Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 28, 1914, Page 6

| i ! | Fet S i e = e i RS - - a e ST M 5 . N 5 B RS . S B A G VR 553 e — PAGE SIX . SSSPPd Will Sacrifice For Cash Ten acres truck land, one lot near school house; also 1 new six room house one acreof land. MANN PLUMBING CO. PHONE 257, PINE ST. S ~ L2222 B A TEST OF NERVE By JOHN D. SWAIN. ——————————— (Copyright.) It was at the officers’ mess one hot summer night in Camp Sutro. The lie was given so unexpectedly that a rattle not unlike that of mus- ketry ran round the teble as we set our untasted glasses on the board. I was at General Delmar's right, and I remember how the saber scar crept out on his face—the old scar which I v~ | had not noticed for years. Across the table, through the haze of tobacco smoke, Colonel Gray’s flerce eyes glanced, and his trasted oddly with that of the gen- eral. It was the junior officer who spoke rst. He was a curfous chap—this Col- onel Gray—from the West. He al- ways appeared to be laboring under suppressed excitement, while in action he was cold and calculating. “I am, of course, ready to give you satisfaction, General Delmar,” he said. It was a full moment before the gen- eral replied, his cold, blue eyes mean- F3EEEREEPERIG BRI DT ee SR B IR I PP SEEPebes | While sweeping the table. KIMBROUGH & SKINNER IRRIGATION €O, e suia. s s icomnemen, he said. “This insures discretion and sets our minds entirely at rest as to WATER THE EARTH TO any unpleasant notoriZly. You may sult conditions. No better irigation in existence. J. W. Kim. 80,” nodding to the stewards, who brough, of Lakeland, Floridd has the management of the State stood about the room, mouth agape. of Florida, Cuba, Bahama Isl nds, Alipines, West Virginia, North After they had retired he continued: Cerolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. Any one interested in Irrigation can obtain {nformation by writing him “Since Colonel Gray has been so good as te leave the arrangements to me, | ‘ or the company, They are now prepared to fill all orders promptly. Address will, with his permission, waive the Kimbrough and Skinner Irrigation Co., formality of seconds. I have an idea which I am sure will appeal to his love LAKELAND,FLORIDA RERPPPPOEIDIIFIIIDILDHEED PRPDIPIDIDDDIDEPHDPEEDIH of adventure, and will, I think, not L0 BB BB SDB DB DB D3 DPBBHD BB DG GHDN PGB * R . Beigeigesd SEPBDBPBBE Sl Lk Rl 4 Lo L J. B. STREATER Contractor and Builder Having had twenty-one years’ experience iu building and con* tracting in Lakeland and vicinity, I feel competent to render the best service in this line. If contemplating building, will be pleased to furnish estimates and all information, All worz guaranteed. ¢ Pone 169 J.B REATER { b B i b b DB RIREIIID b DEPDIBIFDEBEBDDPDBDRRBD Sd esting study, and yet avoid the court- martialing of the survivors for viola- ting the regulations against dueling. only satisfy honor, furnish an inter- Sy “In fact, I am 8o thoroughly con- n . vinced of Colonel Gray’s personal cour- G C Barton, G'..C' Rogan, W.T.Sammon. Wm. Steitz, AEa conclinenitho: phib it a President Vice Pres. Treasurer Secretary graceful gesture, “that I believe there will be no survivor. Gentlemen, may I hope that you will accompany me for a short walk?” With a great deal of curiosity and some trepidation, we filed out into the night, preceded by the tall, thin form of the old general. The path taken by General Delmar led us to an old shanty in a corner of the drill-field; arrived there, he lighted a tin lantern which hung by the door, and led the way within, where was nothing save a few kegs of blasting- powder, belonging to the engineer corps, and some tools. One of the kegs the general rolled to the center of the room, placing a couple of boxes beside it. He then carefully loosened the plug in the keg and inserted a fuse, winding the other end about the middle of the candle which he removed from the lantern. Sticking the candle into an empty bottle, he set it on the keg, and turned toward Colonel Gray, who had been watching the proceedings with creat 4% | interest, and who seated himeelf in reply to a courteous gesture ol his op- ponent. The general sat down also, and con- tinued in a pleasant, conversational tone: “I think you understand my idea, Colonel Gray? Unless this can dle is extinguished before it burns down to the fuse, the keg of powder is going to ignite. One of us two mus: blow the candle out within, say, the POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CO. CAPITAL STO.K $300,000 A New and Unique Bond This Company is issuing a series of $150,000 of Partici- pating Bonds on 7,500 acres of land near Lakeland. These bonds are redeemable in any of the land at any time. They bear 6 per cent interest for ten years, payable semi-an- nually, which is evidenced and guaranteed by Coupons attached. HUGH LARMON General Sales Manager Rooms 1 and 2, Deen & Bryant Bldg. Lakeland, Florida. SRBEFBREPSITSBEPDDBOES DI By next twenty minutes. It will not be me, Colonel Gray!" Gray threw his head back and laughed “Splendid, my dear general, splen did!" he exclaimed. “Wg¢ will have a grand final blowout together!"” said the general to the genlal cavalry major, “just keep these papers, will you? And my watch. And toast us good and plenty night,” he added, handing roll of bills “Can I be of service to you, Colonel Gre “Not a sou on me,” he smiled. “No even a scrap of naper - it py, el— Il puys. We've y'gtflte Pundy clothes tomorrow Harrls a ) | Zo dress asked Harris except a bill SOMETHING EVERY DAY from my tailor!™ “Now, gentlemen,” said the gene I thank you for your at tentions, shall ask but one further favor; that you return to the mess-room and awai the explosion. Then come and searc! for--let us say, the survivor tht—and good-by!" Solemnly enongh Good we bade them lieved to get away from the vicinity IN‘ FOR of that cursed candle and fuse ar- | rangement. It was exactly nine when we sat down again at table, and for at least five minutes no one spoke. This was a long pause for the officers’ mess at { Camp Sutro. “ At last flesh and biood could s THE FALL The F.brics and Colors are most it no longer. S, et wh T 10N Burly Cant had been pulling aw L= exquisite for the Fall. A side wi'l convince you of this, so " two; but and we f to our as cov western don't fail to come and cenvince y-urseives. ’ ) wa ' @ B " - - o s ¥lonly seven minutes On & N W W, qLN ' t L t k had & o] i '_‘ - il s v ' d nvine The Home of Voot [OOXXXXXXXXXXXIOOIX XXX XXX K] flushed face con- THE EVElNING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA, JULY 28, 1914, quantities, and most of us smoked like chimneys. Then the explosion occurred. We were just as startled as if we had not been expecting it. For a full minute no one had the courage to make a first move, and even as we lingered, eyeing one another shame- facedly, the door opened, and, framed in the blackness, appeared the hag- gard faces of Delmar and Gray, and with them was Captain Sage of the engineers. It was the general who spoke first. “We have come back!" he an- SBTETHID nounced definitely. | “What is this—a hoax?” demanded | Captain Jones savagely. “No,” responded the general, plac- ing his hand affectionately on his late opponent's shoulder, “but I have found a man! A hero!” “Nonsense!” growled Gray. “You were a fool to come back to the shanty!"” “Sir!"” exclaimed the old general. “Your language demands an apology! I hold you personally responsible!” “Cut it out!” demanded Harris in disgust. “Since you refused to be ex- ploded like gentlemen, at least ex- plain to us how you came to patch it up between you!” “It was this way,” said Gray, help- ing himself to Scotch. “We had sat there perhaps five minutes after you left, and I was trying to blow double rings, when I happened to glance at | the candle.” Here young Wragge uttered an of- fensive word—but subsided as Gray turned his eyes upon him, “From the candle my eyes traveled | naturally to the general; and what do you suppose? He was apparently sound asleep! Asleep, gentlemen!” He paused, that the full effect of his @ e R pefeooo focfo oo oo oo 23) words might be felt. “Now, he was, of course, within his rights in sleeping, but I did not pro- | pose to keep any lonesome vigll, and | besides, I was unjust enough to fancy | that he might be shamming. So I leaned over the keg and shook his | arm. He had fainted away.” “My old heart trouble,” sighed the general. “Always comes on when I am especially anxious to keep awake. What a chance I missed! But what do you suppose this glorious fellow d1d?” he demanded. “What any decent man would do, of | course!” responded Gray. “What could i I do? I was sheer murder to sit there and let him be blown to atoms, abso- lutely helpless, when a breath of his might have extinguished—" “Do you mean to insinuate that would have blown out that candle?” stormed Delmar. “Why, man, you in- sult me in a way I cannot overlook. T must hold you personally—" “I insinuate nothing,” interrupted Gray. “But your condition violated the ethics of the code. It left all the responsibility on my shoulders; I had a right to let myself be blown up, but | not to see an unconscious third party foully murdered!'” “Third party!"” “Yes—third party! Directly you went fitty, you cease to be a partici- pant. You could not have blown out the candle, and I would not. So"— turning to us—*"I hauled him outside.” “Yes, he did, confound him,” grum- bled the general, cesting an affection- ate but irritable glance upon Gray. “But that was nothing, gentlemen—he went back!" “Of course I went back, you helpless old ldiot!" “And he ran back,” wheezed Del- mar, looking at him with a sort of wonder in his eyes. “Ran back?” some one interrogated. “Had to,” sald Gray. “Candle most burned down to fuse; afraid 1 might be too late.” “It was I who almost too late,” said | the general, shaking his white head. “What—did you go back, too?” de- manded Harris. “He laid me on my grass,” explained Delmar, “and the dew revived me. When I opened my eyes I thought I had been blown there | by the powder. Then I saw that I was all together, so I started up and made for the light in the shanty. There | was Just an eighth of an Inch of can- dle left when I arrived, and there sat this fool, smoking a cigarette and | humming that detestable ditty every one forgot ages ago."” . back in the | “He means ‘There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight,’ " explained Gray in an injured tone “I demanded an explanation,” con tinued the general, “and he told me, 3 B Brcgosgeide Bl ‘ prrRererreeeer sy 222 L LI IO R S R L L L R HUNDREDS OF T*Fy; A bigfshipment cf the repiing edition of famcus cc Dy right. ed books—the best reading for the least money. 50 Cents a Book! THE BOOK STORFE BRFGRRSRIED PISPODIPD PRI DPIS B o Gur Shop is a Veritable Museun of all the rare and staple materials and appliance used in Fancy Work. It is easy to make Things Beautiful if you have 1he Things Right to work with. Braids. Linens. Stencils. 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E Best Pressed Brick $11.00 Delivered | " L] + Lakeland Paving & Construction Co. ¢ Cement, Sand and Rock For Sale i U7 to 515 Main Street - - Lakeland I'la FEREEFPRED PESPEPEIPRRBE S ool i SO back, as it was lonesome, and besides, | % he knew how bad I would feel to miss | & it all. The fuse was beginning to | & sputter, and I seated myself just in | time to enjoy the climax.” “They both cut and run!'" quoth Jones, disgustedly. “All bets are off!"” WHOLESALE GROCERS “A BUSINESS WITHOUT BOOKS™ hold you personally and immediately | MERCHAN [ both adieu and departed, secretly re- | “Captain Jones, I never have been 80 grossly insulted in my life," sat General Delmar indignantly. “I shan responsible—" “Well, how came You here, t “I can explain that to your s tion, I think,” spoke up Captain Sa “You are the most bloodtt I ever met. If there were 1 heads among the sappers than in th polyglot crowd, the service w 3 lost two of the most cours courageous—asses | ever he: “I chanced to be crossing the drill field, and noticed the light burning in ¢ wde anty, which is, of course ¥ against the regulations. When I looked in, there sat these idiots, as cheerful as if Yy were at tea, while the fuse was just sizzling 1 the situation—and the taneously—and that's all— ¥ 'y, and the engineering ocorps is shy one keg of powder!* at I must have left a spark, | b We find that low prices and long time ¢ will not go hand in hand, and on May Ist : We will instal our new system of low + prices for Strictly Cash. We have sayed the people of Lakeland : and Polk County thousands of doilars in ¢ the past, and our new system will still ¢ reduce the cost of living, and also reduce o our expenses and enable us to put the knife in still deeper. i We carry a full line groceries, feed. grain. hay. crate material, and Wilson & Toomers IdealFertiIizersalways on hand Mayes Grocery Company 211 West Main St., Lakeland, Fla. spapadtt? PRy e e R e