Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 21, 1914, Page 3

s& OUR WEEKLY LIMERICK There was a man, whose last name is Loer, Who, for his lawn, needed a good Lawn Mower, ! > came to Dur Store re he found ¢m galore, § o luen looks ccted no more. te the Neat Appearance of the Lawn and the Unrufled Appearance of the Man Revealing the etticiency of the nnsylvania Lawn Mower he purchasen here, and the ease with which he accomplishes his task. ollow his example and fare likewise have a variety of good Mowers from $4.50 up [1.S0! ARDWARE CO. PRPPRIPPPPPREERTEeS O LS 2L LSS Ll b ecurity Abstract & Title Co. Bartow, Florida B, HUFFAKER, PRES......L. J. CLYATT, SECRETARY INK H. THOMPSON, VICE PRE§ H. W. SMITH, TREASURER ABSTRACTS OF TITLES and up'to-date plant. Prompt service. and business left with our Vice President at Dickson Bldg will ve prompt and efficient attentiem. ol BB DRESTPIBESIEIBES e N FIRES which Caused the Loss Of] $215,084,709 recent year United States in 2 in the were ascribed TO THE FOLLOWING CAUSES Defec ( I ces, | present the following reli® | nderwriters, Nearly One-fourth of all 4,750,000 Labeled « Underwriters, «UNKNOWN. CAUSE!” N BRI . it Pataat Reskons American, capital 2,000,000 Why You Sh eld Fi re and Marine, $2,500,000 3,000,000 Hartford .... ANN & DEEN Room 7. Raymondo Buildinq usiness will have the best at tent ith us Fire Insurance Protection! B STREATER ONTRACTOR AND BUILDF'R ty-one years .akeland and st services in tl be pleased to furnish estin work guaranteed | lie,” THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA. , AUG 1914. MISTAKEN IDENTITY By GENE SHEAR. 90000000300 90000000 L - L4 [ - [d [ d - L d L d Ld L4 L L d L4 © [d Ld Ld - L d B 3 L4 There was a crowd of eighteen or twenty men in the barroom of the ho- | terminus of the hour was o'clock in evening, the when with their walked Where pistols in hands and over to a middle chair against the wall A hush fell upon the room at ouce. “T'row up your hands!” come manded the lead- er of the trio, as he halted before the man referred to Up went the man's hands. He was in no great hurry about it, and yet he lost no time “S'arch him for weepins!" A second man stooped forward and assed his hand over the man in the chair, but found nothing. “What does this mean, Bill?" asked the landlord, tinding his voice at last. “Waal, this 'ere is Tenderfoot Char- was the reply, “the feller that {lled Abe Shotwell over at St. Claire last week."” ‘Sure of it?" “Sartin sure.” “And what are you goin’ to do with him?" “Hang him to a limb! be yere purty quick.” The man in the chalr lowered his hands and searched for a match to light his pipe. All looked at him, but he hadn't a word to say. He smoked and looked around in a careless way, and finally Bill remarked: “Hev yo' nuthin' to say, Charlie?” “Nuthin’, 'cept thar won't be any hangin’,” was the answer “But you bet thar will be! There's the boys with the rope! Stranger, thar's goin' to be a leetle exhibishun out on the squar’, and it's free to all. Cum along, prisoner, and if ye try any tricks on me it'il be death by shoot- inel The prisoner was marched out and everybody followed. About thirty men had gathered outside, and the crowd tramped down the street and around the corner to the public square. When the noose had been flung over Charlie's head and drawn tight the man called Bill sung out: “Now, then, hev you any remarks to make before the bar'l is kicked away ?" “I'd just like to say that thar won't be any hangin',” replied the man, The boys will “Don't joke in the presence of death!" “Say, now, who you got yere!" called a voice in the crowd. “Tenderfoot Charlfe!" chorused a | dozen men. ‘Jest wait a minit!" A man advanced, took the lantern and held it up to the prisoner's face, and then cried out “Waal, you are a ni ywd! That's no more Tend:rfoot (‘harlie than I be! Don't nobody kick that bar'l!" “Stranger, who be * asked Bill, ag he came forward e er vou? “Joe Strong” was the reply “Why, the teller who has just ben ‘lected to the legislchur'?' ‘The same “Then, wh Texas didr ay w0 ‘Then, why in Texas didr ne? 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