Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 4, 1914, Page 2

Oak Rockers As Above $1.98 Quantity Purchase Makes these Prices Possib’e All Oak Chair 85c. Kitchen Cabinet Of Standard Make for only $7.79 2-inch Post Iron Bed $5.28 Just received another big lot of those All Cotton Mattresses $3.99 Watch our Windows Everything in Hardware LAKELAND Furniture = G = Hardware Company THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., MULVIHILL, THE COP By CLARENCE L. CULLEN. _——— + (Copyright.) After picking up the kidlet and car- rying him across the street, complete- ly disregarding the clutter of automo- biles and trucks lined uy expectantly | on both sides, the traffic cop, before | giving the arm wave to the waiting | ones to come ahead, studied his hands | as it he had never seen them before. | “I don't get it whether I'm a nut ior not,” he sald to me when I slid | alongside of him on the little “island of safety.” “But every time I git the ! feel of a young ‘un's paw in my mitt 1 feel like jumpin’' post and racin’ | back to the dump where there's a snlpe belongin’ to me that I'm bugs to git acquainted with, if ever I git the chanet.” “Meaning?"” said L. l Mulvihill was a handsome, trig ? young cop, with a good army record " behind him. “Meanin’,” replied Mulvihill, the cop, “that there's a imitation o' me up at the flat that I'm goin’ to git buddies with and cultivate one o' these nights when I'm not down for reserve jooty and can make a hull night in with the frow and—his nibs.” “Meaning again,” sald I, “a little | neighbor of yours with the same mon- niker and the same way of looking things over out of his eyes?” “A medal for you for the dome work, bo,” said the cop. “Yes. Just ! ke that. But it doesn't stop at the eyes. The snooper {8 there with the | same beak, the same gash in the lower ; part of the map, the same hemp on top , of the bean—all of the stuft that I'm ; four-flushin’ around with. Queer gag, ain't it? How d'ye figger it out?” you were to meet him on the street?” “I don't,” I replied, choosing a sate end of it. “But would you know the plece of small change, Mulvihill, if The cop grinned sheepishly. “Quitcha kiddin",” he said depre- catingly. “Are you hep to that break 1 made before they made me a traffic . peg, or what are youse tryin’ to ease { into me?” “Never guilty, but give me a scena- rio of the sketch,” I said. i “All right,” the traffic cop replied with a grin. “I'll dish it over to ! youse. But nix on the haw-haw stuft when 1 finish. noise already. “It was when I was on the One- ! Hundred - and - Twenty - Fifth - Street trudge,” said the cop. ‘“There was ' on'y two blocks to that beat, but it you're talkin' in the old world to— | But I'll tin that ramblin’ thing. Lem- ' 1 got enough o’ that | me git down to the giggle number.” “Yes,” T advised. “I need a happy ' ending, and qui~k.” | “That beat,” picked up Mulvihill, “covered two blocks of the liveliest busin~ss that— Say, you're hep to it that I s*70d up and had the bell, book, and candle thing pulled or me about this time last year, ain't you?” | “Meaning that you were married,” ;1 helped him along. that.” “Oh, you knew it, hey?" sald the cop. “Well, that'll help a little, but not much. You knew, too, then, that ' | T was humpin' that One-Hundred-and- | | Twenty-Fifth-Street beat until las’ | month?" “Having stopped to talk there with | you every night, yes,” I replied. “And the answer is—what?" ] “Nothin', just yet,” replied the cop. “I'll ease it to you in a minnit, and i then you'll roll around on the pave- | ment and dish me up more of that hoot stuff than I'll be able to stand. The start is, then, that this 12-pound bogus ' of me hopped along about three months ago. All o' the wimmin folks ; sald he was a ringer for me. It lis- | ltened pretty good, but I couldn't see ' t. “This guy had no more hair than & new cucumber, and he was that red | that if I caught myself blushin' that away I'd hep up right away that apo- | plexy was givin' me a run for the, wad, and get fixed out for a qulek' cash-in. They told me it was all right for a new one to look red like that; | but I couldn't get used to it. “Back, now, to that post in the business dlnrlct of One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street where, until they | switched me down here, I pounded | the flags every day and did the best I could to keep anybody from snitchin’ on me. “There's a big department store on that beat where, when the wimmin with babies kite along, they can check the kids and leave 'em in charge of trained nurses while they pick up their skirts to do a stampede on the bargain counters. “That baby-checking department is where I got in so Dutch that every time I look at myselt in the glass I want to put on a pair of cheaters so that I won't know myself. “l was passin’ by that department store one night about six weeks ago, doin’ the final brick pound before ringin’ meself into the station, when the watchman of the plant, a gink I knew, steps out of the main entrance holdln a bundle in his arms. “‘Look what I got f'r youse,' said the watchman. ‘Take this some wheres, and you got nothin’ t' do tin | tomorrow.’ | “Then he dropped the squawker right into my arms, and there was nothin’ to it. He had shifted the re- sponsibility for a live one on to me, | and how to take care o' the package was up to me. _sounds familiar. “] opened up the shawl and took a glant, but that didn't git me nothin’. It was just a red little plumber, like all the rest of ‘em at that age, and he was easin’ the same kind o' squeals out o’ him that all of 'em toss when they're there with the appetite an' nobody around to fix things up for 'em. “‘Fine!" says | to the watchman of the department store. ‘I am crazy over this work; but what am I l’po.ed to do with 1t? “‘All you gotta do is to take him to the station house and buy fifteen or twenty dollars’ worth o' perfectly good milk and a bottle and a rubber tube and some aprons and stuff like | that, and jes’ take care o' the little teller until somebody zephyrs along t’ claim him.' “I didn't mind the watchman's kid- | din’, but it was new medicine, b'lieve me, t' pack around a parcel that never stoped bleatin’ long enough for a guy t' listen for a flat-wheeled car, and to stack up in front o' the job o' car- ryin' that kind of a prisoner jes 14 blocks t' the station house, where I happened to be hangin’ my badge. “But, seein' that the watchman had unloaded the package on me while I wasn't lookin’, I went through with it. There was a all-night drug store on the corner where they sold milk and the gear t' ease milk into very young systems, with a rubber thing at the end to bite, and I fell f'r the hull outfit. It set me back a.dollar twenty to git a bottle and fill it up and rig the attachments so that the hol- lerin’ little piece o' wax could fasten his face to it and get hisself quiet; but it was worth the kale. “Well, I turn the lost little duster in at the desk and git a receipt for him and drill back to the rear room to pound the ear for my eight hours off, when, just as I'm dubbin’ along to the doze thing, I hear a squeak out in the front, at the sergeant’s desk, that “I sift quick into the duds and race to the front o' the house, and there's the matron, that had taken the little red bundle from me when I come, :ensln' the package into the arms o’ my wife, and the wife boohooin’ out of her face, fit to make anybody married to her offer all the coin he has in the kick or ever expects to make if she'll ., only quit it and wipe her eyes off with ‘ the end of a apron. “Yes. You win, bo! The kid was mine. The wife, in checkin’ him, had gone off to another bargain counter stampede and forgot to git back before the store where the kid was anchored closed up for the night. “How's that? It's a wise zig that knows its own father? Switch that, bo, and git right! It's a wise father that knows its own piece o’ somethin’ wrapped up in flannelette, and even when he does jerry up to lt the best he gits, as I got, is the laugh!” WILD GEESE NEVER DIVORCE Mating of Theu Binds Is Always for Life, and Thelr Devotion to Each i Other Extreme. We know nothing of the courtship of the wild geese, but we feel assured “Yes, 1 knew that it must be a seemly and worthy | these. affair. Once mated, there {8 no fur- ther need for vows and protestations, ! for the birds mate for life. Together they unite in building the nest, but the | goose alone watches over the eggs, while day and night the gander weaves in all directions on water and on land his trails of watchfulness, according {to & writer in the Atlantic Monthly. Neither man nor beast may approach without being fiercely and successfully assailed, buffeted and routed by a re- léntless attack with beak and wings. This guardianship is trebled when the new generation, helpless and de- pendent, voices its first need for pro- | : tection from the perils which encom- | pass and beset it. If, perchance, the small family elects to remain on the | shore, the parents will circle around and around the group of golden gos- lings, and if danger threatens from | any one direction the gander, by some ! miracle of strategy, will succeed in ; Placing himself at the one vulnerable point in his entrenchment, His loyalty, astuteness and unsel- fishness are not to be found in those | unobservant folk who have presumed to slander him. In swimming, the strictest discipline is maintained. The young form in single file, following the mother, while the gander brings up the rear, with eyes constantly sweeping the whole range of vision. His vigil is ceaseless and untiring. Such {s the life of those two birds who are mated in more than sex. Their Busy Day. A city man, who owing to a business deal was obliged to live for some time in a small railroad town, fre- quently felt the need of excitement. Once, when he was really depressed with the monotony of his life, he saw a wildly excited crowd gathered on a vacant lot. Prominent citizens were there hopping up and down, gesticulat- ing and shouting, and he felt that the unexpected had happened and some- thing was doing. He rushed to the lot and gasped out: “What's the mat- ter?” “Matter!” shouted a rampant citizen. “Matter? Why, we are go- | ing to hive a swarm of bees.”—The | Argonaut. e, A Reservist's Revenge. Friend (to returning traveler)—T | suppose you had some thrilling expe- | riences over in Europe? Traveler—Yes; I was arrested as a spy, and who do you suppose was my captor—a waiter I once refused a tip to over here. He recognized me and I barely escaped with my life.~ Boston Evening Transcript. l | signs, so that there is no danger of the | showing a tendency of fashion toward I in combining silk and velvet and vel- NOV. 4, 1914, BRINLEY | Just received, a co The Brinley Plow back. MODEL Phone No. 340 | | % line of 10 ar 'd 12 inch 10 to 14 inch Regular Turning Plow;& X, PLOWS mplete (BRINLEY], Orange Plow;" is built especially for Florida soils. Each one is sold with a guarantee of satisfaction or your money HARDWARE (o C. E. TODD, .Mgr. SOFCBFOBUD T QIO CHR PR TE QB0 3 S OB TPCHF O LIBOITHIO NEW REDINGOTE MODEL SRBBOPIPOPPRPBPRT DI D MOST ATTRACTIVE COSTUME IN VELVET AND FUR. Designs Vary So Greatly That There Is Little Danger of This Style Be- coming Monotonous—Various Methods of Trimming. A wonderfully attractive redingote model shown recently was made of velvet and fur trimmed. The plainness of the shaped front was broken by three or four plaits running horizontal- ly toward the sides. A band of the fur trimmed the sleeves, the wrist and a high standing collar. A long line of the fur trimmed the front at the clos- ing. It ran from the neck to the hem, and the redingote was fastened with large metal buttons. These redingotes are of various de- style becoming monotonous in the way of similar lines. Some coats, instead of being fitted to the waist line, as the old-time - models, hang straight from the shoulders. These are made more picturesque by the draping of a scarf round the hips, and one end is allowed to hang down the side. Others are eimply semi-fitted with basque pep- lums attached at the sides and the back. Again we see them with the fashionable wide belt and a slightly bloused upper portion that trespasses dangerously on the Russian lines, those ideas. There are various waye of trimming Some are simply ornamented with large buttons, others show braid ornaments, and again we see them elaborately trimmed with fur. With. out a doubt, one will be perfectly safe’ vet and cloth, The heavy materials will more often be seen in the red- ingote and the lighter goods in the skirts. Hardly anything can be found that will be prettier than velvets for, developing these long coats. The im- portance of fur as a trimming for win- ' ter garments must not be overlooked, | for almost every garment will boast of | a touch of this rich trimming. Materials this season are lovely. Shops are showing imported as well as domestic weaves, and those who buy early will have quite as varied a stock to select from as usual. It is the tardy buyer, who might otherwise wait until later in order to get ad- vanced ideas, who will be disappoint- | ed. The first shipment of autumn ! and winter goods was made before\ the outbreak of the war in Europe. It ! will be impossible for the second ship- | ment to be brought over, and later only domestic goods can be had. This, however, will give home manufac- turers a wonderful opportunity to come to the fore, and it they are uble to stand the test America may shortly stand first among those who give m- terials to the world. S New Sweaters Are Bright. Many of the new sweaters have col- lar, cuf and girdle of bright plaid. The newer ones are bright and gay in color, with a lot of dash and go in de- sign. ETUFTHATEHUEH Don’t let that cough hang on. Stop it before it goes too far. GE-RAR-DY LUNG BALSAM for coughs and eolds, ____.___________—————-——- L A esaciauU Uy Doy & Henley. GO T0 THE WOODS : DRUG STORE When you want the best in Pure Drugs and Toilet Articles £ 2 The Thought of Quality remains long after the price is forgotten ! Phone 408 Phone 4(. City Hall just across the street from US 00204240 SRS S LSBT PP 1 'F YOU ARE THINKING OFf BUILDING. SEE MARSHALL & SANDERS The 01d Rellable Contractors ‘Who have been building houses in Lakeland for years, who never “FELL DOWN" or failed to give satisfaction, All classes of buildings contracted for. The many!: residences built by this firm are evidgnces of their ability make good. MARSHALL & SANDERS T Phone 228 Bilue a Your Feet will be Please If you bring them to us to be fitted correct- ly with a pair of our Shoes. Send in the children and we will take care of their shoe wants in a proper manner. Just received a shipment of the lates Baby Dolls in Patents, Satins and Kidst We have put in a shoe shine stand for the convenience of our customers. Visit our Shoe Repairing Deparlmem . ~And be convinced that better Shos Rapair | ing is impossible. We will open your eyes with our Latest Machinery and the Neat ness and Quickness ,of our work. . Work £17T called for and delivered. DUTTON-HARRIS COMPANYS 123 Kentucky Ave. FOOTFITTERS Phone 358 Blu} PH FISCHER & O ESTABLISHED SINCE 1894 Equipped with Modern Electrical chinery we are able to do your Repairifs at Short Notice. We use Best Materi and Guarantee all Work at Satisfactory Prices. Also a fine line of RATTLESNAKE and IGATON ELTS. POCKETBOOKS. Shfie‘s, Hang‘é&gs. Etc. Work Called for and Delivered We pay Parcel Post charges one way, on amounting to $1.00 or over PH FISCHER & SON any Work 111 SO. I'LA. PHONE