Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 31, 1913, Page 8

== s i Alonza Logan . J F.Townsend LOGAN &§ TOWNSEND BUILDING CONTRACTORS We Furnish Surety Bonds On Al! Contracts if you want a careful, consistent. and re- liabie estimate on 1he construction of your building, SEE US IMMEDIATELY. TELEPHONE 66 Futch & Gentry Bldg POUABOP O N Sl SUbE g UM % LA T.L. CARLETON SANITARY PLUM BING TINNING and SHEET METAL WORKS AN AP SRS UB Ges Fitting, Sewer Work, Driven—. .. Wells and Punps , . . . . ., FHONE 340 FL COR. N. Y, AVE ard Wain ST, LAKELAND @ 5"_ ! X 14 RID ,mmowfi«wnw«amw BEd G FEED - STORE Letyour New Year's Resolu- tion b to continue buying Your Feed, Flour and Fer- tilizer from the store that makes this line a spzcialty Quality and price right. Cime to € Us on Rose St. East of Light and Water Plant the takelard reed and Ss_‘sm ompany OB ICPOED BB E IR SO 5 B3 B §3 Phoiie 275 W C OWENS,Mgr Terms Cash . @ L 9 ) ’ & 3.’ & & & & & i That New Year will soon be here, and g @ i . G % o that we have some beautiful Holiday ] % Gocdsto dispose of et very low prices # g ol ST | § ¢ Bathrobes arc Slipper to match, § ; b ¢ $ 23 $10 werth for 3 b ¥ *f%; ; i $6.50 | 37 Ties and Siik Socks in boxes for g i § o and a host of other Holiday goods, including Initis] Handkerchiefs 1g silk end ail linen. Al our cloth- ng in men and boys reduced in prices for the Holidays. 1 Some good Hats at $1 o b BB BB s " Boufo i B oo DB B B ereteciect LR s | ne t the casket., (3jgy.;0Ce more a [ Py 'wntch “‘hic}?‘hfl held in the other BOOK Iv. hang, je Quietf warked: ; | 0 i “Gentlemey ' coilin cont;\mi | enough i), o wipe New Yor 4 ; A Specterithe Fea! , Off the ma‘pd!;s connected with one :'? ; CHAPTER I, ,Of my tine.e, sct to detonate the I I il‘expectant hush, the Hd was removed. he addcd: ALl 9[ The disclosure, coming as it didinto . _ Ise T shall annihila | { | the very heart of the company’s good one of you aud myslt,” e 1o o | f | humor, was realized only resultantly: fils Wkl & S e { | for the box did not belie what it SUE- wygy ot ! E}gested. It really contained a coffin: six miry | Outfitter The Rert Schaffoer & Wary (Iotlxinp, i —— T e nup .3 | B T YR g FEEPPEDIEIUIIDDIBOIIIDOREE FPPI D by ! metal, as was also the name-plate, Upon this latter was a single engraved ,l sire to depart vanished; he was not i | In the silence that accompanied thig | | them overturning chairs ! they stood staring in horror at thig | unwelcome prefiguration of the grave. D | #wanating from the casket, was plain- man “of jpy Dressive appeara might have been one of thet hone had gee;, him preyia- | Dight. His i, hair, pg- | S laba_ven, finely Finkled faom- | Betic eyes wope all & par no | manding bersonality, ana be | ! hatural that ! the | g more thy lookeq to for an explar as no | episode, I Perfecily Composed, pletely fuet that ‘mlstaking the dominateq (), siluatiog unclei €l noted the Man Van Vecn; recognized thy an, g AR The words were lost of Iron’s am;u(;‘,]. Z',vde pekamc controllable fit of weepj One of tenge, gjep “‘d“e;my ‘e At this juncture Tom i awakeneq | With an 5, that :r con- from his hopeless letha; by a haj) ' follow hig SxAmpa from the river. He ran 1e head of | sulted his \\mc);,' :',-,-age declar‘; the uccammodauon-steps,le‘.Gl Mer. | tion of ay tho “ \\'oul(i hat\m cer wae parleying with 56 one 1n a | fixed the time at phrai i boat. ! Midnight, “Who fs it?” demanded 1 brush. ' | ing his first mate aside, ¢ i which everybog | “That you, Phinney?” &miliar | @5 the confines | Yoice came up out of the knegs, ' Mitted, apq ),;a0nd | “This 1s Flint.” ’ Sl ! By CHAR: S EDNObg )¢ m-n. Siky Blade,” by,” etc, “The Paternosteyy, : g (Copyright 1912 by A. C. 4Ca) 8udden yup- ¢ SECH OB T OV, : o table, from He advancog shrank as far vast room per- upon the 2 igit precisely.” His i €Xplosive ¢ Inigiit precisely. What the Box Contained, Icommaudiuggnrd‘-;u,-lt I'heodore Van Jessie Willard’s visit to Ru,' V?Ch"““"’: b RdRcy vs how , Van Vechten partook more of the , “No one flle",.Li{‘l%lvFOlt knl?i'\tch." ture of a visftation—as of some 1 1kely it is oL e king, as {1ng shrine's patron saint; for by . 10 the ening univ, |mutlu eard lurday night he had so far ret:ove’ff a cloc w!w;::‘. ‘E‘ i’l;: y that, at his uncle's repeated urgent fter a HpISDE e Nenn - licitations, he was able to attire nt [ sbaipiot tako the time to apalo #% '8elf in the habiliments of formalf'® for tis interruption of your ‘es'l i 3 - gls at ;s and attend the directors’ meeting, (¢ties, b _'l}'U‘,'le' f,lf“:::nds T | Which already he had been notifie; Watcl—-only ten 1"‘“‘\‘}151 ht In the gailery of the dinine-room—'een this mesient aud midnight, | b 7 ' modeled after Thane Gedrle’s banquetH as brieli ,x"milflf, II ‘Z'::t::. & ing-hall—an orchestra dlscoursed syn- it clear 19 e mr; that has "copated melody fh blissful ignorance ible for the Anay With my of anachronism. The president of 't ol e e el anganate the Continental Union Banking and edipme locicang l',"r""nxllg(\vi[h. Trust company and the head of the At- ghe only metal ‘h".t .“l mbined | las Safe company occupied seats of whe "Ky“‘)"‘“"."mn?i -c:;uqines.q! § honor, and their long laudatory re. g0dore Van \u-‘m.'n;- Battion | Q sponses put the finishing touch to Ru. wpd his com '."m“:u,&xl-er one‘ ! $ dolph's impatience to be up and away. of M e Cau porsuade Lv‘tit\iltlcns { Midnight approached like the ter. o untry's fin ”.(‘m,? l»l,nhwhemer! mination of a sentry's winter vigil, theys® “h ‘\““‘, hd_t" srn's in- | g and as he determined to slip frow uis tinikie OF (Ve MG SQTCRs 3 ~ & [¢] el a phe enall seat near the long table's foot and prog been a phenom y find his hat and to -coat, there came BT ; : tlemen vwho are fnrtunatv:j b stockholders, and ten, are reaping ' nothing—the in- a diversion that stayed him, By con- ¢4 . " (trast, any interruption to the oratory yaoqc® ¢ was interesting, the ha'd Vo The butler noisclessly approached ventor's | SU the head of the table and held a whis- ¢ | pered colloquy with the host, After a minute or two the Man of Iron nodded the butler stole away, and the ma On. Thirot y lack of business acu- men [ we ¢ ey di'(‘" out of the coplpany,‘ [ it ey take long to discover 15. who was speaking at the time, realiz. Ve .m' legal l'l‘,dl.‘eSS vya: :?" Ing that something extraordinary wag I b impending, paused, faltered, stopped, and sat down that fact. “Then wh, iined for me?” The | an \ 5 i Four men, clad in overalls and jum- :,l;i]]::‘:mte O) 't the ‘\\ "“d??fii bers, entered, carefully bearing among situation as ©ither tf" (m‘\?(?chten | them a largo oblong box. They halted willed it, opr'loT® ‘AN hts by and upheld it with patent effort while force, Al ! Mr, Van Vechten arose and, in his un- impassioned manner, guests, “Gentlemen,” said he, “some of our friends have not forgotten the occa- 8ion we are assembled here tonight to celebrate. We have here, I am as- | sured, something that will commemo- rate this hoppy event in & most re- “Now, gentle . . ve secking vengea_, ;0. jothing of that kind—o, stice and com- | pensation; /I lm,‘u\ut months in | preparing for toni', o than once y secret operutiy, o nearly met with slipwreck, ar U must realize g h cone her Eanmit { ¢ markable and fitting way , ., » :.l,l(?lt.tl :}:)(l ml:\’n‘::mtfi‘“ kanmiined @‘.g 5 And much more to the same effect. dues, or else not “n\.q.mg ‘:f l;“'}' = #! Then a spoce was cleared In the {4 ey tiont: oail 2% “l'l ‘]‘1 & } center of the long table, a few of the & };ulutl-n';, S “,'l“"‘l.‘mv“‘ g ci‘" = L diners worp disturbed, and the box the fact is that 1 any " 3ouf\\ . g ;g"wus deposit#d thereon. The porters ROt {0 b brinie .: to'm\ olrfnig § e to eniorce a ik iributis o o | § # 1 BEverybody eyed the innovation cu- of the profits of the A ‘V’A";‘ pUBLe 5 3 ' rlously—and a bit distrusttully, too. pany, and ry 1cinstate Sate “::" | 7| The box, suggesting as it did the end position of tuie il ’,’"0_1. fi g ifi]of human endeavor, was not an o have becn unl dop 31 ,}\ sl 3 » | Bpiriting center-piece, nor was it in Meodore Van Vec SH 'E' harmony with the temper of the eve. ,yql\(,'l:i:,l::;j :(,“:5\,,‘ hl:‘:.l, g‘yir“flg‘l“’ w‘§ !r ning; but after much Jocose specula- and he new stood with bi,,.., b i £ tion respecting its likely contents, at the back cf his chaf ('nm! "'(lls i 3 ), | the host's command servants appear- garding the sp The h"fl v re: r 'ed with screw-drivers, and, amid an “rseyes met the Man of Iron's intent | one distinguished by its elegant cream- your n The The long ), | extension handles were of the same colored silk-plush covering and pure | rose-gold ornamentation. ~ian of Iron was not of theyfe 18 easily tered—elsg g would noi have been the Man of 4y, He was taken unawares and rendeg bewildered—as who would not hy been?—but he was first to recover by, 5 A self. His voice rang out w > With the injection into the banquet thoritative commandg th::t“t;:t: ::51:; of an element 8o sensational and po re | Startling, Rudolph Van Vechten's de- { | line: ‘ “THE TIME LOCK.” moved. & The intruder, with one hand still I 4 i =, Ing lightly at an end of the handsom | e tho et of s epmer 220" caskel, th- thar st Wimdle ! st} ¥ watch, calmly futerposed: | presently he observed that the incl- : S0 ; Just a moment ) dent conveyed & special meaning to have only to pr(;s :gig:‘;af‘];?e' ; [ certain of those bresent—particularly this bit of o o i PrerighoRg : 'lloh ornament andd the expl- = : S sion wi e precipitated. | trust- ‘“c‘:“‘;u}isg whole thing a huge prac- for your sakes; I don't care S0 mfch | The Man of Iron pointed out that fzrst‘xllc)l?el:l ,;::li,;‘l:? vill not foregne [if ft was, it must have been an ey. '° Y (To Be Continued ) pensive one for the berpetrator. Then —..-.__ e & — ! came the suggestion of an infernal CANDY! CANDY! CANDY! | machine, and once more a hush fell WE ARE THE CANDY MAKIRS | upon the gathering. These men, however, were not lack- ” e Ing in courage. Very cautiously the When you x\'..nt nice, pure caniy, casket was removed from the box, the °O™M® to Smith’s Bakery. We m kel box was taken away, and the former 't fresh every day, Can furnist it| was given the place of honor, where i2 any quaatity. Special price on al Jt reposed like a beautiful but unat- 'arge quantity. 1613} Successor to W. K. McRae. |3 TRANSFER LINEs raying and Hauling of All King | Prompt and Reasonable Service | } 5 iR OO ool mi"fii‘fiflmmflw v operation a distinet ticking sound, ly audible, and the Giners, some of in their haste, recoiled to the walls, where At this moment a quiet voice was | heard to suy: “Carefully, gentlemen; a slight jur | might prove dis.strous > I ~The company turned to behold a Guaranteed We Extend to All Ou We appreciate very much the busi has heen accorded us the past year, will strive t¢ scrve our customers coming year to the very best of our ab Wishing all a Happy New Year, PTelwln aldh B SN e R TR RS et A T A TR OB ¢ 212 SO g Seie DBOEOBIEUBLO OO trons the Season’s Compliments We are yours to sesve, H. C. STEVENS JEWELER LAKELAND, FLA. 18 1bs. Sugar ... ... 10 lbs Snowdrift .. 4 bs Snowdrift ... 10 1bs Cottoline ........ 4 lbs Cottoline _..Compound Lard 12 lbs Best Flour .. 24 1bs Rest Flour pom gt 121bsBest S. R. Flour .......... coovvvnnnne 24 1bs Best S. R. Flour 1 Ib White House Coffee .. .. .... ...... 1 Ib Caraga or Cracker Boy 1 1b Coffee and Chickory ,Good Loose Coffee ........ .. Best Butter .. ... R R SR R R o0 i SBOSURECR o i e e e b arbia g ..V.C.Soup..... Rt 6 Cans Cream.:......occcoveres 2 Cans Baxter’s or B. L. Corn. 6 Soap or Washing Powder. .. ... lPeckIrishPotatoesfor..., ...... 10 1bs Meal or Grits (Hudnut’s).... ........ : ces are spot cash delivered to any part of clty,Te!LeesreytI;\Tng guaranteed firat class and exa::g 4;5;; gented. These are just a few of the prices W b fering; everything else in proportion. If y&o;xlve o goods at the right prices together with good delivery, a trial. PHONES 119 and 234, L. B. WEEKS B o s T TN RN B s R A ars N d ™ YOU ARE THINEING OF BUILDING, £i MARSEHALL & SANGER, The 016 Rellasle Contraciors /ho bave been Tuiléing bouses in Lakeland fox 3o :VF},.(" }:t“r' ‘”lpl*.lli i)é%’%:?lg;falfled {0 give satisiec Al Classes of buildings u"‘ntra(.-t_ed ior. ,L'u.c :‘ regidenc it by this firm erc evidgnces of treird make goed, MARSHALL & SANDF? Phone 228 Blue —— I'"[ PHQENIV Lakeland's Icading ! JdA Shep wish you alla Christinas. 1 thank yoy for 1913 patr Call again during 1914, bring a friend. PEACOCK. .. MAN~ L &, GET YOUR GASGLINE O and DRY BATTERIE at the ELECTRICAL SHEFT& METAL SH CARDWELL & FEIGL The PHOENIX BARBER Sl Lakeland, L sewndy Phone 23¢ e s O I R AR R -