Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 10, 1913, Page 6

Alonza Logan J F.Townsend LOGAN ¢ TOWNSEND BUILDING CONTRACTORS We Furnish Susety Bonds On Ali Contracts If you want a careful, consistent. and re- v P By CHARLES EDMONDS WALK Auvthor of “The Silver Blade,” “The Paternoster Ruby,” etc. - S 0000090060006 0.0.0,6,0.9.6,6,0 THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA., DEC. 10, 1913. [ : voice, the commamd‘ being emphasi]z'ed by a vigorous pvsh that sent uhm «‘stumbling helnlessly forward. The | firm hands held him, however, and he i moved thro the cst and the X widing impulse. | jon the aspeci cf 2 nightmare. All sense of directi ; ncg au-; other word wis y of the izicongruous ripped over obstru ed through | then stepped | 18 with a| unwittingly into H H i (Copyright 1912 by A. C. McClurg & Ca.) | sar that clickod h s teeth together | llab!e. estimate O.n the construction of your loose-jointed, muscular, youngish ;nq wrerched his veck until his head | building, SEE US IMMEDIATELY. man, of a sandy complexion and a se- gohed. Round and round his captors rious, not to say sullen, cast of coun- tenance. Moreover, his lean, sharp- ' long ago turncd aside from the rfmd- featured face bore a number of marks o was pesitive; his brain whirled and abrasions, as if he had quite re- ,and he staggered drunkenly. Only cently met with an accident. Tom’s ' gpee did he attemut resistance, and | own good-humored psysiognomy 'stopped abruptly when his helpless more than once had acquired similar ' ¢ongition demonstrated the futility of ceemed to be leading him—they had TELEPHONE 66 Futch & Gentry Bldg Without an instant’s hesitation, or a thought of the storm which was about to break, he set out after the fellow. He neglected to observe even the ordinary precaution of a glance around, If he had, the night’s adven-' ture might have terminated differ- ' ently, He would have beheld, for one thing, two other of the motor-boat’s occupants, farther in the rear, walk-! ing in the same direction—two ath-1 f letic young men laden with bundles' of various sizes and shapes. As it | was, they on their part instantly de- tected Tom's interest in the first man, ! and also the obvious fact that he had , - started out to follow him. | 7 They at once ceased their low-| voiced conversation, and devoted all ! their attenticn to Tom Phinney. Thus the little procession advanced in silence, on through the town and | “John! What Has Happened? into the open country. | Is This?” As soon as the last of the fringe of houses was passed, the twain in the rear quickened their pace, mov- ing closer to Tom. The loose sand underfoot, and the now almost con- tinual crash and rumble of thunder overhead, effectively drowned out all other sounds. The sole warning Tom had that matters were not progressing as sat-! § LAKELAND @ FLORIDA 3 ‘ IRRORCR™ 4040 X S CRLSRCAUR M CRCROMA M MO Q O30 O ORCRLH OHIHO CHOHCHCROBCBCROBCHORCHORACRMCIYY — FRUITCAKE, FRUITCAKE, National Biscuit Company 5-lb. Fruit Cakes - $1.50 2-1b. Minerva Cakes 1.00 Fresh Potato Flakes Home made Turkeys For Christmas Extra fine fat Turkeys W.P.PILLANS&CO. Phone 93 ) = Who in an instant was out of the rain and | storm. fe sur od that he was upon a poreir, and next that he was being conducred through a doorway into a | house, A sudden feminine scream, hull’-E suppressed, startled him, Then a girl's agitated voice—and a most re- markably sweet voice, it seemed to ! Tom—said: isfactorily as he had fancied, came| . ' \Whe 2 Wha' with the first gust of hot, dust-laden this\,:zm. b ot L wind. A sudden shout directly in his rear startled him from his absorp ARG LU .l 0 el L ened, Miss Jessie. Where's your tion. father?" '-Hé\gi %fl:l:k' ARIDON -4 YEIoN (To Be Continued.) Just as he pivoted round, there came a dazzling flash and a deafen- ing crash—and then the deluge. He received an instantaneous picture of |Live Board of Trade. two stalwart figures tossing a burden | Best Water in Florida, of packages to the ground, and then | High, Healthful Location, in the ensuing blindness he was Ptogl-e“ive’ cOimopofitm Citizen- seized by violent hands. shi p. Now Tom was himself a man of Pt : : mighty sinew and well-versed not Mu‘;fg:l Ownership of Light and only in the science of defending him- 5 gelf, but of pushing war into the en- Largest Fireproof Hote!, absolutely emy's camp. For a minute or two mod‘?{n- : he made a brave fight; but what avail- | Splendic Winter Chautauqua. eth a man's stoutness of heart and |Delightful Year-Round C'imate. limb when he is beset by three indi- | Exceptiorally Fertile Back Country. viduals nearly, if not quite, so etrong | Handsome and Well-Stocked Stores. as he? I Center of Five Railroad Divisions. The spirited struggle ended with Big Railroad Pay Ro'l. Tom lying flat upon his back in the | < : middle of the road, his three antago- gh;mls.o;hl:gltm? P"c];ng.l,H_ou“‘ nists piled indiscriminately on top of | SPiendl acational _aCI'mH- him and panting for breath, while ,:Churches of all Del_lommatlons. cataract of rain pounded upon the | Numerous Industria' Enterprises, just and the unjust alike. The wind | Three Strong Banking Concerns, Pure Food Store SOME THINGS LAKELAND HAS SRR RTE Xk I TS T YT TSI gV & GGG g -Search the city overand you cannot find such values as here for $20 and $25. Head- ed by Hart Schaffner & Marx and add our own S. M. special clothes, you'll have here an especial selec- tion---All the new weaves g i S d g ‘boomed and crashed and split the | Miles of Granolithic Sidewalks. night, and the lightning illuminated | Sewerage System. the whole scene with a ghastly sem-|yitrifed Brick Streets blance of daylight. and QUMM ORI 00 BRI ORI ggg. Bryg G. H ALFIELD, Pres. Sec. and Treas. In the Sewer Distriie = If not, let us put you in a Septi LAKELAND PAVING & CONSTRUCTR ¢ o facves: Odice 348 Black, LAKELAND, whistled and shrieked, the thunder {An Up-to-Date Daily Newspaper. ~ THE PHOENIX and colorings. Remember, $20 and $25 . R T AT A S . AT T ; 1 R S A 1 SR, T SE SO, _» W LI XL I Rl L S T S S S R R RS — At last the cne called Callis—the sandy-complexioned man—moved sud- denly to his knees, but without re- leasing his grip upon the well-nigh drowned captive—a posture decidedly uncomfortable for Tom, for the bony Everything that goes to make up a Live, Lovely City—8,500 now— 15,000 in 1915, A A LAKELAND BUSINESS knecs bored into him crueliy. ' “Hold this dutfer,” Callis shouted |, 0 COI‘I‘EGE : o above the uproar, “while I knot to-| lorough ll}dl\ldual nstruction in X . | gether a couple of handkerchiefs, If all commercial branches at a much & ‘ ¥ he makes a move bat him over the s " 30 BS a ueq head.” Then came a lower-voiced ad- | school of its kind in the State ;6 p - (% dendum which Tom alone caught: “I|You will do well to visit our school !'g ; fitun't know but what we ought to do |inspect our work, get our prices, and |2 AVRBYRIW be convi ha e 1 ; The other two shifted their posi-|p_ "mpe&% that our courses ,m k o 1 t R IS 03 Pf IAI. l- tions so adroitly that Tom could not i"L:'\'C?(,Pm*“ '.S.'.orthand_ T)'.I’E'”l'lt' / ’ ) stir. Another blinding flash, and an | 1€ Civil Service, Penmanship and |& ‘ exclamation from the man kneeling fel?m“smp and Telegraphy are the . 3 are all wool and must give satisfaction. ™ i cuner 1w tho o [Whore o e 10 be had any) l :,Q low we passed in the sailboat!” We maintain a department for w B Y evil!” exclaimed Callis, w i 3 (2 Clothes values for the boys in many new | sccnca o ve the one in sutiors. I ase e ore £ who wish W . . | “That settles his hash. We'll just See or phone Ty branches. b ideas---including all colors, prices $5 to || take him to the ol man” ot Then Tom was unceremoniously st AND, anager i $10 ; 1 & is Phone 96 R } . rolled over upon his face, his arms ed [ jerked rudely back and held securely, | W ' while his wrists were tied tightly to- | ANTED AT ONCE o8 Holiday suggestions for the men and boys | sether. Next he was litted to his| q1 % feet, the powerful grasp on either arm | I o ! n are many‘--We ask you to see our win- || nover relaxing in the slightest degree,| I% Young men and women 1|3 . A and was so held while a third hand-, -2keland to learn telegruphy. Learn | ! dow today for just a few things suitable §|serchict was tound over his eyes. | four months. Tuition $25 to fire | 2 He did not submit tamely to these | .en applicants. Positions paying $60 | ] 7 indignities, but as his opposition was | rer month guarante just g G o o Outfitter The Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing | confined to @ and threats, | aished. Phone 96 re . o v § | it was » le. He sputterei e s S GG ot and fumed and swore until Callis in- e D. HOLLAND, | & s‘ * terrupted him. rakeland Business College |i “If you don’t cut that out,” he am-, _ l& T & nounced with an air of finality, ‘1@, _ | F] JOS gag you.” SUITS CLEANED AND PRESSED | ? e u 2y And Tom perforce fell silent, A““d“‘s and Gentlemen: ¢ youri : M though he continued to seethe and Suits need particular attention, ph 4 LeVAY rage inwardly. 'No. 309, A. Pittman, the tailorp Boeng: . “March, you,” ordered Callis’s curt concern. 7 -~ = e s : 1528 s » Sy Christmas. Call again during 1914, bring a frient L. E. PEACOCK. . MAN, Ja The PHOENIX BARBER ~ 73 {lower rate of tuition than any other | ¢ DHRUSUECOEHOL 00NN RSN Att n 7, Stus oK IADIES, | A Why not be comfortable, as neatly dressed? With our Famous GROVER i welt shoes, you can enjoy hoy We have a complete line o, in Kid, Patent Leather, g Gun Metal f.rom mother comf. the neatest styles in the ('ity:“” Prices $2.25 to §5 » P AR A IEOWOSAOUBIHIey | high lights and shadows, resultant o0 any such move on his part, Lo’:‘ rnnd compare before by tumbles from sundry polo-ponies. The wind had died down, but the elsewhere. l L C A R L E I o N The man proceeded upon his way, | rain still poured a torrent and the ted » » looking neither to the left nor the | thunder rumbled and rolled so that g SANITARY PLUMB'NG right. He carried a large laden bas-! 4]] the night was full of the spund. ket—which he bore lightly—and in a| After what ecemed an lnt?rmmable M T e T R zeml)‘nd or t“io had passed into the | time, Tom’s feet collided, with a 1;01- arkness again, { low reverberation, against a wooden } TINNINGcnd SHEET METAL WORKS The hight, though, was now so punc- ' stcp, He mounted three of them, and tuated by lightning flashes, that Tom 0 .t C.t H “ et : . found no difficulty in marking his' osite LIty na § Gas Fitting, Sewer Work, Driven SRS Slois the deud Tt i pp b3 lIs and Pun ps e § e % |land. He chuckled to think how luck ! We P i 3 was showing him her cards; Ruddy, 3 doubtless, was still racking his it P fain €T PHONF 340 %= |doubtless, was still racking his Wizl ool | e Z/as, |5 . e m— COR.cN.:Y, AVE ard Main ST, PHONE 340 2 | brains and stifing in town, ——— — Attention, Housewivelj IS AN 18 ibs. Sugar ... .. 10 1bs Snowdrift ........eecuene cenn 4 1bs Smowdrift .....cccoiierier ceiinnn 10 1bs Cottoline ........ 4 lbs Cottoline ...... ...Compound Lard ........ccvvee vennn 12 lbs Best Flour ............ 24 1bs Best Flour ..... Rk 121bsBest S. R. Flour .......ovv vvvvnneniinnnnn, 24 1bs Best S. R. Flour 1 1b White House Coffee .. .. 1 1b Caraga or Cracker Boy.... 1 1b Coffee and Chickory ......... covvvrrniniinis, PHY{ .. .Good Loose Coffee ..... : : .. .Best Butter ..... S 2 1bs Best Tomatoes, 3 for . oopest Rice ..o N0 oyl St i 6 Cang Cream::.:........ 2 Cans Baxter’s or B. L. Corn.. .......... 6 Soap or Washing Powder....... L 1 Peck Irish Potatoes for........ G 10 1bs Meal or Grits (Hudnut’s).... ......... These prices are spot cash delivered to ary part s city, everything guaranteed first class and exactly as sented. These are just a few of the prices which I SLANT fering; everything else in proportion. If you want goods at the right prices together with good delivery, ¢ AT a trial. PHONES 119 and 234. 5 L. B. WEEKS E; N B. H. BE Al'e You Supt. audffi»‘" " Roems .l It costs less. : A postal will bring full informati—— House 29 ¢ i 807 West Main Street. Deea-t Lakeland’s leadind Shop wish you allm I thank you for 1913 p? . D O, N GET YOUR GASOLINE and DRY BATT ERF= at th -m c oy FLECTRICAL SHEET& MFTEs Phone 23¢ (