Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 16, 1914, Page 7

roven by our six ss in Lakeland. the National Steel concrete Burial Vault locks of all discrip- tions. nt, Pressed Brick, k. Pier Blocks, 3 Drain Tile, 6, 7 ench Post; in fact made of Cement. | JTIONALVAULT GO. ARNELL | ) HEAVY HAULING | HOLD MOVING A ; [PECIALTY } D MULES ¥OR.HIRE 109;- Res., 57 Green ant’ Fresh Clea:& 0 ROCERIES?| The place to get harness i at harness headquarters. We have ev- erything needed to ride or drive a horse and of good quality at rcason- able prices. From the heaviest team harness to the lightest buggy har- ness this is headquarters. Special attention to repaii work of all kinds, MCGLASHAN OANITARY PRESSING CLUB CLEANING, PRESSING. REPAIRING and DYEING. Ladies Work a Specialty. Satisfaction Guaranteed. GIVE US A TRIAL Kibler Hotel Basement. Phone No. 393 WATSON & GILLESPIE, Proprietors are at your service for anything ied by an Up-to-date Grocery pne orders glven prompt attention J.REDDICK pod Things to Eat CE RNIPS FRESH TOMATOES CUKES CELERY H FISH EF PORK CABBAGE CRANBERRIES PORK SAUSAGE SAUSAGE VEAL WESTERN MUTTON Big Pure Food Store AND MARKET DNE 93-279 Edmonson & Miller ower Prices on Ford Cars ffective August 1st, 1914 to. Augustist, 15 and guaranteed against any reduction ring that time, p. b. Detroit, Runabout. . . ... All cars fully equipped Touring Car ........490 690 Town Car... Buyers to Share in Profits | retail buyers of new Ford cars from gust 1Ist, 1914 to August 1st, 1915 will are in the profits of the company to the ent of $40 { $60 per car, on each car y buy, FROVIDED: we sell and de- pd. €r 300,000 new Ford cars during that pe- Ask up for particulars FORD MOTOR COMPANY kelemd Auto and Sufinlv Co. OLK COUNTY AGE TS. " Jand spot where he could think out and | i | one letter. It was to hie friend Amory, HER NOBLE MAN By ALVAH JORDAN GARTH. _ “You are the noblest man I evel'| knew!” | Her fair soul in her eyes, Evelyn Snow stood before the man who at the risk of his life had saved her brother | from a terrible death in a runaway. She was trembling all over. In her eyes was the warm ardor of more than | gratitude, and Bertram Morse read | what it was and his heart seemed ! bursting. ' Evelyn ewayed toward him. Closer ! came the cherry lips, bent on bestow- ing upon him the kiss of utter thank- fulness, the reward for his courage and manliness. i “No!” he said, and his voice was | hoarse and restrained and he held her | at arm’s length. She deemed that his expression conveyed a charge of um- womanliness. She tried to break from him and hide her face for shame, but he held those struggling hands impris- oned. “Wait!” he said, sharp pain in every accent of his voice, but tender- ness and decision, too. “You and I need not misunderstand. Your troth is plighted to Amory Kendall. He is my best friend. I dare not be treach- erous to him. You must not. My love!”—and his great frame was shaken—"oh, my love! This shall be the supreme moment of my life until I claim the kiss I only defer.” “What do you mean?” she fluttered, and longingly. “That I am going away, that I hope you will be happy with the man whose glory is in claiming you as his wife. But through all the lonely future I wish to feel that you owe me that kiss. It may be years, but some time, some place I ehall ask what honor bids me now postpone. When I ask, will I have that kiss?” “Yes, yes—oh, you are breaking my heart!"” and Evelyn ran from the room in sobbing distraction. Bertram Morse hurried from the house and its vicinity. He thought only “You WIIl Not Send Me Away, WIll You?” of reaching the outskirts of the town, of being alone in some secluded wood- wear out the great grief that was con- suming him. He tried to slip down a eide lane as he saw coming toward him Amory Kendall. But the latter had espied him. He ran up to Bertram, affectionately entwining the arm of the | loyal friend he loved next best to Evelyn, “You big, brave fellow!” cried Ken- dall, “I've heard all about it. The whole town is talking of the fearful risk you took, and well they may. Oh, | how grateful Evelyn will be! You must come at once and see her.” “I have just left her,” said Bertram as steadily as he could. Amory, she‘ is a rare jewel. Cherish her as the apple of your eye!” | “Why, how grave and strange you‘ act!” commented Amory. H “] feel s0,” responded Bertram i gravely. i “Sort of ehaken up after your lucky | escape—I see,” remarked the light- | hearted Amory, and let his friend pass on, little dreaming of the wild turmoil | going on within that loyal heart. Till the dews of evening covered him, till the distant bells chimed out | the solemn midnight hour, till the first twittering birds began the greet- ing chorus to dawn, his face buried in the grass, Bertram Morse fought out | his great battle. He loved Evelyn—he was even sure that she loved him. He was unfortu- ! nate in not coming on the scene until Amory had proposed to her. Good old Amory! They had been like brothers. He was not strong and muscular like Bertram, and that had made Amory always lean toward him protectingly. Then, too, he needed a woman's tender care, for there were times when his frail frame could not withstand a chronic illness he had inherited. So, with the early dawn Bertram Morse quietly, sadly turned his back on the world that had been, and the | ones he cherished. And all through the searing ordeal he whispered to self: hll:’When she is old and I am old, and Amory will not care, I shall claim iss.” { m:e:tnm visited a widowed sister In o town at a distance. He wrote ounly { of handthrowing.” telling him that he counted on a better working chance out West, and had started on his journey thus abruptly i to spare the pain of parting with his good, kind friends. Then for three years those friends heard nothing of Bertram nor he of them. He went away from civiliza- tion. With a body of sturdy prospec- tors he braved the hardships of two trying Alaska winters. One day Ber- tram turned up at the home of his | eister, a tired-out man, bronzed, rough- ened, but breaking down with a feyer. There were weeks of lonely illness, then a protracted convalescence. He was seated in his invalid chair one sunny afternoon when he called his sister to his side. “I am getting nearly well enough to ' move on again, Bertha,” he said. want you to call in the lawyer tomor- row. I did quite well out West and brought a tidy little fortune home with | me. I want to settle it on you, for I may not return again.” That was his determination. The old tugging had come at his heart lwhen he realized that he was com- | paratively near to Evelyn. When des- perately ill he had thought of sending for her, but had procrastinated the or- deal. Now, however, he said: “And mail this letter, Bertha,” and it was directed to Evelyn, He had asked her to come and see him and bring her husband with her. ! “I am going away never to return,” he wrote. “I want to make Amory a little present out of the fortune I have made and don’t know what to do with. And 1 want your parting benison”—the kiss! The lights were low at eventide two days later when the invalid heard a rustle at the front doorway and a voice that thrilled him in converse with his sister. It was Evelyn. “Bertram!” and a welcome form came into the room. , “Oh, why did you not send for me before during all your | lonely illness?” “This moment compensates for all,” murmured Bertram unsteadily. “And now I am here,” continued Evelyn, “you will not send me away, will, you?” “But your husband, Amory?” “Did you not hear? He died a year ago,” explained Evelyn in a subdued tone. “Bertram, I was his true wife, and I told him all. He died blessing |. me as his faithful, devoted companion and you as the truest friend heaven ever gave to man.” One hand rested caressingly across the fevered brow. The other held his hand and the contact thrilled him, I have wondered—" her voice died down and her head sank low. “Wondered what?” he asked softly. “If you would ever come back—if— ir—" “I would claim that dear kiss?” he : supplemented. “Yes"—her voice was the merest whisper now. “Its memory has made my life sweet and beautiful,” he said thrillingly. “Dear Amory! we both loved him, we both were true to him. Yes,” added Bertram clearly, “you can stay, you must stay, for I cannot live without you.” “And the kiss?” her shy face was half averted, but every pulse was fiut- tering. “I wish it now,” he said. (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) SINS BEYOND ALL PARDON Cowardice and Treason Never Con- doned by Women—Feeling That Is Deeply Rooted. Woman will forgive almost anything fn man except cowardice or treason. There she draws the line. Not only is the feeling instinctive, but it comes to her through long years of human evolution. In the earliest ages her l ! faith, as well as her safety, was in the man who stood face to face with the enemy and fought for her. It is not a difference in heroism that makes men soldiers. Nature has arranged that very nicely and women know and understand. They know, too, that the same nature imposes upon them perils and burdens that exceed those of the battlefield, and good men understand that the best they can show in per- sonal courage and fortitude is only a poor second to the fearlessness of womanhood. Thus patriotism blossoms and blooms in woman’s soul as naturally as the old-fashioned rose grows in the old family garden. Its roots are down deep; its vitality is ever equal and its fragrance is the sweetest thing in life. With full hearts but tranquil souls women can send forth thelr sons, their husbands, their sweet- hearts, their protectors to danger or to death—to anything save halting or }, , dishonor. A great American admiral put it neatly when he said victory was won by the woman behind the man behind the gun.—Editorial in Woman's World. Beginning of Antwerp. Antwerp it is said, takes its name from a castle which in Frankish times ! marked the site of the city. This cas- tle was built to protect the entrance . of the Scheldt, and to prevent foreign | traders introducing goods into the country without paying toll to the sovereign lord. The penalty for theft and smuggling was in those days the cutting off of a hand, and, as in this case, the severed members were thrown into the Scheldt, the castle came to be known as Andhunerbo (or, in Flemish, Antwerpen), “the place The castle and two severed hands appear on the city arms to this day. | '§ “Father is dead,” she sald mourn- fully. “There were no children. Often ! | Why not Made-to-Your-Order Paint? Mix your paint to suit surface and weather conditions and tint it so it blends well with the surroundings of your house, Atlantic White Lead (Dutch Boy Paiater Trade Mark) and pure linseed oil mixed right * on the job and tinted the desired colors make perfect paint. You get not only the colors you want but a sure-result paint—so fine it anchors into the empty sap pores and stays on till it wears out, ” Yo other paint requisites here, too. Cflgls.i:amm:naw Thcmuonol WILSON HARD VARE C™. —ar- - ——— SREVLOHOLOFOCCHOFOLOCO 1O IV IVLOIVROF 2OSQ OO HOSOBO O Sdn ,g The Lakeland Steam Laundry SIDISIIEFHEIIHIBIPDPIIHEE (ST 3 s i Sagnitary; FEPFTRDEE § ? LEE DL LR TR TR B LT LT B EE T RS DOl LAUNDRY EEEEET T Y No disease germs can live in Clothing that are sent to us, and we are Careful in the Laundrying, not to Damage the Garment. | If you send your Clothing to US, it will not only Look Clean and Pure, but IT WILL BE SO. Our wagons cover the entire City. If you have a package you are anxious to get to the Laundry before the wagon comes around, Fhone us, and let us show you how soon the Boy will be there for it. PHONE 130 QS0 PO CHE CEUERFD SOTRBSEGBO wmnmm-&uw&mmwmo«mwmg' Attention! Some good things in Ladies’ Coat Suits Not the latest Fads, but see the Quality, then listen at the prices, $12.00 to $35.00, to close out at $700to 3] 2 00 ‘With a little alterations you have a good Suit. Glad to show you. BATES STORE O oo ol O D Gredodocdidsfudedy : Mayes Grocery Company ' WHOLESALE GROCERS ¥ (=23 4 4 T O 3 clu putfesile Xlnl ng SOPOHOTQEOD d Pl “A Pusiness Without Books” I E find that low prices ard long time will not go haud in band, and on May 1st we installed our STRICTLY CASH. We have saved the people of Lakeland and Polk County thousands of dollars in the past, and our new system will still reduce the cost of living, and also reduce our expenses, and enable us to put the knife in still deeper. We carry a full line of Groceries, Feed,"Grain, Hay, Crate Material, and Wilson & Toomer’s IDEAL EERTILIZERS always on hand. Mayes Grocery Company 211 West Main Street. LAKELAND, FLA.