Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 18, 1914, Page 3

OOEI L1 ML 011100 Bates TheLadies’and Chiliren's Store More Goods, New Goods, and Better Goods SPECIAL BARGAINS EViRY DAY Ladies’ Shirtwaists... . 19¢, 39c, 40c, Children’s Dresses, come sce, 30¢ up SELLING OUT OEORDE Y T AE ) ALL NEW G00DS : i : Q Shirts, 14 and 144, 25 and 50c;all sizes 35c. 3forsl 3 . . . 3 A cood halt-dol]ar.Elastlc Seam Drawers, 35¢, 3 2 for $1. Scriven’s No, 30, while they last, ¥ 50c the pair, all sizes, Men's Hats, any price you want ; must vo & Check Nainsook Underwear, 2-piece Suit.___ .- 39¢ § ¢1,00 Union Suits....__.....____ Boys' Suits, $4 for 52049: 85 for $2.98: S7.50 for 54.95. More Goods for Less Money U. G. BATES bpring Opening Dur Spring Clothing for Men and Boys re far superior this year than they have ver been. The prices are way cheaper Iso, and it will pay you to come in and ——c xamine our Suits that range in prices from $15.00 to $25.00 [ Everything is'now inlour Store, and a lance inour, windows iwill convince_w pf the Quality and Prices we are offering he Public this year. Our Straw Hats Are all Imported, and we are the only nes in town that have them. oo o foofocge o Boefp oo ook Arrow Brand Shirts and Kneeland Shoes. Dnxy Socks in good Styles aad Quality. he Hib The Home of art Schaffner & Marx Clothing JOs. LeVAY DA OH05 DTSN G. H. Alfield Office B. H. Belisario, ts. Phone 39 Blue Phone 348 Black. Res Phone 372 Blue. AKELAND PAVING AND CONSTRUCTION CO. Manufacturers of Cement Brick, Blocks, and ornamental work. Let the big mixer put in your sidewalk Cement, Rock and Lake Weir Sand for sale, —it does it better. Fla. akeland 307 to 311 Maln St. andy! Candy! Can dY WE HAVE IT m Stick Candy to the Finest Box Candy Have you tried any of our Ash E-MADE CANDY ? A Triai is:All We also'have a nice stock of Fresh |Fruits. Nuts, Dried Figs. Dates and Raisins. FRESH APALCHICOLA OYSTERS H. O. DENNY e t Deltvery OO OROEOEIPOPO OO A D e LT e T st ttatersty LAPERT DIAGNOSIS —evo— L WIN. [ well man?" spoke Richard Harper, “Sound os a nut, sir!” replied Doc- tor Thorpe, with emphasis. “You have seeir your colleague since “I rec 'd his report today. Your ) and pains are mere sur- He states that you have not the slightest trace of any organic disease, and are good for forty years yet. Mr. Harper, wealthy merchant, who had worried h elf into nervous pros. tration over ¢ w twinges of dyspep- sia, looked immensely relieved and gratified. When Doctor Thorpe named the amount of his bill, he wrote a check for double the amount. When the physician was gone he actually in- dulged in a joyous jig step. He sat in Lis comfortable arm- chair, actually blissful over the long term of life granted him by an emi- nent practitioner who charged fifty dollars for looking at a man's tongue. He indulged in great dreams of busi- ness, of pleasure. Mr. Harper was a widower, but his heart was wrapped up in Fay, his only child, young and beautiful. He felt remorseful over all the invalid whims and fancies of his recent illness, his dullness and bad temper. He would take her on a long pleasure trip, come back refreshed, and build up his business tenfold for the inattention of the past few months! “Hello! What's this?" exclaimed Mr. Harper as he started to leave the room. He picked up an unsealed en- velope. It was addressed to Doctor Thorpe and it bore the professional card of the expert he had consulted. “Why, the doctor must have dropped this,” reflected Mr. Harper. “Why, I wonder if it can be the opinion he just told me about? I'll take a glance at it and then return it to Doctor Thorpe “Doomed!" Feli From His Bloodless Lips. by mail,”” and Mr. Harper took out the enclosure of the envelope. “Diagnosis 31," it read. Ah! it was the written report of the expert, and— “Doomed!” feil from the reader’s | bloodless lips as he persucd the fatal i lines and fell back utterly crushed | With distended, Lorror inted eyes his blurred senses teok in the words: “This patient canuot live beyond a year and only change of scene and ab- solute rest will ¢ im half of that time. 1 advise that he be kept in ig- norance of his fate, as the knowledgo might hasten his demise.” There followed an epitome of the various ailments that afflicted the pa- tient. In his agitated, overwrought state Mr. Harper felt every one of the distressing symptoms enumerated. “These false, wretched doctors!” he stormed. “To think that they would thus deceive me, lie to me! They shall never enter my doors again. And I am doomed, fated to pass away within a year! And life so bright to me!” and the tears came into the hopeless eyes of the wretched man. From that moment Richard Harper became a changed being. He spoke of his discovery to nobody, not even to his daughter, but methodically as he could he proceeded to put his house in order. Poor Fay grieved over the dull, re- signed look that had come into her father's face. His confidential man, Ross Dalrymple, noted with regret his lack of interest in the business and mistakes of judgment that were cost- ing the house dear. “We are going on an extended pleas- ure trip, Fay,” her father told her one morning, “so make your preparations for a long stay from home.” “1 wish you to take entire charge of the business during my absence, Mr. Dalrympe,” he said to his confidential man that same day. “There is no doubt that we are doing less than a year ago. If you can remedy this I will show my appreciation in a practical way when [T return.” » gloomily added the an with a groan to himsell. n his own room, he U3 CCOCRICH SHER- “Then yeu pronounce me a perfectly | |dny gone of the few left to me!” he whispered dismally. At that very hour, though he did not know it, Fay and Ross were taking a walk in the park. They had been lov- ers for several weeks and now had come the parting for a few months, at least. “I fear it would worry your father to have me speak to him about our en- gagement,” said Ross. “My feeling is | that we should think only of him in the present crisis.” “Oh, if he would only get well!” i sighed Fay, “or, rather if he could only disabuse his mind of the constant dread that he is going to die!” “While you are away I am going to devote day and night to the business,” asserted Ross, staunchly. “Perhaps the good reports I anticipate will cheer him up.” But although within a month the application and efficiency of Ross gave to the business new life and a grand record of profit, at the end of two months Richard Harper returned worse off physically and mentally than ever. His fears were sapping his vi- tality and he took little interest in anything now. One evening some relatives with small children visited the Harper home lsand Mr. Harper could not help but no- tice the little ones. As he retired to his own apartment he suddenly gasped. From his chest there sounded a faint, unnatural, squeaky note. “Heart murmurs!” he articulated, hoarsely. “There it is again. I am doomed now—oh!” and his over strained nerves carried him into a state of insensibility. Thus Fay found him. Ross was in the house and he at once sped for Doctor Thorpe. It seemed that Mr. Harper had been scanning the time. worn “Diagnosis 31" when overtaken. It had fallen to the floor. When the doctor had revived him the confused invalid incoherently told of the “heart murmurs.” The doctor opened his vest. The tip of a baloon toy rolled out. It had been dropped into the clothing of the merchant accidentally by one of the children. Doctor Thorpe could not repress & hearty laugh. Mr. Harper looked sheepish and bored. Then the physi- cian happened to pick up the sheet of paper. “Why, what is this?” he exclaimed. “Diagnosis 31!" I lost it some months since. Mr, Harper, how comes this to be here?” . “Because 1 found it and discovered your duplicity!” shouted the merchant, becoming desperately excited, and he blurted out bitter reproaches before them all. “Why," cried the doctor, “this ap- plied to an entirely different patient. Come to my office and I will show you the diagnosis which described you as a perfectly healthy man—which you are.” ¢ Which Richard Harper was, when he had been convinced ol his foolish mistake. “Oh, what a self-tormentor I have been!” exclaimed the relieved Mr. Harper, when alone with Fay and Ross. “But now, with the business all right and a new life before me, we will be happy! happy! happy!” “Yes, dear papa,” murmured Fay, blushingly—"if you will let me marry Ross.” Which Richard Harper did. (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) ENGLAND'S GARDEN OF EDEN One of the Seven Picturesque Cot- tages on the Estate Is Called “Paradise.” At Willesden, not far from the great netwerk of railways running to the north, there is to be found a bit of It is known locally as “The consists its own. Garden of Eden,” and seven ancient and .picturesque tages, one of which, called “Paradise, has raised high above its surrounding here.” the bewildering junction at Willesden, however, miss the “Garden of Edeny” for it lies away from the roar and ex- citement of railway traffic in a nook of old Willesden that has probably survived from the days when the name of the place was written “Wel- lesdone” in the “Norman Survey.” Recently the “Garden” has changed hands, and its new proprietor, F Well- stead, has introduced some quaint signs and decorations, which give the place a distinct individuality. “The cottages,” Mr. Wellstead said, “came my way quite accidentally. They were in a dilapidated condition, and no one would look at them. There are seven of them, and a house like a small mansion which, I believe, was a manor house in days gome by. I made some alterations, which I think improved the appearance of the place, by bringing the picturesqueness of the cottages into better relief against their surroundings. Then I erected a small triumphal arch at the eatrance to the property, and put up outside the cottages quotations from my fav- orite authors—Shakespeare, Milton, Pope and others—mottoes such as ‘We are neighborly’ and ‘We live In contentment here,’ also figures of fly- !ing cupids. Yes; I admit some peo- ple may make a joke about the cupids, considering that I am a bachelor; but [T can’t help that."—London Chronicle. Metaphrastic. Customer—Your sign says, “Guar- anteed fresh eggs.” and half of those 1 bought were spoiled. Merchant—You are wrong; the sign said “Fresh guaranteed eggs,” and they were eggs all right, weren't old England with some peculiarities of hedge a lozenge-shaped board with the | inscription, “We live in contentment | Travelers speeding northward past i Long Lijfeof Linen alon, with good laundry work. Try us. Lakelana Steam :-Laundry q West Waix OIOUEHORIHOHRORCLLRCHT 20 2 "W YOU ARE THINKING OF " HMARSHALL & SANDERS The Oid Rceliatle Contractors . b have been building honses in Lakeland for years, sua + bo never “FFLL DOWN" or failed to give satisfaction. Ali classes of buildipgs contracted fer. 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