Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 23, 1913, Page 8

3 4 Alonza Logan J. F. Townsend LOGAN ¢ TOWNSEND BUILDING CONTRACTORS We Furnish Surety Bonds On All Contracts if you want a careful, consistent. 'and re- liable estimate on the construction of jyour building, SEE US INMMEDIATELY. TELEPHONE 66 Futch & Gentry Bldg 'T. L. CARLETON SANITARY PLUMBING TINNINGand SHEET METAL WORKS Gas Fitting, Sewer Work, Driven Wellsand Purrps . . . . ¢ . . COR. N. Y, AVE asd Main ST. PHONE 340 AKELAND ® ;L (PROAONC! New Year to You All Also a Few Xmas Specials Cranberries, quart ... ..156¢ Figs and Layer Raisins, 1b, ....20c Shelled Nut Meats, 1b, ........80¢ Imported Chestnuts, 1b. .......20¢ Guava Jellies and Paste, pkg. 40 and 60c Don’t fail to see our Sandy win- doy. The best line in the city. Call and see for yourself. The only pure food store in Lakeland Extra fine fat Turkeys W.P.PILLANS&CO. Phone 93 Pure Food Store , A Merry Christmas and a Happy L B R A Fegdh DL e S Y Don’t Forget, # ThatChristmas will soon be here, and that we have some beautiful Holiday : & Goods to dispose of at very low prices 3 § A DA CESRINTS I BB PPEDEDEGDBOHIE I L3 Bathrobes - and Slipper to match, $10 worth for $6.50 Ties and Stlk Socks in boxes for $1.00 * and a host of other Holiday goods, : including Initial Handkerchiefs in silk and all linen. ~ All our cloth- ; § ing in men and boys reduced in prices for the Holidays. R L A SR LR L L S Gl s DONT FORGET THE STORE The Hub 3 ¢ & JOS. . LeVAY By CHARLES EDMONDS WALK Author of “The Silver Blade,” “The Paternoster Ruby,” etc. T T T e s 7 0764, 0,0,«;:7‘:":%:3 :,;:mmm,o‘o‘o.o‘o Q (Copyright 1912 by A. C. McClurg & Ca) straightway commenced a mad pound- ing, and he was filled with a conviction that a sudden unaccountable difiiculty in his breathing was going to make him speak as if a tremolo stop had been pulled out in his vocal apparatus. Every minute detail of his wildest imaginings respecting her beauty was 80 much more than confirmed that for a moment he could only stand and stare. For one thing, she was younger than he had believed; she could not have been more than twenty—nineteen, he “l—Believe Me—I Have Not Been Try- ing to Find You.” decided. Her complexion was of the velvety, creamy sort, tinted high upon' the cheeks with the faintest rose pink, that matches nothing as well as hazel eyes and that beautiful shade of hair that is too dark to be red and too light to be brown, and which novelists have 80 frequently described as Titian that the word has almost ceased to have a meaning, But without character the most flaw- less features in the world are like unto a hollow mask; the girl’s face was in- stinct with character, with courage and resolution, the fine hazel eyes aglow with intelligence under their long dark lashes. In short, her whole vivid per- sonality was full of a charm and witch- ery that might well transform to wine the blood in Youth’s veins, This vision, it must be understood, buret upon Tom all at once; he had no time to linger over details, for in a flash her expressive countenance mir- rored a multiude of emotions, and he was looking not only into the finest eyes that had ever met his, but into a pair of extremely startled eyes as well., Next the girl’s lips parted, and she re- coiled with a gasp of sheer astonish- ment. And now must be recorded of Tom one of the nicest things it has been privileged thus far to say of him; it was really a pity that Van Vechten could not have been present to ap- plaud. He looked uncommonly hand- some and natty in his fresh white-duck uniform; and his cap, with the anchors and the words “Kohinur” and “Cap- tain” thereon all in heavy gold braid, was very becoming to him. All at once he became acutely aware of the boldness and ardor of his gaze, and lowering his eyes, he whipped off the cap and bowed low to the astonished young lady. “I told you,” said he exultantly, “that I would know you anywhere.” And that one little speech, when she ' came to ponder over it, would be found to contain more of genuine com- | pliment than he might ever hope to im- | press upon her in a lifetime of assur- ances. She was still too dumfounded, how- ever, to note his words. Her regard darted from his face to his cap and| uniform and back to his face again. Then, mechanically, she half-turned away as if she would flee, But Tom checked this impulse, He was now standing erect, his arms fold- ed across his broad chest, one hand still holding the cap. He smiled and said easily: “Seems as though I'm always to| scare you. Please don’t run away. | Anyhow, stay long enough to tell me | what's so fierce about my looks. Won't you?” ! face and eyes, “that my presence 18 no'%;ay!” Tom earnestly prqteste%_ “please don’t talk like that. t's hlarr | enough for me to make myse]f' ceao under the best conditions; if you lg'" | to taking me up sharp that way | make a mess of it. i n‘l'l-];u-re‘s the way of it. 0ld Brm:i: ! low—know him? RumA old t!pol‘hjs | Brownlow wanted a sk_lpp:zr for ne | yacht; 1 applied for the job"—he %r T | more and more nervous as hel:‘ prolulee 4 | ed under the level regard—"he 1r<3”i me; and here I am. Do you ge.t ani.is | For a long moment she studie 0 face; then her lashes lowered a tr;‘eed‘j her cheeks dimpled, and she reple" with a delightful low-voiced demur ness: : “ ou.’ ;oi:atirfdulged in a tremendous sigh of relief. For the first time hope mounted high in his bosom that, a.m: all, their relations were going to sta friendly footing. upgfitabefore he had time to ask & question that rose to his lips, an 1nter£ ruption came. Turning at the sound o a footstep, he was in & measure pre- pared to confront the supposititious old servant of Number 1313. ’l‘hle1 man’s face, shot and crisscrossed Wwitl a network of fine wrinkles, was beard- less and as lifeless as & death-mask.. But not so the peircing black eyes; here at once the younger man recog: nized an extraordinary personality, one that affected him powerfully, even to forgetting his resentment at the lnsll'lllll:m::;m handed him an envelope with an uttered word or two of expla- nation: “From Mr. Brownlow. I am terer.” ch:; atrhen Tom all at once remem- bered where he had perviously heard this familiar voice. Last Monday night, when he stood blindfolded in the mysterious Long Island house, he; had met the man Callis’ insolent catechism with a profane retort, and the bearer of Brownlow’s note had cau- tioned him that there were ladies present, The contents of the sheet, which Tom had open in a jiffy, were brief and were taken in by him at a glance. His immediate stupefaction at their pur- port he voiced in tones of awe. “Well—I'll—be—" he began, but quickly checked himself and looked up to find the piercing eyes steadily re- garding him. “And so,” he concluded, “you are Max Willard!” CHAPTER IV, An Interlude. As Tom thus voiced his astonish- ment at the disclosure of the old man’s identity, there was a sudden swish of ekirts, and the girl disappeared down the companionway. She left with a marked haste that might have been signjficant to the skipper, had be been in afly state of mind to be impressed by such suggestive occurrences. In a moment a series of feminine exclama- tions, indicative of surprise, came dully to his hearing; but his attention was still held by the penetrating re- gard. “Your manner, Captain Phinney,” re- marked Willard in a quiet voice, “im- plies that you are familiar with my name?” The statement concluded with a note of interrogation; but Tom stood tongue-tied. What should he say? He could not tell this man that at the present moment a detective was ex- ceedingly anxious to find him—at least, not without entering into Van Vech- ten’s concern in the search. So he moodily shook his head. After a pause— “Have you any place we may retire to for a quiet talk?’ Willard inquired in the same tone, | “The chart-house,” vouchsafed Tom, | uneasily moving in that direction. Once seated, there followed a long | silence in the course of which Tom | e ———————— "I[ P“fi[le gakeland's leading Bhgrl Christmps. Call again during 1914, bring a friend. L. E. PEACOCK, The grew more and moré restive beneath the keen look of the magnetic eyes. Never had he been more uncomfort- able in his life. By and by Willard spoke, deliberately, but none the less earnestly. “Look here, captain, frankly, are you spying.on me?” “Moses and green spectacles, no!” blurted Tom. His astonishment at the question was so unmistakably genuine that the other continued for a time to watch him in silence. It would have been plain to an outsider that the old- er man was deeply perplexed and troubled, and was trying to hit upon a means of coming to some sort of un- derstanding. Presently he drew a sigh and leaned back in his chair, “I can believe that,” he said wearily, | “You are not the sort of which spies | and eavesdroppers are made. You are | For a moment longer their eyes held one another’s, hers still alive with be- | wildering amazement; but quickly these expressiors died away, and she recovered her poise as quickly as it | had been routed. Her chéeks flushed | prettily, and she laughed. | “Youl” she exclaimed. “Of all per-: sons! Captain—Captain Phinney! If| it isn’t the strangest thing—but, nn,"r she broke off, “it is not so very re-! markable after all. You—" | She stopped with an abruptness that | passed unnotieed by Tom. Uhable longer to repress some expression o!‘ his joy, howéver veiled it might he, | he said: “Tt is remarkable, though. It’s the rippingest thing I ever heard of~that I should have found you sgain, you know—that T should be standimk here talking to you, like this. “But,” he went on quickly, seeing that this aspect of the matter was nat altogether acceptable, “I—believe me —I have not been trying to find you. Not that I didn’t want to—I mean, I had no idea you were to here. My presence is perft;etly legifimate—" “Implying,” she interrupted, every spark of amusement vanished from ter works department of that city. too transparent. And yet—" He fel] | silent again, and for a space pondered; then abruptly leaning forward, he once | mgre fixed Tom with his keen look. “You thought—last night,” he began, “that 1 didn’t recognize you. But 1 did; I possess certain unusual powers, an ability to see distinctly in the faint. est light being one of them; You are the young man who followed Callis at Rocky Cove Monday night. Now why | did you do that? I have a right to| know.” In the face of the older man’s direct manner, Tom’s nervousness left him. The powerful personality wag not | without its influence; but Tom <wag not the sort of chap that any man could | overawe, and his discomposure wns’ chiefly owing to his ticklish position, | and his ready recognition of the fact | that it was not the sort of situation ! that he was equipped to cope with, | However, he was strongly attracted | toward Willard; there was Sometining | fn spite of his oddity, distinctly likabie | about tlie mau. . i (To Be Continued,) I Two new 10-inch well win be bored in St. Petersburg for the Wa- BAHOHH B HOHOH B B CHORCH R B CHOHOBON &onmmmmqmmmmmm @ E 3 3 § : CHRISTM IS HERE BN RO A0 BRSO RO BNy (Zuli el ubLud L 0ud Sull wll a i Why not consider a nice pair of shogg present (The most appropriate G be selected from our wup-tc.d. e st Dress Shoes, flouse Shoes, Satin iy Bed Room Slippers, indian’ Mo or anything in the shoe or Hosiery | Make our store your headuuarters ,; in town, and look our line over befy, buying elsewhere. 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These are just a few of the prices which I am o fering; everything else in proportion. If you want g goods at the right prices together with good delivery, give & trial. PHONES 119 and 234. L. B. WEEKS B I R S P I S P Cetesesest e seseanra., Ceeseee sesetreaaaa,, Pes et sasesaeeaaay, Cesseiaatiay, EERRTI i i . H ALFIELD, Pres, Se¢, and Treas. B. H. BELISARY Supt. and Gen, M Are You In the Sewer Districts If not, let us put you ina Septic Tul It costs less. ___ A postal will bring full information LAKELAN: PAVING & CONSTRUCTIONC vamwgl uce 848 Black, House 39 Blue, LAKELAND, 807 West Main Street. Tl op wish you alla Me | thank you for 1913 patrona .. MANAGE PHOENIX BARBER SH( pi GET YOUR GASOLINE ol and DRY BATTERIES at the ELECTRICAL SHFFT § METAL SHO CARDWELL & FEIGLL Phone 23¢ Lakeland, F