Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 2, 1914, Page 2

. 4 Oak Rockers As Above $1.98 Quantity Purchase Makes these Prices Possible All Oak Chair 85c. Kitchen THP EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., NOV. 2, 1914. i_________._.————' §BEN80N AND BENITO } By HENRY KIRK. | e | (Copyright.) | Benson had been in Mexico nine !months, and in that remarkably short | time had realized his two great ideas, ’. fortune and the future Mrs. Ben- gon. The former he had struck in the San Pablo mines, and the latter in the | Senorita Dona Maria Loreta Escandon, the daughter of the mayor of Puebla. To be literal, Benson had only found his ideal in the Senorita Maria Loreta, for so far she had given him little en- couragement to think she would be ! anything else. This was not especlal- ly discouraging to Benson, for, after {all, it a man has his ideal, he has something for which to work and of | which to think—and Benson thought of Maria Loreta. ! He thought of her as often as he did of the mine in the hills beyond Puebla. He thought of her yellow- ; bronze hair and her blue eyes, a re- membrance from her Andalusian fa- thers. He thought of her white skin and her marvelously small hands and feet. He knew that he could be proud of her in his home, as well as being bap- py with her, and that she had all the little graces and laces of social and domestic economy well forward. Maria Loreta had gone to school in Paris and had traveled as far as the Taj Mahal. She had also passed two K | winters in Washington with her cousin, the wife of the Mexican minister. Her English was better than his own, and she could talk of many things, from the St. Petersburg duma to certain little pink fishes in the China sea. Just what she thought of him he did not know. He imagined she placed him in a somewhere that was merely am- iable. He had worked hard enough to make an impression—used all his ways | of attack—pienics and dinners, thea- ters and stacks of flowers. | Upon this particular day Benson sat beside her in the Plaza de Toros. He enough, but came upon this occasion principally to see Marla Loreta. He; left his mines in the hills, his peons; | what am I saying? Only you did it so ——— ders. “You must appear indifferent, as Don Luis is looking. Do you know, : he is almost uncanny at times—the way he looks.” “You do not wish him to know?” BRI “No—no—no—you silly man. Why should 1?” 2 “I have loved you from the first time that I saw you.” “And how long is that?” “Nine months. I saw you the day I came to Mexico.” “You are constant. That is long to love.” i Don Luis made an exclamation. The girl looked up quickly. i “We are forgetting Benito. See how he makes them run! He will not be conquered. He will have another year of freedom. Stay where you are, Don ' Luis. Aunt Marcela wishes to say! something, I am sure.” She turned and smiled at Benson and waited. He sald nothing, for his words stuck somewhere. “It is very different in Mexico, Se- nor Benson, when you wish to marry. So many things to do.” “I love you!” “I shall not listen if you speak 80 loudly. Every one can hear you—even | Benito is looking up. He will be jeal- | ous. How are your mines? Soon you | will be very rich, then yoy will go back to your own country—where is it—Boston? What would I do in Bos-! ton? What would they say to me? I would freeze to death!” “Not Boston, but anywhere it would please you.” “It it were Californla—or— But Nine months! back. MODEL Phone No. 340 ASPECT OF FEMININE DRESS| nicely. Do you know, you are just Sn— like a little boy—so eager to do some- ;| Various Styles Seem to Have Been Deo- thing good. Forgive me if I laugh, signed From Models Familiar to but it is so nice and innocent. I won- Travelers in Europe. der why we laugh at innocence in a — Just received, a con:plete line of 10 ard 12 inch 10 to 14 inch Regular Turning Plows The Brinley Plow is built especially for Florida soils. one is sold with a guarantee of satisfaction or your money man, when of all people in the world he needs it most? I don’t know what Benito is, but I think he must be very cross and angry—he is even cross with me.” “He is jealous, like every man who loves you.” “Are you?” “Yes—even of the air you breathe. I am jealous of the ground beneath your feet. I am jealous of the lace upon your shoulder—I could almost tear it from you. Sometimes out thinking of you.” “That is very nice.” “No, it is not—it is horrible. It is chair, next to the Dona Marcela, the stand it as I do. Ah, Mr. Benson—I aunt of Maria Loreta. “Senorita Loreta,” sald Benson soft- 1y, “you are wearing my flowers.” | “Ah, so I am,” smiled the girl. “Just think of all the flowers I have worn" since I was a child! Do you know, I have done nothing else.” “They were made for you.” i ! “Everything was made for us, Senor !Benson—the sky and the earth, the | sun and the little trees, and the big one, too— A, there is Benito!” A magnificent bull had been released from his pen and had bounded into the open. Upon his shoulder was a flnm-! think I shall drop the senor.” “Then there s no use?” He looked at her with longing eyes, regardless of Don Luis, of Dona Mar- cela, of every one, even of Benito. “It would be cruel to say that, do you not think? And—ah, how do I know! I know nothing. I know only that I am very happy and that I wish to live always just as I am now. But see—Benlito is conqueror!” A great shout went up from the waving his arms wildly. Benito was indeed conqueror. He was bearing the allotted number Looking at women walking in the long, new tunics, loose bodices and | white turndown collars one is strongly | reminded of some of the peasant garbs of mid-Europe, especially when the head is crowned by a turbanlike hat and an erect feather. When we see a woman in a long coat with a large waist, emphasized by a narrow cord- like belt, the coat fastening at the waist, and above it a couple of hand- some medieval ornaments accompany- ing a turndown collar and deep cuffs enjoyed the national pastime wel\:there in the mine I could go mad! to the waist, one recalle some of the Russian costumes, such garments be- ing mostly accompanied by a high crowned hat with no brim. One has ; not yet accustomed oneself to fur lmmmlngs en gauze, which were be- ing worn at so many fashionable re- sorts in Paris in the hot summer days, such as ermine, fox and sable. They mostly take the form of boas or bands on fichulike capes. The boa is of course discarded in the day and worn in the evening; the long empire scarves with fringed ends are bordered with fur dyed to match the pelerines and shoulder capes of chiffon show the | same trimming. Suit for Early Fall. Benson looked down Into the arena. crowd. Don Luis rose upon his feet, ' * Ytien PLOWS [ BRINLEY | Orange Plows Each HARDWARE Go. C. E. TODD, Mgr. QEQO PP OB OSUFRHIIG0 GO T0 THE WOODS DRUG STORE When you want the best in Pure Drugs and Toilet Articles ,f# 2 The Thought of Quality remains long after the price is ‘forgotten Phone 408 Phone 408 CityHall just across the street from US '® YOU ARE THINKING OF BUILDING. SEE MARSHALL & SANDERS The Old Reliable Contractors ‘Who have been building houses in Lakeland for years, and who never “"FELL DOWN" or failed to give satisfaction. All classes of buildings contracted for. The many fine residences built by this firm are evidgnces of their abilityto make good. 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The people upon the opposite side were baking in the sun, but they were as enthusiastic as those about him in the comfortable shade. It was' indeed a great day. The band played; | the flags hung gayly from their poles; | everybody cheered. Benson leaned over again. Don Luis was watching him and broke out into' & laugh. This threw Benson off. It' was Itke a banderilla in his own heart, | There were more of them there thl.n' were in the shoulder of Benito. The only difference was Benito didn't seem ' to mind. Don Luis talked incessantly. laughed and he rolled his eyes and clapped his hands. and his ponies, to come into Puebla unfair to myselt—it is unfair to you.” and sit beside the mayor's daughter! “Oh, no, it is a compliment. Do you in the mayor's own box at the great not think so? You are looking at it correo. | from a purely personal way. Now sup- Things would not have been so bad pose I thought of you in that sense— it it had not been for the Senor Don 0 well?” She raised her eyebrows and ‘. Luis Tovar, who sat in the adjoining smiled. “Well, then you would under- He | he | He made ejacull-‘ tions and addressed Benito as if he were a god. Benson saw that all this ' pleased the girl. Why was he not a | toreador or something like that? Why could he not distinguish himself in the eyes of the one he loved? All he could ' do was to make money, but that was ' the last in her thought. He became desperate. | | 1 { “Senorita Loreta,” he sald tensely.! | “I love you!” { “Senor Benson, my aunt will hear you.” | “I do not care.” ! “Don Luis.” { “What difference—I—" l ‘ “And it is not the custom of my . country to—" She raised her shoul arena. Benito looked at him a mo- ment, then charged upon him. There was a dead silence in the crowd. Maria Loreta felt that she was about to faint or die. She shut her eyes. A great shout opened them. There was Ben- son flaunting the scarlet cloak in the very nose of Benito. He jumped aside —ran this way and that—not with the skill of the artist, but with a certain desperate agility for which he could not account. ere was a sensation, and Puebla rose—an American bull fighter—the mine owner of San Pablo—the man who every one knew was in love with Maria Loreta. Then all Puebla, look- ing on, knew why he was so dexter- ous. It was nothing else than love— the little big thing that makes every- thing what it is not—and all Puebla, looking on, gave a mighty shout. Then Benson made his bow—first to Maria Loreta in the box of her father, the mayor of Puebla, and then to the peo- ple themselves—to those in the sun as well as to those in the shade. Then he vaulted the railing and made his way back to his place, Benito looking after him in a sort of wonder. The girl greeted him without a smile. “Why did you do it? 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