Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 22, 1913, Page 2

~ frg Walked from the dining room and B i dignity, wl | | from the house in ar;lfii;rymom“‘,“‘ » | the astonishment of his "t : | G ’ : sister, to whom he was usually cour ‘ ltesy itselt. Sy PAGD WO Tryon Dunham took his way to his Per- ffice much perturbed in mind. . ’ * l;,)lexities seemed to be thickening —_— ) ‘ =] O : | about him. With the datwn olt- t::n::'z:;:- TRAN SFER | ) ‘ that sterne o ing had come 1y Hmmn“ ¢ . vith a s/ P R H 3 ‘6)/' Grace Livingston Il LULZ o uvenun vt 4 S0 0 G I ZUTHOR of"MARCIA SCHUYLERY “PHOLBE DIANE" ' | denty fiing from Justce. Guaranty IR SNSRI 6 5 S e Ah, the ring! —_— DA RNING" ETC. & t through him, and his hand nm‘rgi#o&s ‘6}' 7?1‘7 WALTRS oA :le‘:rched hie vest qocktlzt.be;v")l:_:l';e.l.l'e Phone 57 Green ) H t the jewe - COPYRIGNT, 19/2, BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT CC 2P | had hastily pu “ plea;:./ T've something awfully impor | ing lhl)ils r(;t{)m. ou?:l}l::"ltzvazi l::x‘vl:ih:‘t f u about.” tangible. He ¢! _ CHAPT‘ER e ull{;lsos:sot::::ttg:e told him there wWas | it was worth, and so make l:"e:"':: SAV ?ILQ&& MON Dunham listened.as long as his eaT | neeq for haste it he would keep in her | for all whether he had beenf ec“u.i HALF TONES - LINE PLATES could catch the sound, then a strange good graces, so he made a hurried | The stone seemed to beh of ou‘;:l‘ step B SPECIALDESIGNS s desolation settled down upon him. tollet and went down, to find his bouse- | beauty and purity, l:l“t 95';m vassed DALY ) The little station behind him Wwas | polq in a state of subdued excltemen& { into the diamond shox:i af e .m‘m“ ah;'"" closed, though a light over the desk| «pm just as worried as I can be,” | and make sure. _He la ba trlt. : “PROMPT MAIL o, shong brightly through its front win-| geclared his mother. “I want to con*| who could tell hlr.n alla o;l e bl Somoemanaa,, dow and the telegraph sounder was | gy]t you, Tryon. I have put such im-| After th'e u}ormns greeting, he han clicking busily. plicit confidence in Norah, and I can-; ed over his ring. & b g Turning impatiently from the dark-| not pear to accuse her unjustly,.bm “This belpngs to a friend o md "‘I == v nees, Dunham sought the bright win- | | have missed a number of little things | he said, trying to look unconcerned, -l-h l 110 L0 —— dow, in front of which lay a newspa- " ghould like to know if the stone is per. He could read the large headlines l“'?\l\)"hat the matter, mother? Norah | genuine, and about what it is worth.” of a column—no more, for the paper | peen appropriating property not her| His friend .t°°k t.he ring and retired was upside down, and a bunch of bill-' gy ?” behind a curious little lr_lstrument for heads lay partly across it. It read: | “I'm very much afraid she has, Try- | the eye, presently emerging with a re- - MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF | on. What would you do about it? It | epectful look upon his face. Palm Cbapter, y, g YOUNG AND PRETTY WOMAN |5 50 unpleasant to charge a person| “Your friend is fortunate to have | scond and fourtn His heart stood still, and then went | with stealing. It is such a vulgar thing | such a beatuiful stone. It is unusually | o each month at 13 thudding on in dull, horrid blows. ! ¢o gteal Somehow I thought Nora was | clear and white, and exquisitely cut. 1| pozy ween w. M) Vainly he tried to read further. He | more refined.” should say it was worth at least”—he 8. l followed every visible word of that pa-| «why, I suppose there’s nothing to | paused and then named & sum which per to discover its date and origin, | o but just charge her with it, 18! gtartled Dunham, even accustomed as but those miserable billheads frus-|there? Are you quite sure it 18 gone? | he was to counting values in high fig- | nfted Brotherhoo ¢ trated his effort. He felt like dashing | what is it, any way? A ring, did you | ures. He took the jewel back with & | 4p3 Joiners of Anery his hand through the glass, but reflect- | gy kind of awe. Where had his myster:- | “yoxelana Lodge ed that the act might result in hie be-| ~«No, jt's a hat,” sald Cornelia short- | ous lady acquired this wondrous | . pocviar comniy ing locked up in some miserable coun-{ }y, A gixty-dollar hat. I wish I'd| bauble which she had tossed to him for ris ; try jall. He tried the window and |yept it now, and then she wouldn't|s trifie? In a tumult of feeling, he | %cond an Mondy gave the door another vicious shake, ' paye dared. It had two beautiful wil: | went on to his office more perplexed | ™ Visiting brettm but all to no purpose. Finally he turned | jow ostrich plumes on it, but mother | than ever. ited. 3. C 0 on his heel and walked up and down Meantime, the girl who was speeding 1 P WI for an hour, tramping the length of the along toward Chicago had not forgot ! shaky platform, back and forth, till ten him. She could not if she would, the train rumbled up. for all about her were reminders of At the first stop & man in front got him. The conductor took charge of out, leaving & newspaper in the seat. her ticket, telling her in his gruff, With eager hands, Dunham leaned for kind way what time they would ar ward and grasped it, searching its col- rive in the city. The porter was so- umns in vain for the tantalizing head- licitous about her comfort, the news- l:::t:.vzm 2’;: w:re othera equa:‘ly t;h boy brought the latest magazines and B 9 a box of chocolates and laid them at myilerions Sikpbearance of & young her shrine with a smile of admiration actress who was suspecting of poison- and the words, “Th' g'nlmun sent ing her husband. When seen last, she ‘em!” * was boarding a train en route to Wash- 7. aut by, st opased tia sulthade ton. Sh ; g, UM, ot atrived S half doubtfully, feeling that she was however, so far as could be discev- A ered. It was eupposed that she was ‘lm‘:“ intruding upon another’s pos- sessions. lingering in the vicinity of Philadel- phia or Baltimore. There were added There were a dress suit and & a few incriminating details concerning change of fine linen, handkerchiefs, neckties, a pair of gloves, a soft, black her relationship with her dead hus- A { | band, and a brief sketch of her sensa. felt negligee hat folded, a large black tional life. The paragraph closed with silk muffler, a bathrobe, and the usual the statement that she was an accom- silver-mounted brushes, combs and plished musician. other toilet articles. She looked them The young man frowned and, open over In a business-like way, trying to ing his window, flung the scandalous see how she could make use of them. sheet to the breeze. He determined to : :?m‘;l'l:“ t:r h:;. she covered it with forget what he had read, yet the lines e silk muffler, to protect it from dust. kept.coming before his eyes. PSHI Semnnd Wb Fager Then she took off her dress and When he reached the city he went | didn't think it was becoming. She | Wrapped herself in the soft bathrobe, to the news stand in the station, | wanted some color about it instead of | Wondering as she did so at her willing- where was an agent who knew him, | all black. I left it in my room, and | ness to put on a stranger’s garments. and procured a copy of every paper oa | charged Norah to see that the man | Somehow, in her brief acquaintance sale. Then, instead of hurrying home, | 80t it when he called, and now the | With this man, he had impressed her he found a seat in a secluded corner|man comes and says he wants the hat, | With his own pleasant fastidiousness, | and proceeded to emmine his pun|and it is gone! Norah insiste that | 8o that there was a kind of pleasure in chases. when she last saw it, it was in my | using his things, as if they had been room. But of course that's absurd, for | those of a valued friend. | In large letters on the front page of | & New York paper blaged: there was nobody else to take it but | She touched the electric button that Save it REGULARLY. Save it PERSISTENTLY. Save it and put it where it will be SAFE. J Save it and put it in a bank that ofters safety and'a fair rate of in- terest. Save it and you will be able to look misfortune in the face with the confidence that will ONLY come with READY CASH. X This institution offers that splen- did combination of safety, excellent service and a falr rate of interest (8 per oent). K 01} Regular meeting ot 7:30 at Odd Pellm iag wmembers alwap | 3] Chancellor (SEREEE v M. _ACKSON. Secreiii8 B POST MW, 6! Meats the firal saus month ac 10 & m. o i. M, 8parling cn Ka A, C, SHAFrER, J. R. TALLEY, Lakeland Chapter, 188 i9 meets the firat Thu ", wch month in Masni§§ @ eompanions welmg Leonard, H. P.; 1.1V Lakeland €amp Mo woeets every Thunds men Circly first and U ofternoons at 3:00 ¢i48 Sttridge, Council Constl tala Hebd, Guardind IK llem‘?o'!l Poik Bnoampuert {3 P, mests the st WA days, Visitiag Pati We are ready to serve the public in our new place, corner Florida Avenue and Main Street. Also all “our Vegetables are ‘SCREENED’ b e HOUSE ROBBED OF JEWELS|Thompson, and he's been in the family | controlled the lights in the little apart- 7. A Mel0 ¢ . WORTH TEN THOUBAND DOL- | for 80 long." ment, aud lay down in the darkness | & B. SIMMERMAX, & 3 LARS BY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG “Cornelia,” interrupted Tryon, quite | to think out her problem of the mew| Ghies Patriarch ; | ADVENTURESS MASQUE beside himself, “don’t think of such a | life that lay before her. § a W‘ P, ILL RADING AS A PARLOR thing as epeaking to that poor girl — o LAnd : : MAID. about that hat. [ know. she hasn't (To Be Continued.) Blosson U :ole: lt.d ':ho hat will probably be und, and then how will feel?” . “But I tell you the hnyoc‘:nnot be Ph.VIDES FOR SAFETY Pms found!” sald the exasperated sister. Pretty Cush| “And I shall just have to pay for a hat i S g o loingy that I ¢&n never wear.” One Feature That Is Something He ran his eyes down the columa and gathered that she was still at large, though the entire police force of New York was on her track. He turned to another paper, only te Oraage &1 A toB oL} wosnd and fourth ¥ “—‘a‘t':“l Slsters always welst: “Pure Food Store” Phone 93 be met by the words: MRS, J. C. B ESCAPE OF FAIR LUNATIC “Mother, I appeal to you,” said the "y "_”'"" Moots every Tumit! and underneath: son earnestly. “Don't allow Cornelia| The accom ustrates | s’slock, nald le:uluiccffle o Sonloe. ngul':t! %o speak of the hat to the girl. I|a mflmfi';mt, little “ e g irih '5";:,' mo!&l"’ ‘235“"5; fl'? to 1":. ;ouldn; have such an injustice done| pin cushion. 1t s triangular in shape, Blmora Rebelsd o:.l::‘, ;2'““::’:"‘ :m‘% h"g' c“:, o .a our house. The hat will turn up|and is made with cream-colored satin waets every second 47} tay nights at 1. 0.0 ing brothers and S°EH mvited. 3 MRS, T. B ROBES"E MRS, GUY AREN soon if you just go about the matter and edge calmly. You'll find it quite naturally e v Wil BIRE s oY carried into two I and unexp?cte__dly. perhaps. Any way, | lower corners. U:::sfl:et f;.::l: :f n:: ':r ytz:nd:n t, :l:l ml”l for the hat, rath- | and simple floral design is embroid- ave the girl suspected.” The mother rose reluctantly, o g e er scnses, and professes to know noth- ing of what happened, but the physicians say she is liable to another attack of in- sanity, and deem |t safe to keep her con- fined, She escaped during the night, leav- ing no clew to her whereabouts. How she managed to get open the window through which she left the asylum is still & mystery, - P 4 roses, with white centers, . . Iny.die;gust he flung the paper from 3 vgelll.] we might let it go another worked in various shades o: :ge::vx : ecurl y s rac I e ompany him and took up another, ay,” she consented. Then, looking e Lodge No' ! FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED! BEAUT | UP 8¢ the sk, she added: “I wonder it Lak acets Friday nistt® 3. 0. F. hall. Visitsh sordially invited J. L REDS il FUL YOUNG HEIRESS MISSING, | it 18 80ing to rain. I have a reciprocity His soul turned eick within him, Hol meeting on for today, and I'm a dele- looked up and saw a little procession | 83te t0 €ome little unheard-of place. It of late revelers rushing out to the last :‘;ua"y does rain when one goes Into suburban train, the girls leaving & gm"“"y' I've noticed.” trail of orris perfume and a vision of he went into the hall, and present. dainty opera cloaks. One of the men | 7 r;turned with a distressed look up- was a city friend of his. Dunham halt | 2, 2¢7 ('“‘, envied him his unperturbed mind. To |, TI7o% I'm afrald you're wrong,” be sure, he would not get back to the h ® said. “Now my raincoat is mies- city till three in the morning, but he | & My new raincoat! 1 hung it up would have no visions of robberies and e hall closet with my own hands, fair lunatics and hard pressed maid- after it came from the store. 1 really ens unjustly pursued, to mar his rest. | 0K ”'?em“‘ ought to be donel” Dunham buttoned his coat and [ There' Ihope you see!” said Con turned up his collar as he started out | 2°!i8 severely. “I think it's high time into the street, for the night had | *°Tething was done. Ishall phone for turned cold, and his nerves made him | ® ‘.‘.:,.‘f”“" at once!” chilly. As he walked, the blood began Xin ornelia, you'll do nothing of the to race more healthily in his veins, dh’l ber brother protested, now thor and the horrors of the evening papers ::‘ y aroused. “I'll agree to pay for were dispelled. In their place came | o bat and the raincoat if they are pleasant memories of the evening at | 20t forthcoming before a fortaight Mrs. Bowman’s, of the music, and of | D5 but you simply shall not ruin their ride and talk together. In his | '8¢ POOr girl's reputation. I fnsist, heart a hope began to rise that her mother, that you put a stop to such dark days would pass, and that he | TR Proceedings. I'll make myselt might find her again and know her bet- m‘;‘.‘.’ Teepousible for that girl's | the top of the cushion there s a e - R “Well, of course Pik satin ribbon with & His brief night's sleep was cut short s » Tryon, it you wish | 100p of som by & sharp knock at his door the next 2’— sald bis mother, with anxious |ranged abo morning. He awoke with a confused esitation. cushion fro e post idea of belng on a sleeping car, and | , 1 Ser*al0ly do wish it, mother. 1|glass or a nap in th o A wondered if he had plenty of time to | "D2! take it as personal it v 0 the wall, Announcesithat it is now ready for business,' and can furnish promptly, complete and reliable abstracts of the_title to any . real estate in Polk County. SECURITY ABSTRACT & TITLE CO. Miller Building, East Side Square BARTOW ; FLORIDA H. B. 2! s INTEM Moots oach T IF YOU ARE THINKING OF {BUILDING, SEE MARSHALL & SANDERS The OId Reliable Contractors Who have been building houses in Lakeland for years, and who never "FELL DOWN" or failed to give satisfaction. * Al classes of buildings vontracted for. The many fine residences built by this firm are evidgnces of their abiiity te anything ts| The no vel f make good. A dress, but his sister's voice quickly g l; this matter without consulting | ion is the Dl'oe\::;;: abo; s wigger o dispelled the illusion. me. Remember, Cornelia, I will not | pins, which made for safety ’ ' % consists of fo “Tryon, aren't you almost ready to | DAY® 80Y trifiing. A girl's reputation | little key gt ur ordinary come down to breakfast? Do hurry, ;m;nxm‘vor:: more than lovenl! and to x\dl)%;i:»"ess;: ;:y‘;?’ b“:a BevisEres - coats, and I kno o g asten not taken them.” wehe has | °n In the mgy, MARSHALL & SANDERS Phone 228 Blue FRB0HCE K BOHOEONH