Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 31, 1914, Page 7

’/@ NEW BELT FOR OLD FROCK Accessory That WIIl Give to Faded Costume Just the Touch That Is Needed. A little accessory that can be bought to add & smart touch to a home-made or old frock i8 always welcome. perhaps that 18 one reason for the pmhh"“y of the neckwear of this geason and last. Frilling and ruch- pngs of tulle and net and lace transformed many simple frocks and the addition of one of the new organdy collars to a stald serge dress takes it out of the realm of dowdiness. So it is with a new little belt that can be had in the shops. 1t is really only half a belt, for the pack of the skirt or coat, to reach from hip to hip. 1t is made in many combinations. one that is very attractlve is made of grey suede, cut out to show three or four pleces of Japanese silk crepe printed in blue and red. This little belt costs a $1.35, and Is fitted with three or four pockets on the under side so that it can be easily fastened to as many little balls sewed on the | skirt. Other belts are made of suede and kid of different colors, some of them with cutout designs over white kid, gome of them decorated with small colored glass spikes or nailheads of brass. They would be especially nice, these 1ittle belts, on the back of a colored lien or duvetyn or other summer gkirt, and they could also be used to very good effect on a summer Jacket. |.W.YARNELL tiHT AND HEAVY HAULING HOUSEHOLD MOVING A SPECIALTY HORSES AND MULES KOR HIRE Phones: Office 109; Res.,, 57 Green. 2 PP OTODOPBPOIOS | DRUGS HARDWARE DRY GOODS B OBLR TR T BT GBOPBOPIBIPOBPOTPRFOPOPOEOPOPO. § W. K. Jackson i JACKSON : Large Listing --Always Some Bargains WW { WW“"@ | | | | | | ood Store’ EVERYTHING B INFANCY GROCERIES Cor. Main St. and Florida Ave. g Phone 93-94 W. P. PlLLANS & CO. | 6-1N-1 F b USEIT ~ ForBabies. For prick! & heat.Aftershavm: Mtez ebath, Asaface powder, As a foot powder. Really indispensa- ble. In sifter top can: S, - gists, 15 cents. ’ bt For Sale in Lakeland by HENLEY & HENLEY with your Come in and let us explain i| the successful way to make good pictures. Are You Getting| Satisfactory Results Your summer’s wrip will be pleasantly remembered by the use of a good kodak. “The Red Crossl Pharmacy” \ | “The Kodak Store” “ON THE CORNER™ A complete assortment of “Cranes” Stationery | night,” he & McRAE T® YOU ARE THI\KI\IG OF BUILDING. SEE MARSHALL & SANDERS The 01d Rellable Contractors who never ses of buildings contracted for. o his firm are evidgnces of their ability to residences built by t make good. The many fine MARSHALL & SANDERS Phone 228 Blue f‘?’:"i’%‘i"i’%’é For figures on Wirl @ 1d: houses in Lakeland for years, snd l T be'eFI'xElE.u[i Dl(n)“jV\lr‘)unsr failed to give satisfaction, i ' : - {4 - " k3 CONSULT US : i H ing your house. We Look out for the 3 will save you money. : rainy season. Let us put gutter around your house and protect it from decay. T. L. CARDWELL, Electric and Sheet Metal Contracts 4 Phone 233. Rear Wilson Hdwe Co. & 200000000 PRPPPIFIIERIEF ! first. .marda]lng of the survivors for viola- | {8 going to ignite 2 a1d!" he exclaimed iray?” REAL ESTATE ‘ | grasped eagerly THE EVENING TELEGRAM LaFKELAND, FLA,, JULY 31 » 1914, PAGE SEVEN ; OOOOSOOVVOEIOOVIIE] A TEST OF NERVE By JOHN D. SWAIN. ———— ] (Copyright.) It was at the officers’ mess one hot , summer night in Camp Sutro. The lle was given so unexpectedly | that a rattle not unlike that of mus- . ketry ran round the table 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 had not noticed for years. Across the table, through the haze of tobacco smoke, Colonel Gray's flerce eyes glanced, and his flushed face con- trasted oddly with that of the gen- | eral. It was the junlor officer who spoke 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- era] replied, his cold, blue eyes mean- while sweeping the table. “Fortunately, we are all gentlemen,"” he sald. “This insures discretion and | sets our minds entirely at rest as to any unpleasant notorfety. You may g0,” nodding to the stewards, who ' stood about the room, mouth agape. After they had retired he continued: “Since Colonel Gray has been so good as to leave the arrangements to me, I will, with his permission, waive the formality of seconds. I have an idea | which I am sure will appeal to his love | of adventure, and will, 1 think, not only satisfy honor, furnish an inte esting study, and yet avold the couri ting the Pegulations against duel\ng “In fact, 1 am so thoroughly con- vinced of éolonel Gray’s personal cour- age,” concluded the general with a graceful gesture, “that I believe there f will be no survivor. Gentlemen, may | 1 hope that you will accompany mo‘ for a short walk?” With a great deal of curlosity 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 | would have blown out that candle?” the drill-field; arrived there, he lighted | stormed Delmar. a tin lantern which hung by the door, | and led the way within, where was | 3 ‘nothlng save a few kegs of blnst.!nx»‘ 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 great {nterest, and who seated himself in reply to a courteous gesture of 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 One of us two must blow the candle out within, say the next twenty minutes me, Colonel Gray!"” Gray threw his head laughed "S]ll'-ndul. back and my dear general, splen- “We will have a grunr] final blowout together!" “Harris,” gental alry major, “just keep these papers, will you? And my watch. And toast us good and plenty tomorrow added, handing Harris a roll of bilis #Can I be of service to you, Colonel asked Harris “Not a gou on me,” he smiled. “Not even a scrap of paper—except a bill | from my taflor!” “Now, gentlemen,” “I thank you for your attentions, and shall ask but one further favor; that you return to the mess-room and awalt the explosion. Then come and search for—let us say, the survivor. Good night—and good-by!" Bolemnly enough we bade them both adieu and departed, secretly re Neved to get away from the vicinity | and fuse ar | of that cursed candle | rangement. It was exactly nine when we sat down again at table, and for at least | five minutes no one 8poke This was long pause for the officers’ mess at Camp Butro At last flesh and blood could stand it no longer. Bt irly Captain Jones | who had been pulling away at a huge unlighted cigar, blurted out: “Three to two on the general!” «Shame!" cried one or two; but | there were geveral takers, and we at the relief to our The captain’s wager was cov ough by the western nerves sred quickly en and after that even money pre Wragge and the West whisky in alarming fium“ drank T hold you personally responsible!” | you suppose? He was apparently sound ‘thnt he might be shamming. ll do? I was sheer murder to sit there It will not be | sald the general to the | sald the general, | quantities, and most of us smoked ' mw‘, e b e S L L o 2 like chimneys. Then the axploslon e eRe iy occurred. We were just as startled as it 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. Mayes Grocery tompany WHOLESALE GROCERS “A GUSINESS WITHOLT BOCYY” “We have come back!" he an-|® We find that low pll(es and long time b=+ i g TR ¢ wiinot go hand in hacd and on May Ist Bl i "“‘““"’l? we wnlfl istaI ourCnel:v system of low “No,” responded the general, plac- | % pl'l( ¢stor trictly Cas Lnl his hand affectionately on bis late | We hzve saved the people of Lakeland o vsoghe ienih iRl g and Polk County thonsands of dollars in INBkerdoll srowled: Gray . eu the past. and our new system will still were a fool to come back to the reduce the cost of living, and also reduce shanty!"” “Bir!” exclaimed the old general l?::f:’:rles:‘ts:lelsdae:geernabw ua tO put the We carry a full tine groceries. feed, i oo ‘EM!“E’C’O*WM‘&% oo B BoBo PR PO G R B BB B TP P P g s “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," sald Gray, help- ing himself to Scotch. “We had sat there perhaps flve minutes after you left, and 1 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 “\ our language demands an apology! g-ain, hay. crate material. and Wilson & Toomers' ldeal Fertilizersalways on hand Mayes Grocery Company 211 West Mzin St., Lakeland, Fla. SEEPPEPPEEPPOOEDFEEPPREERD FEPPESPOIPPFEAPEPFEEIIIIED S BBTBEEE - DDPEEEBBDBDEDE M" If you want your Shirts and Collars Laundered the VERY BEST Send them to the Lakelana Steam Laundry Weare better equipped than ever for giving you high class Laundry work. asleep! Asleep, gentlemen!" He paused, that the full effect of his words might be felt. “Now, he was, of course, within his rights in sleeping, but I did not pro- pose to keep any lonesome vigil, and besides, 1 was unjust enough to fancy Bo 1 jeaned over the keg and shook his arp. He hfid fainted pway ' My old heart trouble sighed the | ; | general. “Always comes on wheg | ‘ Phone 130 am especially anxious to keep awake. What a chance I missed! But what do you suppose this glorious fellow dig?" he demanded. What any decent man would do, of course!” responded Gray. "What could T LR T TR R L S S R L Lk *‘!"P**‘P‘!N&**M%‘lfl!"%* G. H. Alfielc Oftice Phone B. H. Belisario ‘ Home Phone 39 Blue 348 Black Home Phone 394 Blue «- Why Our Sidewalks Are the Best 12 cts. per sq foot trom July 15 to August 15; and let him be blown to atoms, abso- lutely helpless, when a breath of his might have extinguished—" “Do you mean to insinuate that 1 “Why, man, you in- | sult me in & way I cannot overlook. 1 must hold you personally—" “1 insinuate nothing Interrupted Gray. “But your condition violated \ R 2 e S, OTIS HUNGERFORD, WALTER R, WILSON, 404 W. Orange St. PHONE 14 Blk. 312 Sou. Va. Ave HUNGERFORD and WILSON Contractors EEFETPEE I [f you intend to build let All workguaranteed and es- us figure with you, timates) furnished L3 i H after that, 16 cts. per sq. foot. Machine mixed, Lake Weir Sand Best Flint Rock and Lehigh Cement. Best Pressed Brick $11.00 Delivered ‘!he othics of the code. It left all the responsibility on my shoulders; 1 had | a right to let myself be blown up, but & Cement, Sand and Rook For Sale ; foully murdered!” 307 to 315 Main Street Lake land Ila « | “Third party!” & S “Yes—third party! Directly you Wb s oo o B bRl BB B B B @ B N?HMWB»&MMM pant. You could not have blown out the candle, and 1 would not. So" turning to us—"I hauled him outside.” of all the rare and staple materials and appliances ‘bi:"h‘h(" 1'1"';_]";'3" “;”":: “"l“‘n“"?;::';’ used in Fancy Work. It is easy to make Things af u able glance upo ; “Hut that was nothing, gentlemen—he Bea“t"“' if V“u have the Thlng§ nght to work ”‘"]"”“”‘" I went back, you helpless | |tstruction Books, Advice and a Welcome are waiting ! old idiot!" m‘]‘A(nd” he ran back,” wheezed Del- you at 203 :\l‘l(‘l-‘“n Street wonder in his eyes. A “Ran back?” some one Interrogated “Had to,” sald Gray. “Candle most be too late.” | “1t was I who almost too late,” sald the general, shaking his white he ud manded Harris. “He laid me on my back in the grass,” explained Delmar, “and the eyes 1 thought I had been blown there by the powder Then 1 saw that 1 was all together, 8o 1 started up and was just an eighth of an inch of can- | % dle left when I arrived, and there sat j & | thiz fool, smoking a cigarette and nne forgot ages ago i “He means 'There’ll Be a Hot Time | ', # % in the Old Town Tonight,' " explained i “I demanded an explanation,” con tinued the general, “and he told me, and said how glad he was I had come Lakeland Paving & Construction Co. : not to see an unconsclous third party | went fitty, you cease to be a partiet- Our Shop is @ Veritable Museum “Yes, he did, confound him,” grum- went back!” with. Braids. Linens, Stencils Stamping Outfits, mar, looking at him with a sort of i TAMPA, FLORIDA burned down to fuse; afrald 1 might “What-—did you go back, too?" de- dew revived me. When I opened my made for the light in the shanty. There ! humming that detestable ditty every Gray in an injured tone it @ back, as it was lonesome, and besldes, he knew how bad I would feel to miss {1t all. The fuse was beginning to gputter, and 1 se ated myself just In time to enjoy the climax ) ‘They both cut and run!” quoth Jones, disgustedly. “All bets are oft!’ ‘Captain Jones, I never have been go grossly ingulted in my life,” sald Gieneral Delmar indignantly “I shall s BN hold you personally and immediately million miles of advertising. A peEnon it Fords, averaging twenty T world four hundred circle the twenty-four “1 can explain that to your satisfac tion, I think,” spoke up Captain Sage “You are the most bloodthirsty crew 1 ever met. If there not cooler he xd)— 1nnn;: the sappers than in this | srvice would have )8t COUrageous | hours. 1f the ';ig,m this tremendous publici!y out of business. salesman. A were ‘ it the Company own best \ revelation—take yours The the me 1,,;1 two wt‘ asses | ever heard of 1 to be f-rrw\h.u the drill _b. Detroit. Com- ment. st 'hf regulation here sat these were at tea vith equij Lakeland Automobiie & t 1 must have left a spark 1 Supply Co. and the engineering corps : ke ; of powder!” ! Lakeland, Fla. l they was just sizzling d the taneously situation—and the | hite | while ]‘ | and that's all— | is 8hy po S B wE