Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 19, 1914, Page 7

o little ache and _ bain and big aches and big pains " DRIVES PAIN AWA Is quickly absorbed—good for sores neur. Quick , neuralgi stitt joints, rheumatism, etc, 25¢ at drunuizl:: _éfor Sale in Lakeiand by HENLEY & HENLEY FAMILY AVOIDS SERIOUS SICKNESS ;By Being Constastly Supplied With | Thedford’s Black-Draught, ' Why not get one of those large Cement Uras to beautify your yard? Why not get the oldest reliable cement man to put in your Walk? : Why not get vour Brick and Blocks of them ? | PRICES ARE RIGHT, SO | ARE THE GOODS | FLORIOA NATIONALVALLT co. H. B. ZIMMERMAN, Manager 508 W. MAIN ST. McDuff, Va.—“1 suffered for several ! {hegrsi"l’ac:ays M‘rtsl. ].kB.h\V;:maker, of , “‘with si stomach trouble. - = |...Ten years ago a friend told me to tr Thedford’s Black-Draught, which I di 1 You Gan Talk to Practically Ehe 1o e and g, ) " Al the People in the Town THROUGH THIS PAPER 1 keep Black-Draught on hand all the time now, and when my children feel lgéleesl:ad, they ask mé: tf}c:); a dose, andial em more good than any medici they ever tried. s i ne?s'einn:ven; ha_;'e a long spell of sick- : ur family, since we comme; using Black-L)ma'ght." - Thedford’s Black-Drau, vegetable, and has been late weak stomachs, ht is purely n found to regu- aid digestion, re LIGHT AND HEAVY HAULING | headache, “sick " stoomach," g "aussds HOUSEHOLD MOVING A Sympioms: SPECIALTY It has been in constant use for more than 70 years, and has benefited more than a million people. Your druggist sells and recommends Price only 25¢c. Geta N.C 13 HORSES AND MULES ¥OR HIRE Phones: Office 109; Res., 57 Green | Black-Draugi. Rackage to-day. ga:«mn«mmawz»mmw«zmmmlo E Sl Tt T w2 w Tl w 2w ® [] Painting Is not an expense but an investment A recent investigation proved that the loan value of a painted house is 22 per cent. more than if it not painted. & Y SRRSO 30K K 08 4 were SR ST Xk | | i l Our stock includes a finish for every purpose from foundation to roof. e % B0 Let us help you brighten up your home. The Brighten-Up Folks Agents Sherwin-Williams Paint PHONE 384 213 Sou. Ky. Ave SRR ECHI RO PSP OB G B BB T O PO DO DD OB IO 4 3 gellelletinl el Jut Satleltn e S 3 & LB EOB OO0 o i SEIHBIBIOOHO0T0 A0I0IDIIOININIOINI0N0INE0E00Y W. J. Reddick’s Grocery This is to notify my Patrons that I have moved from Main Street into my own building at 220 Missouri Ave., next to the Christian church, where I will be glad to serve you with First-Class Goods at Reasonable prices. Yours to Serve W. J. REDD O BOP QPO P DUTO OO S0 SO i3 00 e, IC EHD BRSO S LSO # GOIVPQAFOPDPOISRD | | IF YOU WANT YOUR SHIRTS AND COLLARS LAUNDERED The VERY BEST Lakeland Steam We are better equ}i]pngd thzn ever for giving you high grade Laundry Work. Z0#0#08080/ PHONE 130 8 T Send Them To the Laundry PR RBPPRPERGPTPEPBE Beutify your Lawn, s Let us tell you how, : Little it will cost. 3 =3 2| | $ . Lakeland Paving and Construction Company E 207 to 216 Main St. LAKELAND, FLA. a L0 GRS TS TS al Sal Su R R s ‘THE MADCAPVI'S WAGER By AUGUSTUS GOODRIDGE SHER- WIN. Madcap Vi, they called her, and she deserved the name. There was nothing hoydenish about her. She was rarely beautiful, but she loved to be dared, and any piece of maidenly mischief was welcome and recklessly carried out. Behold her, then, the charm and queen of a little circle of four, all lively fun-loving girls, and chattering away like magpies over a new arrival in the -famous summering district Wwhere only the rich and exclusive were wont to come, “They say he is rich as Croesus and a confirmed bachelor and woman hater,” observed Belle Martin. “And he has an isolated summer cottage up in the hills where he can enjoy his hermit proclivities to the limit,” remarked Eva Bliss scornfully. “Let's visit him as militant suf- fragettes and worry him into pay- ing some attention to us,” suggested Nellie Willis. “And make him fall in love with some one of us,” added Belle. “From what I hear, it would take a pretty smart lady to succeed in in- teresting this icicle-hearted wretch,” said Eva. “I never saw a man I couldn’t make notice me,” declared Vi. “Then you have a subject to prac- tice on who has defied feminine arts successfully,” spoke Nellie. “Girls,” vehemently exclaimed Vi, her bright eyes sparkling, her plump cheeks blooming like the rose, “I'll make you a wager I can make this wonderful Mr. Linden propose to me.” “A five pound box of chocolate that you don't!” challenged Nellie. “My brother Ned says that Mr. Linden is simply impregnable.” “All right,” nodded Vi confidently, “walt and see.” There was spice and novelty in the prospect amid the dullness of a week when expected relatives and visitors had not arrived. Vi formed her plans without informing her curious chums of their details. “Where away, Vi?” inquired Nellle, the next morning, as Vi appeared in Seated Herself on a Rock at the Road- side. bicycle trim, looking doubly charming in her neat, comfortable garb. “Oh, to find out something about the ways and habitation of this wonderful Mr. Linden,” replied Vi carelessly. She returned at noon with a confl- dent, secretive expression of coun- tenance that piqued her chums. All three of them pressed her closely as to the source of her evident exhilara- tion of spirit. “I'm mum—you shan’t get a word out of me,” declared Vi—‘"only, have that five-pound box of chocolates ready for me.” “You think you are going to win it?" questioned Nellle, “I know I am going to win it,” in- sisted Vi. “You mustn't think me a bold, brassy thing, girls. You see, I | am heart free, while you have a real love affair every season. Because all men are alike to me, I am not made coy or unnatural when I meet them. | Never was under the power of this soft, sinuous influence you call love, 8o I face the enemy—or the victim, if you like—bravely. I shall meet your Mr. Linden today, and forthwith I ghall try to capture him.” Vi's plan was a simple one. She had learned considerable of the ways and habits of the rich bachelor, of his home environment and his daily routine. It was a lonely route, rocky and obscure that she took on her way to his home. The almost unbroken country, os rather trail, was rough and rugged. Vi experienced more than one un- graceful and painful tumble. She finally reached a point way up the wooded mountain side where a 20-mile landscape spread out before her like a panorama. “He will be here in an hour,” solilo- quized the well posted maiden. *“I bad better be ready to receive him.” Vi knelt beside her machine, opened its tool pocket, secured a little wrench, and proceeded to unscrew a sprocket. She removed a metal pin that held this part of the mechanism in shape. Then rising to her feet she deliberately EVENING TELEGRAM LAM ELAND, FLA., SEPT. 19, 1914. | threw this in among a dcase nest of | shrubbery. i “Now,"” she felicitated herself, “who | can say that I am not a poor, uunfor- ' tunate wayfarer, landed with a dis- abled bicycle 20 miles from home? He is coming.” “Yes, away over across the valley, toiling up a hard incline was a blue ! and maroon colored automobile. Vi was sure it was the Linden machine. It held an occupant, its owner, Vi felt | contident. She placed her bicycle in a wrecked looking condition under a tree near at hand and seated herself on a rock at the roadside. She would put on her most doleful expression, and then laugh outright, realizing the role she thought clever she was about to play. Vi glanced at her watch. She esti- mated that it would be about half an l hour before the automobile would reach the spot. She smiled as she viewed just sufficient dust on her neat jacket to indicate a fall. She was sure she could without practicing portray the frightened, timid maiden, ma- rooned in an unfriendly heath and ap- pealing to manliness and chivalry for assistance, “Merey!” It was all of a sudden, 15 miutes later, that Vi uttcred the sharp, fear- compelling cry. Something all unfore- seen had arisen to disturb her well- seasoned plans. One of those sud- den furious storm outbursts that wreaked vital fury on the district had come up. The wind was a hurricane, the pouring torrent dgenched her, while she, brave as she believed her- self, shrank from the blinding glare and the harsh reverberating crashes of thunder. Thus it was that, breasting the tem- pest valorously, but with due caution on that dangerous roadway, Mr. Lin- den drew his machine to a violent halt at the sight of a white-faced, terrified girl, forgetful of all her dark plot, pleading only for companionship and protection. She indeed quavered forth frag- ments of sentences concerning a stranded bicycle, but incoherently. Never did a more courteous gentle- man assist an affrighted maiden from an overpowering dilemma, “We must proceed rapidly,” he said, as she crouched down beside him in the cushioned seat. “I suppose you belong ‘townwards, but the nearest shelter is my lodge.” They made for it. The storm in- creased in violence, the mountain tops were wreathed in fog and darkness. Then, nearing the anticipated haven of refuge, the machine ran into a tree, Both were thrown out. Vi was al- most stunned. She felt herself lifted in strong protecting arms. She was carried into a toy of a bungalow, de- posited on a couch, and noticed that her host was bleeding at one hand and was limping painfully. “You are injured!” she gasped, her soul awakening to true self-reproach and womanly pity, but he only smiled, hurried from the room and returned with a dry wrap and a glass of cor- dial. “It 13 nothing,” said Linden briefly. “I hope you will get over your fright and discomfort.” She saw him go out to the dis- mantled machine, inspect it and re- ' turn to the house. Then he stood on the porch for a long time. She no- ticed that he Meld one injured hand inside his coat and that he rested on one foot. “All my foolishness!” gshe almost sobbed, “and he so courteous, actually staying out in the storm for fear his presence may embarrass me! He is a handsome man, too, and—oh, dear! I wish I was home.” The worst of the storm passed over, but the deluge continued. Mr. Lin- den came into the room where V1 sat, or rather huddled. “As soon as the rain lets up a lit- tle,” he remarked, “I shall walk to the nearest farmhouse and send over some women folks to keep you com- pany.” “Oh, but I want to get home before dark!"” burst forth Vi impetuously. He glanced at her as he would have done at a spoiled child. The situa- tion, herself, began to interest him. “It will be no pleasant trip riding home in the only conveyance I can secure, an old farm wagon,” he sub- mitted. “Oh, but I had rather, Indeed, yes!" fluttered Vi, and he allowed her to have her willful way. It was a strangely subdued Vi who appeared before her chums the next day. Twice during the week Mr. Lin- den called to inquire after her health. Many times, with a crushed, changed look in her face, Vi evaded her friends when they asked her as to the result of their “dare.” Then one day she an- swered to Nellie. “Mr. Linden has proposed to me— I have won the whger.” “And?” insinuated Nellie. “And I have accepted him,” swered Vi blushingly. (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) Dry Hands by Electricity. Drying the hands by means of a cur rent of warm air s a modern device recently installed in a Washington of- fice building. The electric hand drier is an upright cabinet about three feet high. An opening at the top, over which the hands may be held, gives | egress to a cufrent of air blown from within, and controlled by a lever oper- ated by the foot. When the lever is depressed, the electric current is switched on the blower, and the air is forced through a heating coil, which brings it to a proper temperature. Thirty seconds 1s all the time required for the dry- ing process, and the cost per hundred pairs of hands is just one-half cent. PAGE SEVEN 'Mayes Grocery Somaany WHOLESALE GROCERS “A Business Without Books” W E find that low prices and long time will not go hand 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 stiil reduce the cost of living, and also reducc our cxpenses, and enable us to put the kuife i . still deeper. We carry a full line of Groceries, Feed, Grain, Hay, Crate Material, and Wilson & Toomer's IDEAL EERTILIZERS a!ways on haud. l . Mayes Grocery Lompany 211 West Main Street, LAKEi.AND, FLA. Bt : PPPFEPRRRSOPE DI IIEE D D PBEDDGSPEEEIEDT PPIDD & 3 “CONSULT US” For figures on wiring your house. We 3 will save you money. Look out for the rainy season. Let us put gutter around your house and protect it from decay. T. L. 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