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PAGE TWO Fia., SEIL 4, 1918 THx EVENING TELEGBRAM, LA ! . s v aliona GINL & B A Naticnal bank mustoperate under STRONG RESTRICTIGNS for safety, laid down by the Government at Washington. Before the U, #S. Government granted us a charter todo a gbanking business, they satisf.ed themselves that there was both money and character behind our bank. They wanted te INSURE the safety of our depositors, Do Your Banking With Us First National Bank OF LAKELAND ‘ | L ol o M S ¢+ 4. o e o LN T . T SR 13 * Long Lijeof Linen T 16y <y b N 5 PPV TTL ate Lewliag 2] » Bra §iv 22 i Ldi g Qgteam Laundiy b § i N : (\s " LUCK IN CHOOSING GLASSES S \ i i3 ecmeothing you doa't want to ? trust to. Never buy them without ! £ your eyes tested. Have 1ts lone by us and it will be dnm'i thoroughly and accurately, There oy will be nothing *“‘chancey” about it ~— ying gl i any other way is lik: tuking medicine in the dark. It's dangerous. & HULL Jewlers.and Optometrists Phone 173 Lakeland Fia. e Rt SIEAM PRESSING CLlB ! | | = . Pressing and Alteration. Ladies Work a Speclalty. Work tor and Deilvered. Prompt Bervice . Satisfaction Guaran- M. WELLES FPhone 287 WIOOONOC S Manager Bowyer Buildiug TETROSOSBR IS OROSDROP V4. itucky Ave, FATELOE OIS THSOE SO+ 4000 B e R e’ ot LT T U RO wrrm(3 30 0 MM am—— W. K. Jackson-sssocites. W, K. McRae Owner and Manufac- Real turers’ Agent Estate : Brokerage--Real Estate Tell Us What You Have to Sell, We Will Try to Find a Buyer Tell Us What You Wantto Buy; We Will Try to Find a Seller Reoms € and 7, DEEN & BRYANT Building Lakeland by L] Florids Telegram4(0c Week | doctor's care for a week. ' rustic bridge crossing a narrow but ith 9 ARLTLLLLARRRALAEEONRINANNNNS its te b 2d Being Black the i:line Should Have Broug'it Bad Luck, but Didn't. t be aunt of ct of caught { general do hen he By WALTER JOSEPH DELANEY. ' sight of the flutter of a dress i ong It acted like a magnet. : d a fence and reached a spot re the object of his | interest sat upen a fallen tree. | Nina was cryi Its ed his fate ¥s in eome a nest of shrub He n voied it 2 blessed chance that in led to spoil a good suit of clothes indulge in a chill irg bath and place himself under a It was all for a cat, a skinny, b ¢sg, {ll-na- tured black cat, only—ihe feline had leaped into disaster from the soft Croft Waddir sterded her graceful arms of the most radiant band, the tears cha ¥ by genu- young girl Croft had ever seen. ine pleasure over convalescence, He bad been czly a week at Durham ateful for his kind- and was a stranger there. He had chided herself as the —a rush of words, worked too hard for five years for a I ¢lf with a conscious great oil concern in the city and had broken down. Valued and popular, blush in the midst of telling how he | the g monopoly had gi him two bad left her thoughts. | hs' salary in advz and a lib- ‘ e these tears?” he intimated ' 1 bonus and had told him to get out into the couniry and build up, ! It was dull at the dezd little town €r ar, no!” she disclaimed—"it he had come to. At the end of even a leo?” he repeated ignorantly, week, however, fres v ‘Cleopatra, the black cat.” | real cream and home cooking had al- . “Ah, I understand now,” bowed Croft. “In tro again?”’ “In dreadful trouble,” declarcd Nina, and the corners of her pretty mouth drew down dismally. “From the first heroic act, at least manly and cour | aunty has rebelled—says a black cat ageous in the eye of pretty winsome ! brings bad luck that we have enough Nina Vincent. | mouths to feed. I think she drove it | He had come upon her midwayon a , away purposely. I know she scared poor Cleopatra.” “Who has gone back to be pelted again by the etreet gamins I suppose?” inferred Croft, “Oh, dear, no. I have traced Cleo- patra to a burrow over near the creek, but I can't coax her out.” “Let me help you.” Behold tne convalescent, lively as a | | ericket, o an hour later bending | over ar wn spot with a match lookir own & rnous ho]e} it i ed, and | ready begun to restore color to ‘the checks and brightness to the eye of the invalid. Else he would not have been able to perform an extremely deep stream. At a glance Croft saw that she was {n dircful distress. She had been carrying half covered up in a light wrap the black cat in question, It had given a sudden leap for free- dom. The animal ed the rail aimed | for, and with a resounding yawl and a splash struck the water and disap- peared under it, There was a vivid scream from the young lady. To Croft it sounded quite heartrending. A true Knight I he acted on the spur of th The cat did not seem to strength to strugele, It hac the surface twice. Croft leapod | and } where t M 14 gané 1% A ‘ B (I R & : 26265: Ofee 180 ; IR SALE B PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON la!\e Pharfi, (i sg| «peclal Attention Gven to Disss. > Vomen and Children. O® LAKELAND W. G. Chapman) | lgen-Bryant Bldg., Sulte § | | : S { Phone 357, R ITIEAT TERATRY | STILL MANY USERS OF SNUFF rars e i —— BLANTON & LAWLER— ERRRBI AR R (7 | Manufacturer Cor 5 lmpre:sion' . | That Custom I Dying Cut—Some ATTCRNEYS-AT-LAW i : Incredibly Expensive Grades. Nn— i | &1 f A mill ; " iakeland - Florida i ¢t SR SARAH B WIKELW ~ OFYBOPATH PHYRICIAN Surgical Gooc: 1 ide i3 ex-| 1saves B, 6 and 7, Bryant Buii. Household a1 T ;i;.\;, li morer? Well, i mlh\:;l:n: ¥is. Sick Room :=ui eaped Lightly Over the Rail, you're o » . iune. les g increases—not, I ade plles go to Iy over the rail. There was a eecond | mit? in Fifth ave ,,,d or l{liftnn}iouage Youse Phons 178 Blaeh. splash. Nina screamed again, jare. But it increases ) 2 R “With apologies from both,” ob- b Sy crenses: s Rellimors A MaCvONOURE Lake pharm;c snulf today t I ever did. The | Chirese, especially since the abolition of opium smoking among them, have taken up snuff, “But the rich Chinese, the man- darins, don't get their snuff from me. | No, they get it from Portugal, from served Croft with a faint smile as he held the wilted and bedraggled feline towards her, “Oh, why did you?" eried Nina, her eyes sparkling, her lips distended, her hand resting gratefully on his arm, dripping as it was—“but oh! how grand!"” e harge “It was worth it—for the cat,” de- | D Q Yho chargs as tiuch for tha % clared Croft as Nina caressed the res- | ,. cued animal. She flushed and tried to change the direct theme “You know I teach lage,” she went on in Croft diu not know to know all al tell, poor miserabl ¢ in the vil- at §000 a 1 worst is the ich is made of 25 » 10 per cent, iide of lead | 2igar stumps, Oh, you a fond- he shiver- | ing feline with a tenderne that made [ Croft thrill with envy. “But how he ed- | Not Far From the Truth. less I am!” she interrupted herselt! Mrs. Knoall was greatly puzzled— with a dismayed glance at her drip- | and not without reason. The fact is, ping knight errant—"you are—wet.” | she happened to meet Mr. Newlywed “Slightly,” bowed Croft, trying to | one morning as he was rushing to look the martyr and wishing he was a | catch his train, and ventured, with kitten, her usual solicitude for other folks’ “I would ask you to the cottage,” | affairs, to hope that Mrs, New!ywed proceeded Niqa in deep embarrass- | Wasn't having trouble with her ser and 60 per c t. ¢ ment, “but you must be—dried.” vants. Raymeade Ridg “The sun will do that,” insisted| “Oh, no!" sald Mr. Newlywed. | akelany, o fmn gally. “The cottage—your home, | “We've got three!” "N presume? And in this lovely spot? | Then he dashed off, leaving Mrs. } lknhould Hk: to see it,” and thus, \m-! Knoall gasping. Three servants, in. 30000060004 0000000000 ) dries our D]splcy empt as he was, the venturesome deed! Why, it was common knowl s - S:Jm ‘;,'dfd along by the eide of the | edge in Suburbville that the Newly.| LOVIS A. FORT of watches, lockets, ‘chatns, nty little miss, an insistent and ad- | weds were anything but rich. How “THE brocehes, ate., is moticeable o miring cavalier, and—caught the cold | on earth, then, could they afford to' 3 ARCHITECY i of his life. He went to eleep that night dream- ing of a stroll to that same woodland cottage. He awoke with a sore throat and a fever and a doctor sent for. More keep three servants? Mrs. Knoall felt forced to call on the bride that after noon to make investigatinns, 1 On his return home in the evening Mr. Newlywed was greeted with lhls[ than once, aiter a day or two when he que was over the he heard a gentle “Jo r made you tell Mrs, feminine voice ak in the outer Knoal s that apartment. His landlady told him it was Miss Vincent. three gervants? John smil we keep Then there was a beautiful bouquet “Well, d of wild flowers brought to him each asked “It that we al- day One morning a card photograph ways } ol was left for him, e Tl It pictured a cat, one here!” [ 2 She sprang to : = | PIOCOOSTOTEUSILHPIPLEOIOHC #awest Ldeas in Bunzulow families owning secret, old-time reci| 3. @ BOGERS, "EREMIAH B. $XITH 1ave some interesting snaps Iy o tetter see me at once. Will tva« 4li for cash or on easy terms D —— *ser ¥ Mtuart Bidg. Bartew, F- e —————— . = dear?’ he m Bryant Blig. Room 11 successor to W. K. McRae, TRANSFER LINES reyLg &nd Huuiing of All Kipa Prempt and Reasonable Bervice Guaranceed. o~ ‘none 57 Green Lakeiland, Fu The sidewalk that is made) of CEMENT is the walk y, weather will not effect. The Best Table in the Land of the Sky Hotel Gordon Waynesville, N. G. NOW, before the inclemen; o, rer of late fall sets in, hay, ,, | those needed walks, repair vay P lar and make other repa r; o | should be done with CEM: N — In hear; ot eity. Klectric lights ur every coaveLience. Buths. No uosjuitoes. Altitude 3,000 feet WEEXLY RATES $12.50 UP. iPECIAL FANILY AND SEPTEM. BER RATES, | SEND FOR BOOKLET. Ask us for figures—we'r: B submit them, b, ; W ¥ Lakeland A rific, Stone Works s H. B.[Zimmerman, _:-:V:" ISTOVOLOLOVOO0OOOTTOD0M) The Professions- BR. QANUZL 7. BMITE SPECIALIS?. Ry, Rar, Nose and Threat iasees Bcientifically Presaribac ‘teme: Officy, 141; Residones ' Bryant Bldg,, Lakeland, T1s 2. W. B. GROOVER, VHYBICIAN AND SURGEC S Rooms 8 and 4 Kemtuexy - - ! Lakeland, Florids, sterlized cm:m Pure, ricn from cows nspected and passé;m oon by the City Pure Food Dej:rnd men:. Manufactured ' 19 the most modera and p - | § couditions. ALL Ipgre¢ 9 N, i SRYAN, - that go to make our . WILLOL — LUNTIET |E MUST be the standard o! r!ppor Bulidiug, Over Yosi.n» i Phone 339, ity and quality. Ther: 4 nce Phone 360 Re difference in “Frozen AN . LAKELAND, Fla learn to eay O aiky raaklinhed in | tards” and POINSETT Cream. Try fit. koom 6 Deer & Bryaat Ric, " Architest. Bryan's Drug Stor Demge. Lakeland, Florida. We wil! send them up you and will try to ir! Tawyer, you right, Reem 1, Bryant Buliden, Phong 159. Lakeland, NMorida i~ NOTARY PUBLIC oans, Investments im Real RBst ad sudurban property, farms. = Room 14 Futch & Gentry Blaés Lakeland, Fla. R B NUYFAXKER, —Attorney-at-Taw TUCXER & TUCKER ~lawysrs— perfect taste as well as seli-+7l #00d quality. The Jewelry We handle is tbe kind tha* - 108 tu give satisfaction nc Bow long it is worn. If ¥y 10 give sometihng of permar ur case will supply it. ~- Kibler Hotel, Iakeland, Fla. ' OPREFTON. Lawye» T®ee Mostatre Past of Coury Mewg VARTOW. ¥YTOEIRA Tramination of Pitlae and Mo Frrate Law o Rpesialty, EXMA POCOCK ®UBLIC STENOGRAPHER “one 302