Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 2, 1915, Page 2

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(Copyright.) “I can’t, Miss Betty. do, you know. mother—" The girl stamped her foot impatient- as she stood on the platform at ayville, looking up at the young en- gineer who was leaning from the win- dow of the cab, cap in hand, a per- plexed expression on his face, “I don’t care,” she declared mutin- ously. “I'm going to ride in the ecab with you. You used to let me. Don't you remember? Mother won't mind. Please, Mr, Bell!” The engineer remembered well; in fact, too well. “All right,” he said resignedly. “I suppose I'll have to take you, if you insist.” He reached down the gangway and helped the girl in, to the intense de- It wouldn’t You remember your ly quite light and curiosity of the few loung- | ers on the platform. Then he took his place at the throtgle, later No. 17 started on run to Riverdale, The long fields, looking still and ghostly in the quiet starlight, slid by them in rapid succession. her hat, and the rush of air whipped her hair around her flushed checks, her 20-mile admitted over his shoulder. “But I | can see my finish when your mother | hears of it.” No. 17 was running ¢ ly along the smooth stretch of track about a mile ! weariced | cast of the bridge when Detty, of watching the wor her attention to t and sky, turned > engine “Won't you let me take her, Ed?” | Betty asked presently. “I think nct, Miss Betty” he an- swered. It hurt him to refuse her, howey and he huastened to soften his de! do anything like that,” he risk would be too great. right well, but—" “Oh, very wel with raised eyebrows, At the same moment she became conscious that el had shut off the said. ra l e to, returned Betty, steam and that the epeed of the en- pine wi tle ser slackening. Then the whis; kes on |n-un. ting whee! tis it, | Dell was o wly peering ahead, striving to pierce the gloom that shut | down like a mantle in front of the glaring headlight. “Red lantern,” he replied. “We're almost at the trestle. 1 dare say there’s something wrong there. The rains we've been having for the last week have swollen the river.” The fireman came over to the right side of the cab. “Can you make out anything?” he asked as he climbed into the cab and stood by Bell's side, touching his cap respectfully to Betty. Bell shook his head. Detty leaned forward to look through the window, and her hat slipped from her knees. She stooped to recover it, just asthe engine quivered to a panting stand- still. The shock threw her forward, and losing her balance, she slipped to the floor of the cab. At the same in- stant two dark figures leaped from the bushes beside the track, one on each side of the locomotive, “Hands up!” came the command, and the engine crew found themselves looking into the barrels of two very serviceable revolvers.. Bell gave an exclamation and start- ed to rise. There were two spurts of flame from the darkness, followed by loud report. The engineer swayed slowly back and forth, and then pitched forward, his head and shoul- ders half out of the cab window. “Put up your hands if you don't want the same!” snarled one of the dark figures. The fireman's hand had gone swift- 1y to his hip. He drew it forth hold- ing something that gleamed in the darkness. There was another flash and report, and he sank into a quiv- ering heap at Detty's feet, “Get a move on, Jim ono of the masked men. lers won't do no harm, time to fool.” exclaimed “Them fel- Retty raised her head and listened ' intently. Save for a gasp of horror when the fireman had gone down, she had made no sound She realized instantly the highwaymen ence in sealed They were some distance away now. She could hear their footsteps at the car door. There was a confused noise of shouting—a piercing cry—then si- lence. Trembling in every limb, the girl rose to her knees and bent over the that should the cab her fate would be body of the fireman. He was very still. On the breast of his shirt a patch of scarlet slowly wicened. She took his hand, it limp and power- less in her own Her fingers sought his pulse. but could deteet no faintest flutter A great wave of horror swept over her He w vd! For a moment she knelt fa 1 si then <he crawled to Bell's side her feet erself to He stirred uneasily and aned 1 1 igh [} r y wouunded, “Ed!” she whispered. “Ed!" He opened his eyes a looked up at ber, vacantly at first, then with a dawni ght of recognition Pl ked weak- 1 to a « i after the They're express car money What shall we do? and a moment | Itetty took off | I really couldn't let you | Tho | amed and there was a grinding | and there's no | discover her pres-| ““I don't know. My head is spinning so I couldn’t walk a step to save my life. If we were only nearer the mine! We've got the pay-sack—over | twenty thousand dollars—in there!” “Can’t you start up and run for it?” Betty asked anxiously. “If 1 did they'd be out of the car and up here before we'd get ten yards. If Phelps was only alive, he could go back and hold them with his gun un- til I got her going so tiey couldn’t jump. DBut—" “I'm here,” said Petty quictly. She bent over the body on the floor and | fumbled for an instant. When she straightened up she held the dead man’s revolver. “You can’t—" began Bell, but Betty interrupted him with a gesture. | “I can and I will,” she said deter- | minedly. “Even if you could waik, | your duty is here. You can’t leave the engine. If those men get clear { away, there's no telling whether | they'll ever be caught. [ ecan shoot —if I have to. You watch. When you see me in the car door, start, and don’t stop short of the mine.” Bell reached out his uninjured hand, and she took it in both of hers. od bless you,' he said simply. The girl turned ¢ without a word, and began to make her way over the iender. The door of the ex- | pre car was open on a crack. { One of the highwaymen stood with his back to if, t revolver in his hand covering the messenger, % express who was backed up in a corner. The | other man It in front of the safe, | transferring notes and gold to a gunny-sack on the fioor heside him Cautiouily the girl descended the perpendicilar ladder at the back of ' the tende. and 1 at 1 on the | platform. She 1 »d the revolver, Through the stillness her voice | clear d steady rang 'l ghoot!"™ man with the a bullet in the “Hands up n ¥ wie or the and sent gun i | d rection of the voice, 1t whistled harm | lessly over the girl's shoulder, and { as the report of her own revolver | vz out, the man slowly doubled up umped down irio a heap on the he train started { With an oath the man at the safe forward Then he st : blue eyes girl in the were bl the st 1 of the revolver never A poir of arms suddenly went around him from behind, and he was hurled backward to the floor, where he struggled in the powerful grasp of the express messenger, “Take hiz gun away from him, Joe, and him up,” suggested Betty, catehing vp a coil of rope from the floor and moving into the car The train rolled cver the long tres- tle and into the woods beyond. | Through the darkness there came a rapid series of short blasts from the Whistle, The girl hesitated. FEd must want her help, but dared =he go? “C'an you hold him, Joe?" “Sure. I'm all right,” ply. Up the steep ladder and over the | tender she climbed, steadying herself against the rock and reel of the fly- | ing train, while the whistle shrieked again and again. On the narrow seat Bell was s poed door- | dy wvered, | spran 1T of the ing into his she asked. | | was the re- | ing unsteadily back and forth. His s were half closed, his clothes stained red with the blood that dripped from his wounded arm. | “Betty!” he murmured. | She could not hear, but in the dim light she saw the movement of his *lips. “I'm here, Ed; reassured him TI'm—I'm all in—I—" his hand fell forward on his breast. “Stop—her— | at—the—" his voice trailed off into silence. The light of the station was coming into view. On the little platform Bet- ty could see a knot of men gathered. Again the whistle sent its clarion warning into the night, but this time it was Betty who pulled the cord. She shut off steam and applied the brakes. As the engine came to a standstill, she tottered to the gangw She could see the crowd surging into the ex- press car; one or two sprang toward | her. The lights of the station danced madly—grew dim, and went out alto- | it's all right,” she gether. “Doing nicely—just fright and | | overexertion—be all right in a day or | | The disjointed sentences seemed { to mean nothing at all; but Betty w | somehow conscious that someone was talking about her. She opened her eves and looked about. The sun w; streaming brightly throngh the win- { dows, and she was lying in her own | bed, with her mother bending over | | he | | “Rd! she whispered : Her mother stooped and kissed her swiftly, and turned away. Someone clse was standing beside the bed now someone with a white bandage around his forchead and one arm in a sling “Betty—dear!” he said And Retty smiled a contented, py little smile, HER MAJESTY'S FUND hap- By HARMONY WELLER. 1914, by the MeClure Newspa- ) 1 long wistfully at t 1 ring lying in the pa f h 1. She had promised faith- ful that « 1 anyth happen to r soldier b who had gone to the front would take off his ring and | dispose of it - It will or be a constant rern er of me,” he told her at partin “and if the battlefield claims me you | will fo! me the quicker without | | that rin as nearly all d had went, Thorpe belonged to the famou Watch Ela found her home cheerless and decided upon a trip to New York. | America at least was neutral, and | | there was little danger of bombs and {under those circumstance : spies to further ihe wreck of ber 3 ’ agged nerves. rel’r‘:yordigs after Elaine had sailed ' for neutral lands Ethel Davis was walking down Oxford street. She stopped interestedly in front of a win- dow that displayed an odd assortment of jewelry, embroi ¢, paintings, In- dian relics and historical gems of all kinds. These were being sold for the queen’s fund, and a treasure had been sent when perhaps the send- er had not even a 'hvmng to offer. Ethel gazed at some of the jewelry. It one of her hob- bies to collect odd bits of ndnrnmr:m She knew that s 14 be helping to augment the queen’s fund should she see anythin : that lured her into purchasing it. | When Ethel caught sight of the beautiful ring that formed an E, her own initial, she was lost. Never had | she seen a ring so completely desir- able as that one with her birthstone set in to form her letter. Opals and diamonds ¢l red with exquisite charm made a most lovely ring | thel went into the shop. When she emerged her figure felt warm and very much de If. The new rin nderfully dainty on her hand 'nd seemed made to adorn its ne ner A few days . she motored down to Brizhton, ¢l was in the habit i of driv down wer luxurious car | and t oldier boys for | The my Thorpe was |* lifted into the beside her was a | most exciting one for Ethel. She aazed SOrTOW e kilty, who ecmed ‘o be all banda and tucked the rugs about him th her own slim | and for me ) ] « virled reported as having been killed My mother fainted wher e ‘found out I was still in the of the | ing. Nice pt i it Ethel smiled a q to Jim my's loguacic that had sn ficient of the Seotch in it to charm her American ca “My irl, t v me dead,” he continued 1 1 cannot nt nicate with her even n \wiful blow it will be to e | Ilh.! red d suddenly what a real ful t i!d be to 1y # to loge a Jiminy horpe. She was so thoroughly annoyed at herself for blushing that she determined to put down her chiffon veil and hide herself away from his keen blue eyes. , During the piocess of adjusting the ! veil those caught sight of ' the ring he had civen Elaine and he drew a swift breath. He was indeed | numbered among the ghosts. “Tell me,” he questioned t how you came by that is Hw one I hi same eyes quickly, ring—it made for my fiancee, When Ethel had told him the whole story she flashed an indignant glance at Jimmy. “I don't how any Bring herself to give awa soe girl could a ring— “She was only keeping her word to me,” Jimmy said quietly, “You could not have made me prom- ise, Ethel told him with laughter in her eyes, “because if I hadn't loved you I most certainly would have loved the ring. Strange that it should be my birthstone and initial—isn't it?" “Not so very strange,” Jimmy said, “when you think of the future—is it?” that assortment | % the whole problem of wasted opportu- I'and developed the roof garden & b= =3 Q o =4 Phone No. 340 "J ROOFS T0O MUCH NFGLECTED Valuable Space in Crtv That Is Seldom Put to Any Kind of Use Today. CBOTCED At a convention of owners and man- | agers ot kyscrapers,” held recently in Duluth, one of the ikers made | & an interesting prophecy as to the fu-1 ture uses of the g, empha- ' G sizing in p: = neglected roof. | § “Dungalows built on top of tall bufld- | & inzs," he predicted, “will house the ! owners in summer. A permit for such a bungalow has already been en out in Chicago.” The rather odd suggestion brings up | nities which the roof of the average tall building presents. Long ago the hotels realized what an asset a roof is, In a number of the middle western cities the upper floors and roofs of commer- cial’ buildings are leased by the prominent city clubs, which thus se. cure airy and quiet quarters with flne restaurant location, in the very heart of_the city. Bl SRR ITTT { Lake err(.)r}Hotel MRS. H. M. COWLES, Prop. Under New Muanagement. Refurnishedand thoroughly renovated, and everything Clean, Comfortable and 538 SEIIHEBOBILHICH 0+ Dining Rcom Se:vice, Unexcelled. | Rates Reasonable. “Perhaps not,” she said. Y. ur Patrorage Cordially & | SN NS H Invited. Academy of Birds. i | On a little house in London appears ‘?""“"3“" PEEPEFIIOPIIDEIETIIN | the interesting sign, “Academy for | Birds,” and from the open windows in | summer comes a “m,ft mfiflzmg vol- FEEETDIIHHSEEERIEIFIIBEEID | ume of bird-song The “professor” - is not at all particular as to the breed é:" or value of the pupils offered. Any . & songbird s eligible: terms, 50 cents | VY NEther It is - for the course The “academy” guar- & antees that cach pupil shall Ie.\ve;A Bound Book g: the establishment fully proficient to * render three airs without omission 3: and in correct time >, X . The method of instruction is very annilse b4 simple, and is said to be remarkably successful. There are three rooms, in each of which is a phonograph which plays a single air. A new bird has his cage hung in room No. 1 antil he has learned to sing correctly the constant ly-repeated air, and is then, transferred to the second, and in time to the third room. The professors are hope- | ful that some day it may be possible to teach Strauss to a parrot or a Beethoven sonata to a starling. FOR THE BEST APPEARANCEl Beauty “Don'ts, Apparently Simple | in Themselves, Yet Mean a | Great Deal. | Don't frown. Your forehead will' soon show permanent wrinkles if you make frowning a labit Don’t bolt your food. Tuke your time over eating and masticate your food very carefully, if you wani tc keep your health and looks Don’t adopt a siyic that doesn't suit you, I wart it | may be i Don’t take too much tea or coffee. loth should be taken in ration only u are in mber that Don't eat starchy foods i clined Ren 10 be stout lemon juice and all acids have remark- | ably thinning properties Don't go out on a windy day with- | out first rub! ng a little face cream | weil into the and dusting tho face lightly over with powder after| ward | Don't wear tight shoes or shoes with ' ultra high leels if you wish to cultl Don't wear low skin, u a bright tou ite it you have a sal- u can relieve it with h of color. Black Velvet and Roses. The use of black velvet ribbon, with tiny pink rosebuds on white part i ¥, 3 e g frocks and dancing costumes, is grow- Y I'ry our Home - made Ing. A white chiffon dancing dress | ¥ has fiving bands of black velvet hang. t tunie, from of black velvet | four or five | e attached h, groups of the abou These we the tunic by means of “osebuds. 'Evening Telegram’ Job Office Letter Heads Bill Heads Envelopes Business Cards Calling Cards Invitations Programs % Or Anything that Is to be Printed 1 22QFOPOFOQIOFOPOE QPO Qe C S PPl SOPOBOFE Remember the w | | | PAPEIHEEHOBAPOIOEOFDIOPOROED, DBl .1)«}‘15»{)4’- ik & 1s one of the BEST . Equipped in the State and will be glad to take your order. Superior Work Quick Service Reasonable Prices Is Our Slogan Phone 37 Evening Telcgm Fui Head of Main < @D h e S2PEDEPOP P Frefh \p'llathlcola < Oysters 50c¢ gt; pt., 2 i Peanut Brittle and er ENNY iston l-m ding. PHCNE 226. Prompt Del. s 6 1915 Looking Forward 1915 Let’s be Boosters for the Coming Year! Tell folks that you live in the BEST TOWN, THE BEST STATE and THE BEST COUNTRY ON THE GLOBE. BELIEVE IT TOO! 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S Chuck Steak per pound ..... .12 1-2 Stew Beef, per pound ........; ... 8¢ and 10 Pork Chops, per potnd ... cses sovves 18 Pork Hamj peripound: ... ic aesvoiiiogni 18] Pork Stew, per pound ...... csoes .. 15 On All Measts They are always fresh and best quality. J. D. McLeod Prompt Delivery Phone 272-F 214 Main Stree LAKELAND, I_TI Begin the New Year RIGHT Wear Our Stylish and Correct Fitting Shoes If it is STYLE and COMFOR'I' you want COME to US. Introduce your Feet to CORRFCT Fittiag Shoes Our SHOE REPARIRING DEPART- MENT is in charge of an EXPERT. All work done NEATLY and PROMPTLY. QUICK SERVICE our specialty. CALLED for and DELIERED. DUTTON-HARRIS COMPANY 123 Kentucky Ave. FOOTFITTERS Phone 358 Blue Shoes that Fit Shoes that Pleas work COPOBOBOFOSOSOBO Res. Phone 153 b RS Office Phone 348 B.ack Beautify your Lawn, Let us tell you how, Little it will cost. Lakeland Paving and Construction Comp: 207 to 216 Main St. LAKELAND. 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