Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 6, 1914, Page 6

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More than a half million buyers have picked the Ford because of its serviceability, its low cost of upkeep. The Ford has made good. Five hundreq dollars i s the price of the Ford runabout; the touring car is fifty-five; the town car seven fifty—f. o. b. Detroit, complete with equipment. Get catalog and particulars from /e Lakeland Automobile & Supply Co. Lakeland, Fla, v L - o Rce ) EEERSRNSSEERTC . v (Ol ot INTERESTING READING FOR Summer Days An exchange library. A full line of periodicals. Jhc best of the newest llu Harvester,” and other B popular books at 50 cents, The Book Store BENFORD & STEITZ 3 HHERERRIEEIEIOOOPLIIID S RIFIIREEIEIIEOPIBES I ID & ‘{SIDEWALKS ‘:. Having had many years' experience in al] kinds of cement ana“ b brick work, I respectfully sollcit part of the paving that 18 to bn.i» done in Lakeland. All work & GUARANTEED ONE YEAR H & As an evidence of good faith Iwill allow the property owner to & retain 10 per cent of the amount of their bill for that time, pro- oo T % B Bt g viding they will agree to pay the retainer with § per cent per an- :;§ num at the enqd of the guarantee period if the work shows no in- f': jurious defects caused by defec tive material or workmanship, & & & D. CROCKETT : 3 ®. O. Address, Box 451 Res., 501 North Iowa Avenue. 3 & & Q i Wlxll “Sacrll’lvéem For ‘Césh Ten acres truck land, one lot near school ¢ house; also 1 new six room house one acre : of land. MANN PLUMBING CO.' PHONE 257, PINE ST.! SRR efi-‘i&%‘f»&%@mm PYEPEBIBEPOPRTEBHIPDEEP a .~. | den hydrant dripped; PEEPPEIPLE| gelt with the possibilities it offered of EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK E! TYKE AND SMITH By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER. Robert Walsingham Smith paused thoughtfully just inside the gate. Half a dozen important things called ur- gently upon him for attention; the funny gray bugs underneath the flat stone at the side of the front steps; the nice little puddle where the gar- the hydrant it- getting yourself nice and wet and cool all over; the broken outside cellar- door, with its wobbling springiness and the chance {i offered of getting another scar on his chin. But outside the Brainerd gate a new and wonderful diversion offered itself. A white dog, young enough to be playful and old enough to be a confirmed tramp, bounced up and poked his cold muzzle into young Mr. Smith's hand. Young Mr. Smith jerked his hand away and stumbled back two steps, where he stood at rigid attention, his stomach drawn back as far from danger as possible. He was a fine dog, that fellow. He was better than a doll, because yon didn’t have to move his legs and arms for hint, or pinch him to make him i squeak. He was better than a two- and-a-half-year-old human playmate, because he did not always want to shriek for the identical thing that you wanted. For instance, he would grab up a stick and run a few steps with it, then lay it down. When you went to pick it up, he would grab it and run a bit farther and lay it down again; but maybe that time he would let you get it and let you run on ahead and would try to grab it out of your hands, and by and by you would let him have it, becausé it was only a stick, anyhow, and you didn't want it—that is, till the dog got it; then you wanted it. That was a fine game, and it took them several blocks away from the house where Mrs. Smith sat calmly content in her work, secure in the knowledge that the Brainerd girls were petting and coddling the young- ster and spoiling him, and getting his stomach out of whack, and teaching him bits of choice new slang for them to laugh at when he repeated it, and loving him half to death. In one of the smooth, wide drive- ways stood a quiet automobile, and a man wearing a leather cap and a very black face was doing something or other with delightfully dirty-looking tools. A little way off, up near the foun- tain, another man sat on a bench. He, too, had on a leather cap, but his face was clean and his clothes were clean, and, what was more fascinating than all, he was feeding peahuts to the squirrels. He walked right up and held out his right hand. The white dog, at the same time, walked up to the man and sniffed, but it was only a perfunctory sniff. He, too, possessed the clairvoy- ance that could see through clothes and countenances and fair speech to the hearts of men. The young man promptly proceeded to fill both chubby hands. Peanuts stuck out from them in every direc- tion, and one fell upon the ground. In trying to pick it up he dropped six. “What is your name?” asked the big | man in one of the intervals of shelling 1 and feeding, Robert Walsingham Smith waited until he had swallowed what was in | his mouth, as he had been carefully taught to do, and then he replied clearly and concisely: “Name, Wobbawassinmiss.” “Exactly,” agreed the man. I thought it must be something like that. If you don’t mind, however, I'll Just call you Tyke. It comes handier.” 1 tired.” “Why, bless my soul, be!"” replied the man, becoming sud- denly aware that the small morsel of humanity had been standing all this time on two amazingly small feet, He glanced down at the dust-grimed little shoes and gathered the young- ster compassionately in his big arms. Tyke rested his head contentedly back in the comfortable angle he found waiting for it. The big man started to talk about the birds and the squirrels and the other things that he judged might in- terest tykes in general, glancing down every now and then and watching for the monosyllabled replies that came more and more slowly. In one of these glances he observed that the blue eyes were glazing and that the lids were drooping. “Here, Tyke," sald he hastily, “this won't do! Somebody will be looking for you.” But the sleep of tykchood knows no logic. It comes when it wills, as irresistible as doom itself, and the man suddenly found himself the possessor of a strange baby that was sound asleep. “Here's a nice muddle,” he specu lated. ‘“Now what am I going to do | with thig? I It was a puzzling quite naturally he looked the cause c 16 puzzle, an answer there. In all his life the m had never bqfore held a slec ing baby in his arms. He gazeqd m‘ awe upon the thin eyelids with their delicate blue ve How large "m‘ eyes beneath the were! What won-| derful curving lashes were those that ! spread down their delicate ares! What a marvelous complexion was S0 you must question, and | down at as if to seek | j big man, as became him, was the first soulless cor- | | fort_of Tyke, MAY 6; 1914. AND, FLA., this upon the rounded cheeks! How like fine-spun gold was that waving hair! What a beautiful thing, more wondrously beautiful than any other created object, was the curve of those little lips! What a warm, chubby, sturdy body was this that lay in his arms and againSt' his breast! The perspiration of summer sleep began to bead out upon the child’s forehead, and, moving as gently as if he feared even a breath might disturb the harmony of this exquisite picture, the man drew his handkerchief from his pocket and gently wiped away the moisture. The moment was a revelation to this man who had fought all his life. Really, there seemed, after all, some- thing in the world besides business and competitors, besides money and stocks and bonds, besides the struggle for place and fame and riches. He was a man who, having attained his pinnacle, could look back upon the course over which he had come and view now, with a trace of compassion, some of the rounds of the ladder that he had broken in his ascent. These things had never bothered him much, but just now they recurred to him and made him feel just a little bit as if he were almost unworthy to be the bearer of this beautiful little burden that seemed suddenly a holy and a sacred thing. A sharp, clicking sound broke in upon his reverie, and then a rapid chugging. He looked around. His chauffeur had succeeded at last in fix- ing his automobile, and there it stood, whirring and trembling, eager to dash away. He arose and walked over to the machine. The dog had been asleep, but only in that light slumber that is permitted to those weighted with the sense of duty. “Huh!" said the man to his chauf- feur. “I seem to have picked up a responsibility here, Williams. I'll be hanged if I know what to do with it! “Tell you what you do, Williams,” he suggested. “You just drive very slowly around the streets bordering the park. I have no doubt that if this baby is lost and belongs in the neigh- borhood, we shall find some one, if not several people, out looking for him.” “Very well, sir,” replied Williams. “Shall I lay it on the back seat?” “No!” replied the man decisively. “I shall hold him!” For nearly the full hour they had chugged about the streets radiating from the park, when suddenly the big man saw a former friend—one with whom he had not been on speaking terms for nearly a year—come fran- tically along the sidewalk. The former frlend was peering from right to left a8 he strode on, and nothing escaped his eye. Suddenly he left the side- walk and came running toward the au- tomobile. He had not seen the man in it nod the chauffeur who drove it. He had, however, seen Tyke, “Stop!” he cried. “That's my baby!” The automobile stopped very promptly, but the big man in it never moved, except to fold Tyke a little more closely in his arms by way of a reluctant goodby. “Hello, Smith!"” he calmly called. Mr. Smith looked up at the sound of the ve'ze and recognized the big man. ‘Oh!” he said in amazement, and for an Instant the two looked at each other as men do who have cause each to wonder what i3 in the mind of the other. Both were reluctant to break the ensuing embarrassed silence. The to give in. He was the poration,” practically, "By George! Smith I don't envy you your last hour or so,” he said in the tone of old. “I was fortunate enough to pick up your little one in the park and have been driving around the neighboring streets for the past hour, hunting for the center of the fuss that I knew must exist somewhere, Jump in and T'll run you both home." “Very kind of you, Davidson, I am sure,” replied Mr. Smith. “I live only a few blocks from here, but since the boy is asleep I shall take advantage of your offer with pleasure.” Mr. Davidson, considering the com- made no move to open the door of the tonneau. Mr. Smith opened it himself and clambered in. Mr. Davidson moved over carefully to give him room, but he made no start toward relieving himself of his burden, | The machine turned to a side street at the direction of Mr, Smith, who then turned his attention to Robert Walsingham. The paternal arms had | & peculiar ache in them, but he stood | it as long as he could—for the space of possibly two or three b]ocks—a.nd then he suddenly held out his arms with a gesture so imperatjve that Mr. Davidson drew a long breath. He | was compelled to recognize Mr. | Smith's rights in the case. Slowly, | reluctantly, gently, he laid Robert Walsingham Smith in his father's em- brace | Another silence of more or less em- barrassment ensued. Mr, Davidson looked curiously down at his own left arm which he held, even yet, in the position that it had retained for the past hour or so. He could still seem to feel that warm little body cradled it. 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