Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 23, 1914, Page 6

THE LOST FREN By H. M. EGBERT. (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) Col. Jim Slee sat in his swivel chair and looked at Miss Elizabeth Ray and pulled his drooping mustache. Colonel Slee was the last man in the world whom one would have associated with a large city store. A little over fifty, perhaps, with a splendid figure and military bearing, there was some- thing chivalrous about the man in spite of his reputation. If there can be grades of fast livers, the colonel un- doubtedly belonged to the highest grade. In 50 homes he was regarded @8 a man of unblemished reputation; and those who knew what his life was somehow exonerated him. The colonel had fallen heir to the store on his brother’s death, and he had not known what to do with it. THE EVENING TALEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., that she did not understand in his de- meanor that evening. And, what troubled her most, she had somehow felt that it was not advisable to make any reference to him in her letters to Tom. Tom was looking forward anxiously to seeing her when her vacation came, the following month. Perhaps then she would tell Tom. Perhaps % She went to bed with a conscience ot wholly free from problems, It was a day or two later that Miss Elizabeth spoke of her vacation to the colonel. “Why, I have been thinking of that,” he said. *I shall want you—at least, I should like to have-you help me, if you can. You see, Miss Elizabeth, I am taking a little yachting party to Key West, and I ought to keep in touch with business affairs. If you could ac- company us, you can have another holiday when we get back.” The yachting trip was to take about six weeks. Miss Elizabeth had never been at sea; much as she wanted to see Tom again the invitation was ir- resistible. The colonel told her that there were to be three or four other ladies. They were to go aboard the vessel at the little private dock at His first act was to call all the em- | t ployees together and raise their sala- seven in the evening, a week thence. ries. Then he promoted all the pretty l Miss Elizabeth wrote a letter to girl clerks. The colonel's old-fashioned | Tom, explaining the situation and fdea was that the prettier a girl was— | promising to come home as soon as and every girl was pretty if she had | she returned. Then, at the appc.nted IN THE NEW TAFFETAS THEY WILL BE LARGELY USED FOR FALL COSTUMES. Street and Afternoon Frocks in All the Fashionable Shades Already Are Seen—Model Designed for Royal Blue. Because the manufacturers have made for us a beautifully heavy and lustrous taffeta we are allowed to bave it for a fall dress fabric, as well as & summer one, and as it lends itself so readily to the designs and styles of the season needless to say we are all glad of its further lease on life. These new taffetas resemble some- what a very fine twilled grosgrain, but have much more body. They are to be had in all the fashionable health and a sweet temper—the less hour, she right she had to labor for a pittance. Miss Ray, being the prettiest and most Innocent of the lot, was appointed the rolonel’s private secretary. That was as far as the colonel got before the departmental managers in- terfered and told him, with firm polite- ness, that he would have to leave the ! ment in the dining saloon. accomypanied the colonel, who called at irer boarding house in a taxicab, to the § The yacht iay alongside the wharf. A watchman ccd her decks, but, though they inspecied her from stem to stern, there was no sign of the oth- ers. They hzd sat down for a mo- The girl er, I charge of affairs to them unless he; was becoming a little nervous. wished to drive tne store into bank- ruptey. The colonel made them agree that the revised salary schedule should i riedly. stand, and after that he came down to ' here? “We will have dinner now,” said the colonel. “Wait a minute,” said the girl hur- “When will the others be Your sister—is she not expect- the store for about two hours a day ; €d before we dine?” and pretended to answer letters. It is doubtful whether he would.have come more than twice a week but for Miss Ray. She was about twenty, | The colonel pulled his mustache and looked hard at her. Then he stretched out one hand and patted hers gently. “My dear,” he said, “we are going to and she came from a little town in : be the only two passengeis aboard this Looked at Miss Ray and Pulled His Drooping Mustache. Connecticut. She was one of the pret- tiest girls the colonel had ever seen, with her fluffy brown hair, gray eyes, red lips and unsophisticated ways. The colonel was a little afraid of her at first, but after a while he won her | confidence. He knew how to do that; he was always gentle and always a gentleman. t He had employed her as his secre- tary, at twenty dollars, for about a month when he learned about Tom. Tom was a young farmer in her home town, and they were engaged to be married—perhaps in a year's time, wher she had saved her trousseau money and he had begun to make things go better. He had only lately taken over the land, and it was heavily mortgaged. “Miss Elizabeth,” said the colonel, and, though it was the first time he! had ever called her by her Christian name, his tone was so respectful that 3t was impossible to take exception to ! his words —“Miss Elizabeth, you are | and bent cves | dogk; Le called a Why, here you could | her to her door much too charming a girl to take up country life. bave your giek of a dozen million- ! nires.” { Miss Elizabeth laughed softly and | gellvery i | : . '. looked at the colonel with that inno- | asking her to bo!d her position at the {slender. It is well to file the nails on cent expression that always puzzled him. “I'll prove it,” said the colonel. “I'm | going to take you out to lunch with me, and just you watch the men stare at you.” Miss Elizabeth put on her hat and accompanied him. She had never been into a big restaurant before, had never eaten cold jellied consomme or tasted champagne. She sipped about two tea- spoonfuls of the ice cold wine out of courtesy, although her parents had trip.” The girl Icoked at him with terrified eyes and rose from her chair with a little gasp. To the last di: of her life she always pictured the cclonel thus, seated before her, pulling his drooping mustache, and smiling at her with such a kind expression on his face. “I thought you understood, Eliza- beth,” said the colonel in tones of grave politeness, There wos reproach in his vuie, but Colonel Slee could never be aaything but a pentleman, Attractive and Novel Trimming Is Here Employed. “But—you said—you said—" the girl 5 exclaimed; and even then she could :::ig(_'s,_r.nd“ar\e‘tbemg 'f'?‘d'“i up exten- not quite belicve it. But prescatly she i ) FAS Buieen . And Faltornoonsiooss understood. She was not at all angry. e She felt the tears of humiliation rush to her eyes, that Le should have mis- understood her so. And there was more than huniliation—there was real gorrow for the loss of a friend, the only friend she had had, except Tom, since her parerts died. “Are you going Rlizabeth?” asked the colonel, watching her. She began buttoning her coat. “You ought not to ask me that—O, what have I done to make you think other- wise?” she pleaded. “My dear,” said the colonel, “I thought you understood the situation. Perhaps I was wrong; I had no aish to deceive ycu. That is not my way. There are ccrtain conventions : why did you think I was taking you out to luncheons and dinners?” “As a friend,” she cried hotly, feel- ing her cheeks burnii He shook his head. “Men of fifty do not make friends of their lady em- ployees in that way, my dear,” he an- swered. “l am Let me help you with your coat.” They went up the stairs to the deck and stood side by side there ior a mo- ment. Everything in Elizabeth's life seemed to have crumbled into ashes. She turned. “I am corry,” she said. had understood. Good-by.” For the life of her she could not summon any indiguution against him. She did not feel the insult then, only the unbearable | Ie Coleonel Slec ¢ 'y, “I wish I her hand in his ‘They strolled up the awxicab and escorted Then he raised his hat and left her On the followlng morning a special | arrived for the girl, | store till the colonel's return. They need not meet, he said, but he trusted | she would take charge of his interests till he could meke arranzements. Elizab.th went back to busit She did not sece him n. The yacht was wrecked in the great storm that ravaged the Florida coast thaf summer. Colonel Slee never appeared again. He doubtless died, with all (hg crew. But he had had time to make certain arranzements. The girl found herself the possessor of a substantial been prohibitionists. Still, she did not | Jegacy. But she never told Tom all the want to hurt the colonel. “I have had a most delightful time; you are very good to me,” she said, when they returned to the office. “Feel like repeating the experi- ment?” inquired the colonel, and Miss Elizabeth nodded gayly. That was the beginning of many luncheons. At times the girl's heart misgave her; she felt that she ought not to accept so much kindness from this friend. But he was always so gentle, so entirely respectful to her.| Then one day the colonel invited her to dine with him and go to the theater. For the first time that night, after 282 circumstances. That was a page ot her life that she tore out of the book. Keeping Wine Properly. To keep wine properly, the liquid must actually touch the cork, for any air that is compressed here by cork- ing the bottle is very injurious. Air can be removed by taking a small cop- per tube about the size of a quill and filling it so as to make a semi-tube, then fixing a thumb ring at the top and sharpening the bottom end. Place the tube in the neck with the flat side inst the glass, and the cork is she had left him at her door, Miss Eli.' driven in so that the air comes off zabeth began to dread that his interest through the tube. in her was not wholly platonic. There had been an undertone of something ' the bottle. When corked, tube is withdiawn an the d no air is left in Here illustrated is a charming cos- tume in royal blue taffeta worn with fox furs dyed a delicate sulphur color and a jaunty chapeau in blue vel- vet with yellow tinged feather fan- tasies, The bicuse is plain and surpliced | over a tiny vest of white batiste, with | a flaring collar and small lapels of batiste twined back from the V neck. ' Long sleeves are set smoothly into ex- tended armholes, and are covered with a heavily embroidered black silk net, then' finished with turned-back white cuffs, The ornate net is applied to the bor- der of the tunic skirt and makes a | very handsome trimming. It will be noticed that the tunic is gathered to a hip yoke under a self-covered cording, but the yoke in turn is gathered, too, and the result is very graceful, A broad girdle is cut out in square tabs about the top and along the line of fastering. The idea is repeated in the skirt placket to bring the closing in perfect alignment. If desired, the sleeves and lower portion of the tunic can be made trans- parent by cutting the dress material from under them, but in that case the design could no longer answer the pur- poses of a street costume.—Lillian Young, in Washington Star, MISTAKE TO NEGLEC} HANDS% They Are a Thing of Eeauty, or the Reverse, According to the Atten- { he al ne 'at | Always file the nails from the cor- ners toward the center of the nails. ¢ This tends to make the finger tips the same day every week. They seem to feel the regularity and look better for having them done in this way. About polish, every one has her own., They are all about the same, that is, if you get a good one, which you should be careful to do, as a rough, inferior polish is apt to scratch the nails and in time thicken them. Those who have not thought it worth while heretofore should begin now to care for their nails. The little time spent at this will show in good- looking nails before very long. Be- gin today. 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