Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 22, 1913, Page 6

throng,. He reached her and offered 3 her his arm.. She declined it indig- nantl nd Collins, erestfallen, fol-| eI Ese ; A ; ntly, al | lowed her to: the car door, where he /| § | HI was at once seized by & gray-coated} i BEB S Subway guard. ! “Hold him!” yelled the puffy-faced’: : | man, who, hatless and' coatless, nOoW How the Making of a Black EY® ,yneared on the scene. Bren ,&:,: roug i Collins noticed with satfsfaction ‘ " " Happmess by lx; eye was nearly closed and sur- Two. rounded by a widening circle of black, . shading’off into a medley of ox:lmm. By JAMES HALL. magenta, and marcon. “That’s the Collins was in 8 very “Wlfioru' fellow that assaulted and tried to rob frame of mind as he journeyed down- | me* town in the Subway. He had been un-| Collins saw the girl stop: suddenly, employed for nearly two moaths and | pegitate, and then return impulsively was fast approaching the end of his| {oward him. She laid her hand upon resources when he answered the prom- | pis grm. ising advertisement in the newspaper.| «No, it is a mistake,” she said. “This | The Question of the With a Frugal Houg The increasing price of food sy | An favitation to call was the responsse, | gentleman tried to protect me against and Collias was almost certain that| g gespicable fellow who was insulting his application would be “turned | ;e only—only—" | down.” y Her lips were trembling and she The reason for this pessimistic con- | was evidently overcome by her emo- clusion was that both the advertise- | ¢ion, Collins looked up, wretched to: | ment and the letter especially stated | tnink that he should have been the § that the advertiser wanted & “GleAN | cause of bringing tears to. her eyel demand economy. It's not necegg cut” man. Collins did not know what & | Then, to his amazement, he saw that ) cleancut man was, but he had alvays | iy wgg mirth, not fear, that agltated to buy cheaper food or buy legs iy assoclated the phrase in his ml:d uv‘ml: | her. j Al , i the mental picture of one of those| wQply he struck the wrong man, . groceries f tatloring ndvertllement: (:lha'i appear | ghe n{d. “This gentleman was per buy your. gr rom ug g 80 lavishly in the periodical press, | toctly innocent.” wherein a youth of aristocratic bear | «rpnocent!” snorted the pufty-faced GET MORE FO R YOU R " ing and classical build is shown, cane | man “I ghould say that I am inno- in hand, dressed in clothes that have | sent. I am a family man, and I can’t @v'fl"‘ OTHING knocks out clbthing s0 N f st as autoing, but who wants to ' i evidently been moulded to his figure. | go ith & black eye. Besides, Best Butter, R A 1 55 quit, riding in an automobile or go- ol i e o 8 s 5 :,:;“%“fie;ca:: s " w:;. po . rse type. a i i1 conceal. Bl GOBGaOO O A ing for an outing? Then, prepare -JIorse e b e boon s ing o my lfe | have to concsl. My lm'm’ T B . his nose was a little retrousse, and | 4y Western Manufacturing company, Cottol pdll. Saikiy tvivie's W i for it. Let us furnish you a seasible To his shoulders sloped a little, as all | little infl that T have I : ' y P muscular shoulders do, and were :::nt:::, 6 :“nm\zn:&' y:ung black- Cottolene, 4-pound pails.....eceees ..., | Coat to keep off rain, wind or dust—also, | wholly tanocent of padding. Decided- | yrarg gots the punishment he de- 1y Collins was not “clean-cut” in the | gorveq ” 4 pounds Snowdrift Lard. S o i - fashion-plate sense. thunderstruck at this i eoseesans a cap and stout gloves. We sell comfort- §|tusiteupiate sease. -~ " Calne war thundetruck ut 08§ guowicif, 100u8d pul b was hanging to a strap. He fell t0 | geqlt very hardly with him. The puffy- 8 cans family size Cream ....... .. ..... ., .ble clo‘hes’ but tbey fllWfly‘ h‘velk? watching the face of & girl who was | o004 man, who had now adjusted his 3 4 ' “SNAP” to them ook e B d T L R | Bl i « ,, rarely seen fn cities, and which, when | ® SyPau PRI | isively, 1.2 barrel bost FIOUL ..ovoeeneenerencenns v i (I. We Wi“ not PU NCTURE ¢ yom-’ ::l. lmprs:hl th‘:“’fl“‘;':h f";’: ll:;:r‘ “T don’t care for myself, but if you are 18 pounds best Flour i \ e upon the mind of the beholder. |, gentleman you will let me get this e A RURLI G pocket book for more /than we ought to Bhoughts olug o her work in. (he | BT 00t of ths crowd. Wont yonso |8 Optagen Boup, 8108 ...coitiuini cunn, 3 for the better clothes we sell, downtown sectlon. A girl of respon- | iy Collin—Frank Collins, and I was tiround Coffes, per pound ... .o oo\ ..., .. L ‘ en my way downtown to apply to you 3 : for a position. I lose the position; § gallons Kerosene .........oo0000 uu oo, 1ot us call the account even.” “You are Mr, Allison!” exclaimed | Ontfitter The Hart Schaffmer & Marx Clltlll.l the girl. “Why, I am Grace Loomis, and I was on my way to your office in " answer to your letter to call concern- [ ] [ ] FEQPUPLPITEOPL ‘The Hub . | pEEEEES meNEE S ing a private secretaryship.” There was an awful silence. Col- lins dared not look up. The crowd was melting away; the three stood there together, for even the guard, see- ing the turn matters were taking, had myemimestini | Make Her Housebl said. “I can’t afford to have it get about that I was mauled by one of my employes to punish me for insult- Easie r --Quic ke r L] fie BATES' & DEPARTMENT STORE War Eaint is on for Business. ‘ing my secretary. Besides, I need you both to give evidence to my wife about my eye. Come on down to my office and we'll adjust matters. Mr. Collins, your first officlal act will be to buy me an eye-plaster. You're a clean-cut man, sir, and a clean upper- cut man too. You're both engaged.” But somehow there was a lurking doubla meaning in that last word that mad» Miss Loomis blush. @ It won’t cost you b very little and think hov much happier your wit will be. . N " “Won't You Accept My Humble (Copyright, 1913, by W. G. Chapman.) Apologles \ - Mighty Y. M. C. A. ‘ Price is the Power. sibllity too, no doubt, for there was & | Threescors years ago, T. V. Sulll quiet self-confidencs in her manner van, a sea captain, organized in Bos- ' which made her, quite unconsciously, To llnload my Summel‘ StOCk - & personality among the nondescript | gomething ho had heard existed in e . Come to our store af let us talk this matterov with you, Let us shov pou the little inexpensi®} implements that will mak] an easier day’s work fo your wife, @ Handsome, qurablfi kitchenware of all kinds~ Food Choppers, Toasters Keen Edged Cutlery, Pet . colators, Etc. WILS ON; Hardware Co —————— ton a new business, modeled after humanity that crowded the car. Her | mngland. It was different from any CE h b halr' was light brown, and her eyes, | American business then in existence. LOW PRI has the job. Colllns perceived, when sho lifted | Tha new venture began in a very : them for & moment in his direction, { gmay1 way, with practically no capital | were his favorite color—at least, at | and no backing. As it became a deme | that moment—blue-gray. i fld ou Wi“ dec‘de the onstrated success, capital came to it Come o fh y 6»‘ | - On one side of her sat a swarthy, | and men of affairs became interested mean-visaged individual, a common in the management. time well spent. ! ‘ Subway type. On the other eat a| woday this organization has thou- fl‘ pufty:faced gentleman, reading his |gands of employes. It has 2,196 of- ; newspaper. Collins took all this in, | fices n almost as many American cit 1 ; but his mind was busy with the pros- | jes, Its expenses are more than ten [ ‘;fi 1 pective interview, and the thought | miljon dollars a year. It has recents ) drove away the arrows of the busy |1y erected a bullding !n Chicago worth {G2] ttte god. " Allison was the head of an | $300,000, one ta New York soetins important corporation, and the whole ; $400,000, and another in Cleveland ISR It m‘ot Collins’ future hinged upon Allison's | valusd . e g@m Sl 6‘ definition of a “clean-cut” man. Col- TES wt B0, It e/ bullding e lins bad totally forgotten the girl by office bullding in Atlanta at a cost of $442,000, another in Philadelphia val- :: d::. the traln stopped at Brooklyn | yeq at $687,000, and a third in Boston at an expenditure of $1,300,000. For five years this corporation has been erecting branch houses at the rate of Suddenly his attention was drawn to her by hearing her exclaim in a low, well-modulated voice, but expres- one every six days. All told, it owns sive of intense scorn: 726 buildings. Its real es ve tate is 'Will you kindly stop pressing my | worth $70,000,000, and it has main- De REE SIEAM PRESSING CLUB tenance funds of $14,000,000 more, 3 and Alteration. Ladies Work a Specialty. Work His nerves were already tingling. 1ot &, Pressing This slight incident completely upset ghving 1t a total capital of $34,000,000, tor and Delivered. Prompt Service . Satisfaction Guaran- ¢ |his equilibrium. He saw the puffy. %:n:.;:n?: mé;r:-um :g:el':u?; faced man, who had begun to 100K | 1ty business is the conservation of exceedingly uncomfortabls, apparently America's manhood.—World' i attempting to conceal himself behind Labngne B . — his newspaper. On the other side of the girl the mean-faced individual was Th Sl Works at. Handioom. snickering, evidently at her indignae @ last of the handloom weavers of .] M. WELLES S AL SRR R Manager $/tion. 1t was just a common Subway | WEI€S 8 man named Williams, was " 4 ! incident: the pufty-faced man was evl. | PTesent at the Home Arts and Indus- acky Ave, Phone 287 Bowyer Building | dently one of those despleable eroa, | tFies exhibition at the Albert hall, Lon. FHROSTEOITHSITTIOITHOI0S0 | tures who make a practice of molests l“"' not long since. Although he was l ing women. Collins leaped forwarq | Rarried only a few days before the ex- PROCHDITTTOOINIRO0OED | 21d dragged the pully-faced man trom | his sect. Holding him by the collar hibition, his enthusiasm for Welsh fabrics is so great that he spent the : 3 . ! with one hand he delivered a cleap | ATSt Part of his hoaeymoon in display- E lakeland Pav ng&constructlon co. uppercut with the free fist, and had 53:,3 ;h:;n. “.P 0 +') years without a Opposlte Phone i the satisfaction of landing squarely B eak the Wiliar. s of Denbighshire . Artiticial Stone, Brick and nv;an t?et pugly-taced man’s optie. “l}l‘;fia:;rlar llgc hloomi!fl Mrs, D ——— Natpatly the oor wan fn 2% Bprosn : b P 2es Concrete Bullding Material Colllnatfound himself the center ,:t“l !:!ll‘\':llul%olr‘; Sh;:p. acquire a ep°t Tl mass truggli ) bl Estimates Cheerfully Furnished on Paving §| s ciaorins i o the shostier sed |stgus. Willawis 1. petticoats o & 'lllonflng approvingly. “Well done, | SlK linsey for Queen Victorla, and he 8 and all Kinds of Artificial Stone Work { young fellow!” he exclalmed. “That's | D28 Made some for the queen. . et th 307 West Main Street- Phone 348-BIGCK § | Give tim what be goermenr o Very Embarrassing. FroTh § | Were straining to get at the pufty.| Deacon (anxiously)—I wish tha | | N g ‘ f ; F.J BOFENAN . N.DNIS J. P. NEREECRER | f| 1ardware Headqu! | faced man, who, prone on the floor, | 99F YOURg minister weren't obliged to was endeavoring to shield himselz , PTeacd to such a small congregation. Pres. Sec.& Tres. Supt, & Gen. Nen. V. Pres § Asst Man § | trom a rain of kicks ard blows, Widow—So do I Every time he ' : : | Collins worked himself free anq ' #8ld “dearly beloved” this morning : : EEREREIRRRRREERIN0N0. RINEIEIEECIICININNN MRS tried o belp the eirl through tho 1 T6lt 38 If T had received 3 proposs fl“ " A ey | Seaim e _ ‘