Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 6, 1914, Page 3

Excelled by and tear. quarters Here, When you appear, He'll salute Prominent in service is General Hardware, none, for hard wear CRLL s B Mo EVE you, try to suit you, and treat you all fair. ST EFE R P T R S Our Line of General Hardware CONSISTS OF Heavy Shelf and Builders | HARDWARE Ranges, Heaters, Oil and Gasolene Stoves, Kitchen Utensils, Anti-Rust Tin, Granite ard Enamel Ware, Tubs, Wringers and Boilers, Churns, Ice Cream F'reezers, erate. \When you and a ho-t of items too numerous to ennme want Hardware, remember there is not a Hardware want we can't supply TS fse el s ant WILSOI HARDWARE CO. | P S SR L R R R 1 Pt et T e B TR L Security Abstract & Title Co. Bartow, Florida R. B. HUFFAKER, PRES......L. J. CLYATT, SECRETARY FRANE H. THOMPSON, VICE PRESH. W. SMITH, TREASURER ABSTRACTS OF TITLES New and up-to-date plant. Prompt service. TLakeland business left with our Vice President at Dickson Bldg will receive prompt and efficient attentiem. IOPPIPEFF B DI IHEIIEEEED PEPEIFPIEPIIIBPIEE DL [he FIRES which 4 o We represent the following reli- Jble companies: tdelity Underwriters, capital ... ... .. 4,750,000 *hiladelphia Underwriters, AR $4,500,00C jerman American, capital 2,000,000 springfleld Fire and Marine, np[ul $2,500,000 Shoenix of Hartford .... 3 3,000,000 MANN & DEEN the Loss OF] $215,084,709 in the United States in » recent year were ascribed TO THE FOLLOWING CAUSES Caused Defective chimneys, flues, fireplaces, heating and lighting faults of construction and Matches, sparks and explo- lgured prominently, followed incendiarism, electricity and tning. apparatus; equip- ment. sions by Nearly One-fourth of all Fires Are Labeled “UNKNOWN CAUSE!” Significant and Potent Reasons You Should Be Provided With Why Fire Insurance Protection! Room 7, Ravmondo Building Your business will have the best at tention if placed with us. AVONDALE SPRINGS TENNESSEE on Avondale fora b If you are loo large variety of eaut many wild b eis ¢ elt | deep and sh surround th and where every ef- | fort is made for th ire and comfort of e and every guest— then come to Avondale Springs, Tenn., on Kr e & Bristol R. R., 16 miles from Morristown, Tenn. Rates, $8 per week, or §1 per day by the month. Note the address above. mine ed by vast for- by the songs of ad the F. J. HOFFMAN, Proprietor [’. 0. Rutledge Tenn in the mountains., with a many | [OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXX] THE BURGLAR'S TiP | By FLOYD F. LONERGAN. William Dennison, in bathrobe and elippers, was sitting in his cozily fur- nished room, very intently conning ,over his favorite evening paper, ! Suddenly he saw an item that, had he mentally classified it, he would | have placed with “Dusinc.s Oppor- tunities.” | Mr. Dennison was a burglar, but if he and Bill Sykes had met, Sykes | would probably have tried to rob’ him. Dennison did not look like a | | burglar. ! Mild-mannered in appearance, unob- | trusively dressed, he occupied a room {in a modest-priced bachelor apart- ment house, and was one of the best tenants, prompt in paying his bills, and quiet in his habits, | The article that had attracted his | attention read as follows: | “SHE ROBBED HERSELF. | “Mrs, Jessie Corbett of No. j\\'vsl Eighty-seventh street, ‘heroine’ of the sensational burglary that cre- ated excitement a few days ago, has | admitted to the police that she robbed | herself, | | “With tears running down her | cheeks, she told Detective Graney to- | day that having lost a large sum at bridge, she was afraid to tell her hus- band, although honor compelled her to pay her gambling debts. | “Accordingly, she pawned her jew- "elry and settled with her creditors. A i | few days later she was found in her | 'tm;u'luwnts. bound and gagged. “It now develops that her maid, be- | cause of a handsome cash bonus, had lflgrm!d to be her accomplice, tied her with ropes, and then, returning from ‘market, had given the alarm that kept the entire detective force busy day and night. This girl finally broke | down, after a vigorous ‘third degree,’ and her admissions to Detective Graney, used with effect, have drawnp a confession from the ‘vietim.' “Contrary to what most husbands would have done, Mr. Corbett has for- given his wife, and has even gone 80 far as to take her jewels out of pawn and return them to her. The collec- tion of gems is valued at $3,500; but. despite their value, the wife has al- ways kept them in a bureau drawer, which has the flimsiest kind of a lock. Mr. and Mrs. Corbett live alone in their apartment, except for the maid, Mary Andrews." “Everybody should read the news- papers,” he said, addressing a water- color on the opposite side of the roof. “They are worth their weight in gold to a business man.” Two days later when Mary Andrews returned to the Corbett apartment after a trip downtown, she saw some- thing that sent her bounding to the telephone “Police headquarters she cried. Then, after an interval: “Give me In- spector Rellly. Oh, s that you, in- spector? This Is Mary Andrews. She has done it again.” “Who?" she repeated. “Why, Mrs. Corbett. Don’'t you remember how she robbed herself? Well, she's bound and gagged now, just as she was be- fore. This time, however, 1 didn't have a thing to do with it. I swear ft. Your detectives scared me to death before, and I mean to be honest in the future “No, I haven't cut her loose, and I don’t mean to. Send your men around here. It's none of my business, and | am sick of the whole affair.” Half an hour later two disgusted de- tectives strolled into the Carlin flat “I've been helpless this way for nearly three hours,” she sald, when finally revived. ‘“And this girl would not do anything except glare at me She has no heart. Mary, you are dis charged.” Mrs. Corbett looked in vain for sym pathy “Why did you do it?" asked Garrity, the senfor in point of service We 4099 I have lots to do without bothering about your foolish stunts, It is a shame to take up our time in this| way."” “But 1 was actually robbed,” pro tested Mrs. Corbett, ag she wept pro- | fusely Really-—truly-——honest.” “Well, what was it now?" ques tioned Garrity ‘A book agent, like the last time? “No, sir,” sald the woman He | was the curate of St. Paul's chapel. At least, he sald he was." Did he want you to join the choir?" | parcastically queried the elder detec tive. “He had a letter of introductior trom Bishop Sigden," was the frigid response. “The bishop and his nephew are great friends of my hus band, although I have never met efther of them. Mr. Sanders, that is the name the curate gave, wanted to arouse my interest in tenement-house reform.” “He—what?"" gasped Garrity ! Of course, I told him that I was not interested, and then permission to the tele-| one bit he re-| quested use phone.” Who did he call up? ‘He rang up some butcher shop, and his | | | ordered a four-pound steak sent U | rectory What next?” 1¢ ked that as It 1 p ould not ca k the rope o | ¢ and gagged m and left me as found me. While I was | xed the bureau, and y and jewelry.” helpless, he r | ! took all my | that he agreed it up with a brand-new story. | apartment {'down her bad reputation. Fay THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAK ELAND, FLA., AUG. 6, 1914 “Just like the book agent who called on you the last time. Did he tell you it would be fine weather to- morrow ?"" “He certainly did,” said Mrs. Cor- bett, in surprise. “And added that Central park was beginning to look beautiful, and that he hoped to meet me on the Mall some pleasant after- ncon. I did not say anything, because I was g § “Well, 1 am not gagged!” shouted | the enraged detective, “and 1 do not | believe one word of your ridiculous yaru. No burglar would act the way | you say this man did. Would he,| Kelly 2" Kelly, thus appealed to, indicated | with his partner. “If you had any sense, you'd know that you couldn’t pull off a stunt like this twice in two weeks,” Garrity con- tinued, severely. “You had to steal the same old jewels in the same old way, and you thought you could cover Well, you cannot fool us. Go and see the pawnbrokers yourself. Good-day.” And the two detectives stalked out of the house. When Mr. Corbett came home, he also expressed his doubts, Being pos- sessed of political influence, he was able to keep the story out of the news- papers. “Jessie," he to his weeping wife, “don't do any foolish stunt like this again. When you want money. come to me. But if I were you, | should drop bridge. “Understand this, I cannot and will not permit any more robberies. They are too re a strain, both mentally and financially. As a punishment, 1 will leave your jewelry in the pawn shop. Please, please drop romances, and be a sensible little girl." And Mrs. Corbett, who by this time had almost wept herself into a belief that she was the culprit, promised to behave in the future. In a modest room in a bachelor house, Willlam Dennison was smoking his after-dinner cigar. He limited himself to three a day. “A pretty good afternoon's work,"” he mused, “even though the jewelry was not valued as stated. Fortyflve dollars in cash, and $1,600 dollars for the diamonds, will keep me in modest comfort for some time. “Poor little woman!"” he continued. “Still, 1 honestly believe she will learn that truthfulness always pays in the end, “Look at her position. Even should she meet me on the street, she dare not have me arrested, for nobody would believe her. Nobody would be- lieve anything she might say on any subject. Well, in time she may llve I hope s0." He picked up a newspaper, paused a moment, then threw it down again. ‘No more business for several weeks,"” he said. “I will now enjoy myself." And he settled down on the couch for a comfortable ‘reading” evening. (Copyright.) SUICIDE ADVISED BY DOCTOR Extraordinary Letter Read at Trlal of Parls Chemists for Illegal Sale of Narcotics, A curlous letter from a physician was read in the Paris courts at the hearing of a case in which Plerre Ju- vin and Jean Julllard, chemists, were charged with the illegal sale of cer- tain narcotics. The letter in question, which was slgned by Doctor Gaudin, stated that the writer had treated Mme. Delvigne- Dambricourt, in an effort to cure her of the drug habit. After her use of morphine and cocaine had been com- pletely stopped, Doctor Gaudin made out for her a prescription into the composition of which black drop (vin said egar of opinm) entered The letter concluded with the following curi ous rentence: “This preseription should be re newed according to the needs of Mme Delvigne-Dambricourt, and 1 her to continue with it, since she finds It suits her, or if not, to have recourse to absinthe which i after all, the best way to escape from mit advise or to sulcide all the manfas and ries of ex ifi'l‘nl'\‘” It was this letter which Mr. Juvin advanced as his having spupplied Mme. Delvigne-Dumbricourt with black drops. The court, however, ordered both Messrs Juil lard to pay a fine of 500 francs each Paris Herald excuse for Juvin and General Price No Strategist. They were talking about Gen. Ster- ling Price of Missouri, one of the best fighters on the southern side during the Civil war Complex tactical in practise did not stagger Price, but the movements simplest problem on paper was be yond his power During the early days of the Civil war Price visited General Beauregard, who was a grad nate of West Point, civil engineer and an authority on military tactics umI‘ strategy | “At Corinth Beauregard had erected fortifications which he spoke of as ‘impregnable.’ “He took General Price in a carriage to view them. Then he asked Price | thought of th what he work *“Well,” replied the Missouri man, I ain't never seen none like 'er but onct before! | wen ere pretty effective, weren't : they’ | Yep, fine! I done tuk her!'" ‘ From Anecdotes of the Hour | r’ comes from the toast, “Au sed when England was a » country in drinking to the DAINTY HOT-WEATHER FROCK With Variety o_f‘jlarterialu to Choose From, Fascinating Designs Are Possible. There are, perhaps, no more fasel- nating frocks to design and make than those intended for afternoon wear dur- ing the summer. The infinite varlety of dainty materials at hand to choose from and the dainty colorings season- able give ample scope for working out all kinds of pretty aund picturesque ideas, far more so, indeed, than in winter, when heavy clot Are necessary, This year, especially, the shops are showing a vast range of silks and mus- lins, voiles and crepons, that almost of themselves suggest new schemes, So exquisite are the patterns and shades in which they are produced that one is impelled to give two de- signs for summer gowns that can be charmingly carried out in any of these ns and velvets JUURER © The Professions : S @ g ; THE EGYPTIAN SANITARIUM OF CHRONIC DISEASES Smith-Hardin Bldg., Cor. Main and Florida Ave. Phone 86 Blue Electricity, X-Ray, Light, Heat, Hydrotherapy, Turkish Baths, Physa- ical Culture, Massage, Dietetics, Bte. You can get here what you get in and Hot Springs and save time and expense. jattle Creck PETERSON & OWENS ATTORNEYS AT LAW ’w Dickson Building JEREMIAH B. SMITH thin materials, and in colorings to suit i the individual fancy. One gown in apron style shows the folds of the drapery arranged in this manner. It {8 far 1aore becoming to many flgures than the full all-around tunie. This lit- tle gown would look very nice made up in pale mauve and pink shot taf-| feta of a soft and supple quality, the skirt being quite plain, while the apron s edged with a kilted frill of the same materfal, The bodlce 1{s kimono shape, trimmed with more of the kilting, and a wide sash of pale mauve ribbon tied with long loops encircles the waist, and a little bunch of satin flowers in pompadour tonings gives a pretty fin- ish to the front of the bodice. Another gown {8 made entirely of fine lawn, there being a blouse of white lawn with long transparent sleeves, over which comes a kimono- shaped slip of pink lawn spotted with darker pink. The straight skirt is of the colored material, while a smart touch is introduced by the short, kilted tunic of white, tied round the walst with pale powder-blue sash. The end of this sash {8 ornamented with a dainty little bouquet of arti- ficlal flowers stitched firmly in place, a new and pretty idea that looks very well on any of the sashes that can be worn with the white muslin or em- broidery gowns. Vell or Glove Case. A very simple design for a vell or glove case may be embroldered on white linen. The case is made twice the length of a handkerchlef case. The design s worked in two shades of blue and the lap I8 scalloped and embroldered in white. It is fastened with two small pearl buttons. .19 FORT MYERS THURSDAY. 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