Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 19, 1914, Page 2

At this Period use all Safe- guardsi'for Comfort and Well Being The best and most practicable of these is ice~OUR ICE. It preserves your food, conserves your health, increases your pleasure, does you good in ways too numerous to mention—and all for a very little money. Instead of decreasing your taking of ice on the cool days which will be occasionally sandwiched between the warm ones, resolve right now that every day is a full ice day for you. And stick to that COUPON BOOK of ours. It is your consistent, per- sistent SAVER. Lakeland Ice Companv Phone 26 MONEY for You If you come and be fittcd at Our Great Shoe Sale We have decided to continue the sale another thirty days. (. We have the Shoes; they are yours at just what they cost. Watch for our Handbills with some of our great Bargain Prices. Thanking you for your valuable patronage, we are Very truly yours, Kimbrough & Rutherford e —— MAYES GROCERY (0. — “Reduce the cost of living,” our motto for nineteen fourteen Will sell staple groceries, hay, feed, Wilson-Toomer Fertilizers, all kinds of sh-poing crates and baskets, and ¢d potaoes, etc., at reduced rrices Mayes Grocery Co. LAKELAND, FLORIDA Now is your time To Buy an Automobile We have in stock twenty touring cars, with six more touring and six roadsters on side tracks. Ford Touring cars, $610.50; Road- sters, $560.50, delivered anywhere in Polk county. LAKELAND AUTOMOBILE AND SUPPLY CO. Lakeland, Fla. S eeeeieeesresetesesettstrobestrssperresrres. IN COLD STORAGE By GEORGE ELMER COBB. “What's the trouble?” “Oh, John Delmar has been sent to cold storage.” “Why! he’s the best man on the floor.” “That’s the reason. It's another plece of spitework of that self-consti- tuted tyrant, Holmes. Say, I'd like to smash him!” It was only a passing bit of drama under humble conditions, but human interest, human emotions and human destinies were just as crucially in- volved as though it were some section of advanced court intrigue. Brown & Co. represented the lead- ing department store of the thriving western city. The company was nomi- nal. Richard Brown, grasping, schem- ing, saving, had built up a catch-penny notions trade to a six-story palace of business. - He took little pleasure in life outside of business save for oc- casional strong drink and flerce specu- lation on the stock market. The big store prospered, however. In Robert Blain he had an expert manager. Re- cently, however, Blain had broken down. Temporarily a floor manager named Holmes had assumed his du- ties. A meaner man never lived. Vested with a power he had never dreamed of acquiring, all that was selfish and tyrannical in this man$ nature came to the surface. He lorded it over the male employes, he annoyed the lady clerks with his smirking familiar - ways. He was heartily hated by every ¢ person in the service of the great es- tablishment. “You will report for your envelope Saturday night,” he had observed sen- tentiously to Nellle West, the first thing that morning. “I should have done so, anyway,” replied pretty indignant Nellie, the pet and favorite of the department. Then she flashed a look of contempt upon the man that made him shrink, turn away and then grit his teeth. “I'm not through with that pert miss yet!” he groaned out and looked about for a new victim. Half an hour later “Why, Mr. Brown!” John Delmar, manager of the depart- ment Nellle worked in, was consigned to “cold storage.” That was a term dreaded by the em- ployes of Brown & Co. It was as “cold storage” that these designated the chill, bare and gloomy one-half at- tic sixth floor of the building. Here the odds and ends of each department, soiled goods, damaged goods, rem- nants and repriced goods were stored. There was a general going over of these heaps occasionally. Usually a couple of cash boys were delegated to sort out these utilities. “The old stock of your department upstairs is getting too large,” Holmes had said, evenly enough, to Delmar, “Attend to it now,” and Delmar kept his temper, but well knew the motive of this disgrace and banishment from his legitimate duties. For John Delmar was in love with Nellie West and Nellie knew it. It was Nellie whom Holmes had perse- cuted with unwelcome attentions. He had met with a rebuff that galled him. He had decided to get a complete re- venge by superceding Deimar in his position with some favorite or driving him to resign. Delmar had a strong mind of his own and his mind just now, though disturbed and ruffled, was to leave his position when Nellie did. Then if ever he met Holmes on the street, he would give him the thrashing of his life for trying to kiss Nellie behind a pile of goods and calling her an idle flirt later before the whole floor. “I only took this wretched job until the iron firm I was with have reor- ganized, soliloquized Delmar as he pro- ceeded up to “cold storage.” “Sorry I ever did, to have to submit to that miscreant’s low caprices. Glad I did, though, all the same,” he added a mo- ment later, “for it has led to my know- ing Nellie and—I'm in love with Nel- le.” The thought comforted him so, that Delmar smiled and then, despite the low grade of sorting work, he set about it and fell to humming softly to himself. He knew that Nellie would know that his present humiliation had come about because of his interest in her. That fact would draw her closer to him and he was glad. There was no one in the great bare room save himself, so far as Delmar saw. He set at his work diligently, pad and pencil in hand and attacked a THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., FEB. 19, 1914. great heap of Navajo rugs that had “’;' wet in shipment. Next was a pile 0 fine electric lamp shades. Some Were cracked, in some the fittings were loosed. He was busy inspecting them, marking them, listing them on the tab, when suddenly there rose up from 8 lop-sided leather couch beyond them & human form, wavered, lurched and with a terrific crash fell headlong among the mass of quivering metal 1 M“Wh'l;?. 'Mr. Brown!” involuntarily efaculated Delmar and stared aghast | and with genuine sorrow at the er- ratic head of the great establishment. He had heard of the protracted lapses of his head employer, but had never seen him in his present helpless con-I dition. i Worse than helpless it was, Delmar | immediately discovered — abeolutely | critical. There was one muddled groan from the victim of the fall and then he | lay inert. One arm outstretched show- ed a tide of blood streaming forth. The sight warned and thrilled Del- mar. He lifted the victim back to the couch, tore open the red soaked sleeve | and discovered where a fragment of the broken glass had severed an ar- tery. To summon help from the store would be to reveal the unfortunate condition of its head. Delmar knew that he must staunch that gaping wound or the man would bleed to death. There were plenty of fabrics within reach. He made an impromptu torniquet, then by an end exit left the room and the store, secured the near- est physician and without being no- ticed led him to the storage loft. It was nearly an hour before the physician had the patient in a safe and partially lucid condition. He left him with the statement: | “If this young man had not acted quickly and with good common sense, I fear your business would have known you no longer.” Brown was sobered and scared. He made Delmar relate the incidents of his coming to the loft. He bound him to secrecy as to the condition he had discovered him in. He requested Del- mar to remain with him until the store was closed, so that he might leave it unnoticed by the employes. | Every man who skims the thin ice of recklessness or guilt receives his lesson sooner or later. Richard Brown had apparently learned his to a good purpose. He came down to the store Monday morning, brisk looking, busi- ness like. The preceding Saturday Delmar had received a note from him requesting that Miss West report to him before leaving his service. As Delmar and his fair companion en- tered the office of their chief, Holmes passed out with a vengeful look at Delmar and scowled darkly at Nellie, “That man has just been discharg- ed,” were Mr. Brown's first words. “Our manager who has been ill has sent in his resignation. We have ap- pointed a new manager. It is you, Mr. Delmar. I count upon your giving Miss Lane a position that her patience and loyalty to the house deserve.” “It will be only temporary,” the gratified Delmar said to himself, as he realized that he was now in a po- sition to care for a wife. So out from “cold storage” came two warm hearts, comforted and su- premely happy. (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) LEGEND THAT PLEASED ANDY Oldtime Story of German Origin Used by Carnegie in Condemning Cap- ital Punishment. Andrew Carnegie, at one of his de- lightful dinners in his great red man- sion in New York, condemned capital punishment. “Capital punishment is as abhorrent to me,” sald Mr. Carnegie, his merry eyes twinkling even more merrily than usual, “that I often think with delight of the Regensburg test. “In Regensburg, in the middle ages, the headsman died and three appli- | cants presented themselves for the | post. A test of their skill would set- tle the matter. Accordingly three criminals were brought forth for | slaughter, ‘ “The first headsman made with his sword a tiny nick in the first crim- inal's neck. ‘T'll lop him off just there,’ he said, and swinging his sword roung | With a great swishing sound, lo!—he did as he had said he would. ! . "“The second headsman tied a string round his criminal's neck. ‘I'll cut off | his head and bisect the string,’ he | said. And he did as he had promised. | “These two first headsmen now be- | gan to study and ponder the neck of the third criminal, asking what proof | of skill the third headsman should undertake, when the latter with ope vast and splendid sword ‘sweep cut oft all three heads, thus finishing the criminal and his rivals together and winning the headsmanship of Regens- burg amid the applause of all” ————— Opportunity He Wanted, The family man ushered his friend into his “den” and shut the door. “1 want you to sample something pretty fine I've got here,” he whispered, opening a filing cabinet ang taking out a big, flat bottle. “This is some- thing extra and you'll say it's the best you ever had. Tell me whep—" “Great snakes!" cried the caller, “you've got hold of the wrong bottle man! Look at the label—can't you see it's marked poison?” i “Don't let that fool you. That's just a trick of mine so that the girl wil leave it alone.” “Ha-ha! That's a bully invention, Gives me an idea, too.” “Going to do the same thing your private bottle?” "tth“ “No. I'm going to do just | posite. I never did lke our n:' » " T? YOU ARE THINKING OF BUILDING, §pg MARSHALL & SANDERS The 01d Rellable:Contractors v been building houses in Lakeland for Years, 5 hho0 33;‘; “FELL DOWN" or failed to give satisfactio, All classes of buildings contracted for. The may residences built by this firm are evidgnces of their g); make good. MARSHALL & SANDERS Phone 228 Blue y fing tyly * Room 17 Kentucky Bldg. W. FISKE JOHNSQN REAL ESTATE AND LOANS CITY AND SUBURBAN PROPERTY A SPECIALTY LAKELARD, FLA. St It you want ta buy property we have it for sale; it you wat o sell property we have ecustomers, or can get ghem for you. My out vour list and see me today. 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