Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 23, 1914, Page 2

PAGE TWO WHAT JOHN ESCAPED By MILDRED CAROLINE GOOD- RIDGE. “Mary looks old and worn,” eaid John Strickland to his brother, Ephraim. | “Should think she would!” retorted Eph. “Say,-John, this has been an ‘imposition—our family landing down ‘on you this way.” “Well, you're welcome, aren’t you?" demanded John, “Your wife has surely made us so— dear woman! She’s a prize, a jewel, but to harbor and work out her life for her husband's folks—no more of that! We're going home tomorrow.” John said nothing, stalking away. He was in a cross mood. It was true that Mary looked old and worn. A true-hearted, loyal little woman, ehe had set herself at work to give her visitors the time of their lives. They were John's relatives and nothing was 'too good for them. | So no wonder that she looked tired and faded. For nearly three weeks she had barely found time to change her dress daytimes. As to hair frills— | none of that, surely! She had ignored Then He Started and Staged Through an Open Front Window, set out strong enough to “wia Ther,” “fixing up,” of necessity, until she had | mused John. “Her husband looks as appeared almost homely to John. useless and ninny-like as usual. And And that afternoon something cross- | they say she got a hundred thousand grained had hit John—hard. He had | dollars from her father's estate, just been noticing the tired but smil- | Lucky Cy!” i Ang face of his wife, when an automo- John felt misused and very much ibile sped by. It contained a chauf-| abused. He was not tired of sweet, {feur and two others. The others were | loyal Mary; he would not “trade” IMr. and Mrs. Alison. with Cy Alison if a basket full of dia- They were old residents of the town, | monds was thrown into the bargain! but had left five years previous to live | Still, John was in just that mood in the city. Now they were coming | where the dull ends of home life back to the old Booth homestead. looked more somber than usual. On Uohn Strickland, peering past a lHac | thg other hand, the eight of the be- bush, noticed Cy Alison, smartly | jeweled, brilliant-looking woman who dressed and of prim dignity, seated be- | had once held his affections quite side his wite—she that had been Myra | dazzled him. John wandered down Booth, the street aimlessly, dreaming. { he now took the dainty trifie in his | tired of waliting for a response to his hand, glanced over it curiously and noted a monogram on the clasp. “Yes,” he said, “here’s an ‘A’ and an ‘M.’ It must have been dropped from the machine by Mrs. Alison.” “Ob, sure it was,” declared Nat. See here, I can’t get around very fast or far, you know. Would you mind taking it to the owner for me?” “H’'m!” hesitated John. Then, acting on a quick impulse, he added: “Yes, I'll do thd® Nat.” So John took the silver purse, placed it in his pocket and started down the street. His color had heightened. He tried hard to believe that he was sac- rificing his time to do a good deed. In reality, as he secretly knew, he was catering to an irresistible impulse to act upon a favorable excuse for seeing again the lady of his thoughts. John reached the rather imposing home of the Alison’s. There was quite a flutter of his nerves as he ascended the steps. He touched the bell but- ton at the side of the door, not know- | ing that it was out of order. He got QIUPOPUADOPO GUPBPPOBIOPOIDOTOPOT IO for hauling fruit QD Q& summons and sank into a porch chair. Then he started and stared through an open front window. A decidedly waspish voice had called out sharply: “Cy1n . It was Mrs. Alison calling to her husband. She was plainly visible to John in the room beyond the window. “I'm coming,” answered a volce from somewhere upstairs in the house, ! 4 “Make haste, then, stupid!” was un- graciously retorted, the shrewish ac-|*™" BRSO S Phone No. 340 g = L= e, (. We can save you moncy cn Wagons. and 2-horse Wagons is compiete, and if you need a Wage, this fall, see us. “COLUMBUS” make and the name is a guarantee of quality, MODEL HARDWARE G C. L. We Want YOUR Business OB OSOHIHOFOIUIRI QI OO OIQIUI QNI SOE PP TSPRINBVSLBATOSQGI= 0 {0 s Our_ stock of | ad We sell the — TODD, My cents scarce according with the dulcet | “And I fancied Mary faded! vocalism Mrs. Alison employed when | been a wicked man! And see how assuming “company manners.” | that dear woman has treated my rela- Slowly, then, John Strickland arose ; tives!” : to his feet. He could not help but note “John,” spoke Mary, as he entered Mrs. Alison standing before a mirror, | the house, “your brother and his fam- He was startled, almost shocked. The i ily are thinking of leaving us.” lady was heated and dusty after her “Yes, Eph epoke of it today,” an- automobile ride. She rubbed her face 8Wered John. * with a handkerchiet and it eeemed to| “Don’t let them. His wife is resting take away its false youthful bloom.' splendidly and another week will Just She removed the upper set of teeth put her on her feet. that had so reminded John of pearls.| “Oh, you dear, loving, unselfish Then she removed some of her hair.: woman!” cried John, and actually The amazed John thought of scare- ; Picked up Mary in his arms and kissed On, I've; . John stared. He had not seen Mrs. | .Allson for over five years. She had | been his first flame. She had treated | im pretty mean in discarding after jencouraging him. John had got all over that calt love speedily, however. Just now, though, a queer thrill per vaded him. “Why, she looks as young—yes, younger, than when I last saw her!” ijhe was forced to ejaculate. , Certalnly, at a distance, Mrs. Ali- #on was a vivid contrast to Mary “Oh, say, Mr. Strickland!” sang out a sudden voice. “Why, it's Nat, isn’t it?” inquired John, always kindly and cordial in his greetings and especially so with chiidren. It was a child, a little fellow of about ten, a cripple, wheeling himselt across the walk towards John in hie {nvalid chair, who accosted him. “See here,” said little Nat, “I found this just now.” He extended a silver-netted purse jand John stared at it and awaited Strickland. Thefe was a vivid color in her cheeks; as she Jamiled, her white, even teeth rem! bhim of Jpearls. Her hair was) etully ar- | ranged, her figure m o the per fect outline of a dr er's model. “I might have had her once, if I'd wid DO PIFOBOPO, PUPAPPOBOEIL HOG S OBSHTES0 HTHBHTMIPIPISI SRS RIS PSS CEUPDED PP DSO S RS S B OB 00D GOPPOEL ! 1 | S —— S——— Zel2 a2 “« > PEBEEHEH GG AA GGG GGG an explanation. “Where did you get it, Nat?” he in- quired. “In the road. It was right after an auto went by.” “Whose?” “The Alisons'.” “Oh, indeed.” murmured John, and g Sred 3 & 53 € newspaper. crows. He was embarrassed; he was amazed. Cy came into the room. “What d'yve want?” he inquired crossly. “That money I let you have. You didn’t use only a small part of it.” “I'd like to carry a little once in a while,” growled Cy. “Oh, yes, to distribute among those worthless relatives of yours!” sneered the model Myra. “I'll give them their walking papers if any of that cheap rabble show their faces about here, All you've got is what I've brought you. My money, do you understand? Hand over the change of that ten- dollar bill.” ) Cy Alison groaned and complied. Down the steps and homeward bound bolted John Strickland—disillusioned. - “What I've escaped!” he exclaimed. her a dozen times. And Mary bluehed till her comely face looked just as girlish as of yore, and with a smile of rare content John went about the houee, whistling a happy tune. 7 | “T'd be ashamed to tell her of my comparing her with that woman,” ,muled John softly to himself. “Why, Mary is a pretty picture compared to that made-up scarecrow. I'm going to love her more than ever, and I'll never think she looks old and faded again!” (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) | FINANCIERS OF TWO TYPES The Ascetic Who Lives Only for the Accumulation of Wealth Has His Opposite. . An English clergyman pictures the American financier as an ascetic. Such a type lives sparely in an office with his attention screwed down exclusive-| gro drepped iato water to 1y on his job. Physicial disadvantages follow the narrow renunciation neces- ! sary, and all the natural pleasures of life derart. In the end the man hos his record of concentrated, misapplied industry and the banker results. Anatole France, in his Pequin Island, beat the Britisher to this type. His Samuel Box, drawn seemingly from the most millionairous of our million- aires, led in the highest degree yet at- tained the intellectual life of accumu. lation, sacrificing all to the exact men- tal and physical routine required for his ends. Almost literally he lived on herbs in a cell; but stern joy in the passionate concentration of mentality was a sufficing reward. This was the sort of “American business man” that Henry James confessed himself un- able to understand. However, the opposite type has been met. He is gay, jovial, expansiye, showy, noisy. He throws about his money—or other people’'s—with great freedom. He takes his pleasure as he goes. The English clergyman, whose knowledge of American millionaires is probably conjectural and picked up-at long range, ought to come over and take his choice of the two, Comrpact Face Cloths, Smail disls of cotton, compress into pin-box size, expand When they 122 ¢ ordirary face cioth. These are 50ld, te of them, in a little Morocco case, i three dollars, and they find favor - y the woman who Is traveling ro dly~ 80 rapidly that the face clown hag gy time to dry before it must agaiy be packed into its receptacle for further journeying. For these compact lity cloths are thrown away in the asgy ance that another ean be had from the leather case at the mnext steppiy place. The worst llar doesn't lie all thy time, any more than the really ton cious person unfailingly tells 1y truth. We all need a little margin Elastics Under Knee Bands If it is necessary to have elastics the knee bands of bloomers or rompey, 'that are to be boiled when washed,# will be found convenient, instead d sewing the ends together, to sew one end a snap hook, and to the othe end an eye. The elastic can then b drawn out before washing. To inset it again, tie a string into the eyo al dhread this into the tape needle. ORI ICRCROMECHEICHIONBACL IO BIOHBONBCHBCHIOHONR QB H AT 0HE CH B OO0 BB S 0H S 00 U8 8 3 BN BRI BB SOHECH IO DN DI INFLIRB A B P TP S S S SO DFLHPTELH LS SRBBIPAS LB D BB PRINTING YES, WE DO IT---DO IT RIGHT SIGIESIG I s GENTLEMAN called at our office and said that he did not know we did Job Printing; that he had ordered some Printing done elsewhere, he had been told that we confined our attention to newspapers, no Job Printing. This gentleman was a new comer, have known that for years we did ALL the printing used in now we -.are doing more, probably than all the other printing offi county combined ; that we have a larger investment in printing faciliti eight or ten other printing shops in Polk County combined; ‘that we this business on correct and workmanlike service; that we have both ment and know-how, and that we give an order for 100 visiting card careful attention we bestow on a large catalogue or the publication this town; - We Do Do Job Printing; Indeed, We Do! 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