Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 19, 1914, Page 7

EUMATISM ST G You can talk all you want emarkible eures, but you simply | b ave rheumatism after you use E-RAR-DY ;| EIssnnnnsssenensssssesssatssertasesesess WON OUT AT LAST —oro— By H. M. EGBERT. “I see the late James Minton has !ert all his millions to his English son- in-law, Lord Wedgewater,” remarked the cynic at the club. “That's a nice little windfall, isn't it? Enough to Sweeten the match, I should say.” “Yes,” said the old lawyer dryly. I happened to know Minton pretty ntimately, you know." “Wasn't there some story about Miss Minton having been married be- fore?” “There was,” answered the old law- l .‘.aa@@t‘eh‘* 'us}‘r;;:@figi.' vflr me l:nl‘:\ll‘rz\ll‘h;h:l :lx‘r?llxn‘x:::luccets 2209, Toe Saved Girl’s Life whenever thut old story was revived. You know, she married a chauffeur.” “Well, let us hear it,” the eynic an- swered. “[ want to tell you what wondarful benefit | flaih i hi;l'l(l"i»”vj.d lawyer flicked the ash off eived from the use of Thedford’s Biack-Drauoht” writes “Your rs., Sylvania Woods, of Clifton Mills, Ky, i “It certainly has no equal for la crippe, bad colds iver and stomach troubles. [ firmly 1 nt LL Tucker's ;u%uflc REMEDY New MaFKEI i cets ab the cause of rheumatism | For the cheapes the uric acid in theblood—throws | & Best A\l it ‘pkht and out of the system. 50c and $1 | = RE eat in town. 0 at druggists or write us direct. | « MENT, when used with this | ;, EpY L‘lz't‘:ns!heéura. P‘:i:ez;;l, i 11' medy : - o Lt NewOrdeans, L ¢ P1ONE Plcl:!sf: Eakelan?byn}?lsen._ 67 Red Henley. : ew line of Groceries, North Florida Avenye { with about seventy millions and 1 bought that big house on the avenue?” | he asked. that was some nine Years ago. llis wife was that west- “You remember when James Minton elieve Black-Draught moved to New York from the west javed my little girl’s life. When she had the measles, (e 4 4 | ern type that we ali k ; very kind- : ey k“[;”t "]:t on dhel;’h but one good (’y' ¢ of Thedford’s learted, \y. :'_\'“ '1<-ix:lslt"f'l::’x‘:\wn\l:‘lll,? \:\‘r‘; Black-Draught made them break out, and she has had no anxious to push herself and her only | daughter, Miss Eliz nore trouble. I shall never be without beth, into society. They had about five automobiles and T an imported chautfeur, an Englishman FQ ; i : named Jones, who claimed to have been a university man. B A,'T)‘ fi!’ )!}fl “Jones used to drive Miss Eliza [ 5\‘.‘ '\ ‘Q .(\Efi beth when she went shopping. Jones : G o }m y s b ort of I,V\x‘n ) .mmml. in liec was a fine ¢z fellow, with a sort of In my home.” For constipation, indicosti o, dizzi- { I i & e s nner about hm. ut a hess, malaria, chills and fever, biliousness, and all similar not likely to endanger . D i R S h zabeth’s happiness. Nobody llf’flcms, Tliadols Riack Draugut """ s proved itselfa Safev I t it strauge that Miss Elizabeth eliable, gentle and valuable remedy. developed on wnaceountable love for driving in the park, along the avenue and into the country fer hours to- gether. “That was where Mrs. Minton made her mistake. You know human na- ture is pretty much the same every- where, and when two young people i Al Ul ~ | ) | Draught. It is a medicine of known merit. Seventy-five ears of splendid success proves its value. Good for oung and old., For sale everywhere, Price 25 cents. (J-63] EREERPRIGEGERENRRRDIRGE [ ] [ ] [ ] [ If you suffer from any of these compiaints, {ry Black- 8 & & @ [ | [ g IDEWALKS aving had many years’ experience in al] kinds of cement andg, brick work, I respectfully solicit part of the paving that is to be® fone in Lakeland., All work GUARANTEED ONE YEAR s an evidence of good faith Iwill allow the property owner to etain 10 per cent of the amount of their bill for that time, pro-§ iding they will agree to pay the retainer with 8 per cent per mr:;; um at the end of the guarantee periog if the work shows no in- & rious defects caused by defective material or workmanship. 3 ) V4 5 ) " k i @ | Sl \ s | 2 f D. CROCKETT HE X il 0. Address, General Delivery. Res., 501 North Iowa Avenue. ?. \ ; 2 4 - 4 ren, “It's All Right; You Win Now.” . K. Jackson-rsscstee- W, K, McRa Fner - Real are thrown a good deal into each oth- md, Mamfiac er's company artificial barriers are apt turers Agent EN@“ to fall away. A good many of our young womep of the wealthy class are not dying to calch a titled hus- band. Miss Elizabeth, fresh home from school, found society distinctly a bore. She had that discontent whieh leads some girls to enter upon mission and church work, others to travel, others to do dangerous things. “One morning they went out quiet- ly, without the car, and were married over in Jersey City. The chauffeur took his wife back to a little apart- ment which he had furnished, and rang up Minton. He gave him his ad- dress and calmly told him what had occurred. Ten minutes later Minton and his wife arrived post haste, to find their daughter and son-in-law geated at the wedding supper. The girl sprang to her feet and threw her arms around her father's neck. «'Forgive us, she pleaded. ‘We have loved each other so long. He can support me; we don't want any money, only your blessing on the match.’ “There was a terrible scene in the little four-room flat; the mother plead- ing, the father threatening; the dis- grace nearly overwhelmed them. «:One million dollars for you, sir, when this marriage has been an- nulled, shouted Minton to the hus- band. ‘Otherwise not a cent of my money will go to my daughter.” He turned to the girl: ‘Elizabeth, if you will come home with us tonight,” he it 9 “Reduce the cost of living, - our motto for nineteen fourtce? e oot / o morning without reproach from either myself or your mother. You owe us that duty, at least. “Dearest, can vou spare me for to- night?' she said to the chauffeur. ‘I will win him over,’ she whispered. And he let her go. «you see, the man had effected a Napoleonic coup. but he had not the ability to drive home his conception. Minton simply snatched the girl away from him. And he had not made his seventy millions without some knowl- edge of men. And women, too, for when morning came and the girl awoke the recollection of the day be- fore seemed like a dream to her. Now she was in a cooler state of mind, and her father was still unconvinced. “Finally a compromise was effected. { Minton promized that he would recog- Brokerage--Real Estate L U§ WEAT YOU HAVE T9 sZil, E WILL TRY TO FIND A BUYER ILL U8 WHAT YOU WANT To BUY;, R WILL TRY TO FIND A SELLER) 3. /. Rooms 6 and 7, DEEN & BRYANT Building axeland g L] Florida MAYES fiRgC[RY 00. Will sell staple groceries, hay, teed, Wilson-Toomer Fertilizers, all kinds of shipping crates and baskets, and seed potatoes, €tC., at reduced Prices i AR Mayes Grocery C0. LAKELAND, FLORIDA away six months. At the end of that period, if his daughter was of the same mind, the marriage should be celebrated again, at St. George's and the chauffeur would be taken into the Minton business. But if absence changed Elizabeth Minton's love, then an annulment was to be secured with- out resistance. “‘You can wait six months, dear- est?” sobbed the girl in Jones' arms. The parents looked on grimly. It was the mother’s tragedy, but, to the father, one more such game as he had often played with his fellow-men. “Long before the six months had elapsed the suit was begun. Mis3 Elizabeth had known nothing of the world when she came home from school and fell a victim to Jones. Now began for her a series of parties and dances, at all of which she was pre- sented, according to the agreement, under her maiden name. The cold worldliness of her social set at first appalled, then amused, then fascinated her. She shuddered at the recollec- tion of that four-room flat. “It was just at the end of the sixth month that Jones received the news of the annulment. He went to Min- ton's office on Wall street. The chauf- feur pushed past the office boys and junior clerks straight into the old man's room. Minton flung out his arm for his revclver, but Jones only laughed. “It's all right; you win—now, he said. ‘But let me tell you that I will win her again; I will go through hell fire to win her. “This was Minton's turn to laugh. He had heard that sort of language before. ‘In the meantime, he said, ‘suppose you let me give you that check for a million. “*1 shall accept it to buy my wife a necklace when we are married again,” said the chauffeur, and then both laughed. “The check was cashed. As he put it away among his papers when it came back from the bank, James Min- ton sighed with relief. He knew the episode was closed. His daughter bore her maiden name once more by right of law. From that day forward the old people devoted their efforts to making her more worldly than be- fore. They took her to Europe and made the grand tour of the different countries. She was wooed by numer- ous admirers, but the requisite combi- nation of family and position had not yet occurred. So the years passed. “Elizabeth Minton was seven and twenty. She had been paraded in ev- ery capital of Europe ineffectually. The young men whom she attracted became repelled by her heartlessness, the cool commercial valuation placed upon her by her parents. There did not seem to be a spark of ingenious- ness left in those artificial embers of vivacity and studied coquetry. “‘But thank God, no woman but re- tains, somewhere, the original sweet- ness of her nature, however it may be suppressed. Seven and twenty is a dangerous age for an unmarried wom- an. The triumphs of life have palled, the charm of youth, with its surprises, has been replaced by the bored wear- iness of the world which every wom- an longs to shake off by some desper- ate plunge. At that time the girl was in much the same condition of mind as when ghe made that amazingly rash marriage in New York. “It was then that she met Wedge water. It was at a big English coun- tryhouse. The mother had died, but the girl was still paraded by people who had taken her up—for a cash con: sideration—in England.. Wedgewater had returned to his native land after years of absence abroad. He had been a younger son, without expectations, and something of a black sheep. But he had made a fortune in the Canadi- an northwest, and, on his brother's death, had returned to assume his in- heritance. “They were standing outside in the coolness of one of those delicious nights that June only can give. Their speech had grown more intimate. The girl felt a sudden loathing for the role which she played. A resolution, of slow growth, suddenly became white- hot in her mind. She knew that she could never again lend herself to that hateful title-hunting which she had go fruitlessly engaged in all those years. There was something about the young man who stood beside her that brought vividly to her mind the memory of those foolish, deliclous days in New York. He had been speaking to her of his own life; they had touched upon many youthful fol- lies that are common to men and women; both seemed disgusted with the world in which they moved. “‘1 am going back to Canada,’ he said to her. ‘I have had enough of this life.’ He bent toward her. ‘Come with me,” he pleaded. “He was very like her first and only lover. The tears rushed into her eyes. Before she realized it she was telling him the story of that folly, pouring out her heart to him as she had never opened it before. When she had end- ed he took her by the hands. “‘Tell me one thing,’ he said. ‘Do you regret that yielding to your pa- rents’ wish, or are you glad? “He read the answer in her eyes. He drew her closer toward him. ‘Eliz- abeth, I have loved you for nine years,’ he said. “And before she could answer he | had snapped the million-dollar neck- | lace round her throat.” (Copyright, 1914, by W, G. Chapman.) No Danger. “Johnny,” said the elderly gentle- man to the youngster who was puffing away at a cigarette, “aren’t you afraid of bringing your father’s hairs in sor- row to the grave?” “Nothin’ doin’,” replied the urchin. “Pop's bald-headed!” As refreshing as a morning dip. Takes the kinks out of your brain IN ICED BOTTLES ANYWHERE—— 5c Bottled by CHERO.COLA BOTTLING CO, Lakeland, Florida Use the Elkay's Veterinary Remedies, each one guaranteed; made by the Rexall Co. When you have any slight illness, use one of the Rerall rem- edies—one for each ill—each one guaranteed. money every day when you don't use the Rexall goods. 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