Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 20, 1913, Page 8

Alonza Logan J. F. Townsend LOGAN § TOWNSEND BUILDING CONTRACTORS : We Furnish Surety Bonds On All Contracts By CHARLES EDMONDS WALK Author of “The Silver Blade,” “The Paternoster Ruby,” etc. If you want a careful, consistent. and re: liabie estimate on the construction of your building, SEE US IMMEDIATELY. TELEPHONE 66 Futch & Gentry Bldg (Copyright 1912 by A. C. McClurg & Co.) added. “What a nasty brute you are!” Nothing lesz than paralyzing amaze- ment, apparently, restrained Callis from leaping upon Van Vechten and haps, too, there was & gyality in the young man’s bearing that had some- thing to do with it—his unflinching nerve, the mastery of his look, the in- evitable dominance of caste and breed- ing. With a little bow, Van Vechten turned again to the girl. “You are at perfect liberty to de- part,” he said, with calm, dignified deference. “Anmd, really, I think you had better do se at once. I can hold this rufflan—at least until you make good your escape. Once you are in the etreet, you know, and you are safe.” By this time she had regained some- thing of her own composure; but the cool assurance of this punctiliously garbed young man, the obvious deter mination and air of authority that lay behind his courtesy, evoked from her a look of startled wonder. The heavy lashes half-veiled her dark eyes as they wavered to Callis, then back again to him; it was a covert, all-ap- praieing glance. Then her lips curled scornfully. What was passing in her mind was only too plain to Van Vechten. He flushed hotly. Already he had made the same comparison; and he fostered no illusions respecting the possible outcome of a combat. Never before had he been confront ed by any man so irresponsible with T.L. CARLETON SANITARY PLUMBING TINNINGand SHEET METAL WORKS Gas Fitting, Sewer Work, Driven Wellsand Purps . . . . « . . j COR. N. Y, AVE and Main ST, PHONE 340 LAKELAND @ FLORIDA A Merry§Christmas and a Happy New Year to You All Also a Few Xmas Specials Cranberries, quart ...........15¢c rage, or one with whom it was so Figs and Layer Raisins, 1b. ....20¢c hopeless to attempt to reason; never Shelled Nut Meats, 1b, ....... .80c :3) all hti)s t“lie fiad hfhs"“k a man in ger; but he knew there was just one Imported Chestnuts, 1b. ...... .20c @ | way in which he could succor this dis Guava Jellies and Paste, pkg. dainful beauty, and that would be to ............ .... 40 and 50c E pit his endurance against the bully’s b | strength, to guard himself as much as Don’t fail to see our Sandy win- possible against his repeated one doy. The best line in the city. Call 1 slaglgl;]ts. (“"Ild d%""yhp“““it of the girl until he (Van Vechten) was pounded and see for yourself. into insensibility—or mayhap slain. He 1] did not blink that contingency. Yet, without the slightest hesitation, he had resolved to offer himself to the sacrifice. Through his mind all these aspects of the crisis flashed. If only he had the bludgeon which his fatuous wit had so disparaged to Tom! He was guilty of no: error of judg ment now, however; Callis gave him but scant time to reflect, then rushed, not at him, but at the girl. Simultane- ously Van Vechten plunged headlong forward, interposing his lighter body between. Amid the stress and confusion of violent situations, the human mind is capable of the most ridiculous pranke. And at this critical moment Van Vech- ten’s prompted him to commit such an absurdity. “Get out of here, you little idiot!" he yelled at the girl, who seemed (rozen to the table. W.P.PILLANS &CO. Phone 93 Pure Food Store The only pure food store in Lakeland : Extra fine fat Turkeys i SRR R G DR b R T e R § Don’t Forg‘et, i M% then, with a stifled gcream, slipped in- to the hall and closed the door after ThatChristmas will soon be here, and % that we have some beautiful Holiday ¢ © Goods to dispose of atvery low prices It would not be pleasant to record what happened in that room. There is nothing heroic in a baited rat darting desperately from a trap into the jaws of a waiting terrier, nor in the spec- tacle of a lamb being prodded to the shambles. Van Vechten succeeded in preventing Callis from grasping the door-knob— a period in which he was reduced from a correctly dressed, rather handsome young gentleman to an object that was 3 3 Bathrobes| and Slipper to match, § 3 ; $103worth for H $6.50 A . & into oblivion. Callis stared at his motionless ad- versary. The answer came promptly, Because he couldn’t. He would never move again, unless, perchance, it should be to rise up and rollow, him— out of the room, along the echoing halls, down the dusty stairs, into the street; whithersoever he went, turn and double, twist and dodge, there would be that Thing at his side, until at last— And there was yet another shadow in this silent house, one other fear- some shade; suppose it should detach itself from the rest; suppose the two Ji’?!l%fl L unbidden: ' Ties and Stlk Socks in boxes for $1.00 and a host of other Holiday goods, * including Initial Handkerchlefs in 2 i silk and all linen. All our cloth- ‘ { ing in men and boys reduced in : t]3: Some good Hats at $1 % DONT FORGET THE STORE | mes»wmwmw&mmwm l fitmter |The Hart Schaffner & Marx CIothInql The Hub = o 3 oo R T R T e b R L L S $% p PN T T2 L T8 Ll L i g e oo o SR o —~——— % prices for the Holidays. LeVAY cape.” P A . U s o BT ' shadows should get together and enter | | brought up against the door. finishing him out of hand. And per-| | nightmare. She hesitated one second longer, | For perhaps five minutes | no more than a tattered, bloody sems- blance of humanity—and then he sank |’ | {importer and the customer would have | Why didn't the fool move?! | beneath his arm a small leather case. | | glittering contents poured out upon | was useless to contend. i millions of dollars worth of precious | ! stones had passed through his cln\v-[ | when Tom entered. | from his desk and greeted his caller | FLA., DEC. 20, 1913 into an unholy pact to work his undo ing? n.glohn Callis clenched his teeth to stop their chattering. His starting glance ckirted the room and sought to penetrate the shadows, which every minuts were looming larger and larger and more obscure, then was irresisti- bly drawn back to the blurred heap in the corner. not look away from it again., Swallowing convulsively, licking his dry lips with a dry tongue, he backed unti! he Never for an instant did the horrible dread of the two shadows blending and follow- L ing him pause in its unnerving sug- | . gestion. He felt for the knob like one in . shapeless He did noiselessly, step by step, Finding it, he stealthfly i opened the door and slunk away. E BOOK [} Aboard the Kohinur. CHAPTER L Tom Finds Employmem It was in an exceedingly dejected frame of mind that Tom Phinney, alone in Van Vechten's huge six-cylin- der car, made his way to Maiden Lane in search of Mr. Brownlow. The low state of his feelings was in a large measure owing to a condition that had grown really imminent and personal only during the last few minutes; one that meant renunciation of all his past | mode of living and realization of & necessary readjustment to an uncer- tain future; he had turned over a new leaf, foresworn idleness and fnvolity, and was going to work! Gloomy meditations darkened hlu handsome face, and in his preoccupa- tion he wasted a good quarter of an hour searching for Brownlow’s num- ber. In harmony with a fancied por trait of the latter's establishment, he directed his attention to the smarter, | more modern structures; and it was | quite by accident that his eye alighted | upon the right place—an lndcscnbably l shabby building, age-worn and de-| crepit, pinched between two sky- | scrapers. He stopped the motor and | viewed the entrance with doubt and disfavor. But there was no mistaking it; from the curb, Brownlow’s name muld be seen on the directory board just inside the entrance. There was not even an elevator, so Tom was oblized to climb two flights ! of stairs, dark and dirty, to a suite of dingy offices, in the outer of which two | old, white-haired clerks bent over pon-| derous ledgers without so much as deigning him a glance, and a trim' young lady, affording a sharp note of contrast to her surroundings, pounded upon a typewriter. It was she who recognized his presence with a bright, smiling regard, who took his card and disappeared into another room, and who returned presently to say that Mr. Brownlow would see him at once in his private office. The farther Tom went, the more in- credible it became that this could be the business habitat of the Kohinur's owner—for Tom was familiar with every private craft that acknowledged New York as its home port—and far | from being dazzled by a bewildering | display of precious stones, the sparkle of a diamond here would have been 50 | conspicuous as to be startling. ‘,',’ To his unobservant eye there was M_, nothing to indicate what manner of :.}’ business might be carried on here. \‘.', Brownlow’s private room was even\‘: dingier and more uninviting than the | & outer office—for all the world like the “3: husk of a frost-bitten nut of which [ | & ) Brownlow was the wrinkled kernel, But could Tom have been present | { while the importer was entertaining a | prospective customer, he would have wide table. Across the polished top two comfortable leathern chairs faced each other. Two or three dark pur- ple velvet pads and a couple of jewel- er's lenses lay here and there upon | the top itself. At these two places the been sitting tete-a-tete, the latter hark- ening while the former discoursed at length upon any subject save the one that had brought them together, until one of the bent figures in the outer of- ’ fice returned from Brownlow’s safe-de- posit box in a nearby bank, bearing After this had been had retired to re-attach himself to his own particular ponderous ledger, the case would have been opened and its the velvet pads. Then the little man’s garrulity would have ceased, and he | would have uncovered a minute knowl- | edge of gems and values against which |‘ the sharpest bargainer knew that it Unnumbered ! i his wealth; and thus it was that he | could indulge in a luxury like the | like fingers, each adding its quota to § Q | Kohinur, The importer was alone, however, ! x He rose nimbly g with an effusiveness that left the lat- & ter tongue-tied. | (To Be Continued.) i OROHC e MONEY TO LOAN Six per cent loans on farms, or- chard lands, city resident or busi- negs property to buy, build, improve, extend or refund mortgages or other securities; terms reasonable; special “] Can Hold This Ruffian—at Least Until You Make Good Your Es-| i privileges; correspondence invited. ' Dept. L., 618 Commonwealth Bldg.,' Denver, Col., or 1521 Commerce! St., Dallas, Texas. 1622, | A3 SOOI DR QR QIO QO O, G. H ALFIELD, Pres, Sec. and Treas. THE PHOENIX Christmas. Call again dusing 1014, bring a friend. L. E. PEACOCK. | The CHRISTMAS IS HERE SO0 SOOI DO S OO BRI SO R Why not consider a nice pair of shocs ¢s 4 present (The most appropriate G fts cap be selected from our up-to-d-tes siock, Dress Shoes, House Skoes, Satin Pumps, Bed Room Slippers, indian Moccasins, or anything in the shoe or Hosiery Ime B e W ERE Make our store your headuuarters when in town, and look our line over before buying elsewhere. Klmhrough & Rutherford Opposite City Hall _—_———-———_—__\ Attention, Housewwes' 18 Ibs. Sugar ... ..... R LR 10 1lbs Snowdnft 115 4 1bs SnOWArift .....ocoovvecere coveeenneeiiin, 45 10 1bs Cottoline . ...evveevivoovnse coneornanenaans 1.25 4 lbs Cottoline ....... A b LR s e b SO .Compound Lard ............ s e G ) 12lbsBestFlour............... AR SR S ) 24lbsBestFlour............... NS 12 1bs Best §. R. Flour . Shuvanidsg Pt g ah) 24 1bs Best S. R. Flour e ) 1 1b White House Coffee .. .. ... ..covvveveenens. .35 1 1b Caraga or Cracker Boy...... G R 1) 11b00fieea.nd0hickory......................... .25 GoodLooseCofiee............ N ) TBEAIBUMEr. b e e et i 1488 21bsBestTomatoes,3for SotA A e AeD ..Best Rice ..... e el U i e g L O .V. C. Soup . e R )y "6 Cans Cream::----- Sbna e SR 2 Cans Baxter’s or B. L (o}s) VEREEAEE o LU g ), 6 Scap or Washing Powder....... AT e v A 1 Peck Irish Potatoes for......... ..... Ceeriaanis a0 10 1bs Meal or Grits (Hudnut's).... .. .35 These prices are spet cash dellverod to nny mrt ol' the ¢iir, everything guaranteed first class and exactly as repre- gented. These are just a few of the prices which I am of- fering; everything else in proportion. If you want good goods at the right prices together with good delivery, give me a trial. PHONES 119 and 234, L. B. WEEKS i B. H. BELISARIC, Supt. and Gen. Mar. Are You In the Sewer Districts? If not, let us put you ina Septic Tank. It costs less. A postal wilt bnng full information LAKELAN: PAVING & CONSTRUCTION CO +awews. Olce 248 Black, House 39 Blue. obtained an insight into Brownlow’s | KELAND ; methods. In front of the only window | 1A J 807 West Main Street. FLA that was scrupulously clean stood a **‘WEW*WM&Z@?WW keland’s leading Barber Shop wish you alla Merry 1 thank you for 1913 patronage. .. MANAGER PHOENIX BARBER SHOP deposited at | FCHOESIEOEE0 RO ORI ORI RN SI0RRH Brownlow’s elbow and the bent figure PHC00 - GASOLINE ol and DRY BATTERIES at the ELECTRICAL SII[fl& MHA[ SHOP CARDW[ll & FEIGLLY Phone 2 it Lakeland, Fls e e ——————— N T T