Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 11, 1914, Page 8

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Lakeland Automobile & Supply Co. Lakeland, Fla Dress Patterns That have fit, style comfort, simplicity The Book Store - RS Benford &¥4Steitz ] L o B o oo R o ek % == Having had many years’ experience in all kinds of cement ana brick work, I respectfully solicit part of the paving that is to be done in Lakeland. All work mm GUARANTEED ONE YEAR D. CROCKETT “. 0. Address, Box 451 Res., 501 North Iowa Avenue. MAYES GROCERY CO. PN “Reduce the cost of living,” our motto for nineteen fourteen Will sell staple groceries, hay, feed, Wilson-Toomer Fertilizers, all kinds of shipping crates and baskets, erd seed potatoes, etc., at reduced prices Mayes Grocery Co. LAKELAND, FLORIDA BVENING TELEGRAM, LAK XK XX dlR JAMES TURNER By HAROLD CARTER. Big Jim Turner had taken it into his mind to come into Balboa. There was nothing particularly admirable about that little East African coast settlement, which consisted of two dance halls, four gambling establish- ments, and nine saloons, besides the administrator’'s tresidence; but the mining camp in the interfor did not possess any of these advantages. Be- sides, Big Jim had just shot and seri- ously wounded a thieving partner of his, and he had concluded that Balboa was the best place of temporary refuge. He had counted the money in his pockets. He had four hundred and twelve pounds—nearly two thousand dollars. It had been his idea to spend that in a month of riotous living, at the end of which timé&, no doubt, his partner having recovered, there would be room for him at the mining camp again. But as he stood in the midst of the single street that Balboa pos- sessed, and surveyed the scene rath- er unsteadily, a monstrous thought took birth in his brain. Slowly he pulled a letter from his pocket and read the writing by the light of the lamp above Sheeley's saloon. “My dear Sir James,” it ran, “We herewith enclose you the sum of one hundred pounds, whi-h, as we mentioned in our previous ictier, w 3 left you by your fatlier, the i:.» baronet. As you are aware, u - tunately Sir Edwin never relented in his attitude toward you, and, tho'gh the title has come to you, the estat~s, which were not entafled, have passed to your younger brother. If we may take the liberty of sa:ing so, there ex- ists no reason why vou should not re- turn to England. While soctety, un- fortunately, i8 not apt to relent to- ward a man who is a baronet without an income, we have assurance that the parties whom you have affronted are anxious that the affair which led you to expatriate yourself be forgot- ten. “Kindly keep us advised as to your circumstances, so that, in case there should be a new heir, or in case of your unfortunate demise, we may be in a position to take measures accord- ingly."” The letter was signed by a firm of London attorneys. | Big Jim laughed rather hollowly and turned into Sheeley's. The place was packed wiih mining men and il i | i i AL | 7 S8aw That She Was Staring at Him. Portuguese traders from the interior, and all were exuberant. The crowd had money to burn, for no poor man could have had business in that part of the coast on which Balboa was situ- ated. “What the—!" Big Jim began, star- ing behind the bar. Mechanically his hand went up to his head and came away with his hat in it, a circum- stance which surprised him mightily. Behind the bar stood a fair-haired, ruddy-cheeked English girl, polishing glasses, and evidently looking with horror and dread upon the motley crew assembled in the saloon. The barmaid was an institution all along the East African littoral, just as in the home country; but the type of woman who was to be found in these places was strikingly the re- verse of the delicate, refined-looking girl who was serving at Sheeley's. “Present me, Sheeley,” muttered Big Jim with mock courtesy. But as his eyes continued to dwell on the girl's face he recoiled a pace or two and stared at her in dawning remem- brance, and he saw the answering rec- | ognition in her own eyes. “She's my new attendant,” said Sheeley, grinning. “Got her through an advertisement in the London m. pers. 1 didn’'t tell you fellows—I wanted it to be a surprise. I guess she hasn’t seen much of the trade and thought Balboa was a shade’ bigger and quieter than it is. She—" “I didn't ask the lady's history want to know her name,” 1 growled Rig Jim Turner. “Now, Jim, don't get ugly and 1 tell you,” answered the saloonkeeper, pushing a bottle toward him But Big Jim pushed it away with sense of physical nausea. No ask further. He looked at again and saw that she was ¢ et him still, and that the r was complete “I suppose she arrived, was two wee n l z«)z l ELAND, FLA., APRIL 11, 1414 ““THE SONG SHOP . AISRe un “g"" [hmu‘:htt S,;fih;p‘;(hi: ® 009 Franklin Street. , tty face, but she ain g 2{‘19 yIY made a mistake, that's all.” 3 TAMPA - FLORIDA : ' | Big Jim heard the words only vague- | § ly. He had turned and stridden out of the saloon, and now, outside, he was seeing the past six years of his life in review before him. Six years before James Turner, the eldest son of Sir Edwin, ninth baronet | and a rich landed proprietor, had been one of the most sought-aiter heirs in England. He had just come home from the university; he was engaged to Lady Mary Hamilton, a charming girl, and the only daughter of his fa- ther's oldest friend, whose estates ad- joined his own. James Turner had never loved Lady Mary; he had drift- ed into the engagement at his father's wish, and thought himself happy enough until Kitty Munroe appeared upon the scene. Kitty was a girl of good birth in reduced circumstances; she was Lady Mary's companion. It was the old story of a love unhal- lowed by the sanction of church or law, or of society. When the dlscov- ery came about Sir Edwin was furi: ous. He cut his son out of his will, except for a hundred pounds, “with which to go to the dewil,” as he terse- ly expressed himself. James Turner packed his belongings and started for Capetown. He worked his way up the coast, and there were few frontier settlements in that vast land that did not know him cither by sight or else by reputation as a brawler and a ne'er-do-well. B S Bdids D: James Turner had ‘“gone to the | - cemedsm devil,” indeed, but Kitty Munroe had | s zqq; SR 0 L 2 L O L e been 4 mighty factor in that event. ‘i R cle Sam He had sought her everywhere before | ; ork Shi he sailed. But the girl, cast off and § J' B' ST EATER daught disowned, like himself, and not wish- P ing to become a drag upon him, had hidden herself from prying eyes. No- body knew what had become of her. She had not become submerged, but she had quietly effaced herself and set herself to earn her living as a wait- ress in a London restaurant. Bear- ing the indelible stigma of her shame, but carrying in her heart also the un- forgotten memory of her love, she had lived in London alone until the Iure of Sheeley's lying advertisement induced her to venture in Balboa, which she imagined to be a flourish- ing and settled town. Her two weeks there had been a terrible nightmare. Jut there was no refuge for her until S 203 B BB B R BD B o I she had worked out the passage money. A year o' or Jim's departure Lady Mary had warried his younger broth- || er, and she now held rule over the es- : tates which should have been Jim's. bBig Jim stood outside, remember- ing mournfully the past. What an ass ' e had made of himself! And now, the girl he had sought so long had stood face to face with him once more, ! and they had looked into each other's | : eyes again with shame and terror, and vet not unforgetful of those days of passion and self-sacrifice so long ago. A hideous tumult in the saloon be- hind him recalled Big Jim to his sur-!" roundings. A wvwoman's scream rang out. He turned and hurried back. As he entered the door he perceived one of the Portuguese traders smndmg with one arm round the waist of tha struggling girl, while with his free | hand he flourished an ugly-looking re- volver and ¢-fled every Englishman in the place to take her from him. Jim strode up to the man and struck him in the face, knocking the revolver to the floor. Dominguez fell forward, haif stunued, but the trigger of the falling weapon struck the corner of the counter and exploded the charge. Big Jim felt a stinging sensation in his shoulder. Next moment, with a wild cry, in which were contained all | the hatreds and all the despalr of the past years, he had leaped forward into the group of threatening Portu- guese, knocking their knives aside and dealing mighty blows with his big fists. A general melee arose im- mediately. Lamps were overturned, | and the struggling mob, inflamed with | drink, fought and hacked at each oth- er in the darkness until a smolder of smoke and the flicker of flames an- nounced the end of Sheeley's. It was pitch dark, save where {he lurid rays of the burning buildin- cast a glow upon the demon-like forms that | fought and battled. All the evil ele- ments in Balboa seemed to have rushed to plunder and destroy. Half- | castes, with swarthy, abominable faces, crept in among the struggling men, reaching out for bottles of wine and dealing stealthy blows. Big Jim was in the thick of it, but he no longer knew friend from foe. He was bleed- ing from, three knife wounds, he was stunned and reeling back against a door, and they were leaping at him like hounds at a noble stag. Sudden- ly the door opened behing him. A soft hand reached out and groped for his, Jim plunged forward blindly into the darkness, and the door slammed to behind him. The girl's hand was in his. this way!" she was whispering. led him through a narrow along a path amon “Come She passage, g a maze of out- buildings, until at last they found | themselves in the darkness under the palms With the scrub brush of the ! impenetrable fore sts not away and the plashi: There they stopped. see her face i “Jim!" B 3 fitty feet|%® Ng sea near by, He could just n the starlight, <he whispered, “Kitty!” he answ ! ered hoar: “What is it to bo" BeLY, “I don't know,' ately P she cried passion- “Let me go, Jim." “Back there? he exclalmed. “Kit. | & ty—Kitty, you are mine now. Our | | lives g 4 Must never part again. Wher- | & €VEr we go, you are mine always.” ‘2 Their lips met in the darkness; he 5 @ dn(;\\ her into his arms a moment, | : and then, together, th % ey plunged int, | & the mighty forest s i 4 (Coovright. 1914, by W, G. Ch: 3 & 4 . G. Cha; > Pman) & & e e et B ) N LW.YARNELL E. 6. 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