Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 22, 1914, Page 2

THP EVENING TELEGRAM LAK ELAND, FLA., SEPT. 22, i914. threw this in among a dense nest of shrubbery. ' i "FARM WAGONS 55 DO IOEOEDFOFOECL0S Dxdig “Now,” she felicitated herself, “who | can say that I am not a poor, unfor- | tunate wayfarer, landed with a dis-' F abled bicycle 20 miles from home? _&4' A | He is coming.” A l “Yes, away over across the valley, R toiling up a hard incline was a blue land maroon colored automobile. Vi | was sure it was the Linden machine. = MADCAPYISWAGER By AUGUSTUS GOODRIDGE SHER- WIN. _——————ma 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 where only the rich and exclusive were wont to come. ‘ “They say he is rich as Croesus and a confirmed bachelor and woman hater,” observed Delle 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 & man I couldn’t make notice me,” declared Vi. “Then you have a subject to prac-| tice on who has defled 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 Nellle. “My brother Ned says that Mr. Linden i8 simply impregnable.” “All right,” nodded Vi confidently, “wait and see.” There was spice and novelty inthe! 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 | bicycle trim, looking doubly charming ! in her neat, comfortable garb. l “Oh, to find out something about the l 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. LB CHECHBCHE e 2 SO DO B AHEACH & Ty SOOI SO B OB OB BOBOH0E RPN DR G BP0 g PO Paladialielinlln e lled SIS 3 Eallalinl 2L ulnll s u2 @ SRRBLBLEO SO D SO S 0 RINTING YES, WE DO IT---DO IT RIGHT ey g-stt.»:':ki'- 2 i i GG SISO GGG G GGG Seated Herself on a Rock at the Road- side. ““I'm mum—you shan’t get a word out of me,jdeclared 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 allke 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, so 1 face the enemy—or the victim, if you like—bravely. I shall meet your Mr. Linden today, and forthwith I shall 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, or 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 had 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 | near at hand and seated herself on a | | play. | reach the spot. She smiled as she It held an occupant, its owner, Vi felt confident. She placed her bicycle in a wrecked looking condition under a tree | rock at the roadside. She would put | on her most doleful expression, and | then ldugh outright, realizing the role | she thought clever she was about to‘ DOHOHS GDPPHTDPQTUDTPOB PPN Vi glanced at her watch. She esti- mated that it would be about half an hour before the automobile would e SEE viewed just sufficient dust on her neat jacket to indicate a fall. She was sure she could withouf§) practicing portray the frightened, timid maiden, ma- rooned in an unfriendly heath and ap- ! pealing to manliness and chivalry for | assistance. “Mercy!” It was all of a sudden, 15 miautes later, that Vi uttered 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 | co S d % S SdnE come up. The wind was a hurricane, SOFPFHITNENEAEIERPOPAIOTL the pouring torrent drenched her, BT O GHEOH > SHOEECH Phone No. 340 B S 1 X v -—— L0 € We can save you money cn Wagons. and 2-horse Wagons is comp:.etc, and if ycu nccd a Wagen for hauling fruit thisy fall, see us. “COLUMBUS” make and the name is a guarantez of quality. C. E. while she, brave as she believed her- self, shrank from the blinding glare soul awakening to true self-reproach’ and the harsh reverberating crashes | and womanly pity, but he only smiled, of thunder. : hurried from the room and returned Thus it was that, breasting the tem- | With & dry wrap and a glass of cor-, pest valorously, but with due caution | dial. on that dangerous roadway, Mr. Lin-| “It is nothing,” sald Linden briefly. den drew his machine to a violent halt | “I hope you will get over your fright at the sight of a white-faced, terrified | 8nd discomfort.” girl, forgetful of all her dark plot,| She saw him go out to the dlafl| pleading only for companionship and | mantled machine, inspect it and B protection. ::m to t:efhnusei Th:‘n he sg})lod :n .. the porch for a long time. e no- She indeed quavered forth frag-) . .."sq¢ ne held one injured hand ments of sentences concerning a | stranded bicycle, but incoherently. ;‘;‘2"’:0‘2' coat and that he rested on Never did a more courteous gentle- “All my foolishness!” she almost man assist an affrighted malden from sobbed, “and he so courteous, actually an overpowering dilemma. w " staying out in the storm for fear his 'We must proceed rapidly,” he sald, , presence may embarrass me! He is | :;:g:s::g’:::ege:f ¥ bealde kim o) & handsome man, too, and—oh, dear! “I suppose you ! i I wish I was home.” belong townwards, but the nearest| The worst of the storm passed over, shelter is my lodge.” They made for it, The storm - 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 | but the deluge continued. Mr. Lin- i 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- “Oil, but I want to get home before the only conveyance 1 can Proper temperature. oy . he sub- is all the time required for tho Jry| secure, an old farm wagon,” mitted. “Oh, but I had rather, indeed, yes:"” fluttered Vi, and he allowed her to have her willful way. It was a ¢ coly 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 ook 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 wager.” “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 is 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 current of air blown from QOur stock of 1 d We seil the — MODEL HARDWARE Ge TODD, Mgr. We Want YOUR Business Thirty seconds| 5, ond the cost ner hnndreg pairs of haunds is § ccat INITIALS TO BE COLOPZD Dainty Way of Making Linen Is thy Most Recent of the Decrees | of Fashion. ! Do you mark your own handker chiefs? If you have the time, it isa wise and dainty thing to do. But why not vary the monotony of white initial: ing? Indeed, if you wish to be really smart, you will do so, for the handker- chiefs used by the ultrafashionables, at least in the mornings and aiter noons, are embroidered or initialed in color. Usually the initial matches & color in the frock or the hat or some other accessory, if the principal part of the costume is white. It is well to have several handkerchiefs embroid: ered in green, it being a neutnl color, so that they can be carried with those frocks for which you have no matching color. Frequently whits handkerchiefs have border hems it in strong protecting arms. She Was' so.q1% purst forth Vi {mpetuously. carried into a toy of a bungalow, de-| “yg gyapceq at her as he would have ! posited on a couch, and noticed that' 4 = "oy spoiled child, The situa. ' her host was bleeding at one hand ;' perselt, began to interest him. ' and was limping painfully. | within, and controlled by a lever oper- color and an initial or monogram of ated by the foot. . the hem color. It is a pretty custom When the lever 1s depressed, the to embroider about the monogram o electric current is switched on the initial a little wreath or medallion “You are ipjured!” she gasped, her - “It will be no_pleasant trip riding SN GAGAGIGISISIS blower. and the air is forced thrdugh : MMS;M@&;&WW&W‘W’W%Q@Q@W&S’W’M'S'C@!fli"&i!@@i‘fl*fi%fi*mi’mwwwm Gy fie@.g@‘z,g-ZxOW‘WWmmwm‘m%fiWEWfi@Sfi@*mem@a(w@g‘wggr:);:bs.;)‘;.q.g, T e A A o e R R R R R Telephone Number 37 G o o e o o ‘ frame. s} g ¢+ GENTLEMAN called at our office and said that he did not know we did Job Printing; that he had ordered some Printing done elsewhere, because he had been told that we confined our attention to newspapers, and did GGG Send Your Next Order to SIGHE] Lakeland Evenin Tel The Lakelar;gd f\fg@fi TELEGRAM BUILDING & First House On Main Street AT T BE BEAD OF THINGS FOFGFRIOT PSR FNTOFOSOE0S no Job Printing. This gentleman was a new comer, otherwise he would have known that for years we did ALL the printing used in this town; that right now we are doing more, probably than all the other printing offices in the county combined ; that we have a larger investment in printing facilities than the eight or ten other printing shops in Polk County combined; that we have built this business on correct and workmanlike service; that we have both the equip- ment and know-how, and that we give an order for 100 visiting cards the same careful attention we bestow on a large catalogue or the publication of a State- wide newspaper. We Do Do Job Printing; Indeed, We Do! o 5 8 e e e o e e e B = € = T8 0 £ R e T e £ e £ e e o e e A L POLOBROPODOBOD PR D A AR W IPAT o SD S a5