while I waited there alone in ;'the darkness, I felt two soft arms about my neck, a cheek laid against mine, and a light kiss, and the most beautiful voice I ever heard say: ‘What made you so late, dear?” When GAYNOR WON'T USE CITY AUTO Officials Ride 2t Expense of the Taxpayers, New York.-—Mayor Gaynor freed his mind on the subject of city officlals who ride between their homes and of- [ spoke, she fled. Marie, from the fices in city owned automobiles. Comp- first moment I saw you, I knew it troller Prendergast has reported unfa- must have been you who came to me vorably on a request of Borough Presi- there in the darkness and taught me dent Connolly of Queens for an addl-; what love might be!” tional machine for his department. | “But,” she said, her voice trem- Connolly complained he had only four bling, “you know I did not come une cars, whereas they had fourteen or fif-, til two days later.” teen in Richmond. “I know. But still it was you—in & “Personally I am inclined to accede dream, perhaps, but, Marie, will you to the request,” said the mayor, “for I not make the dream come true? Can think you should know what you need. ' you not love me?” But there are too many of these auto-, With a little, glad laugh, mobiles. Not only that, but the city turned to him, and he held her in employes to whom the automobiles are his arms. assigned have a habit of riding to and “Roger,” she said, presently, from business on them. They go In came a day before your arrival, and great state, riding like monarchs. I stole out that night, thinking to know it, for T have often seen them meet Uncle Will and reproach him when I have been walking. for being so late. When I found my “I think the comptroller is of the mistake, I ran in and told the girls, same opinfon with myself, that where and begged them to keep my secret. automobiles are necessary they should They were lovely not to betray me, be provided. He does not believe, but every time I was alone with you, however, that they should be used to I was conscious of what 1 had done—" g: t(;dn:d from business or that they “So was I, Marie,” he replied. shou e used, as they have been, at night for theater parties and the like.” ~ORTIPA 3 Detiy o P 00 The request went over. she [ “1 E 492 Fri. sale market, is attaining r. at the auctions at Mayey FOR RENT—Two cottages on Gil- ::;e:l?e:u:::i:: “‘s :vh:nl more avenue. Apply to Mrs. T. | porw ($1,725) for oask o\ B. Hendrix, Phone 299, 1001 | or Karnzburg of the vins ve ~——————————————— | Bad for years occupied ti: f@ FOR RENT--Furnisked or unfurnish-i lst in wine auction at oy ed house on N. Y. ave. Bath, llght&! prices, but the bidders at runniug water and all conven | suction at once ran the pr jences. Apply to Mrs. F. A, Mor-| §rades up to almost douj; rell at Mrs. S. M. Booth’s, Scuth record figure reached fors* oti cask of about six hundrei; Kentucky avenus. Phone 3804~ ; t.iue arties leaving town. The John F. Cox Realty Co. 937 #OR SALE—Good two-ctory house of 7 rooms and bath, electric light,| corner lot 70 x 100, shade trees, $3,200. The 'ohn F. Cox Reaity Co. 987 08 SALE—New 7-room house nev- er occupied. South Florida avenue, Dixieland. $50¢ cash, balance $40 per month. -lorida & Geor- zia Land Company. Munn build- Plesporter from the vine:®94 of Plesporter from tic :: - | Count von Kesselstadt, {17 010 marks ($3,500) was » e | ins Pbone 72. 954 ,’\/? 1 “ . { auction at Treves. s S ) ‘lsce aneou&] This is a rate of amosl FOR SALE—Rubber tiro, top bug . o for two-year-old wine in iygh gy Pine St,, Fix 'Em Shop, be- % ANTED—Your safety ragsor blades| The values of wine ¢ tween Florida and Tennessce (4 peghurpen, made better than| the famous bottle in the 3'01 Aves. 977 new, 25e, 85¢ and 50c doren. Lake- | seum of Speyer. Tuis cii/ ¥ T e e v jand Furniture #nd Hardware Co antique shape and wis (A‘.H FOR SALE—Cheap: 1 safe, $25; 14¢ | Roman sarcophagus une mj to which is attributed thousard six hundred jer Tl The bottle contains s i 8€ evvered on top with a raeq stance which was once olittig by the Romans in the netig bottles as a means of excli and preserving liquid Analysis proved the fuid: and other objects in the show that it dates from ex3FD¢ Sealed bids for the purchase of the mmn{:om? hcrse, harness and fire truck recently | gaat vioinity was caught! used by the Lakeland Fire Depart-|res’ fish nets, near Sas(: ment will be received by the Fire|launches tried to tow th® Cemmittee of the City Council, up|the pler without succest 1 € July 25th, 1913. The right to shoe bench and stool, $6; 1 cash g register, $40; 1 silk thread cab-| ‘net, $6; 1 cotton thread cabinet, $2; Duffy’s Decd Shot Chilk and Fev- 1 sane, $1; 2 counters, $5 each; 8 - Ton':. 4 or 6 dgses guarant2ed display tables, $2.50 eacr; 1 $10 0 break up any case of chill and mirror, $5; 1 $25 mirror, $10; 5 fever, or lagrippe. Taken as a tonie show cases, at almost your own, !t Will build up the system, improve price. At Taylor's Department the appetite and make life worth Store, 109 North Kentucky ave. | !n5. For sale at all drug stores, 994, 5¢ a ottle. Munufactured by G. E. 3cot* akeland, Fla. 968 FOR SALE—A good organ, cheap "~ Py for cash. Organ {8 In good condi- NOTICE. tion and is a bargain. For par- ticulars address F. E. C., care Telegram. 980 't OR SALE—Good pony horse, also Jersey cow with young heifer calf. D. H. Sloan. 1004 ropes broke and the tsi? F@ dgned ™he whale war The Services of Artists Ax.'e Yours When G e nyen Ydl' ¥ 2. ’ ! ; Bring Your Wo:k to the ia § et A LA dLCEARY 6. N ) L itan T o ——— .I“ e egrisohsonicoeitiio e it ) e aku 1 ' § [59 not 1ot @ £ 1 5 - L 107 ICT S g Crror Ci D N0 }'0‘.’!‘ W B 7 1eot 1t he amucad cn wont af A ft : ~ pif Jet 110 the amused comment of di.criminating pec, & ying f1S out ten newsp purs every weeke them being sixteen-page papers of .t te-wide cireulat o7 ‘be this does not mean that we do not also give the closc:l o tention to the small werk. An order for visiting cardi;n o for printing a ribbon badge, or a hundred circulars, is gi"; the same careful consideration that enables us to sevom and successfully carry out our large contracts. And, ho had to fit up for the larger work naturally enables us t0's the smaller work better, ‘ culf 3 a vén Alw "l'x’ Qad — ess 2k LakelandNews [ob Ofric2 Kentucky Building, Rocms 11 and 12 DA