Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 14, 1914, Page 7

pain and big aches and big pains Is quickly absorbed—good for sores, neuralgia, stitf joints, rheumatism, etc. 25¢ at druggists, inot get one of those ||FOr Sale In Lakeland by f Cement Urans to jify your yard? ' not get the oldest ble cement man to put ur Walk? not get vour Brick Blocks of them ? S ARE RIGHT. SO MRE THE GOODS JA NATIONAL VAULT CO. . ZIMMERMAN, Manager 1808 W. MAIN ST. HENLEY & HENLEY TAILCRZD EFFECT an Talk to Practically e People in the Town SPECIALTY 8 AND MULES ¥OR HIRE Ofllee 109; Res., 57 Green SO S R ] tinth Army Satisfied Customers by Using Sherwin Williams Paint - —————— This Fall L Service nd Covering Capacity Make it Economical ¢ Brighten-Up Folks Agents Sherwin-Williams Paint 384 213 Sou. Ky. Ave i OO OHREOI0IQ OE0FOBOBHOPOPOTOMD OGO IO EOTO B0 . J. Reddick’s Groce his is to notify my Patrons that I have moved from Street into my own building at 220 Missouri Ave., k¢ to the Christian church, where I wilt be glad to ¥e you with First-Class Goods at Reasonable prices. wag” Yours to Serve W. J. REDDICK QSRRSO DOEBCH D dngt B Rbd g PRI PEOD B BBDDEEPPB P B 4 & ; iF YOU WANT YOUR SHIRTS AND COLLARS $ LAUNDERED The VERY BEST Send Them To the ‘Laundry DS @idud Lakeland Steam We are better equ;pped thgn ever for giving you high grade Laundry Work. 2038205080 g g BEPEIPBSDPELPPDSPPHODE for Tlouse Piers, Cement, and all Concrete BUILDING MATERIAL Prices right. Estimates given on all kinds of Cement Work, ¥V ¥ W keland Paving and Construction Company B. H. BeELiSARIO, Proprietor to 317 Main St. LAKELAND, FLA. THE EVENING TELEGRAM LARELAND, FLA., SEPT. 14, 1914. THE SEVEN RECORDS By RICHARD BARKER SHELTON. (Copyright.) There were many conflicting Fumors afloat concerning old Bill Driggs. Some said there was untold wealth concealed beneath the floors of the dismal little house where he had lived quite alone for more than half a cen- tury; some said he was practically a pauper, living scantily on the meager pension the government granted hi a8 a disabled veteran. 3 > If these rumors ever reached his ears, he pald no attention to them; he neither confirmed nor denied. He lived the life of a recluse in his little weath- er-beaten house on the outskirts of the town; puttered about the little garden in which he raised his own vegetables; smoked his black clay pipe, and read the papers, which he hobbled into town thrice a week to procure. He left the world to its own de- vices, and expected the wqrld to do as | much for him in return. His excessive , economy extended even to his words; he spoke seldom, and then bluntly and [ to the point. It was said he never for- got an injury and never forgave one. In the autumn of his sixty-ninth year old Bill Driggs was stricken with paralysis, which left him with a pair of useless legs. It was a question as to who should look after him—his sole relative, a nephew, or the overseers of the poor. The nephew was well to do. He owned a grocery and a comfortable house on one of the pretentious streets of the town. It was probably the fear of gossip- ing tongues, rather than any prompt- ings cf kinship, that induced the nephew to take the old man in— grudgingly, it is true, for he had no faith in the reports of his uncle's wealth. Old Bill turned over to his nephew the ramshackle house, the two acres of land and his pension, by way of pay- ing his board for the rest of his life. 2 Then he settled down to pass, as ? best he might, the helpless, unhappy | years that must intervene until the end. And those were unhappy years 2lto old Bill Driggs. Thare was no attempt in his nephew’s household to conceal the fact that the old man was an unwelcome burden. Old Bill's keen gray eyes and his sharp old ears saw and heard far more than his thin lips ever told. Three years his unwilling existence at his nephew's house dragged on; and then, one October day, the bitter- ness of his heart merged into a great, unending peace. Old Bill died. Ar month before his death old Bill sent for a lawyer, and for several days the attorney was closeted with him. The nephew, recalling the rumors of the old man's wealth, covertly endeav- & |ored to draw the lawyer out; but the 5| lawyer was politely vague in his re- plies. The old man opened his heart to him and disclosed all its rankling discontent and bitterness. A ew days after old Bill's funeral the lawyer called at the house and placed in the aephew's hands what was probably the longest message old Driggs had ever dictated. Horace Driggs hurriedly broke the seals, and read as follows: Nephew Horace: I am not the penniless pauper you think IPDEVBOOOBLPRIOBOFOE | e, 1 doubt not, if you knew the truth, my treatment here in your house would be vastly different from that which is now #ccorded me. But that is neither here nor there. > In the course of my life I have managed to make—and better yot to save—some lit- tle money. This 1 have placed in negotia- ble bonds. All told, there s something like $150,000 worth of them. They are stored in a tin trunk, and where that trunk is no one but myself knows. I have declded to leave these bonds to you. I do this from precisely the same reason that led you to take me into your home when I was old and broken and helpless—not from any ties of love or kin- ship, but simply because there seems nothing eise to do. Moreover, 1 do this in the same spirit tn which you did your part—grudgingly. The trunk and the bonds are yours when you find them. The clue as to where they are you will get in this way. Upon reoceipt of this you will go to the office of Wadsworth & Barstow, my law- yers, who will deliver to you a phono- graph. I have also left in their charge seven phonographic records of my voice. Bix of these will merely impart to you some good advice. The seventh will give you the clue to the whereabouts of the trunk. On every twenty-third of November—the anntversary of the day I became a mem- ber of your family—you are to go to | Wadsworth & Barstow's and select one of these records—only one, remember. If you try to gain posseesion of them in any way ' save the one 1 have stipulated, I have the 7+ attorney’s promise under oath to destroy ithem all. You will select one each year until you have chosen the one that locates the bonds. =3 : g B WILLIAM DRIGGS. November twenty-third of that year 2 found Horace Driggs in a flutter of ex- citement. Very early in the morning —indeed, as soon as the lawyer’s office | was open—he hurried to Wadsworth & Barstow’s, and from seven uniform packages he selected one. He hastened home, #hd with fever- ish eagerness he placed the record in the phonograph. The machine buzzed on for some time with no articulate sound. Then from the horn came the deep breathlessly. “Never judge a man from his out- | werd appearance— Try again next year, my dear Horace.” That was all. He snatched the record from the machine and hurled it into the fire- place. Although he had fully expected | | #t, the disappointment was bitter. A year to a man in his position seemed ‘ron- long. tones of his uncle’s voice. He listened | The second Novembeor twen: brought him no more luc in 1. of records. “Never kick a man when he seems to be down— Derhups you'll get it next year,” croaked the from the phonograph. But the third and fourth trials were fruitless—save for the posthumous jeers and jibes with which the eager ears of the expectant heir were annu- ally assailed. Horace Driggs began to fret impa- tiently. A hundred and fifty thousand 1 1 dollars, his by right, vet tied up in| <% this unearthly fashion! Surely he must select the right record soon. |’ There were but three left. He began to spend money more freely. He felt he could afford more of the lyxuries of life with one hun-| dred and fifty thousand dollars all but | in his grasp. When he went to Wads- | worth & Barstow's for the fifth con- secutive November twenty-third, his: little store of savings had melted quite ! away. Again he made an choice. The record gave no clue to the trunk’s location. The%ensuing year he launched out boldly. He morigaged his house, He ran in debt. But what man would wor- ry over such trifles with one hundred and fifty thousand dollars’ worth of negotiable bonds looming on the hori- zon? He purchased a thoroughbred trot- ter and an automobile. His wife was ythe best-dressed woman in town. On the next November twenty-third, from but two records, he managed to choose the wrong one. All the following year he comforted himself with the assurance that the strain was over. There was but one record left, and that record gave the location of the bonds. He had but to wait patiently until November twenty-| third to be independent for the rest of his life. He sold his grocery business—its routine had become irksome to him— for several thousand dollars, and, with his wife, spent a delightful spring and summer touring England and the con- tinent. Upon his return he joined the Coun- try club and gave flve hundred dollars to the town library fund. In a burst of enthusiasm over the approach of his good fortune, he even erected a costly granite sarcophagus over old Bill Driggs' neglected grave. The autumn waned, November drew to a close and on the afternoon of the twenty-third Horace Driggs wended his leisurely way to the office of Wads- worth & Barstow to secure the last re- maining record. As he made his way homeward with the little parcel in his pocket, he was aware of a pleasant sense of relief. The long, trying waiting was over. Tomorrow the bonds would be his. According to the standards of the town, he would be a rich man. He lighted the lamp on the library table and set the phonograph beside it. Very carefully he adjusted the last record, and started the machine. In- stantly the deep voice from the horn filled the room. “At last you have chosen the right one. Listen to me a moment before I tell you where the trunk is hidden.” “Certainly; with all my heart,” said Driggs under his breath, bowing to- wards the machine with exaggerated politeness. “You made my life a burden while I lived under your roof. You thought me a helpless pauper. You begrudged me the very food I ate.” Horace Driggs winced. He might have treated the old chap with more decency, that was a fact! “Yes now you listen eagerly. You are all impatience for me to tell you where the trunk lies.” “Egad, that's true enough!” tered Horace. “By strange chance the Psalmist has described the location of that trunk. | Turn to the one hundred and fitty-first | Pralm—the last verse. And may you l enjoy the bonds as much as I hate tell- ing you where they are. Psalm one hundred and fifty-one!” There was something like a grim chuckle. The record was finished. Horace Driggs caught up a Bible and, with trembling, impatient fin- ! gers, turned the pages. What he found there any one may readily learn who 'wm simply take the trouble to look !up the Psalm mentioned. mut- Turk’s Business Letter. Charlie Conrad, a business man in the national capital, employed a Turk { a8 a servant in his house after hav- | ing been discouraged by numerous ex- | periments with the average run of ! gervants. The Turk was exceedingly | industrious, and devoted his spare | time to the study of the English lan- guage. One day Charlie received this let- ter from him: “Dear Sir—In this little time at to- ;dny i1 saw a good positions against me. I am very far of my country but 1 not felt that among your family. I can’t forget this politeness. I am very grateful but my money weekly it is not sufficlent for me because { pay my room and electric car and with rest | can't live. “I ask seven and one-half dollars per week of the next week. I believe you will find this same lines in my ! sincere sensation.”—Popular Maga~ zine. | Modern Warfare. “Who i& that young fellow sar- | rounded by an admiring crowd?” ! “That's a soldier who has seen serv ' i fce in Mexico.” | “You ‘mean he fought down there?” | | “No. He pitched some baseball | games and carried off several prises in athletic contests.” H deep voice| : infelicitous | & PAGE SEVEN Mayes Grocery Comptiy WHOLESALE GROCERS “A Business Without Books” W g : Mayes Grocery Company 211 West Main Street. LAKELAND, FLA. E tind that low prices and long time will not go haud in hand, and on May 1st we installed our NEW SYSTEM OF LOW PRICES FOR STRICTLY CASH. We have saved the people of Lakeland and Polk County thousands of dollars in the past, and our new system will still reduce the cost of living, and also reduce our expenses, and enable us to put the knife ia still deeper. 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