Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 26, 1914, Page 3

Piedmont_Quality means Highest Quality—Unchang. ing Quality. Year after year the same ripe, mellow tobacco, the same perfect workmanship, the same pleasure and satis- factions Imitators have despaired of ever equalling Piedmont Quality. Whole coupon in each Pflckfl!e- " 2 % AR g SRR SV S R GROCERES THIS IS WHAT YOU FIND AT MY STORE—ALL AT THE LOWEST PRICES. MY SAUSAGES WILL MAKE YOUR MOUTH WATER FOR A MONTH AFTERWARD, JUST TO THINK ABOUT IT. CRF2NIN E. P. HICKSON Phone 144 It's of vital impor start the bank ac when you are vigor There comes life when an ample CA 18 one’s best friend— building that reserve : to come, the earni: may be sufficient fort, 3 per cent interest paic R — I ECEI4344CICCCCECEETETS ——— LY 15 1 LS Ey ELIZA3CTH GCHOEN COBB. “Oh, such fun!” L omi Zilla.” “No, me—1 know I can land a vie- tim the first time!" their number was filling a paraflined puper bag {rom a water bottle, It was the 2d of September, the postponed “Straw Hat” day of the vear, The sensible office girls of Hul- dane & Co. were usually precise and ; dignified, but they could not resist folly as it flies. All day long from the great skyscraper building, mis- chievous office boys and teasing type- writers had gazed from the window in quest of a Dbelated straw hat in the passing throng. Once spotted, it be- came a target for all kinds of mis- €ls, and one unfortunate Panama went skithering from the head of its wearer, borne along by a well direct- ed bar of soap. The infection had spread to the merry group in the Huldane office. One of the ingenious trio of misses had thought of a new projectile. It congisted of a paper bag filled with water and tied with a piece of string. Miss Preciosa Huldane, who had | just arrived in the family automobile to take her brother, Ransom Huldane, _ . home, smiling indulgently at the ex- ®* citement of the girls. Then moving .% to the window and gazing down, her + ecyes lit upon the crown of a neat but weather beaten straw hat, almost within dropping range from her lofty height, Its wearer was a brisk, erect 4 f{nd N'.’n( ihe spi sing appearing young man. of mischief seized her un- i accountabiy, 3 | “Give me the bag, quick!” she calle H " ed to the girls Preciosa drew back slightly in some 3 dismay from the window frame as 4 | she witnessed the commotion her im- ! pulsive action had created. The 3' weighted paper bag had grazed its # (destined target, the straw hat. This !';il had knocked promptly from the | head of its wearer. | The bag had struck the stone pave- % | ment. It burst with a report like the explosion of an automcbile tire, Its | contents spattered over the owner of the hat. He naturally looked up- wards, and Miss Preciosa caught a flitting sight of a reproachful but handsome face. L 2 o Then Dale Winters e Hat From the Head s Owner. Had Knocked of made a dash to recover his hat, This had rolled towards the curb. The wind sent it under the wheels of a passing truck, and it was crushed to atoms. The crowd laugned, passing messen- ger boys “yah-yahed!" observers at | the various oflice windows tittered, and the outside strect was one broad gmile. The young man put his hand to his head in an embarrassed way. Then he darted through the open door- wy and into the lobby of the big building. Preciosa loo.ed serious as she wck from the window, some- wed, sincerely sorry. That I f the face below had all in ac- de of the cadbare suit e hearted ot acted un- depriving the 1e could do it?” she ¢ embar- ne nd she 1 regret- levator. cagerly levator n s ing in E column. He 1and an old battered cap. ween t The 1 something on a rter, and has- of the sensi t face of the young man troubled Pr Her conscience was upbraid :r. As she approach- " ¢d him, the elevator starter lifted his sa. The three high class stenographers | in the office of Huldane & Co. were | . gluped about a table where one of | siles, such as paper wads, soaked tow- | hat politely to the sister of the suc- cessful young broker who tipped him generously. “That young man who was just here,” she said—"'is he the person who lost his hat?” “Yes, Miss Huldane,” replied the | starter. From what he says it was the only one he had, and he is with- out the money to buy another one. I loaned him a stray cap, 1 happened ; : to have, and he insisted on giving me his name and address, so I would be sure to know it would be returned, which doesn't matter in the least. “Will you show me the card? | “Why, certainly,” assented the starter, promptly, but wonderingly. Preciosa felt like a guilty criminal. Her tender soul deplored the innocent | & mischief she had wrought. She was || strangely unlike herself all the ride | home with her brother. Within an | hour she had made a confidant of her best friend, Mary Bird, and before two had passed by Mary's brother, Will, was taken into & conspiracy. He was deputized to visit this Dale ! Winters as the representative of “four giddy girls” who had destroyed his hat, and replace it with the best fall style money could supply. More than that the clever young | . man did. He learned that Dale Win- ; ters was a most estimable and effi- clent young man, temporarily out of g work. How the artful Preciosa work- ’ ed it she told nobody, but within a week Dale was induced by young Bird to apply for a position with Huldane & Co. and was readily engaged. It was a lucky day for the big bond firm., Six months later while the head of the house was absent, a near | panic hit the money market. Forced |} to act on his own initiative, Dale did ; v F O e QOO e O O just the right thing, and saved the house from ruin, That made him “solid” with Ran- | ) | som Huldane. In the meantime poor, | % pitiful Preciosa found that in exercis- ing sympathy and interest in behalf of Dale, she had learned to love him. So she came often to the office, and Dale called at the Huldane home oc- casionally. It was the 2d of September, a year to the day, and Preciosa sat in the office ostensibly awaiting her broth- er's arrival when Dale entered. Preciosa smiled as he took off his hat—a straw hat! He read inquiry in her eyes. “Do not think that I am defying usage and propriety, Miss Huldane, he said laughingly. “I am defying the custom for this one day because it is an anniversary.” “Of what, may I ask?” spoke Pre- ciosa, half guessing. “Of the day of my life when with the loss of my hat there seemed to follow nothing but good fortune—and the greatest blessing of it all has been | to know you.” l He read her full realization of the sentiment expressed. Her eyes, quick- ly downcast, her brightening color gave his soul hope. “You have something to tell me?” she said falteringly. “Of the love I bear you,” he re- plied clearly. “Then first let me tell you a story and Preciosa did; of the straw hat, and what it had led to, and she look- ed up penitent to find only the glory of gratitude and love in his earnest eyes, And every succeeding 2d of Septem- ber these two, man and wife now, | trim up the discarded straw hat of the year and go over the blissful mem- ory of their first acquaintanceship. (Copyright, 1913, by W. G. Chapman.) DRAINING THE ZUYDER ZEE WIll Be Costly Work, but Certain to Be Amply Repaid in the Value of the Land. The proposal to drain the Zuyder Zee is before the government of Hol- land again, and in more ambitious ' | form than ever. The last plan con- ! templated draining about 130,000 acres. The present plan proposes to | unwater more than three times that ! , much. Dikes are to be built, shutting | off the sea from the famous bay.! Then four great “polders” are to be walled off and pumped dry, while the | rest of the arca is left as a fresh | water lake, with canals leading to various ports. Whether the Dutch government un- dertakes this task now or not, the work is sure to be done. Holland is | both rich and land hungry. The engi- neering problems involved are simple. | The estimated cost is about $75,000, | 000—a large sum for a small country, perhaps, but the land thus brought under cultivation will produce crops worth $28,000,000 per year, The Zuyder Zec as it stands today is the result of a terrific storm in the thirteenth century. Before that time a fresh water | occupied part of the area now covered by the waves of this inlet and the rest was marsh | and meadow. A great hurricane came, ters of the North sea the Dutch coast. The feeble | dikes then in existence gave way, the | ocean rolled in, the soil was flooded | and then and a bay ! was established that cuts Holland al- | most in two. The proposed drainage work will restore the shore line of the country | to something like its early condition | and will reverse the only victory ever won by the ocean against the | Dutch. PR P TTIEPTTISS ke PP PPIIPE P I T I PP P TP PP PP PP e v ot B washed away, Also Smith. Jones was always soft hearted. This | is what he wrote: | “Dear Mrs. Smith: Your husband | cannot come home today because his ! bathing suit was washed away. | “P. 8.~Poor Smith was inside the suit.” ¢ Qe Q QI ORL PP OROP DR PR e i “ afety First” All other considera- tions are secondary with this Bank. If you want absolute safety for your money go there QeI TEAPOFOORCHOPQ P e R L S ] T.L. CARLETON SANITARY PLUMBING TINNING cnd SHEET METAL WORKS G. s Fitting, Sewer Work, Driven Wells and Pumps . . . . « . . COR N.:Y. AVE acd Naln;ST. 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