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

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Let us put gutter around . bt r house and protect it from decay. T. L. CARDWELL, Electric and Sheet Metal Contracts ¥ 1 3 Rear Wilson Hdwe Co [ Lol e iy 53 ® Will\ S:wr»ificre::urF‘(;r:“Cash Ten acres truck land, one lot near school % house; also 1 new six room house one acre of land. MANN PLUMBING CO fR!IONE 257, PINE ST. EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK: - For all shoes - Easy to use SHOE | OLISHES' IN OUR NEW PATENT "£ASY-OPENING-BC THE £ £ DALLEY €O LTD. [XXXCXXXXXHXIXIXXXXXXIXXNXXXNX XX —ebo— By MONTAGUE GLASS, ] When the famille Perrault arrived at the Malson Ducrocq a little flutter ran the length of the staid brownstone residence opvosite. The elder Perrault and his wife de- scended from the first cab, Leon and Farcie, with six valises, from the sec- ond, Alexandre Perrault and & bundle of rug-wrapped umbrellas from the third, and, lastly, the young Aristide Perrault and his governess, Mile. Es- telle Faure, from the fourth. J At the head of the door steps stood Ducrocq himself, beaming a welcome' engendered of the fifty odd dollars that would accrue to him weekly as a result of the famille Perrault’s advent, to make no account of the extras for wine and liquors, Cordially he grasped the hand of Perrault pere, of Alexan- dre, and of Leon, and, for climax, he lifted the young Aristide bodily in his arms and saluwted him with two nurse's kisses on either cheek, great smacks that fairly echoed down the street. The young Aristide received them tranquilly. This was an era of strange happenings, and he took this strange M. Ducrocq's salutations all of a piece with the huge ocean s(m\m(‘r, the roll- ing water, and the elevated railway that rattled unceasingly on the avenue near by. He seized a fold of Mlle. Faure's skirt and followed her upstairs to the hallroom on the second floor. calmness, If one's parents deemed it best for the development of a prune and olive business to depart from Bordeaux and migrate, uncle, brother and governess, to the hurly-burly of New York, what could he, Aristide, do to prevent it? N vertheless he stifled a sigh for the playmates of his beloved Jardin des Plantes and blew reflectively into a hollow key which he had found on the bureau. It made a melancholy sound, at once fascinating and in accord with his mood. He repeated it very softly lest Mlle. Faure should hear. The street door stood partly open and a warm breeze filtered through the opening. Three minutes later the young Aristide mingled with the crowd on Sixth avenue, happy in the posses- sion of his leather-tabbed key and not more than three words of English. It was about this time that Mlle | Faure came baek to the salon, lured by the music, and found the chamber empty, save for the young man at the | piano. She rushed up to the performer | and tapped him on the shoulder. “Pardon,” she asked, “but has m’sieu | seen a little boy?” | surprised upon | in throat-filling tones of hysteria. stantly the cry was taken up by Mme. | | Perrault, who appeared in a peignoir M'sfeu had seen a little boy, and was wheeling around on the stool to note his absence. both ran into the hall, and the open street door was eloquent testimony to the manner of Aristide's departure. “Aristide!” mademoiselle In- at the second-story landing, by the | elder Perrault, who took the stairs in hasty descent, three at a jump, and later in rapid crescendo by Leon and Alexandre. In an instant the Maison Ducrocq, the last cook's assistant, was in an up- roar of confusing shouts with ever the same leitmotif. “Aristide! Aris- tide!” they yelled, and tumbled pell- mell into the street. Bareheaded and in slippers, they ran Mme. Perrault, with and a page, arrived t the corner of Sixth ave- an ambulance noisily away. Simultaneously a throng that had gathered melted into little 3 and discussed in loud tones the h had br ht the ambu- and west he governess breathless just nue cle le matter?” said the page to away in de age ejaculated kid wuz run over 1T he cried, dragging 2y took him ter de g Dey hos- Of the sentence she understond only one word, the baneful “hospital.” Es- corted by at least a thousand persons, they ran without stopping to the great red brick Institution on Fifteenth street and were ushered immediately into the office. . Aristide viewed his misfortunes with | stoic with | They | shrieked | from the page poy at the telephone to | d‘; yoke TO! the skirt is cunningly hobhm_“'& a band of the smocking. For little lads the David Coppe suits, with their white walstg lared and cuffed in colored liney to match the three-quarter tr which fasten high up on the Walgt| with large, White pearl buttons, g most attractive. Sheer plaiteq Whity| frills around the neck and slecves 4 lieu of the collar and cuffs of colony linen are more dressy and tum , sturdy little American boy into g fag. simile of the little Dauphin of Frapg, The long trousered white liney gy or suits still hold their own i 8pite’ of the David Copperfleld rival ang 1, fact reign supreme in the heart the small boy, Who rebels internayy at the more pleturesque attire wishe on him by doting maternal parept; and fickle fashion. —— AVONDALE SPRINGS TENNESSEE The injured boy raised himself on | his elbow and looked up at Mme. Per- | rault. One glance was sufficient. | | “D’hell it is,” he said witheringly. | | The clerk turned just in time to catch Mme, Perrault as she sank faint- R S i 0 R t ]’ ing to the floor. Restoratives were ap- | F84 R' tallo“ Avondale P’ e “ Iedge e"“. pliediand t1o little procegglon atarted 1f you are looking .for a beautiful nook in the mountains, with 4 back to the Maison Ducrocq with & |, . ."iriaty of health-giving mineral springs, surrounded by vast for. faithful remnant of their late ca.m.mu-a,geipst trees. and untold quantities of wild flowers, cheered by the songs (f clattering at their heels. many wild birds, where a cool breeze is always to be felt im the many One by one the staff of the matsonideep and shady glens which surround the grounds, and where every ef. returned to their labors. A stray cat|fort is made for the pleasure and comfort of each and every guest— had entered the kitchen while the cook | then come to Auburndale Springs, Tenn, Note the address above, was away and stolen the haddock for t that evening's fllet de sole Mornay. r, J, florrMAN, Pronrie 0" The young virtuoso improved the op- lpommlty of the page's absenee by calling up three numbers uncharged on the telephone. Two of the cham- | bermalds had helped themselves to l Mme Ducréeq’s private brand of | cognac, and finally M. Ducrocq had f tripped in his fasts and utterly fuined 1 8 new paiy of lavender trousers, to say |nolblng of causing an ugly bruise on | his knee, Dinner that evening was a melan- ! choly function in the Maison Ducrocq. | | Such of the special dishes devised for | the entertainment of the famille Per- rault as had not suffered from the | | cook’s neglect were wasted on the | coarse palates of ‘M, Ducrocq's ordi- nary clientele; for all the Perraults | | were either watering the bcdrnomsi ‘upsn. rs with their tears or scouring ! the city for the lost Aristide. | | Out in the kitchen the good Mme. Ducrocq wept unaffectedly into the soup, while M, Ducrocq took up his station at the front door and peered ; up and down the street for some trace of Aristide or his searchers, | At length his labors were rewarded. | % R, B, HUFFAKER, PRES It was striking seven as a corpulent “E’ policeman turned the corner of Sixth avenue. In his right hand he held a | & leather tab which he consulted in com- | parison with the numbers on the | houses. His left hand grasped the | limp fingers of a very tired young- | ster indeed, whose face bore traces of | ; recent tears. At intervals little choking eobs | escaped him; nevertheless, he preased to his lips a hollow key from which, | by the simple process of blowing into it, he produced a melancholy sound. It had all of its old fascination for Aristide, 8o much so that they ob- served they had passed the maison before they were observed by Ducrocq. “Aristide!” he yelled, almost over come by joy. And then there came a | revulsion. His lavender trousers, his | wife's cognac, the fllet de sole Mor | nay ranged themselves on the one slde and the famille Perrault's heb- domidal fifty-odd dollars on the other. | The lavender trousers prevailed, and | he seized Aristide and shook him until | & that unfortunate prodigal's teeth fairly | & rattled in his head. |4 At length, from sheer exhaustion, | Ducrocq desisted. Aristide, to whom j,: | shaking was a novel form of punish- ' ment and unrecognizable as such, | deemed the affair a sort of greeting similar to the kisses of his previous welcome, and forbearing to weep, picked up his beloved key from the | mat where it had fallen. & The officer grinned broadly. “That's the darndest kid | ever see,” | he said. “For two solid hours he ain’t | done narthen’ but blow into that key."” And as he passed slowly down the | block toward Sixth avenue he was | pursued by the clamorous welcome that arose in the Maison Ducrocq. “Aristide!” was the refrain, and again “Aristide! 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