Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 9, 1914, Page 2

Oak Rockers As Above $1.98 Quantity Purchase Makes these Prices Possible 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 = @ = Hardware Company THE EVENING TALEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., NOV. 9, 191 mmmml She walked out of the office.. The A VILLAGE GUT-UP By JOHN CHEBLE. 1 (MCmflx tl by W. G. Chapman.) dilah Plumtree, the postmis- tress of Four Falls, sat staring at a letter in her hand. The letter was not addressed to her, but it had come unfastened in the post, and so she had exercised the prerogative which is generally ascribed to postmistresses. It was addressed to Mr. Charles Black, and was signed by Andrew Usher. The sentence which was burn- ing itself into Mtss Plumtree’'s brain ‘was as follows: “I have told my wife that T have been called away on business till Mon- day, which s true in a certain sense. | T have brought Lily down here for a couple of days. She is the smartest | little thing you can image, Charley, and as fast as they make them. For heaven’s sake throw Rose off the scent in case she suspects anything.” Miss Adilah read and re-read this epistle, and then she folded her hands and uttered a calm, benignant, “I told you so.” Bverybody in Four Falls had pro- phesied what would happen when pret- ty Rose Black married a traveling man. Charles, her brother, had brought him to the house, and he had fallen violently in love with Rose. They had been married nearly a year now. No- body knew for what firm Andrew Usher traveled, except Charles, and he seemed completely under the spell She Told One of the Neighbors. of his friend. Cherles was the black sheep of the village, and it was often said that his brother-in-law would com- plete his ruin. 5 Commiserating glances were often thrown at the pretty wife as she passed by. She seemed so devoted to her husband. How long would it be be- fore her eyes were opened? Could she not read her husband’s character in the flashy attire, the money that he spent 80 lavishly, the ever-ready smile, 80 different from the sour visages of Four Falls? And then, everybody knew that it was no legitimate business which took ' him away. He was not traveling !or; any firm. Miss Plumtree sat in a daze for a long time. She must tell Mrs, Usher. But how could she without betraying her own breach of trust? She looked é hudlng of the letter again. It 'ortstown, of pl] places, where all the flashiest “sports” went about that time for thé cotnty fair. Suddenly a brilliant idea came to or. Shg knew there was another let- er in the mail addressed to Mrs. Usher by her husband. She found it and looked at it. It was mailed from another city, and, like its predecessor, it was unfastened. Mr. Usher was cargless with bis mall, The postmistress quickly exchanged the envelopes. Then, sealing them carefully, she handed them to the car- rier for delivery. After that she walted. About half an hour after the deliv- ery Mr. Charles Black came into the post office with a singular expression on his face. “Any letters for me?” he asked. “Why, I think there was one for you, Mr, Black,” answered Miss Plumtree, watching him narrowly. Mr. Black looked perplexed and walked away. And Miss Plumtree squinted out up the street, watching for her victim. Surely emough, there she was coming down. “Good morning, Miss Plumtree,” said Rose Usher. “Good morning, Mrs. Usher,” said the postmistress. “I think there was a letter for you this morning.” “Yes, I have just received it,” an- swered the girl. To the disgust of the postmistress there was not the shadow of trouble on her face. “Do you know, Mr. Usher is growing very careless,” she continued, laugh- ing. “What do you think he did? He actually put a letter to my brother into my envelope.” “Dear me!” murmured Miss Plum- tree. Then, venomously, “It isn't that | he takes anything, you suppose, is it?" she asked. Rose Usher turned on her with dig- nity. “My husband is the finest man in the world, I would havs you know,” she answered. | postmistress watched her. She saw her go into the railway station. train would leave for Portstown in a few minutes. It was an hour’s rum, the county seat. Miss Plumtree smiled to herself and nodded her head briskly. “That settles you and your man,” she said to herself. “I can see through you, you're almost as deep as he is, Usher, but I can see through you et In strictest confidence she told one of the neighbors, omitting all men- tion of her part in the affair. By three in the afternoon half the gossips in the village knew. By six all the gossips were waiting on the station platform to see Mr. and Mrs. Usher return. They were enjoying their anticipa tions. And when Charley Black put in an appearance, looking decidedly downcast, they nudged each other and chuckled. The train drew in. There were only a few passengers descending at Four Falls. Duly arriving among them were Mr. and Mrs. Usher—radiant. | Charley Black ran toward them, a! word passed, and he wrung his broth- erdn-law's hand warmly. And the smiles on the three faces, which hudn only been normal smiles of happy poo- ple, broadened as the three encoun- tered the onlookers, until they beclmo regular grins. “This 1s quite a gathering,” said Andrew Usher, addressing the post- mistress. “Waiting to meet some- body?” “Don’t you dare speak to me,” sald | the offended woman. “I know all about you, if you think I don’t. And let me | tell you this, Four Falls is a moral village, and we won’t stand for any of | your abominations.” “Ha!” exclaimed Andrew Usher, briskly. “Been opening letters, eh?” “How dare you!” cried Miss Adilah. “Well, all I can say is that those two unfastened letters were in the right envelopes when they left my hands,” answered the bad man, “be cause I took pains to have a witness present. You laid a little trap, Min' Plumtree, but it was I who set the! spring.” He turned to the onlookers. “I hope you are all satisfied,” he said. “Perhaps it will be a little lesson to' some of you. Mrs. Usher knew nllI about the matter, but she was foolishly | afraid of the village opinion. I told her the villagq, opinion was that of alot of female rattlesnakes, due to the fact that there is superfluity of female rattlesnakes over male rattlesnakes in' these parts, the men having emigrated —and I don’t blame them.” The spectators fell back with angry, | inarticulate gasps. “But who {s Lily?" gabbled a dame, whose curiosity was too strong for her discretion. “The filly that won twenty thousand dollars in a canter this afternoon,”! answered Andrew. “Mine.” CENTIPEDES A FOOT LONG Glant Insects of the Tropics Have Forty-Two Feet, and Every Claw lo Polsonous. The giant centlpede of Trinidad and ! Venezuela {8 sometimes a foot long, ' and can do very serious harm. Its' foremost pair of feet are modified into supplementary jaws, which are fang- | like, and may inflict a powerful bite; ‘ turthermore, each has a poison gland ' at its base, that sends into the wound a venom deadly to small creatures, and very painful even to mankind. Moreover the sharp claw of each of | | the 42 feet is polsonous likewise, ”l that when the animal crawls over the soft skin of the human arm, it leaves | a trail of red, inflamed spots. It ls dangerous to knock the centipede off, | for instantly the creature drives the claws more deeply into the flesh, l.nd ' sends & greater amount of vénom l into each puncture; it may also take hojd with its jaws. %h 'tho eenfipede selzes its prey, or is itself caught by an enemy, it colls itself round its antagonist, and grips it tenaclously with all its legs. Many myriapods are brightly banded with black and yellow, contrasting tints that show conspicuously against the dark soll of the forests where | they abound. The giant centipede !s‘ & shining mahogany brown, with the legs bluish and ringed with yellow.— Youth's Companion. Wireless Worries. Wireless telegraphy has done much for us, and will probably—or rather, surely—do a great deal more for the benefit of humanity at large. But, it they could speak, many birds would probably tell you that they don’t approve of this new invention in the least. For in the parts of the world where there are a large number of wireless stations observations have been made which seem to indicate that birds are disturbed in a very curi- ous way by the wireless waves. The unoffending sea gull is one of the chief sufferers, as also is the harm- l less dove. This strange state of things is at- tributed in some way to an effect of the ether waves, though how it is brought about is not yet understood.~ Answers. The Farmer’s Explanation. “Every now and then we read about a lot of quail following a hen up the road,” sald the summer boarder. “Yes,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “How do you explain it?” “Various ways. 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The models are clever versions of the , new ideas in neckwear, and the mag- ple suggestion carried out in vivid | stripes marks one of the new and in- expensive varfety. This vest, with collar attached, ready to baste on any frock, sells for a comparatively small ! sum, Another pretty suggestion is a de- cided novelty of the season, made of | a lightweight lin- en, the edges and revers being scalloped in a col- ored floss. The vest fastens down the front with large pearl but- tons. These vests are rather expen- sive, but can be made very inex- pensively by the woman with nim- i ble fingers. i Among the i st | neckwear we also come across a nov- elty in the way of neck ruffs, if by such name this little collarette can be styled. In reality it is merely a little choker collar of ribbon covered with plaited chiffon, while the top is fin- ished with a narrow edging of ostrich plumes. This collar, which is car ried out in the prescribed colors of the season, fastens on one side with a coquettish little bow. Gay Roman stripes still play a prominent part in the season’s fan- cles, as illustrated by one of the new belts, which show a combination of leather and brightly colored striped silk. The belt and buckle are of silk, while tabs of the leath- er are suggested for ornamenting the front. The new belts con-! tinue to be ex- treme in width, but are soft and pliable, crushing into graceful folds. For novelty in footwear we must hark back to the sixteenth century, when the soft, high-heeled shoes worn by the women were finished with a blunt, square toe. The few import- ed shoes that have arrived here have the appearance of the end of the shoe being cut entirely off. 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