Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 12, 1914, Page 2

PAGE TWO R R R R R RN R SR U RS BN RTRT TR B CLOCK THAT SPOKE By GEORGE MUNSON., “A clock, Harry! For an engage- ment present?”’ inquired Margaret Lisle, looking with astonished eyes at the gilt timepiece which her sweet- heart, Harry Vernon, removed from its wrappings. “Well, you see, dear, it was an idea of my own, “Harry explained. “It is called a Billiken clock, and it {s sup- posed to make lovers trie to each oth- er for a whole year. All you have to do is to set it upon your table, wind | it every day, and let it run. You see, it tells the months as well as the hours. Well, that's all. Let's trust it, shall we?” “I'd rather trust myself to our love, dearest,” whispered Margaret, “Be. gides, you know we shall be quite an ! old married couple before the year is | ended.” Harry kissed her, and with that the Billlken clock was forgotten for the time. The next morning it was tick- ing away merrily upon Margaret's mantel. And sometimes the thought of its pretendedly miraculous powers returned to her, but only for a time. The approaching marriage drove away all other ideas. They were to have been married in three months, but the sweetest love may come to its undoing. There had been little quarrels, such as are not unknown among lovers; but it was a revelation to Margaret when Harry told her she never loved him. “There, take back your ring!” she sobbed, flinging it upon the floor. “I am only glad of one thing—that I was warned in time.” “Warned?" questioned Harry, icily. “So you have been discussing me with other men, have you, Margaret?" “Brute!"” sobbed Margaret, stamping out of the room. All the while the Billiken clock was ticking away upon the mantel. But Looking Out Into the Streets. neither was thinking of the watchful little gnome within, ready to inter- vene at the appolnted moment. Two months later Margaret salled for Europe. She knew now that all the important changes in her life had come; thence forward it would flow evenly along in its present channels. She still loved Harry. That she knew. Bhe would always love him. But they would never be anything more to each other than they were, ' The man whom she had idealized had proved to be a very human belng after all. And the angel that Harry Vernon had depicted in his imagina- tlon was no angel, but just a woman. He had given her his heart, and he knew that nobody could ever win his love again. So long as he llved he must love Margaret, Margaret, leaning over the side of the vessel, {dly watched the wake of foam. Her thoughts were with Harry, But she sighed a little for the loss of her dreams. She knew that the im- aginings of a young girl, the girlish aspirations, could never be fulfilled in life. The disillusionment was tender and gentle, but—well, Margaret knew, The scales had fallen from her eyes; that was all She went down into her cabin. Up- on a little shelf the Billiken clock was ticking. She did not pay the slightest attention to fit. Later, in Paris, she stood in her ho-“ tel room, looking out into the streets, She watched the busy throngs, and still the thought of Harry held her heart. She was more than ever re- solved that her state of life should never change. She loved Harry, and must always love him, and the idea of | giving her love to any other man was | an impossibility. But—but— | Upon the mantel in the furnished | room the Billiken clock was ticking gally. Margaret had forgotten all about the imprisoned imp inside. She wound it daily, as she might have wound any other clock. But she did not give a thought to it more than she had bestowed upon the uld‘ alarm | clock in her bedroom at home. Finally, back in her home in Amer- ica, she stood musing upon her romance. Harry had not written to her for nearly a year. The letters the end of i amined the Billiken clock with any ¢ contention! ! thous froin him, which had once made her! heart beat so tumultuously that she could hardly steady her shaking fin-| gers sufficiently to open the env elopes, i lay in an old work-basket. She never read them now. She had become a su- premely contented woman. But she | knew that she would never walk to the altar as a bride. Nor would anything on earth have impelled her to. All this while the Billiken clock had | been ticking merrily away. Margaret | regarded it with the most supreme indifference. Harry Vernon was in Paris at the same time as Margaret. He had nev- er forgotten her. Her beautiful face, with its crown of aureate halr, was ever before him. He knew that her regolution was indomitable, and he‘ had never tried to break it. But he | | felt that he must share her life, tread | in the places where she had trodden, | see the same scenes. He had stood on the deck of the very ship on which she | had sailed for Europe, and he, too, had | looked at the water and felt the same ! regret, wistful and tender, in his own | heart. And, like Margaret, he had thought not at all of the Billiken clock, which was to make them true. Back in America, as the year drew toward its end, he did think suddenly ! of the Billiken clock. Dut the tragedy of the thought overwhelmed him, for— He had forgotten what day the year came to an end! He had forgotten exactly when he had set the Billiken clock! And one day, precisely at the end of the 12 months, when the hand had told the months, hours, minutes, and seconds—the Billiken clock went off! It was at half-past seven in the eve- ning, exactly at the time when Harry had called on Margaret. She was seat- ed beside the radiator, reading a ro- mance, and the gnome came out of his box and spoke. “Darling Margaret,” it said, “I want to tell you that I love you, love you with all my heart (kiss, kiss). You are the sweetest treasure in the whole world to me. (Kiss). I shall never love any other woman as 1 love you. Remember this a year from today, and ask your heart if you love me truly. (Kiss, klss, kiss.)” “That wretched Billiken clock!"” ex- claimed Margaret, starting from her seat and hurrylng over to where it ticked busily, just as though it had not relieved its soul of the long-pent bur. den. She understood at once what had oc- curred. Margaret had never ex- precisfon, but now it was evident that it contained a little phonograph. That wretch Harry had not only spoken in- to it, and set the mechanism to give forth the imprisoned sounds at the end of the year, but he had actually | had it set during one of hig visits! But her annoyance was short-lived. “Well, there is a difference,” she said frankly. “When I was an ignor- ant girl I supposed marriage was a world of blissful dreams come true. ! It isn't that. But it is something more, It 1s the making of a home, and a life, ; of reciprocal duties, of affection that takes the place of love and becomes: sweeter. So | am not angry with you, you dear old Billiken clock.” “I should hope not,” said Harry, starting out of his chair. “For one Just waking from a doze at one's own | comfortable fireside you've sald some | horrid things about marriage, after only nine months of it, but kiss me, Margaret, because you are the sweet- est treasure in the whole world—" “Harry!" exclaimed Margaret, put- ting her hand over his mouth. But a moment later he had com- pleted that part of the Billiken mes- sage. (Copyright, 1914, by W, (. Chapman,) JUSTICE IN HIS DECISION| A Little Reflection Will Show That the Cadl Properly Solved Desert Problem. Two Arabs stopped at an oasis to have luncheon; one had three dates, | and the other had flve, which they were to eat together. Presently a stranger came up, and asked permis- slon to share thelr meal, which they cheerfully granted. After all had eaten the stranger thanked them for the food they had given him, left eight ducats and rode away. The Arab who had the threo dates said, “Here are eight ducats for oight' dates—one ducat for each date; there- fore three ducats are mine.” But the other Arab argued differently, and con- tended that he should have seven du- cats and the first man one. The case was referred to the eadl of the nearest town, who upheld the second man's This is the way he| reached his decision: The three men divided eight dates; there wero two and two-thirds for | each, or eight thirds. The first Arab| had three dates, so he ributed | nine-th to tl wle t eight 1 f, s0 he gave ¢ one-t of a date to the st The nd Arab contribut dates, or n-thirds: he ate thirds 1 1d gave seven-t to the stranger So re i l‘n\ c nH and he gave he sec- Arab one ducat and n \‘..\..('; -\oul‘."a Compan- Sense of Aloofness. Don't you think your choice of | words is rather likely to prevent your ts from being understood?” Of course.” replied Prc “When & man goes to 8 ble : much trou- s I do in getting thoughts to- n't feel like scattering for any and everybody | midsummer days, | naturally to the Land of the Flow. i and deseriptions, which can be manu- | Japanese plants, growing in little jar- ' wl /NOVELTY FOR SUMMER HOSTESS CAN PLEASE GUESTS WITH JAPANESE LAWN PARTY Easy to Give Proper “Color” to Such an Entertainment — Decorations Probably Most Effective in the Evening. In planning a lawn party for theso the hostess turns ering Almond for suggestions, If she 2ims at novelty the whole affair is given a Japanese aspect throughout, even to the costumes of those p ent. What could be more appro ate for hot weather wear than the “‘comfy” flowering kimonos of silk or crepe that the little yellow pecple wear so effectively? Of course, the men might raise something of a fuss, for there is nothing the masculine hates more fervently than “dressing up,” but perhaps even mere man would prove amenable to persuasion if the party were held under the pro- tecting shades of evening. For the Japanese lawn party the plazza generally provides a basis for the decorative scheme. Japanese mat- ting covers the floor and an arrange- ment of Japanese umbrellas com- bined with American and Japanese | flags, in paper, ornaments the ceiling. & For the rest the whole porch may be turned into a grove of cherry blos- soms and wisteria. If the porch be too small to ad- mit of much decoration, the flower sprays may be hung from the trees and shrubs in the garden, or a tem- porary arbor may be erected and the scheme carried out in that. Butterflies and moths of all sizes | > f« factured at home out of colored pa- per, wire and cotton batting may be suspended on silken threads from the|: trees or poised lightly by means of fine wire on the floral sprays. These winged creatures give a very pretty effect as they sway to and fro in the breeze. Then, to add brilliancy to the scene, Japanese lanterns, large and small, must be hung wherever there Is a hanging space. The newest of these to American eyes are the grotesque fish lanterns, made to represent the Japanese fish god. The lanterns, of course, are lighted only in the eve- ning, but they present a striking ef- fect even under daylight, especially when interspersed with big peonies made of white or crimson crepe paper. It i3 a pretty custom to present each guest on arriving with a Japanese fan —or at an afternoon party with both fan and umbrella. Also there are num- berless curios costing anywhere from five to fifty cents apiece, which may be given away as souvenirs or as prizes if games are played. Dwart dinieres of glazed ware, are also very desirable for either purpose. Refreshments shoula be served from Japanese trays, with Japanese paper doilies and napkins. The correct viands are wafers and sweetmeats of various kinds, with Japan tea, either hot or fced, and sake, a Japanese drink made from rice. Walstcoat and Gurdle. The walstcoat shown at the top of the accompanying sketch is also a gir- dle and Is only one of many of these little accessories which fill the shops. These are made of silk, ratine, leather and, in fact, almost any m.m‘rlal which fancy dictates. They are ex-| tremely mannish in finish, some even showing the vest buckle and strap at the back. The lower girdle is of the popular enameled leather. This same design is shown also in moire effect. Tullp Yellow Is New. : | Tulip yellow is a new color lhlt\ seems to fit the sum well. Another yellow favor is er pleture very | 1ade much in primroso, which is Exc of pr feta, trimmed blue and ‘n n wide gi T}m ves of ib Im'l by glo silk, with wrist em- let covered color of a dr 8 trivance for the same purpose, TH# KVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA,, AUG. 12, TCY oo OB OO CATTLE Meridian, annual meeting tlem her of the n's Association was today and will be throughout tomorrow. The this association are development of the 1914. E The irst Days of Our Sale Werea§, cess. We Are Going to Make T Others A BIGGER SUCCES = r— Special For Tuesday ICE CREAM FREEZERS Quart $1.29 Quarts $1.60 3 Quarts §; 4 Quarts $2.25 6 Quarts $2.‘75 These Are The Well Known “Lighti Nothing Better Made. MODEL nARDWARE (i C. E. TODD, M WEDNESDAY Will be China and Crockery Day Freezers.” Phone No. 340 - O PLOIOBOICEOHO SO B IEIATIBGTOHO cattle interests, to secure MEN OF SOUTH MEET Misgi, Augy 181 --The to cattle producers tin sales of register:d hippers and widest conducted during of the Southern Cat- and best markets: to encon > the ing of the convent iign. of these Herford S tick throaghout Poll bulls and he affected area, Thére large number of ssembled for this meeting over the State, breding cattl from the delegates and it i compenced 1sion and vigorous ecar continued objects the entire to stimulate hav ebeen 2 cattle indus- pure-bred try, all its branches, to protect best herds in America; and two big mals will find a 1 ———— R R A N R OGS MO | FORD Buyers to Share in Profits Lower Prices on Ford Cars Effective from August 1st, 1914, to August 1st, 1915, and guaranteeq auamst any reduction during that time : Touring Car . § Runabout . . s Town Car . $490 440 . 690 1 cars fully equ 1\pu1 1 + I States of America only. Further. we wnII bc able to obtain the maximum ef- f'm?qcv in our factory production, and the minimum cost 1 cus purchasing and sales departments .if we can ro2ch an output of 30 abuve ddtes P 0,000 cars between the And should we reach thisproduction, we a as the buyer's share from $40 to $60 per car on or abou Aug. 1, 1915, to every retail buyer who pur chascs a new Ford Aug. 1 1945 rd car between Aug. 1, 1914. and urther particulars 1 regarding these low prices and * the nearest Ford Branch or Dealer, Ford Motor Company Lakeland Automobile & Supply Co. gree to pay profiv shari ing ——-