Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, October 13, 1914, Page 2

PAGE TWO A LITTLE FLIRTATION e THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAX ELAND, FLA, OCT. 13, 1914. | Ramsdale questioned. “Philip and two girls sitting there as cozy as you please and having a | good time; he had the hand of one of them in his. I was so surprised that ( 0 | | “Well, what did you see? Mrs. ' Mr. Ramsdale looked up and half | smiled at the pretty dark face looking ' at his wife. Both women nodded and the conductor called: “All aboard.” Mr. Ramsdale hurriedly kissed hll‘ . wife and swung on the step. Hil‘ | wife waved her hand and as she \ i - e sknLer| PLOWS [BRINIE: o aeed i7men Orange Ploy 10 to 14 inch Regular Turning Plo The Brinley Plow is built especially for Florida soils. Ey on: is sold with a guarantee of satisfaction or .your mo2 back. ' I could not help crying out. i By LAURA V. GRAND. ! “Phillp looked up and then he was | turned away laughed out loud. | | so surprised. He introduced me to| Mr. Ramsdale entered the sleeping ' | those girls as his intended wife and ' car behind the porter and his first| (Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Cos [lt seemed they knew all about me. ll glance was towards the girl that his | Part |. | was raging and got away as soon as | wife had recognized. é ' The room was & very pretty bou- | could.” | She was dressed entirely in black, | doir; in it were two women, both band-| “Then what; did you see him: which suited her dark beauty; a big some in their different way, the tall-! again?” Mrs. Ramsdale asked. | picture hat on her head and long est light haired with blue l”" “Oh, yes; I saw him that night and | plack gloves seemed to complete her | and a fair skin. She was having .l' every night while we stayed. And ! costume. S I white silk party dress fitted by a girl | what do you think was the excuse he is ! who was as dark as she was llsh'-' made?” Marcella said, indignantly. .w’\::y rg:_.?":;:l::“uh:c::l:'“s Ll Looking at herself in the long peir “Flirting, if you please. Well I-come acquainted with this beautiful @lass that hung on the wall, she said: | flirted him. 1 would have nothing | girl he said: t “1 think the style suits me, I am|more to do with him. But I have ~ ., ain Mi Raiisdile. sot Ab you | 80 sorry that you are going back to | changed my mind. He has written to | %6 a trle-nd. o '“'O I hope you ! New Orleans. 1 never had a dress-|me nearly every day and promised will consider that yn introduction and ! maker that suited me so well before. ! never to do such a thing again. e tie frieids t::r the jourmey.” | When do you start?” { have been so lonesome that I just felt “Th s 5§ m 53 “lI want to leave on the evening|I could not live without him, so I ank you, Mr. Ramsdale, I w g traln tomorrow. I am so glad that|am going down there and get married. | D€ Pleased to be friends. 1 knew yo:; you are pleased with my work,” Mar-| Do you think I am making a mis- at once as your wife had shown me cella Train answered. take?” she asked. iyou'r piotuze 1L 8 ety pl peeht w? “Pleased. I should say 1 was. 1f| “No, child; I do not. If you 1°'°,hah‘e B0 Acqua ntance ou "h: trdl;‘ . you should ever make up your mind | him and he loves you I think you | ¥hen one has a long Journey. lh e‘d.t 3 to come and live in the North, I hope 8T better off married. I have the | M going to New Orleans; how fa g you will make my dresses for me.” | Same thing to contend with. My hus- | e you going? : 4 Mrs. Ramsdale smiled as she spoke. | Pand is one of the best of men and 1| “To the same place. It will be.de- & o : feel that he loves me dearly, but he lightful to have company.” (4 - butl lh‘:::n;‘ha;o‘:";';r v;':)l‘llrng;ixl'"cogl:é; will flirt. He is golng south tomor-| The trafn pulled out and the two g Phone No' 340 C' E‘ TODD9 -Mg never knows what might happen,” { row night and I suppose he will not | went to dinner together. When they % 3 Marcella replied. be on the car a half hour till he has | were at table he was rather sur- S5 Whn ol youi akbect toibel har found someong to flirt with. I would | prised that she did not remove herl i . P give anything in the world to break | gloves, but he was so deep in his flirt- | ried? I will sllp this dress off ‘nd'hlm of'it” Mrs. Ramsdale sighed as | ation that he mad T While you are changing it, I want you | g onoye i Th de bauibhons by the two | 100ked at her in dismay and horror. used to play cards, but being poor, to tell me all about it. I dearly love | There was silence in the room for | o inexl ni was tspent y the ghe | She laughed again and sald: “Good- they never had much money to lose, to hear about a romance.” {a moment and then Mrs. Ramsdale ge{ e; 4 pe;“m, convers:. Mem-| bY. 1 hope you enjoyed our little and so could never do much plunging. Waod ana s o “I do not like to bother you, but|jsyghed out loud. “I have it, I have | r:: :;e :ev‘erda o ggra:;!: t:em :ui flirtation.” Hence the derisive term “piker” appli- L N in M you have been 8o kind to me since I| i “With your help I think I will cure ?rom his :~xfe ayt., hne howed it to| He was too stupefied to answer and cable to the merely pettifogging gam- _ W00d possesses reson brought you that letter of introduction | hym At least I can try.” hm. It wa; asa?oll:wij i iahe walked away still laughing. As bler. A recent writer has another has ring. That may not : ~ 4 she reached the gate she turned derivation. He says: “In the early form to dictionary defini: P B PODLIPOIOPLISCPLPOD OB DO IO QDO P S OTOPUFOIUABOPOPO & from your cousin that I would do any-| QGoing to the door she looked up | thing that I could to please you. and down the hall, closed r [ . To Miss Marcella Train, Memphis, Tenn: ' apou: n s days men from Pike county, Missouri, classifies the two materi Wwas not raised in the South as you tightly, shut the one fea:llngt:l:wdzgrlm"' L eI L e ) g:tdy:ug vslntlg‘eudt;fe;:.:n.“ e and Pike County, Illinols, went all curately. The singing o J 4 % | } please tell him that I have sent him a H & stretched telephone wi ] can tell by my talk. Philip Cobb, ‘he‘bedroom and then pulling her chair | telegram to New Orleans. Have you met' He hurried to the telegraph office through the West. They were all 5 bl man I am going to marry, inherited ! ¢loge to Marcella’s she commenced to | '™’ Please answer. Francis Ramsdale. and inquired for his message When ' 800od men. In fact, they were such OPen fiela in the autump his uncle’s barber shop and moved to | ta]k rapidly fn a low tcne. Marcella showed him the telegram it was handed him a grim smile @ fine lot that when auy crooks would mMost pleasing melody to New Orleans to take possession. and then said: “I answered at once spread over his face and he knew his | Want to represent themselves as hon- ; 0 €ar for the delicacy of i That was a year ago. 1 have sewed Rart II. and told her that you had introduced K wife had put up a job on him, For| €st men they would say they were Sounds. But how much for your cousin for some time, and 1t was very near traln time when | yourself as soon as you came on the these words met his gaze: . from Pike. As a result of this all ' melodious that singing ui _ she always liked me. She knew that|yrs Ramsdale entered the depot. | train.” | “I hope you had a good time. Frap-| the bad men in the West claimed : if the ear is pressed agair " Philip had gone away. Just a month , ghe looked around hurriedly and saw | “I am sorry,” he said, “that you told cfs.” § : to be from our section, and in that Phone pole, so that the before 1 came here your cousin de- thg face she was looking for. A nod | her we were 'acqualnte’d, My wife is | way Pike got a bad name. S0 when ' come through the wood t termined to go to New Orleans. Her ygaq exchanged and then she turned to | always complaining about my fiirting | §| ANG TERM HARD TO TR ACE | the Westerners suspected a man of | €ar, instead of directly fro maid was not well, so she offered to | watch the door for her husband’s en- i bel ked, they'd say: ‘Look out | > | and I suppose she will call my becom- | eing Croo Sl y . y: ou! ! ) ::‘;e gl's"l: helr l:::e:er;;l l';l::: lucorgg |trance. He looked surprised, but sald | ing acquainted with you flirting.” | for him, he's a Piker.” This sounds Scenting the Hair ggad ShioRuIt o declded! Nishetlls heatily: The flirtation went on until the | somewhat apocryphal, however. ‘l‘hore’ A delightful way of imparye s P y(mI" declare, I am surprised to see | train pulled into the depot at New | ;:m‘;!:d Gse;t:\ mk':;o ;oll in :ht: cate scent to the hair is 1 gig ‘ i Orleans. { Jn Toronto . ter through in the form of “Your cousin gave me the first after-| “I was down in the neighborhood ! in 1813, who traced the Mississippi | it is They wi “ " » Pl | sounds difficult, but it i ) noon off and I started out to find him. |and thought it would be pleasant to had ‘:éa:e:":;: :1:; -‘}.’;:;1%:‘;,:’:5' “I;‘;y':'d“w';’]:;:r ,designating not | ¢, it3 source, and also discovered Simply fill a small bowl: 1 had the street and number, and |come to the train.” 5 : but & tmid,| pixe's peak in the Rockles during ex- | water and pour 1 after inquiring of several people, I| Mr. Ramsdale had his ticket and :(l)dea t;: l;f::‘::: ':’egro Stauilicg b°'| mean-spirited gambler, who would nev- | pioring suryeys conducted for the | ticular nerfll:me :g:::le i(:‘ found the shop. It was not quite as |they walked down towards the sleep- | = . g » | er hold out against a losing game, has | {rnited States government after the i large as 1 had expected to find 1t, but | Ing car, his wite talking as fast as| .qyyre T e e nd. 5. | RO possible connection with the aglle, | Louisiana purchase In 13045, Pre. :,‘3,".,"";.,3,’",,::5 el 1 cared for Philip, not what he had, and | possible. When they reached the car ik o Sl L greedy,bold pike of inland waters. That | gymably the counties above referred o 3 claimed in horror. fish is ever dari a steam of the water will can 1 walked up to the door and went in. he was to take, the porter took his She laush Ao o s ever daring and aboveboard. | ¢, were named after him, and possibly | with it and through the hs 1 heard the :sund of laughter from |grip. She stepped back a little and 1 s and' e Wby BOt! The term is sald to have originated | there 1s some connection between eatisfactor, lashlgo ;i the back room, so walked towards the ‘ exclaimed: “There is a girl I know, | | ®0 & Degro, '70i st any rate I bad in St. Louls, Mo, whers, in the oM { him and the slang term in question. . > door.” Here she paused. she {s going to New Orleans; she (2 Ne8ro mother. ! gambling days, men from Pike coun- 3 o5 must be in the same car with you.” Stofbing still where he stood he ty, Mississippi, or Pike county, 1Mlinots, | Origin of Appellation of “Plker” Has Been Ascribed by Writers to Va- rious Sources. B L OF I ELH S Ib R 8 B ThEr0F B B b B S s $ A M L Lakeland Evening Telegram The Lakeland News ‘Accuracy ’ - Taste, Style %flflm‘& HAT’S what you want in your Printing, no matter whether it be on your visiting card, your little advertising dodger, or seseese03 your big, expensive booklet. For every kind of printing we mix the above ingredients in just the righg proportion. 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