Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 20, 1913, Page 11

L o Laael i ks s R “ THE MNING TELEGKAM, LAKELAND FLA., DEC. 20, 1913. WELFT umW JOTNYS SIS bt L L PR | CHRIST) ’ w@&%ifiw S BB BB E BB BOXES ORANGES, GRAPEFRUIT, AND TANGERINES e ——————— e————— Gl Bl S mtindlng 2utiut Sns 2ul inlat Sat Sat Sut Sat 2ut 8 Harol Qrier % Off now and avoid the rush, We S : pack the best and most attractive <°°m'“i-"";\.‘g b7 e 0 1 boxes--can mix them for you .. Tan m Eg diers,” the head nurse 4 counted. “And a foot- :g: M AY[S {;I IRUS rRUII 00 ball. Who wants the 4 L football?" . ‘.’ Lakeland i o Florida sw.glif‘dnnyxu‘:sird. Bl:i:: & half ecrylng d half K Sl Ll LT T T YT PPPPRRRRR, ‘l.lugmfl;‘. b fs':n it ipnnul Miss Gough?” Nurse Gough set ingly. “A football!” she reiterated. give it to him, Miss Gough?” T Blair ceased all pretense .and dabbed “Let’s ask Dr. Keith,” she answered, down her pencil and the memoran- dum and looked at the other wonder- ; & “Then he doesn’t realize?” “No, poor little fellow. Would you hen You Thi i w en ou ln OfGlfts “What would the mother think?” SRS ST SN SN SN e § | U° Dead nurse asked, and then Nurse e her handkerchief against her eyes Remember that we are headquarters for artistic, useful [/ openty. ' £ and unusual;articles, such as arelideal for presents. and that solved the difficulty for the time being. Books Toys ST o e Bocklets Delis g e LR Baskcts China 15 bt o s ot i Y . g i hol i Desk;Fittings Pictures Alligator Goods Statuary The Lakeland Book Store Benford & Steitz i AR e n Announcem2nt of Direct Interest to Buiiders and Contractors. We are large manufacturers of building materials, having one of th: gest and best equipped plants in the South, employing over 200 mex After catering for seventeen years to wholesale trade, we now wan trade of Florida. We know local requirements and we are in a pe on to save money for our customers. We shall be pleased to work through local channels of distributioa it such connection is not found, we invite correspondence from loes sumers for our mutual advantage and profit. Being manufacturers upon a wholesale scale, we are in a positios w t all conditions of price and quality. We manufacture Cypress products, veneered products, mouldings, ane eneral line of milling. In fact, anything that may be required im $he struction of a house. “I've Brought Him This—and These.” Keith, after the operation, unless— well, miracles had happened and such cases had got well before. So he said nothing to the pretty young mother who came day after day, wistful and patient and always hopeful. Of lute she had begun to suspect that her only boy, her stay that was to be in her later widowhood, would never leave the building save in a wheeled We invite you to come to our plant or send your plans for estimats ing us a clear idea of your requirements and you will be glad yor elden Cyp ress Door Co. € chair. But she kept her fears to her- palatka Flao self, and nobody had had the heart to tell her. And Johnny wanted a football for his Christmas present! “Well,” gaid Dr. Keith gruffly, “why shouldn’t he have one if he wants it? Isn't there enough money to buy a football? Why, I'll buy him one my- self. What sort should he have? What are they made of? It's a long HAVE IT The most Sanitary Grocery Store in the N time since I was a boy myself,” he S 0| added, in self-excuse, city. Clean and bright, No roache A U rats, but few flies. All fruits and vege= tables screened. All meal, grits, sugar, rice, etc., in new sanitary rat, roach and fly proof bins, Come, inspect. trade. ). B. DICKSON aren’t they, doctor?” answered the nurse. “But you don't understand. How can we let him have a football and let his mother see him with it, and him lying there so helpless? It would be inhuman, doctor.” “Hum! TI'ul take the matter under consideration,” the doctor answered. But a few minutes later he was ask- ing the head interne, “Where would you go to buy a football?” He put down the address in his memoran- dum book, and the interne looked at him in wonder, for football and Dr. ‘ e Keith seemed somehow unassociable. | “Well, here’s the football, nurse,” [ MA"K[I he said that evening, coming into the Ir ‘0” AR[ IN ]“ ward. It was Christmas eve. All 7 the children were supposed to be asleep. Here and there an eye drowsily unclosed to see if Santa Claus had really come, but sleep was stronger than expectation, and Nurse Blair would see to it that no gifts | went to the sleepless. Dr. Keith held | out the paper-wrapped globe. ' The ! clerk had blown it up for him, and, | not thinking of having it dpflatedI For Tin. Sheet Iron, *Copper, Zinc or any kind of Roofing Work, call the LAKELAND SHEET METAL WORKS 212 South Florida Ave. - Ask for J. P. CARTIN Motto is: We can fix that leaky roo. Our Modest Prices and All Work Guaranteed, a dozen blocks. someone else. | bear,” he said, “Why, a boy that age doesn’t want ) Teddy bears,” answered Nurse Blair scornfully. She thought for a long while after the doctor had gone. At last she went softly to Johnny's bed and hung the football from the head. The little boy’s eyes were closed aud he was sleeping soundly. The little helpless feet made tiny mountains under the bedclothes. Nurse Blair turned away quickly. Morning came; the ward awoke. Shouts and cries of delight were heard,. The day nurses went from bed to bed, unwrapping packages. Nurse Blair had gone to her room, but she did not lie down. She came back, tired but resolute, a half hour before visiting time, and went to Johnny's side. He was playing with the ball, bouncing it upon the sheets. It had fallen down six times, and each time the nurse nearest had pick- ed it up again and returned fit. “Johnny,” said Nurse Blair, “your mamma will be here in a few minutes now.” “Yes, ma'am,” answered Johnny. “Johnny, what are you going to do with that football?” asked Nurse Blair, Johnny knew immediately. “I'm going to look at it and look at it and wish hard to be well,” he answered. “Johnny, when your mamma comes she will see it and it will make her cry to think of the time when her little boy was strong and well. You don’t want to make her cry, do you, dear?” “No, ma'am,” answered Johnny. “Then, Johnny,” said Nurse Blair, the diplomat, “suppose we put it away when she comes and don’t show it to her.” “Yes, ma'am,” sald Johnny. A tear stole into his eye and overflowed. He handed her the football, “Y-yes, m-m-ma’am,” said Johnny, gulping. And just then the visitors came in, Nurse Blair had taken the ball, but she had no time to conceal it before the little woman in black had come hurrying to the bedside, and she stood holding it rather foolishly and self-consciously and could not face those searching eyes. “I've brought him this—and these,” said Mrs. Ward, holding out the box of bricks and the mechanical toy. “But you—you've given him that?” Nurse Blair stammered something, but she could never remember what | [Ideedindniuguiiode S deddud b SO0 GO it was, for the young widow had tak- en both her hands in hers and was looking at her in such a way as to make falsehood impossible, “Nurse,” she sald, “I want to ask you something. Will he ever walk again?” Nurse Blair was silent. They might have been alone in the ward, so closely did the hum of conwversation hedge them in. Each was with her own that Christmas morning and had no thought but for hers. “Will he ever walk? Will he ever stand?” The widow grasped the nurse's hands tightly as though cling- ing to her as her last hope in life. “Tell me,” she pleaded. “Never—unless a miracle happens,” answered Nurse Blair, and the wom- an’s hands fell and she turned to the child and smiled. Then Nurse Blair understood why some of the Madon- nas were painted smiling. i RS Sl LS R0 SR ER R LTS R R EE B Sl St St e ACHHCAOBCHOMOKCHIHCHOBCHOROROAOH MO IR ¥ b AGoodFinancier is continually looking for a place to mak and save monev. Better see The Lakeland Feed and Supply Co. For ali Kinds of Hign Ciass Feed, Grain Hay, Flour and Fertilizer Y 04/ The big Feed Store on Railroad and East Rose St., East of Light and Water Plant Phone Us No. 275 We Dehver the Goods Terms stnctly Cash W C OWENS. Mgr SRCRORCRCRCHONORHOBOHCRONNON L. SHORHOBR IF YOU ARE THINKING OF BUILDING. SEF MARSHALL & SANDERS The OId Rellable Contractors Who have been building honses in Lakeland for years, and who neyer “"FELL DOWN" or failed to give satisfaction. All classes of buildirgs contracted for. The many fize residences built by this firm are evidgnces of their abilityto make good. MARSHALL & SANDERS Phone 228 Blue ‘ 0 ———_ a— LR RLLLER R L T RE T LLLTELDELBEBE LT TEL T LT L L T T L LT LR LRR S § v Room 17 Kentucky Bldg. Phone: W. FISKE JOHNSON REAL ESTATE AND LOANS CITY AND SUBURBAN PROPERTY A SPECIALTY LAKELAND, FLA. it If you want to buy property we have it for sale; if you want o sell property we have customers, or can get them for you. Make out your list and see me today. Office, 102; Residence, 160 ‘Mamma!” gaid the voice from the w«s-wmwmmmmwmuww@w*mmm bed, “I want to whisper something.” The widow knelt down, but the childish whisper was loud enough to reach the nurse's ears. ‘I mustn’t tell you what my Christ- mas present is, because it will make you cry.” The widow placed her arms round his neck and pressed his face to hers. “Mamma, I want to show you some- thing I've kept for a Christmas pres- ent for you. Sit up, mamma, and look. Look!” Nurse Blair screamed. Dr. Keith, passing by, stopped, looked, and as- sumed an attitude of professional pride. His rather tired face broke into a smile. “Do that again, Nurse Blair, cried look! Johnny,” “Look, doctor, He's wiggling his toes!” I “Yes, ma’am,” said Johnny proud- ly. “That's why I wanted a football, There, mamma, you're crying after all!” Something He Wouldn't Break. Willie 18 a boy who is very much biessed with aunts and uncles, These use every opportunity to give him presents. Last Christmas he received 80 many toys that his parents, instead ' of giving him toys, told him he could carry out one of his cherished plans. “Actually,” said his papa, “you have more things now than you can break ' in a year.” “Oh, no, papa,” sald Willie with an injured air; “there’'s one present I won't break.” “Well, Willle, I'm glad there’s one. Which is it?—the cast-iron train from Uncle Jack?” ' “Oh, no!” ecried Willle. “I can manage to break that. I mean I won't break your promise to buy me a season ticket for the baseball matches.” ! e —— ) ————— a an E, i \E 0 The Great Meaning. Lift up your eyes to the great mean- ing of the day, and dare to think of your humanity as something so divine- ly precious that it is worthy of being | & muu. an offering to God. Count it as a priv- ilege to make your offering as com- plete as possible, keeping nothing back, and then go out to the pleas- again, he had carried it thus for half | ures and duties of your life, having “If you think it best | been truly born anew into his divin- for him not to have it, give it to | ity, as he was born into our Human- Give him a Teddy |itx on Christmas day.—Phillips Brooks, D. D. P Delays breed losses—don’t procras- tinate in the opening of your account for not alone are you losing money through the interest it isn’t earning but you also lose money through those little expenditures that would not be made if the money were de- posited here. 4 per cent interest is earned on funds deposited here—an examina- tion of our last statement and the character officers of this institution will convince you .of the safety of money deposited with us. -