Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, October 21, 1913, Page 6

AGA SIX NOW IS THE T TIME to plant English or Garden Peas, Onion Seed, 'Onion Sets, Beets, Lettuce, Cabbage, Collards, Turnips, Rutabagas, Rye, Essex Rape, Etc.fl I HAVE FRESH SEED IN hardware appearances are deceiving. MOST articles of hareware lock 2like. A poor saw Ju oks very muchlike a good saw;ia poor hammer looks very much like_a good one. HOW car'you 131l what is'of good quality and_what is not? BY ihe storelwhich sells it to'you “WATER secks its level,” A reliable . herkware stcre will never seil you nnreliable hardware, WE know [hardware frem Ato 2. We orly carry the best lines. We have different gvar‘cs in every kinc of hard- ware, but we 'see to it that every grade is the best that can be hac for the price. Whatever price you pay you g et fuil value for your money. OUR business success depends upon deal- ing rquaroly wnth our customers. : (F YOU WANT A “SQUARE DEAL” IN BUYING HARDWARE, COME TO Lakelzrd Furriture & Hardware Co, lakeland Pav. ng&Constructmn Co. Artificial Stone, Brick and Concrete Bullding Material Estimates Cheerfully Furnished on Paving and all Kinds of Artiticlal Stone Work 307 West| Main Sticet- Phone 348-Black G. H ALFIELD {B. H. BELISARIO Pres. Sec.& Tres. Supt, & Gen Man. WD 4 AT A TMUT T TIPS N5 ; ail s WWW SOHOG0HOECPOSOITIAGOIO0OC AUTOMOBILE OWNERS! { have installed a Vulcanizer and am prepared to do TIRE REPAIRING Of the most difficult kind, and can give you satisfaction and save you money. Also TIRES PLACED ON BABY CARRIA GES WHILE YOU WAIT J W. B. ARENDELL Bicycle and General Repair Shop l Cedar Street, Just Back of Central Pharmacy .c.o-s»o«i’o-mm-i»o TONB3000000 QOSTHIPOPOHO G, NUWAY TAILOR SHOP d Pressing Club ; ladles’ work a speclalty. Pressing aul and delivered. ! Work sent for cleaned and blocked. Ladles work solicited. 'DUKE, the TAILOR Proprietor Kentucky Ave. Phone 257 Bowyer Bnfldin‘ [ PERSON | OF SOME [MPORTANCE By LLOYD OSBOURNE Copyright, 1911, by the Bebbe-ilerrin Cempany (Continued from Page 2.) CHAPTER 11, The Ruby Ring AM Captain Broughton of the shipwrecked schwoner No th Star,” he explaimed. *All I had went down with my ship except this ring, and 1 shoald be glad to get some idea of its value 80 that the pawnbrokers can't cheat me." “It's’ hardly in our line," snapped the clerk. “Ixpert valuation is a busi- ness in itseif, and"— The conversation was interrupted by a bald, oldish man, who, with an nir of aathority, demanded to know what wax (he matter. On its being explain- ed. he took up the ring, looked at it with some surprise and asked Matt if he belonzed to the people that had been rescued at sea by the mall steamer. “Yes said Matt, smiling, “and though appearances are against me, 1 am neither one of the James brothers nor a bandit."” The man thawed at this and request- ed Matt to step Into his private oflice. “I am Mr. Snood,” he said, “the man- aging partner of this concern'” As soon as they were inside the oflice and seated, Mr. Snood examined the ring carefully. “Where dil you get this?" he asked suddenly, rvaising his keen eyes to Matt's face. “It was given to me.” “Permit me to inquire by whom?" “My employer—the gentleman whose ship 1 lost." “Why did he give it to you?" “l was leaving his service. I had been associated with him for years. o b l *“We'll advance you $4,000 on it.® He held me in very great esteem and made me a present of the ring on my departure.” “He's a very rich man—this em- ployer?"* “Oh, yes; very rich indecd.” “Then you have no reason to doubt hiy 1ueto that this ring was—er—legitimately ac- quired?” “No one who knew him could ever who are popul doubt that. Why, it would be utterly | not. incredible.” “You must pardon me for nskin" these questions,” went on Mr. Snood in a kinder tone. “It's a good plan to be careful. you know. After all, it is to your own interest as well us ours, sn't it?" “Quite so0,” assented Matt, hoping that Mr. Snood would soon come to the point. “I'll tell you what I'll do.” said the latter, hesltating and examining the scallaw: g, ring again with evident admiration. *alind, get a better offer elsewhere, but this is the bLest Snood & Hargreaves can do for you. We'll adv on it at 7 per cent interest. and we'll engage to buy it outright, now or iater, for £5,500." This was so much more than Matt had ever dreamed of that he could only gasp. Fifty-tive hundred dollars! He had thought vaguely of a couple of thousand, trembling at his own pre- | sumption. Fifty-five hundred dollars! Why, that was a fortune—not that he wished to sell the ring except in the last extremity, nor, as he bewilderingly considered the proposal, did he care to take so large an advance as $+.000. The interest charges would soon grow beyond his powers to meet them, and the ring would be irretrievably lost Explaining his perplexities to Mr. 8Snood, it was finally agreed tbat he was to be advanced a thousand dol- hrs only, with the privilere of selling | the ring at any tine he w fshed for the larger sunl. A little later he left the store with fifty twenty-dollar gold pieces weigh- ing down his pockets and the follow- ing wemoranduw pinne a4 carefully in- side his wiisteoat: Sun Francisco. Jan 24, 1904 Snodxd & Hargy aves hereby ac- ye receipt of a rolitaire ruby ! ing, from ring. of an antique, orien ! sett llsgmmpr Captain Matthew Broughton, who. in consideration of one thousand ($1.000) dollurs advanced to him today by Messrs S & H. on security of said ring, and receipt by Captain Broughtor hereby Messrs knowledge th . acknowledged. agrees to pay S & H. 7 per i on sald loan. cent Inlerel(l; ;ar; (z;v;:m;:ll\s o For Snood & Hargreaves. MATTHEW BRCUGHTON Matt returned to the windy street in far hotter spirits than he had left fit. He had $1.000 in his pockets: $4.500 more to draw on if need be; and best of all he could now “go home.” It was a strange instinct that called him back to Mapaswan, in the east, for there was not a single tie that bhouud b to the place unless it were hix purents’ graves. But after years of wandering, of contented exile, of acquiescence In the life be had made for bimself, something within him had at last re- volted. Homesi k., heartsick, weary of palws and reefs and naked savages, Manaswan appeared to him as the so- lution of this subtle ma'ady of the soul. At Muanaswin a wiracle would happen, and he wou.d be happy. The first use he wade of his money wus to buy his ticket. He gave the clergyman §500 to as- sure the safe return of the natives ™ their various islands; and that after- noon the honest. devoted fellows, in charge of nine-year-old Master Thomp- ! son, accompanied hit across the bay to cheer his departure on the Overland. Standing there in a line of nine. mar- shaled by that little white boy, they presented a singular spectacle on the platform, what with the earvings in! their ears, two with tattooed f and all weeping copiously. Nor | the effect diminished by their sinzing ' a resounding hymn, and then listening, | with bowed heads, to the prayer Ta- | nielu, the Tongan, offered up amid lllet Jostle of trunks and passengers. Matt's | own eyes were dim as the train moved ‘ away, and there was a very real lump in his throat. Why was he going to Manaswin while everything he vaued lay behind him? Why was he leaving | tried and true friends for strangers? “ An istind fairyland for a prim little i Connecticut town? " did not waver, I'm not saying you mizhtn't pecial favorite of t! ance you $LL00 them athetie heaving sie | tis ularly whethier e had come haci or | | Sattune’s boarding house on Jeiferson | (ing sort of life. in which the dinner | i bell was the most dmporant part of ! Yet his resolution and he was inspirited by the thoughe that in tive days he would be *home.” Matt was less disillnsioned by hiy bivthybaeo Crm i gat ave been expecis stowy lidseape, the slugeich with its fiozen shallows, the iciciod i silent pines, the d light of ch bells and watching the 1aniination of seencs so long an - il were sotistying to the eriv- i thad posscs ed hime On the human side, bowever, Manaswan was disap- pointing. No one scemed to care par- uwot. The wost cordial greeting he re- ceived came from an old gentleman | who wiistook him for some one else. In fact, Matt remembercd Manaswan a great deal better than Manaswan re- | membered him, and when he wrote to Washington and iearned that both his | uncle and aunt had long been dead he | felt lonelier than ever, Matt took up his quarters in Mrs, | avenue aud fell into an aimless, drift- « the day. He took loug tramps, assid- uously read the daily paper, interested bimself in the other boarders and vaguely turned over schemes for his | future. With $4.500 he coulil surely | make some kind of start somewhere, | But what precise form of “start” and | what “somewhere?* Meuanwhile be smoked his pipe and | made friends with the other boarders. | The principal of these was Hunter | Hoyt, a genial, fat o.d seawp of til'ty, never altogether sober, though vary- i ingly drunk, who in his palmy days | had been a sensational journalist of soie celebrity in the newspiaper world of New York and San Francisco. Drink had been bis ruin, and he was now doing reporter work for the locul Manaswan paper, the Banner. Shab- | by, jolly und always with a flower in | nhole und a pleasant (if often Inarticulater word for everybody, Hoyt was one of those irresistible nuisances ar wihen better men are He never paid Mrs. Sattane more lh.m half his bill; his engngement with the Banner was almost iy the niture of alms to fallen grentness: the lignor dealers allowed bim to fine them uan | Incalenlable number of bottles of whis- [ ky. Even the fower he was so par [ ticular about was never paid for, ex- cept by an amiable condesce ension that \I~ nor Tony Frendo perforce accepted fin lien of ¢ 1sh. There was everywhe e a contemptuous affection for the old whose courtly ways and ¥ compliments made him an es- e wolen, Hunter floyt took an instant fancy to Matt and in many wy 1VS, some or enouzh, sought to win In spite of his decadence | there were often times when Hoyt | hus his regard. ! could be both clever and entertaining, | When with the right level of whisky {n his sodden old carcass he could re- gain his former powers and astonish one with his mocking, humorous, bril. | liant flow of talk. It was then that contempt changed to admiration, and intimacy followed. Execept in regard to Johu Mort, Matt kept nothing back trom the old fellow, who was insntia- ble in his questions and as fase inated by the Souler man's Last as aux bog. (7o Be Continued) o —, CHE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA,, OCT. 21, xm._______________ e D00 DOQDEAIAAL N ST, ‘| 5 Iy § BT E BB FE LI 2t w e A *% LAKEAS o Smith- H"! fin Building f The Cost of‘liling is_(Great } Imported Kippered Herring 10 pound kegs $1.25 Bulk Sweet Pickles Heinz ,‘57” 25¢ per quart Dried Pitted Cherries 35¢ per package Marshmallow Whip 25c per pint Also a fresh line at times of National Biscuit Co. Foods W. P. PILLANS & CO, Florida Avenu: Grocer ~Pure Food Sy SOOLOO IO, IF YOU ARE THINKING OF BUILDING, SER MARSHALL & SANDERS The Oid Rceliable Contractors Who have been building honses in Lakeland for years, yy whe never “FELL DOWN' or failed to give satisfactios, All classes uf buildings contracted for. The many fy residences buily by this firm are evidguces of their abum ] make good. 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