Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 11, 1915, Page 2

e ] EASY MONEY STORIES By REDFIELDINGALLS. _———————m When the tale of the successful crook came (or came back) into the literary field a few years ago, and Raffles and his brilliant brothers be- gan to vie with Sherlock Holmes and his in the favor of the public, the Up- to-Date Magazine, of which T was a subeditor, was one of the first to real ize his importance. We were lucky in securing Mont: gomery Tuckahoe Purse—"M. T. | Purse” his friends called him—as a, regular contributor. | His famous hero, Easy Money Pat- | terson, soon became the big feature of our every edition. 1 Month after month the Up-to-Date | ran his adventures, and then, without the least warning Monty Purse disap- peared and the stories ceased in the middle of a series. ) We_jumped into the breach with a ! i D‘ SOSOPOPOFOLOBO 0T Rexall THIS WEEK All Rexall Goods Guaranteed See Display. 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Monty was one | Y of the best fellows I've ever met. He ‘ I I'm not ure of my was really modest, to begin with. he'd insist. “They want Then he was as nearly as possible | StOTies about Europe and society, or the opposite of his hero; the soul of the West, or the East, or the North, honor, generous to a fault, as trust- |Or the South, or the Fiji islands. I and ingenuous as an | don't know those places and people. O. Henry rube, irresponsible as a | !n the face of Kipling's dictum that | child—and always broke. | “Accuracy is the touchstone of all art,’ He simply couldn't keep money; |1 wouldn't dare write about 'em. It's didn't seem to know its value. Many's | ¢3Sy enough to make up plots for | the time he came to me to make a | th0se Patterson stories.” | touch of a few dollars to tide him over | ['ut Monty disappeared: the month, though he might have got | It dawned on me one day that he his check from us the week before on | Padn't been around for a couple of the strength of his next story, which | %ecks to be tided over. Nobody else he would write in a day or so—“]usl"“" seen him, I found, and when the | as soon as I nail the idea, old man.” lr.urrl week went by without a sign of | And he never failed to pay up as | him, 1 started to investigate at a hint ' His next | punctiliously as though his life de-|{To™ the editor in chief. pended on it. tale was long overdue. | | : | The boys all liked him in conse- | At his lodging house in West Four- ! | * I've a.~)\ed hxm. surely get away with it.” monthlies? teenth street the landlady told me, uence, and there was no mockery in | . M . :lhe SR e mms;i’, with genuine regret, that he had left | He was alone in the world, so we suddenly nearly a month before, with- did what we could to keep an eye on out a word as to where he was going. him. But he never got into any real | ‘\"",. there 'h? L e,"de‘ | trouble \.nh;x;ul hmn: private detectives, i we could do ing i 0 And, to cap it_all, be had £RBIUS. | sond s \\'or;.m ing until he chose to | A day or two later he did, but it | didn’t help much. I got a picture post- card from him, dated at Cairo, Egypt. “Having the time of my life,” it said. “Sorry I couldn’t get around , to say good-by. Will write.” But he never wrote. I was considerably sur- prised and inclined to be angry with him. Where had he got the funds to travel? Six months went by. For four of them we ran the Pat- terson stories, as usual; then the sup- ply gave out. The chronicles of the brilliant master-rogue were not in the magazine for August Hardly had the September number reached the news-stand when a storm of protest began. Readers all over the country wrote | indignant, facetious, or aggrieved let- s, wanting to know why we had ailed twice in succession to print the -Money" stories. 00ks as though we were going | to lose some subscribers,” said the ed- {tor in chief, and with that to think about I went out to lunch. In Fifth avenue, not a block from the office, T ran square into the van- 1shed author. “Monty Purse!"™ I cried. under heaven have you been “Why, blessed if it isn’t Sponable! he vmed heartily, squeezing my hand in strong, brown fingers, “Gee, I'm glad to see vou! Isn't this old hamlet a i 1d delicht of the Leart and a comforter of afMictions? Come and have a drink. I've forgotten what ail tastes like turned throu w1 r our heloved Gone was his ;5 dress: gone the worry that used to shadow his face. That face was now tanned a rich brown and was lighted by an dx- pression that belongs by divine right | only to persons of wealth “Where have vou been?” I repeat ed as we found seats in a cafe. He turned to a waita. “Bring me,” he sa “a Manhattan. Make it two" “Hold on—" T began. “Twe,” repeated Monty “What's yours, old man?’ when the man was gone: “Why been studving Europe and society, t, and various other DEDEOTOLOFOBOPFOEOIOIOS Goods QBOBO S AQMO{»!-O%»OQOM*OWW-&O-GO&O{MG First Class Work Guaranteed “Where Bt Ilorida for 20 years, and am centlemen, all of whom JIM SING Phone 257 20 h the crowd 1 a new Monty, M. T. Purse.” B BHBHBD wig —— care! REATERi experience in building If comtemplating firmly And and J. B. STREATER. PPRPPPPLFOIIE DEPEI PG nd left us in the lurch just four stories to the good, and now—see what our readers think about it.” I showed “Somebody leave stor ‘s all m th No Less “Well, for— ber. o sober Look here, you you tell S and Derbies late and I w when the der h how, ous “He Macon away | stories from th and wanted to cc “I was in the frame he sort of made me fee =y ntroduced himself as nd came to the point latest Conceptions start, 1y output. who is And his ciga { able. ““What asked is proposition? your | looks like again. | of sleep. | when gleep does not come readily | rels ! were the chief d with decision, | yorg, and Cyuthia has g | me. him one of the letters. Monty Purse returned it with rather a guilty look “Had no idea I was so important,” he defended himself. “I suppose I‘ really shouldn't have done it; but, ' Lord, man, it was a temptation “But what on earth did you do?” “I told you—went abroad. Took in Furope and Asia and sections of Af-| rica. I'd be there yet if 1 hadn’t got so homesick for a certain insignifi-| cant village on the Hudson. And I've! learned a heap, Sponable. Tl be able | to write now. Want something differ- | ent?” | “Indeed we do. But where did you | ever get the money to travel on?" 1|° | demanded bluntly you a fortunc i Why, no: from found a new market | For whom are you writing now |1 *u rather coldl Haven't the fa | Monty Purse 1 stared t him in amaze “Next day T moved to a hotel, squared with everybody I owed, and a couple of weeks laser, after piling up half a dozen stories, I sailed for Europe. “I guess that covers the situation, he ended and sat smiling introspec- tively. “Shall we move?” he suggested at length. “I'd like to see what old B'Y Have they got up any more electric signs?” I felt his eyes on my face as we left, | but could not meet them, and he was obviously troubled. “Have you seen anything that looks like my stuff in any magazine?’ he asked. I shook my head. “That's funny. Suppose I ought tow be satisfied, but one does like to see | ! one’s stuff in print.” “Well,” 1 said rather grimly, “I think I can oblige you. Come over this way.” We crossed to Broadway and went into a newspaper office He was silent | now and rather troubled. 1 asked to see the files and ran through them while he watched un- easily. At last I pointed to an item. “‘Clever Crooks Get Five Thou- sand Dollars From Farmer,'” he read aloud. “‘McMaken Gang Busy Again —Works Ingenious Scheme on Steu- | ben County Farmer.’” He finished it with slowly paling face. ¢ “Good heavens, Sponable, what dnos it mean?” he whispered; but I | O«E-O‘ POBQTOPOLN 1915 Looking Forward fi915 Let’s be Boosters for the Coming Year! Tell folks that you live in the d THE BEST TOWN, THE BEST STATF an BEST COUNTRY ON THE GLOBE. BELIEVE IT TOO! IT'S SO! RBecome a Customer of the livest Hard- ware Store and you will surcly be a Booster for ihe Model Hardware Co. Phone No. 34 E. TODD, Mgr. E. B B e P D s B4 & DA 208 . MAIN ST. and FLORIDA AV 0o a 18 8 8 i as still busy with the files. Ishowed | Ilim another item. “But 1 don’t understand!” he cried, almost in a wail. “Those are two of my last stories! D'you mean Macon's a reporter, syndicating my stuff as fake news?” “Worse than that,” I told him gen- | tly. “You've been aiding and abe ting a number of felonies, Monty | Your man is undoubtedly the head of an infernally capable gang of confi- dence men. You have been supplying | him with his schemes for the past six months!” / elder m upon the ! ters in Avoid Late Hours. Late hours give a drawn look m the face, an unmistakable sign of lo s | You will meet plenty of people who declare that they need but little sleep, but you will find nobody who has not been benefited by change in early retiring hours. Ev the nd the and xed position of the darkness are, restful body. Men and woms times uged to spond o d reclining, for nehes, body bra of 1l of time in not chairs es of homes. We or the p-n«\m generation it in straight chairs strain shows in l\le face. the line: that shonld not be found in any but f s aged to untii 1ces of the - Bvening Wisconsin THE LAST STRAW By GEORGE MUNSON. o ————sC “won’t you forgive m T left in the e back on | “Out of a job, five doliars Why not end it all? Those were the musings of “JI‘U‘(. ark as ho stood upon the end of pier and watched the dark water of river flowing beneath him. One plunge little struggle, and all would be At the age of twenty-four he had not 1 in making good. He was amed to go back to his father's| ho in the country. e had lost his position the day before, owing to | _a cutting down of costs in the factory, and he for a long time. Then Cynthi | tor . for a miserable little | trifle . . | | “Feeling protl\ bad, eh, young man?" | inquired a voice at his side. ! The youth turned to find himself | looking into the eyes of a man of about | fifty years. He was neatly dressed, a | diamond pin glittered in his crava and he had all the aspect of a well- to-do man of the world. Now if I were to hazard a guess" , “I should say that your girl had gone back on you.” | “And I've lost my position and have x but il luck since I came said Harold meditating the ream of Lethe, ¢ other. “A ewift La th over. succeed A's let- | final Joseph right He had followed the Patterson he explained, 3 it? nd toward a proposal just s were irreproach- 1 ‘T'll take all you write,’ he came back. ‘I ain’t goin’ Mr. Poise, a week, see? “*And the price? I asked. “‘One thousand plunks per | he said, watching me anxiously, thought. $3 Quality to tie you down, but I ¢'n use at least one each,’ how muchi money 1 It is enough to en- able you to live for a year. Give me your five dollars and I will give you what I have. Give me your name and take mine—it is a common one and no- body will look twice at you on ac- 1 hopef and let us €ee how we have fared it is the early struggle that gives one | inspiration to succeed.” away. end of a year?” gumed, wheelin ‘And your nam more to the little he occupied in a roo entered lit the pocketh out in a grea to the don't other, 1 t the again « t saw no opportunity of another | - steppe | his bag in ! s hand. wera eight tiou til half-y which Littl by his wa a pas Begeyeyezeze +1d, and now that he had lost Lucy WO! o make amends to himself he mea 8t the ba He had reached | the door when the porter ¢ p to n wants to see you, Mr. Dot e SMoet mi ] m to offer you my best and «icereg ' congratulations.” Littlefield found himsel? outside ty ’nmce again. He walked idly towany | the door. He did not quite know wher he was going. He was recallad to hin Littlefield had & wild :«H;w :acks, who thrust a letter ing b his han ge to E“j',f“.:'j:fngdf]r,,‘,r?l:;‘;?g- “Just come, sir,” sald Jacks, enl g el diabnar | DK Littlefield looked hard at ty porter. Why, he was the acme o " friendliness. What had been oy he ter with him? Had he, Littleficld, bes eeing everything through the mime ¢ his morbid and perverted mind? He tore open the envelops wiy Or was trembling fingers. The letter wasfroy ucy. “My dearest,” it ran, “forgiv Mr. Lit. thousand times for my unk t n. “You you. I was eo hurt by what you saif' .trald 1 was —here Littlefield remembered th et it down cause of their quarrel—“but I seey » how wrong I was when you Lave i Youan Ah, He turned at the n re- d “Promise to meet me here the elder g round upon Harc aid the young fell Acant look upon an's face “I prom! “John Graham.” “Mine is Harold L: They shook hands ¥ 1y and the departed, leaving Harold er, gazing at the dark wa on looked up. ou don't 1\/\ K very lnhp)‘ gald You seem to go about your S! work with u perpetual glower—at © Johns tlefield, He went y ome, him? s discharge? L th Littlefield’s ho e d and pul out s bill n the tahl n oy ors . (s ways been o kind and gool you as every one trusts you the soul of honor—" A rush of tears blinded the r eyes. Ie could not read tie further, then. So it was &all | mind, everything, the se: tice, the quarrel with Lucy, J assumed unfriendliness, J: tipathy—all his fears and wronzs s injuries! He took his bag and crept back k| the casghler's cage. ht, 1914, by W. Q. Chapmaa) (Copyrisht, T and car trade ort for we The second v handwrit voung “Harold, te you to ch al nd to t his pla goes with it s and an ann tiundred up o tw Lt not yet unders “So you 'we have no zeal that you terests that there ciding betweer ber of ¢ selected crn son that I he Littlefield und-rstood he swung T looked into J “I have the had taken a di the manager. “No, sir; no,” blurted out Littlefield. | “I must :n a false impres-| sion. I— “I am indeed g! gwered Johr man's har s and hardness of heart? . Harold, whatever happen care whether you poor, €0 long Write to me me that nothing ween us Harold d at him; he had | Straps. Straps are used to restrain the i ness in many of the new winter co and skirte. Sometimes there aret straps across the back of a ¢ the full skirt flares from section Sometimes there across the front of the skirt © in the fullness below the walst, fometimes they are used for the 5 purpose on the hips. ey 9 stitched usually, and give a ™ es that YOU | smart finish, continued Johnson, ize the n our in- confidence culty in de thEr at you were for the rea ontinued as we ca ed to rec at on \ xecuted »\1‘ 1 rc of the angry beneath What and an Tunic Short in Front. Sometimes the tunic is cut short | front and so long in back that it | pletely hides the foundatiou skint self extremely short, in the back the front the foundation skirt fon, shows for three or fou DBHOIOFOTOTOIOBO O "o You Want Fresh Clean H{(){FRI[%? are at your =ervice for anvt an Up-to-date Grccw:w e orders glven prompt ate nticn | ¢ < TWIST OF THE MIND By FRANK FILSON. 1 d to hear it,” an "'v the other nd now permit [ % = Littlefeld s cage with the bag ars in bills. covered un- 1 reasons tely, 1d be on half- d ot twelve® t of the te that time 1d wou He had and had no for the F vears, nd begg: P Lct us tell you how, Little it will cost. she never wan He could not even they had quarreled e Lit eld had been overwhelmed; but then he began to accept it as part of thl:ug;‘gn.du fate seemed to have agatnst And, once he had begun to believe himself a victim of destiny, he lost all moral gense. He wag al’v:e in KE;e lake‘ann Pa\wg and Construction! Cci 93 LAKELAND. i QPO KELLEYS BARR Plymouth Ro = - Fresh Apalachicola 4 “I nearly had heart failure when he produced a roll like a tent-bag, and nted out eleven one-hundred-dollar “Well,” sighed Monty, flicking away his cigarette stub, “that was the be ginning. Wasn't it the whitest denl in:g you ever heard of? 1 mever kues 2 Try our Home-made Pearut Britle and Chuocolae H. 0. CENNY FRONF 226. count of it. Give me the inspiration O)Sters 300 qt' pl' of youth and five dollars in my pocket, and take the lassitude and disappoint- 1d compar: oo ed the other. s time you will meet me the elder man continued, after they had effected the exchange, end Harold, with a bulging pocket book, m2s hovinni~g ta think ., re A Fudge T hi rvs iutan P R S LS R Promj» Del, BOTH MATINGS Better now than ever Hich asorgble clase briedin pric. s gh class pens for hat W v kere, rite me before ordernm