Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 15, 1914, Page 11

THE EVENING TALEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA, DEC. 15, 1914. ¢ p— po—— rushed through the hall and were caught in their father's arms. “Daddy! Daddy!” they cried in de-, light. “You’s doin’ to stay, daddy,” cried one curly-head, “’cause mamma said wood-dealer Tiad relieved the imme- diate wants of the Sonnatini family, and Morrison, with two receipts mads out to the World, was hurrying to the office to write the story of his life. Duffy was knee-deep in copy, but he liked that. He handled all the YOU Was when you came back.” “local,” and kept the linotype opera. _ DS mamma want me to stay, do tors crying for quarter most of the YOU think, Mildred?” ¢ time. | “Oh, yes, daddy. I heard mamma Morrison had finished his story and 8%k Dcd to send you home to her.” | was off on another assignment. Snead _ ‘AD instant later daddy was holding was grinding out a suiclde, with the 2 balf-faint but happy woman in his as he proceeded on his way. “I don’t Ik usual tear trimmings. Duffy weeded &rms. like that sentiment, and I always || out the copy rapidly, casting the!' Duffy was crushed; the business thought that Hal Sturges was the last | “slop,” as he called it, right and left anager was wild; the entire town man in the world to entertain such a and piling up the spicy matter for the of Madison was in hysterics. Wilson, fallacy.” regular two o'clock edition. Morri. the business manager, had caught the | The soliloquizer, however, did not son’s Sonnmatini story came in for ©dition, but only after some five thou- know that his usually bustling, hope- rapid perusal and immediate disfavor. " sand papers had reached the streets. ful young friend was under a pretty | “D—n that cub!” muttered Duffy. Nobody but a —— —— —— fool gevere strain at the present time. editor, told “Come on, Snead,” he called out.| would have made such a bull,” he Hope, ambition, love, seemed all about gratulated on “Cut that story off. I've got a good | Stormed. ‘“Lindeman, a wellknown to wither away because of money and 'all in so mon, one for you.” | broker; wife lives in a palace; foot- its urgent need. | He caught up the assignment-book, | [l coachman, automobiles, and all; Many years previous Hal's father York —" he, “Take this down: Mrs. Edith M, | that sort of thing. had loaned David Eastman a large students serve | Lindeman—got that? 1125 Calvert| WhY, It'll cost us $10,000 even to gum of money. Things went wrong ! , and are glad | street—two children—husband miss. | SOmPromise it. Dida't anybody In this with Eastman. Then they went bet. | Anyway, you| ‘~e—starving—World sent supplies. | d—4d office recognize the name? By ter He was honest and he turned | 1d style. Watch | Throw a good heart-throb into it. ,G“d' I'l cripple the staff. Il dis- gver to his creditor his little mort- | ou'll get a line! “Hey, Jimmie,” to the office-boy, Charge every man—" | gaged farm at Grayton, with the pro- “tell the foreman these receipts go on | . 110¢ telephone bell stopped him. yigo that he was to be its tenant at ! P of the staff, and | the first page with story; De Vinne ! Wilson was standing near by, and he g fixed rental while he lived. Finally | Barded him envi.| €aPs. in box! Now hustle, Snead! |Jerked the receiver off the hook. ' Eastman wrote to Hal's father that ! from an assign-| Tear that off as quick as you can.” | . En? Mr. Lindeman? What's that? pe would be able to square the whole | ims of stuff that, Morrison got it when he returned. | Oh, yes, I'll send him over right away. gebt, some ten thousand dollars, with- | Biod to the com’l “Now look here, my boy,” said| M- Lindeman, this is Wilson, busi- y, 4 year. | a touch of the | Pufiy. “You've got to brace up. Get : T.°SS manager. I'm going to see you— HaJ's father died before the year d put no dis-| @ little style into your stuff. That How? Never mind? i assure you, yag uyp. Hal wrote to Mr. Eastman, . story of yours would be all very wen | Mr.— All right, sir.” asking what the prospects as to the Duffy, get hold of that young Mor- ;romised money might be. He re-! on the News, for instance, but it | rison and send him to Lindeman's of- iejved a speedy reply, stating that it | won't go here. 1 had it rewritten. | fice at once. Tell him to explain the Lo would come down‘to Grayton the | 1 Here is the story as seen through Mr. | whole business. We've got to throw g1g account would be settled in cold |f Snead's eyes.” ourselves on his mercy. cash. s . Morrison was deeply humillated. He | “Give the story a two-column dis- Hgj arrived at Grayton to find that mor he had been | 100K the copy mechanically and re-| play—same place as the other—first mr gastman had died the day before. BB« ions ofi it | turned to his desk. His glance fell | edition. Gad, what a lot of fat-heads,” A gearch was made for a will. None : ‘| on the manuscript. Interest, surprise, and Wilson withered the staff with his .o found. For money. There was amazement, gave place to suppressed glance as he strode toward the ele none at bank nor in the house. Only & PLANTING PENNIES A N By ADA MAY ROWLAND. BERGER. Y o likely a cub 3 office of the 'Hello, Hal—anything wrong?” “Nothing but what money can cure.” | Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) i { | &5 “H'm!"” observed the first speaker !, and a to set the na- that he was a ), after a month placed on the pllars a week, ere that Dana at little more, - ] 4 i 1 |« 3 11 } 3 e ‘man in the poms who did not of his pupil—| d been a cub un- Billings, who! Don’t Forge:--- selling better this F.ll than last. your time to get one. Suits are extra good in Quality and Low in prices. S:ock and convince yourself as to Prices in January. A 5 blockading the "¢34 business to the' Snead tramped the police reports, | heap on Duffy's and settled him- stalking at the door, with two tots weak icle on East Side reports through ous assignments mpleted, the re- ] d to receive fn: 6 dey. i” ho sald, “look up b Take it down: pdeman, 1125 Calvert fen; without food an order on the food and wood if te a half column, ‘forth that morning, Ry L pn was somewha! ® read the number a veritable man- to pay,” though onsulted his notes were the figures ce. ttired in cap and ring. Yes, Mrs. He felt iike a it out. purse,” he finished, one, though,” said ind the maid. A the mistress, came a strikingly hand- but her eyes were ntinued, “this gen- {8 looking for that I had no j the rear. such straits. It 1 5 pou want. The maid e, Morrison entered h emerged on anoth- ' hind the Lindeman ig a flight of rickety up at the door of & GIVING Y ASS - Dawson & Thornton. Falks Department Store. Glenn Shoe Company. ANTS TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION, - TAMPA, FLORIDA ‘office currency, and pugh the snowdrifts ide. It was a pe- n that one might alor side by side own as the “ex- . . . . e * t it must be con- E PAY YOUR FARE but unholy mirth. Snead’s article Vvator. An hour later, Morrison entered the M., office, smiling. “Thank God!"” cried Mrs. Edith it Lindeman of 1125 Calvert street, “My chil- | It's all right, Mr. Duffy. Mr. Lin- dren will live!” deman says for you people to rest In a home made desolate by the deser- ! eggy. He won't su i tion of a husband, with gaunt hunger let.the matter dsl'oel; Wl Ll D from want of the bare necessities of life, “Oh, by the way, Mr. Duffy. a reporter for the World appeared this got to quit you. I've Sorry, too, but Mr. | morning, and in the twinkling of an eye | Lindeman has offered me a job.” q ;L‘l‘:_‘en“‘:;a:‘;n;‘(‘;::e was changed into @, yyct then the elevator stopped at It was a pathetic story that Mrs. Linde- | the office floor. Morrison took it. | man had to tell of a husband untrue tohis | “D—n that cub!” murmured Duffy. * vow to protect her, who had abandoned her in the heart of a cruel winter and left i liis family to its fate. Tears flowed down the woman's cheeks as she recited the story of his perfidy, “God knows,” she told the reporter, I was a good wife to him.” There was more—about half a col- umn more—of harrowing detalls, but Morrison had had enough. His mind was firmly made up. Walking to Duffy's desk, he laid down the copy. “Very good indeed, Mr. Dufty,” he sald quietly. “But if I could write like that I wouldn’t be working for you at ten dollars a week.” Duffy grunted. One Long Record of Wars. ! The first accounts we have of man- kind are but so many accounts of their butcheries. All empires have been ce- mented in blood; and, in those early periods, when the race of mankind be- gan first to form themselves into parties and combinations, the first ef- fect of the combination, and indeed | the end for which it seems purposely formed, and best calculated, was their | mutual destruction. One thing, how- ever, is clear—there were conquerors and conquests in those days; and, consequently, all that devastation by which they are formed, and all that oppression by which they are main- tained.—Burke “For God's sake, Edith, what sort of a ghastly joke is this?” Andrew K. Lindeman, broker and clubman, stood in the drawing-room of his former home in Calvert street, hat and gloves in his hand. He flourished a copy of the World _— i cxcitedly. Quall Is Farmers’ Friend. ; “":h;a:‘":‘“‘:h:"n‘:lk“::e:“h:’:':’c‘: w:: The quail, between his cheery calls 2 of “Bob-White,” 1s busy consuming a study. o 135 varieties of insects. He will eat The idlots!" she cried. on an average 75,000 insects and Then the ridiculousness of the thing | ¢ 109,000,000 weed seeds a year. He struck her, and she laughed outright. | 4o tye natural enemy of the boll-weevil You didn't really think we were ., the potato-bug and the best friend starving here, did you, Andrew?” she| . man, who 18 trying to destroy him ;“m' Whe‘fk she had recovered he: in nearly every state. If we do not reath. nd did you really care?| . ... the quail, it will not be long Strange! I thought you had forgot-| y,y) pig cheerful whistle will be ten you had a wife or children,” and | y05rq no more, and in its place we her eyes regarded him sorrowfully. will h " ’ ” ave the unwelcome buzz of de- That's right,” said the man bit- structive insects as they settle on the ' terly. “Blame it all on me.” ’ “It's the Sonnatinis, in the rear. A et ) ciop lo_devour it Strengthening Shoes. reporter came here this morning; but 1 saw him myself. I can’'t imagine Soak the soles of shoes over night how the mistake occurred.” in linseed oil before wearing and they will last as long as the uppers. Par- “Well, I'll have something to say i over there in the morning. Good-by. | ticularly is this recommended for chil- I'm going back to the hotel, Edith.” The woman looked at him wistfully, but said nothing. He had almost reached the door when there was a shout, and two white-rowned tots t t ere, and what was Vests With Smart Coats. Vests are worn with the smartest A A R AAAR AN QIR B S D Db OU THE ADVANTAGE OF MUCH LARGER AT LOWEST PRICES WE PAY YOUR FARE MEMBERS Turner Music Company. Wolf Brothers. Mass_ Brothers. .. @ Mass the Haberdarsher. ) Owen-Cotter Jewelry Co. Tampa Furniture Co. B R A A AR AR RANAAAAANAAAARA | become his life partner had a certain . lie in her usual bright sympathetic ' mood. He stayed to supper. As usual ° | the few pennies he never begrudged ' the orchard in quest of the truant dren's school shoes. | » styles of coats and they gemerally “If you want to know, though, I'm| ) groceryman and a fasten close to the neck. ! planting pennies!” | “Planting pennies!” ejaculated the| ‘ they chinked. ORTMENTS AND BEST QUALITIES | Hal eagerly. "l She showed him. — | the old farmhouse was in evidence as tangible property. It was a great disappointment to Hal, all this. He had confidently | counted on the money to start iy business. He had already invested 1n i that direction. This became a deud1 loss. He had to go back to a poor E paying position in the adjoining town. ’ Then, too, a situation evolved at the ! little farm that distressed him. Dur-} ing the last year of his life Mr. East-, man had given a home to an orphan girl and her little sister—Nellie and Lois Blynn. The young lady had been housekeeper and nurse for her old almoner. He had given her a cow.| some chickens, and the old farm horse | and carryall. Independently Nellie & had worked up quite a clientele for; milk and eggs in the neighboring vil- lage. | Usually, Saturdays he ran down to' pers to matzh for $5.(0 Ties and Socks to match from $1.00 to 1.50 a Box i ! i | [ | [} Christmas Will Soon Be Here I ---And you have not bought those presents as yet We have beawiful Bath Rcbes with Slip- Our Hart Schaffner and Marx Suits are Now is Also, our Boys’ Come in and look over our and Quality of our Merchandise. THE HOME OF Hart Schaffner and Marx Good Clothes * k%% Don’t forget to ask for your Calendars for 1915 e the farm. | e Soiipofpeel e cdoos SR BocBo SrCHR G BoRooBo B BB Bl BB e o Upon the day that he felt that ! anwwm«bmum money would cure a great proportion , .%. of his ills, Hal was realizing how ® glow was the process in his present . environment towards attaining a com- | petence. Unknowingly, the vagueé, thought of being able to ask Nellie to ! b % & | place in his aspirations. | He was greeted at the farm by Nel-; he gave to little big-eyed, wistful Lois, | ;; her. “You mustn't do that, Mr. Sturges,” | chided Nellie Gently, as the little one scampered away. i “Why not?” challenged Hal, pleas- antly. “Because she seems to lose them all. It is strange, but she never asks to go to the village and buy sweet- meats, like ordinary children. The pennies always disappear mysteri- ously and she never tells where they 8o to.” “Perhaps she has a secret hoarding place?”’ suggested Hal, with a smile. He left Nellie and strolled through child. Finally he caught sight of her blue frock over near a fence corner. “Why, what are you up to, little one?”’ propounded Hal. Lois looked up with a little an-|%% swering frown, “Not very nice, being peek-a-boo on a young lady!” she chided, childishly. baffled Hal. l “Yes, sir. All you give me—in here,” and she patted the ground. I “When they grows, I'se going to pick ! whole baskusfuls off'n the bushes.’ “Whatever put that in your head, | child? demanded Hal. H “Gran'pa;” so she had been taught | to designate Mr. Eastman. “How is that?” pressed Hal. i “Saw him do it, watched him,” was | the blunt explanation. “Bags—and And jew'lry, and pa- ! pers. He didn't know I was watching ! { him. Never growed, though. Guess spot was too shady.” “Where was the spot, Lois?" pressed | i A bright light of : ! intelligence had flooded Hal Sturges’ | mind. Ten minutes later he was view ing the ground under an old oak tre ! where Lois insisted she had seen ! | “Gran’pa” “planting money.” “I've been doing some digging,” an- nounced Hal to Nellle somewhat later, | and he told of his discovery. “A small fortune,” he explained. “Dear little Lois, but for her the hidden store might never have been found. Then,” ! and he drew nearer to Nellie with a manner that consciously made her flut- | ;' ter, “I should not have been able for ° a long time to ask a question I must now propound.” “A question? faltered Nellie, all a- tremble. “Yes, dear Nellle,” was the prompt _ response, “will you become my wifet” PAFEEEEEE SR ESSASFREEE SRS HEFFEE Y Fancy Xmas Fruit Shipped to 3 Any Address Oranges, Grapefruit Tangerines, or Mixed Boxes Call on us Phone 281 Mayes Grocery Co. i S i aassasanssd Lower Prices on Ford Cars ffective August 1st, i914 to Augustist, 115 and guaranteed against any reduction during that time. Al cars tully equipped 1 oo b, Detroit, Runabout... ... ...$440 Touring Car ........ 490 Town Car... ...690 Buvers to Share in Profits Al retail buyers of new Ford cars from August 1st, 1914 to August Ist, 1915 will share in the profits of the company to the extent of $40 w $060 per car, on each car they buy, FROVIDED: we sell and de- liver 300,000 new Ford cars during that pe- riod. 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