Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 24, 1914, Page 7

den of the house his father had left him there were a dozen healthy apple trees just coming into bloseom. There THE NIN EVENING TALEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., NOV. 24, 1914. was only one way of transplanting such at this advanced season of vege- By MILDRED CAROLINE GOOD- disturbed as little as possible, RIDGE, “Why, Lane,” epoke Mr. Gordon, % e Bagorhogong & o i : next day, “wh Nettie Gordon is coming home, I |UP o ol mi ::served Richard Lane, meet-| Richard blushed like a shy school- = s friend, Levi Barnes, on the vil- | POY caught at mischief as he explained. “QA:tregL He had two men helping, and a horse | p d her sister Constance with her,” | 824 flat wagon. He worked the hard- | lo:;x the reply, and then the two men | €5t Of them all. The transplanting was | s ed strangely, evasively one into |2 Success. Then for two days he was | oo eyes of the other, acting as though almost a constant visitor at the Gor- ey would welcome further discussion | 900 home, watching and watering the of an interesting subject, but each | D€V apple tree. averse to betray the desire of his Nettie came home at night. On the mind. train she and Constance had met some | Richard Lane went on his way friends. Incidentally the great ice ! deeply reflective. He was an odd, storm was referred to. She learned | studious young man. He looked more | ©f the destruction of her favorite tree. | grave and settled just now than ever, | Those referring to the incident had not | for two things were pressing on his | €arned of the replacement. Nettie | mind—he was trying to hide a secret, | W88 Wweak and nervous. She was in ‘ FISCHER & SON ESTABLISHED SINCE 1894 Equipped with Modern Electri L chinery we are able to do yourcfi:;:liriih' E=> at Short Notice. 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The | the village swains. Richard and Levi | home nursing, the kindly mother care, had known them for several years. however, began to revive the worn | Both were constant visitors at the Gor- | SPITits later in the day. As she got ! don home, They were a happy friendly | Fe3dY to go down stairs she chanced quartette. Then came a break. A |tO 8lance from the window. A cry ot | rich relative in the city had invited the | delight broke from her lips, bringing | girls to pass a social season there, | Der mother into the room. ‘ No word of love had ever passed be- “Oh, mother!” exclaimed Nettie with tween the couples. Richard was deeply | SPArkling eyes, “some one has told an in love with Nettie. He believed that | UBtruth about the apple tree being de- Barnes was, too. In his humble self | 8troved in a storm. Oh, the sweet, deprecating way, Richard decided that | SVeet blossoms, just coming out, and Nettie, with her bright, joyous ways, their exquisite perfume—I could kiss longed more for wealth and gayety | them. every one!” than the simple home life he could | ‘It 18 & new tree, Nettle,” said her, offer her. | mother, and Mrs. Gordon went on to! Then the two girls went to the city explain. She noted that Nettie's face and word reaching the village of their | 8l0Wed Wwith pleasure and gratitude. gay fashionable life there, both young | Tne mother liked Richard Lane, and Have just received a new shipment of fail to see us” Arrow Shirts, Neckwear and Onyx Hose Will appreciate showing before having your Electrical work done. We can save you money and give you better ‘stuff’’ than you have been getting, and for litt'e less money. ARDWELL, Electrical Contractor VERYTHING ELECTRICAL PHONE 233 est Main Street and New York Avenue men concluded that the Gordon girls would never settle down to their old quiet life. Richard amid his gloomy reverie was addressed twice by a lady he was passing by unnoticed, before he looked up and recognized the mother of the girle. “I suppose you have heard that the girls are coming home next week, Mr, Lane?” she remarked. “Yes, I heard of that,” responded smiled as she remarked: “I suppose Mr. Lane would give hig whole orchard for one of those kisses you speak about, Nettie,”” and her daughter turned her happy, blushing face away 6o she could not read her confusion. It was the following day that Rich- ard strolled timorously in the direc- tion of the Gordon home. He met Levi Barnes just leaving the gateway, flus- tered and excited. “Speak a good word for me ..§ them to everybody - 4 FECT Paov. 25, —In the tower the winter sea- a8 brought about a revival of the * (By Associated . Wiashington, Nov. 25-—.ne State department was advised today that General Blanco left Mexico City yes- terday and the Zapata forces immed- fately took possession of the city. Richard in his quiet reserved way. “It will be a great contrast to them, this bumdrumn life after the gaiety and variety of the city.” “It will be a welcome change, Net- kangaroo court,” before which Communication with Mexico City is every new prisoner must stand trial, | 4ifficult. The officials here L'O{ in and all this week the court did a touch with their representatives, but rustiing business. The judge is a no official report has been received big black negro prisoner, and thu’r"p"”""“ disturbances 12t nieht, EERT TR Do G G b RS B g B Sl S0 B you..' 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Give us your Orders for Dressed Turkeys Imonson & Mills EBIG PURE FOOD STORE AND MARKET PHONE 93-279 B @il RO tie writes, and Constance, too,” sald Mrs. Gordon. “I judge from what they write me that they crave the restful- ness of the dear old home and the good R A Cry of Delight Broke From Her Lips. loyal friends they have known eo long. Nettie 18 quite ill. The city doctor says she is on the verge of a nervous collapse, the result of late hours and continuous going about. Poor Nettie! Her last letter told of how she would love to get here just as all nature was putting on the green and flowery garb of epring beauty. She said it would be like heaven to look out of her bedroom . window mornings, with the gentle breeze wafting in the odor of the blos- soms of the apple tree just under it. Why, Mr. Lane, you planted that tree Don’t you re- for us four years ago. member?” “Why, yes—I think I do,” etam- mered Richard, his sensitive mind flut- tering at the allusion. “She will miss that tree dreadfully,” went on Mrs. Gordon. “I had not the heart to tell her that the great ice storm had broken it down just after Christmas.” «And she mentioned the tree?” al- most unconsciously murmured Rich- ard in an audible tone. “Yee, and spoke of your planting it —but she never writes without asking wbout you.” Richard Lane’s heart throbbed with a new inspiration of hope as he left the lady. The emotion shadowed later, as he reflected that Nettie, after her bright city experience, would regard him as duller and more commonplace than ever. And then, too, as he thought of Levi Barnes and his sprightly tal- ented ways, he felt that he had a dan- | gerous rival. ' “But I'll do it!” he said to himself ! resolutely. “She may not love me, but ' she will love the tree. That is some- | thing,” decided the poor unselfish fel- , low. { What Richard was thinking of doing, : was to remove the stump of the old | tree and plant a new one. In the gar query. “Oh, you know!” laugl and swung on his way. )S FAST Yes, with a sinking he fancied he did, indeed, knés ) about to turn back, wher-The Rus- Nettie seated in a lawn ‘erman left the new apple tree. to trust- “Oh, Mr. Lane,” 8he.,. here brightly, “you must come‘im‘ neres me thank you for this dell(:! and she waved a spray L court attaches are all of an equally dusky hue. Every “new nigger” who arrives is immediately tried for the offense of breaking into jail, and is alwayg convicted on prima facia evi_ dence and set to sweeping the floors or doing other work. The court has grown bheyond a joke, however. It is la tribunal H o L E {[mnl\h- floral beauty. ment for ° in- line * She led him into a chatin htTED {A; entertaining way. She told L oW | % she appreciated his wonderful thought- ! % fulness, his arduous work to give her . pleasure. Nettie looked so appealing | ' in her helplese invalidism, so interest- | ing in the confiding, friendly way ln‘ which she treated him! Oh, so muck grace and dainty beauty was not for him—his heart sank, then he became grave of face and voice. Nettie stared at Richard in puzzled & wonder and he began to tell what a % splendid fellow Levi Barnes was. He was honest and earnest in his praise, t but his heart eéeemed breaking all the time. Then a sudden light illumined | her mind. Her glance softened, she gazed at this noble, self-sacrificing man with an expression in her eyes that thrilled him. o ! “It is about his asking Constance to | @ ~ marry him?" she eaid. “Oh, that in ! & gettled. He needs no pleader with sister.” { “Constance!” gasped Richard, and he turned white and trembled. “Then—" | He did not finish the sentence. A vast wave of hope overwhelmed him. They were interrupted by Mrs. Gor- | don. | “Come again soon, won't you?"! spoke Nettie, Her eyes flashed the | earnest welcome of that invitation. | “The best, the truest, the noblest | man I ever knew!” cried Nettie n.s; Richard Lane passed through the gar-| den gate. | She threw herself into her mother’s arms. Her happy lears gushed forth. “Oh, mother, dear mother!” she whispered fervently—*"1 love him! I love him!” (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) the of- E find that low pri STRICTLY CA We have saved the living, enable us to put & @ & DR EHOEHERPDBBBOSBEEBE DD { 3P PPPBLEPPIOIFEPPPEEEDD - Lower Prices o Pain and Ignorance. M. |-ffective August 1Ist, T When you learn to see in all pain the result of ignorance and the spur toward knowledge; when you recog- nize all punishment as remedial; | when you come to feel the presence of the eternal spirit of all life in ! your own heart, in the air you breathe, in the glance and handclasp of your friend, then you know your- | self to be immortal, and you give over the fear of a vanishing physical youth | for the supreme joy of eternal spirit- ual youth, knowing this mortal life to | be but the beginning of eternal oppor- tunity for love and service.—~Marian Dudley Richards. i 0. b. Detroit. Runabout Touring Car Town Car. .. All retail buyers of new August 1st, 1914 to Au share in the profits of t they buy, FROVIDED: e liver 300,000 new House Flea a Menace. . The house flea is a nuisance only too familiar. It becomes much more gerious in view of the world-wide prevalence of bubonic plague. 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