Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 11, 1914, Page 7

THE EVENING TALBGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA., DEC. 11, 1914. X é | ‘- e Your House— - and Money Veather-proof your house with t that is elastic, clinching, last- Paint made from TLANTIC WHITE LEAD + (Dutch Boy Paintcr Trade Mark) pure linseed oil will protect ar house and save repair bills cause it has those qualities. It will beautify your home, for can be tinted to suit your taste mnd your house’s surroundings. QOur Owrer’s Painting Guide wili helo vou in color e :-'A?v besides gving nuuuy 2ainc irutks. Get your VILSON HARDWARE COMPANY Lakeland, Florida , 00009000000000000000000000 BOYD'S SPLENDID IDEA By MARGARET MIDDLETON. (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) “I wouldn’t dream of accepting your half-price offer,” said Mrs. Marvin, with all the liberal ingenuousness of a new and happy bride. “I need work so sorely,” explained Roslyn Boyd, “that I am willing to take anything I can get.” He was a gentleman, she saw that. His face showed cultured intelligence. “You seem to be very anxious,” she suggested, in a sympathetic, womanly way, and more than anxious was the reply. “We are hard pressed, my sick wife and two little children. About all I know is photography. Until recently I had quite a lucrative position, pho- tographing scenery for a railroad com- pany. My work for them was eom- pleted some time ago and I have had to pick up what business I can in this way." “Very well, you can take a photo- graph of the house—yes, and another of the garden and print up half a dozen of each.” Two days later, when Boyd deliv- ored his order, he departed from his generous almoner well paid and with the promise of more work. Within the week Mrs. Marvin sent him to half a dozen wealthy friends. Then she called at the humble home of the photographer in her limousine, brought dainties for his invalid wife, provided for the children and scat- . tered sunshine generally in the Boyd @ for business in about ten days, with an up-to- )@ of | ightiag Fixtures, Electric Irons, Percula- iother useful things of the very highest quality. will be personally supervised byflan expert an. nd Electrical Supply Co. C. B. LOCKE. MGR. OFOHOFOFOSOEOFPR O dnsr LODOPOLOBOID 10 JOIN THE G — SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF USELESS GIVING ALSO THE G SOCIETY FOR PROMOTION ™ OF USEFUL GIVING tric Irons, Toaster Stoves, Percula- 8, Flashlights, and Table Lamps, are ng the most desirable and useful you can select for CHRISTMAS ents. DA ELEGTRIG AND MAGHINERY GO. 'HE ELECTRIC STORE 307 E. Main St. FOFOIOHOE COPFFISIPTPOIOIOFIE0R FEPPPDOEE GEIIPPPRIPIEOIEP PRSI EbE fail to see us” q‘pfore having your Electrical work done. @ can save you money and give you better \ stuff’’ than you have been getting, and for . @little less money. T. L.CARDWELL, Electrical Contractor EVERYTHING ELE CTRICAL } Sy PHONE 233 3 * * West Main;Street and New YorkjAvenue o adltiia i i s s udd s d bl a A d i atad s sl s sl 3 NG First Class Work c‘%esl:“mfi.y Guaranteed "Work Called for and Delivered “P'have been a resident of Florida for 20 years, and am '@o\vn to many prominent gentlemen, all of whom e sommend me as doing First Class Work at Reason- fices JIM SING Pine Street Phone 257 0 t BPBPIPFETEIIIOPEPIBPSPIIPBP KELL EYS BARRED k¥ Plymouth Rocks BCTH MATINGS Better now @i e L s than ever before High [class breeding birds at reasonable prices. Fggs from high class]pers for hatching. Write me before ordering else where, . H L. KELLEY,Griffin FI household. Of course, Boyd was deeply grate- | Whenever he met Mrs. Marvin | she had a pleasant, encouraging word | ful. “] Suppose That You Wish to 8Sell Me These Photographs?” for him. Her friends helped her to send work to Boyd. He found him- self hopeful, prosperous, happy. One morning as he chanced to pass the elegant home of the Marvins, hei viewed a scene that at once troubled him. Mr. Marvin was just leaving the house. with an angry face, evidently greatly disturbed. He was a handsome man, | but his features seemed to show | traces of dissipation. Pretty Mrs. Marvin stood within the vestibule, one | hand extended as if appealing to him | Then as her husband | to return. swung away she crouched back, cov- ering her face with her hands as if in dire distress. “Trouble! Oh, I hope not, though it seems 80,” reflected Boyd, sorely dis- turbed on account of his gocd, kind friend. Then his thoughts were ab- ruptly disturbed as a friendly hand touched his shoulder. “Hello, Boyd, what you doing in' this aristocratic quarter?” hailed his challenger, whom he recognized as an old-time friend. “I am having a good deal of work in the neighborhood,” explained Boyd. “Know the Marvins?” “Oh, yes, Mrs. Marvin has taken a special interest in influencing commis- slons for me in her society circle.” “A sweet little lady, that,” com- mented his friend. “Wasn't that her husband who just walked away? fine fellow, but spoiled. Money, so- cial standing, a charming wife, but fast on the downward path, I fear.” “I had not heard of that,” mur- mured Boyd, very greatly troubled. “She don't know the worst and he don’t realize it,” went on the other. “So far his weakness is onl? getting with a lively crowd c¢f old college chume and drinking champagne. You can infer what that will lead to in time. He has a bout, say once a week, 18 brought home jolly but bois- terous, is all savage and disgruntled the next morning Its breaking that poor little woman's heart.” All this was a revelation to loyal Roslvn Boyd and he was deeply grieved. Mrs. Marvin called him in a day or two later to see about en- larging some family pictures. He fancied he could trace a repressed sorrow in her manner, the lines of care about her finely-chiseled lips. However, he dared not broach the subject resting weightily on his mind, nor proffer the earnest, helpful sym- pathy that stirred his honest soul. “Poor woman! If I could only as- sist her,” was the constant burden of his thoughts. He saw the friend who had advised him of the situation and He came down the steps ! Al 80 well held together that it is pro- | told him of his gratitude towards Mrs. Marvin, his anxiety to be of service to her. “You can’t break into a family row, you know,” he was advised. “You'd get no thanks if you did. It's just this way: if Marvin could be made to know and see the ridiculous figure he makes when he gets full of cham- pagne, he would probably be shocked into behaving himself.” “I've got an idea!” mused Boyd slowly and hopefully, and he proceed- ed to carry it out. He was an expert | photographer, as has been said. There came to him an inspiration to use his art to produce a salutary im- pression upon the reckless Marvin. After that for nearly two weeks Marvin had a shadow without sus- pecting it. Secretly but diligently ! Boyd followed him through two of his | reckless “bouts with the boys.” It was the morning after the last of these escapades that Boyd appeared in his private office. l “Mr. Marvin,” he sald, as they were alone, “I have called to show you | some photographs.” Marvin had met him several times : and was civil enough, but evidently | bored. The effects of his previous , night's debauch had unnerved him. ' He was unhinged, probably ashamed, possibly repentant, \ “The pictures comprise a series,” ; l Our Hat Schaffrer and Marx Suits are | went on Boyd. “They cover the do- ings of a man I deeply esteem, but who has fallen upon evil ways. I} hope you will be patient while I ex- hibit them, and then tell you how and why they were taken.” Marvin regarded his visitor wl(h: slight suspiclon. He gave a violent start and flushed deeply as he glanced | at the first of the pictures Boyd hand- ed him. Then he forgot rancor and resent- | ment at this overt invasion of his | strictly personal affairs. He was the center of all the pho- tographs shown. In the first he was ! depicted standing at a bar, drinking | | with men, some of whom he would not i even have recognized in his sober senses. The second showed him leaning ! from an automobile, a senselessly sll~i | ly expression on his face, throwing |coms to a hideous, jeering mob fol- i lowing the machine. ! In a third he was being held up ' i by two others while he made a speech | to & grinning crowd at a street cor- i ner. Another showed him clinging to i a lamppost, helpless. So down the | line, a truthful delineation of a tip-! | pler's progress. “I suppose,” he observed, looking up finally in a chagrined, shamefaced way, “that you wish to sell me these photographs to get them out of the ' way?” plainly intimating a suspicion of blackmail. | For reply Boyd seized the package, | tore the cards to fragments and | threw them into a waste basket. | “No, Mr. Marvin,” he said, “I only wished to bring home to you what the dear, loyal wife who loves you so ! truly might feel, if she ever saw you | &8 you have been. Oh! sir—" | “You need not go on!” cried Marvin poignantly, springing to his feet. He vently. His eyes were fllled with tears. i “Never again!" he sald. “First shame, remorse, then confession. 1 | am going home to tell my wife that she need sit up no more fearing the unsteady step that has terrified her in the past. Heaven bless you for a true, honest friend!” It was a happy-faced Mrs. Marvin { who called at the Boyd home the next { day, a hopeful-hearted, fervently grateful woman. Tearfully she told Mrs. Boyd of what her husband had done. Then, facing the noble, em- | barrassed fellow, she threw her arms | around his neck and kissed him—as might a dear, dear sister. Making Artificial Furs. ! Away up in the frozen reglons of the North, where some of the finest furs are found, the work of manufacturing artificial furs is carried on as _well as in more southern places to which ' the natural skins are shipped. i { . The skins with the fur are frozen, shaved off and thawed and lmmedl-I ately put through the necessary tan- ning process to make leather. The frozen furs are thawed slightly, ' permitting the points of the fur; shaved from the skin to protrude from the ice. i | A solution of rubber is then applied, and when it is thoroughly set it is nounced even better than the real skins, as they are stronger and are immune from moth. The process enables some kinds of fur to be sold at a lower price than if the skin was tannegd with the fur. Breaks Only the Best. They were preparing to move and s lstress herself was packing the chira £he had reached a set of bread tter plates in which she par- larly delighted—a simple white zold pattern of exquisite fineness 28 missing. She hunted kitchen and half empty s a last resort unpacked ) ed box she had just fin- ished. Ske thought of asking Del- phine. the faithful old deaf maid, but the effort required to make her hear seemed too great. s Delpiine, however, whose keen eyes missed nothing, when she saw her mis- tress on the point of losing her pa- tience came over to her and explained: “I'll have to te'l you now. I broke one of them things t'other day. I don't break anything very often, but when I do it's something of some conse- quence.” ! a | i ll Don’t Forget--- Christmas Will Soon Be Here ---And you have not bought those presents as yet = We have beautiful Bath Robes with Slip- pers to matzh for $5.40 - Ties ard Socks to match from{J$1.00 o 1.50 a Box selling better this Fall than last. Now is your time to get one. Also, our Boys’ Suits are extra good in Quality and Low in prices. Come in and look over our Stock and convince yourself as to Prices and Qualjiy of our Merchandise. JOS. LeVAY The Hub THE HOME OF Hart Schaffner and Marx Geod; Clothes * % % % Don’t forget to ask for your Calendars for 1915 Mayes Grocery Company WHOLESALE GROCERS 2260 had seized the hand of his visitor fer- E find that low prices a1d long time willfnot go hand in hand, and on May 1st we installed our NEW SYSTEM OF LOW PRICES. FOR STRICTLY CaSAH. We have saved the people of Lakeland{and Polk Jounty thousands of dollars in{the;past, land our new system will still reduce the cost{of living, and also reduce our expenses, and enable us to put the knife in stillldeeper. We carry a full line of Groceries, Feed, Grain, Hay, Crate Material, and Wilscn & Toomer’s IDEAL EERTILIZERS always on hand. Mayes Grocery Company 2 211 West Main Street, LAKELAND, FLA. P oS T i ehte st atreetretaressereatssrtircittrrernsasayl e ToegaRrde .“ Laaaa s o) 1 Y- 2l e R - Lower Prices on Ford Cars tafective August 1st, 1914 to Augustist, 1915 and guarantced against any reduction during that time. Al cars tully equipped f 0. bh. Detroit, Runabout Touring Car TR R .. .o Buyers to Share ir Profits vil retail buyers of new Ford cars from \ugust 1st, 1914 to August 1st, 1915 will ~liare in the profits of the company to the extent of $140 1o $60 per car, on each car they buy, FROVIDED: we sell and de- a liver 300,000 new Ford cars during that pe- rind Ask ur'for particulars " FORD MOTOR COMPANY ! akeland Autv and Supply Co. POLK COUNTY AGENTS.