Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 30, 1914, Page 3

_EPRLE bl i bt b A ol ) / e BRI XX XXXXOOOOOOEN) X 3 - JOUSE ON THE ROCKS By WALTER JOSEPH DELANEY, /—‘—‘——W: «jsrael Meyers, Drosses,” was tha sign over the doorway of the bank]ika puilding I entered. The windows werq peavily barred, the massive outsido doors studded with bolted steel. Whep they were closed the little stone stryc- ture Was impregnable as a fortress, The business was an odd one, unique g5 wos its field and small as had been fts beginning. Twenty years agone Lsrael Meyers had graduated from o oehorse junk business to the dig. pity of @ scrap iron yard. Twelye | years later he had gone into “dros At first he purchased the refuse of smelters, recovering every neglected ounce of copper, lead or zinc that had peen disregarded because not wanted at the refineries. Then he included the sweepings of gold-leaf factories, jew. ¢lry workrooms, placer river dredg- ings, platedware. He now operated a smelter of his own, carrying its prod- wt in the precious metal line at this | office building, pure, alloyed or graded, aecording as jeweler, dentist or plater | required it. Never a burglar brought his booty to Israel Meyers to be melted up past {dentification. Israel was honest. That was why he was rated “C."” which peans “$125,000,” and “1%," which means “the highest grade of credit.” All the way up the line from “L. 315" the plodding exact old business man pad maintained an unvarying record for honesty and fairness with seller, purchaser and the police, winning him an accommodation line at bank ex- weeding fifty thousand dollars. 0f all this I, Roy Burley, was think- fng, for of it I was fully aware as 1 entered the storehouse of wealth. 1 came on duty bent, but with a pleased expectant sense as well. Israel lived with his family at the rear of the counting room and its great safe-filled vault, and a part of the household was Miss Jola Purcell. She was not a rela- tive of the drosses man, but for three years had been his stenographer, tookkeeper and private secretary. As s commercial reporter for an agency that was the credit censor of the vorld, I had to visit the place on my nund of duties several times during | Seized It and Shouted Out. e year. Just now I had come on a fiecial mission. It appeared that Neyers had paid down ten thousand bllars on the purchase of a large tie, the tailings of which alone wero Vorth the total amount involved, soma thty thousand dollars. It was a rare bgiin, but the seller wanted to bo e the balance would come along in Kpulated installments. Our rating Raranteed it, but I wanted a new tunclal statement to be sure we were S ght mzhf‘:“ were never many visitors 1 ¢ Ollice, most orders being shipped ess. I entered the counting 10 find it untenanted, sat down *(® 2 desk and waited, expecting U hoping to see the charming Miss reell, bon the desk lay an open latter, JRently just received. At a glanc ¥ that it was addressed to 1d from Meyer. It told he manager of their great brar nother city had disappea most its entire cash capital, ant “failure and ruin ehind me prevented ther. It was’Miss Purc already gained a great t of Israel Meyer wa that item of news my agency. wtiful clever girl wh "eet guessed that I wa f news vitally peril of the employer to 1, she superbly conc ke such words as statement” and the graciously and took igned audited stat business in the tion in the world 1 i ‘he twenty-fifth,” “a ’ the way, as you are b r looked over our stock’ evidence the great ss we do,” and the open vault doorwil by the heavily barred i > bowed me ahead " had crashed to upon I nto the vault a helpless ! watched my captor rul loor and close and lock t any intrusion of an out j for, and cigars Miss Purcell appearcad. the situation. “Burglars,” she said. the hand. Yes werg g ancing with e face flugheq stout Larrier, | 77 tame up o the " retty “Let go of With you here, I do not "o von l'ulrf‘ to court an explanation with the With a2 s police.” her lipg She sat up the rest of the night. It | “I think 1 g, - was daylight when she went to the shr ‘ eJoined street door to receive an early tele- You gy Bt "‘ It is gram. She read it, smiled, and passed house i .’ C 1 the it to me. you keep it qy I 9ok How long can "Have raised the hundred thousand “Twenty-four ":"r»l:x my brother,” it ran. “Crisis past. With oenidas; {iomo tomorrow.—Israel Meyer.” will hay : “You can go—and thank you for "are the your company,” she said, naively, hint of 11 I would like to call again,” I re- irKed. Do so. Mr. Meyer will feel he owes you something for saving his treas- ures from the burglars.” And you?” I inquired, pointedly. “l would like an opportunity to show you that I can be a pleasant hostess as well as a cruel gaoler.” ed imprisonment!” I returned, will be could d 50 1 heartsomely. “It has shown me the Bih l; most attractive woman I have ever ik met."” porary pri e e h} HEs I am a frequent visitor at the Meyer 3 ars } s now and lola seems always glad to welcome me. Israel Meyer has offered me a good position, and— Iola and 1 are to be married in June. (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) read to you nearest living room choose, play and sing for you.” “Charming!” 1 laughed But whal of t} ( “truly so. | le penalty to me of re- ' nm:‘mng absent from my work?" “You shall not suffer for it,” sa ] St h k Xhlss Purcell, quietly and mxssurin;dll;l.: i r 0 a er never spent so pleasant a ve- | ning, despite my awkward »\It:xlal(;\;gthACTlCAL DLUMB' R Miss Purcell brought me a meal that was delicious. She conversed with me, she read her favorite poems to ! me, she supplied me with some cholce ! havanas that old Israel Meyer must have imported—of course, at a bar- gain. Then she left me to sleep on | some blankets she had passed E@ddEddaEmi b S HREEE® bR through the bars of the door. 3 ¢ About the middle of the night X: DE SOTO HOTEL : awoke. 1 heard a strange boring American and European Plan sound. It was beside a bolted iron | trap in the concrete floor right at my Tnmpa, Fl()]‘lda side. This led to a cellar where the LRI T LR LU PP T YY) coarser drosses were stored. I lay } | still and watched, for the light shone | e e =" e am o into the vault from the electric jet in the counting room | WIDEAWAKE PEOPLE SAVE Some one had evidently broken into MONEY BY READING THE the cellar. They bored a hole through | ADS. IN THIS PAPER. WATCH THEM FOR BARGAINS the floor and a human hand probed D = G G G SR Residence and Shop opposite Water Works South Mass. Avenue PHONE 236 BLUE about to locate the trap lock. 1 seized it and shouted out. In a few minute~ wrong—but uoc five yre than a half million because of its ¢ Ford cost of upkeep. The \rs is the price of the Ford $500.00; the f. 0. b, Detroit, complete catalog and particulars [ akeland Automobile & Supply Co. Lakeland, Fla. Build Your Next Warehouse "IREPROOF « of Steel and Corrugated Iron. Y11 ‘M e a— . fabricate and ERECT ST very little more than -ntury, LESSEN in- o i upkeep, and ABOVE IREPROOF LW.YARNELL THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., MAY 30, 1914, of the Chi of the h has ) . 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