Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 16, 1915, Page 6

e TR AR R S A A B A AN AN A AN AN A At A FARMER SLOAN'S GIRL By AUGUSTUS GOODRICH SHER- WIN, “This young Edwards burned down my barn out of malice and I'm going to make him pay for it!" snarled Farmer Sloan. “He didn't do it at all,” dissented | Mrs. Sloan quite as positively, “and you ought to be ashamed of yourself | for blasting the reputation of a wor- thy, respectable young man.” “Oh, so you're on his side, too, like that rebellious, self-willed daughter of ours, eh?” sneered Sloan wrath- fully. “Funny how these slick young fellows pull the wool over the eyes of simple women! Mary's hero is no more than a common firebug, and it I catch him I'll put him in jail!” “You'll know better and be sorry for this some time,” declared Mrs. Sloan, wiping a tear from her eye with the corner of her apron ag she thought :6{" her abiious, Tearly “Beart-broken child. | “See here, wife,” orated her self- opinionated husband, “this Edwards | chap was a stranger and I don’t trust strangers until I weather 'em through 'and through. He flitted here and now | he's flitted away, leaving me a thou- sand dollars the loser. The night he left I'd pretty plainly told him he couldn’t come snooping around our Mary any more. What did he do? Out of revenge burns down by barn.” “You don’t know that.” “Guess 1 do. Right near it we i found his matchbox, marked with his name. The squire says there's evi- dence enough, even if Edwards hadn’t run away that very same night, atraid to stay and face the music.” Mrs. Sloan was silent for a minute or two. Then she sighed deeply, for she had a warm spot in her heart for the cheery, careless young fellow who had come a-wooing Mary. Then she said: “That stubborn, willtul nature of yours will never change, I guess, Ezra. Your enmity for this young man is of a plece with the way you treated DE0$0F0HOFOFOFOFOFOFOTOIA O EOHOEO SO ¢ SPECIAL SALE Rexall THIS WEEK All Rexall Goods Guaranteed Lake Pharmacy PHONE 42 SECGFOBOPOHOS See Display. SOBBRPEPILL Goods JIM SING Chinese Laundry bR ere) B s ) Work Called for and Delivered I have been a resident of Florida for 20 years, and am well known to many prominent gentlemen, all of whom First Class Work Guaranteed | | | : G TELEGKAM LAKELAND, FLA., JAN. 16, 1915. A Great Form Clothed in White. poor old Peter. You knocked him down the day of the fire and he has left the town, too.” “I tried to knock some of the liquor | and stupidity out of the old varmint,” retorted the farmer. “Good riddance, for he'd got too lazy and muddled to work.” All Milwood was talking about Farmer Sloan and his experience with his daughter’s snitor and the burned barn and the mysterious disappear- ance of young Hal Edwards. The lat- ter had come to the village a stranger about three months previously, He had secured a modest position in the office of the local implement works, had met Mary and they had gone to geilher a good deal untii thie whimsteal, harsh-natured old farmer had fered. The night of the fire there had been a sceue and Sloan had insultingly sent the young, penniless adventurer, a8 he called him, about his business. Sloan was well-to-do but miserly and grasping. He was in a constant tur- moil with his neighbors, and usually deeply involved in litigation. IHe had advertised in the local paper a reward :1 got mixed up in the remains. A wit- | inter- | (hought it only a shrinking, sight, They were the expedition that had gone to explore the mysteries of “the {baunted island.” It was old Peter, ragged and terrified, whom they brought in as a captive. “I'm the ghost. I'm the one that's been stealing my living along the iriver for a week!” confessed the af- | frighted old man. “I set fire to that | barn accidentally and got scared and hid away.” “And I went to see my father, who can well afford to provide a home for Mary and me, and we're going to be married tomorrow,” announced Hal to Mrs. Sloan. i | There was a bright, happy wedding, | to which Ezra Sloan humbly consent- {ed—but he took a back seat among the guests. | | (Copyright, 1913, by W. G. Chapman.) | HAS SUSPICION OF “GRAFT” | | Automobilist Not Sure, but He Can't Quite Get the Idea That He Was “Done” Out of His Head. cowering figure into $OPOTQHOFOFOPY SODHHHPPOFOFOFOPOTOHO | “The next time I get tangled up in ! {my own car I don't know whether I { want anybody to pull me out or not,” was the complaint of an ardent auto- | mobilist. f course I want somebody 'to it I am in danger of losing life or | | limb; but even then I'd like a written | agreement from my rescuer that he won't soak me for damages as soon | as he finds my neck is safe. That is what a man did to me last week— soak me for damages.” “It was the queerest case of graft I | know of. My machine broke down and ness of the accilent helped to extri- cate me. I thanked him and offered to give him something for his trouble, but he refused to accept nnythlng.' Three days later, however, I heard i from him. He claimed that in the ex- citement of putting me to rights some- | body had extracted from his pocket a $100 watch, and since it was in my | interest the watch had been lost, he | that I should buy | him another waich or give him $100. | “Judging by the whole make-up of | the man, I cannot whip myself into a belief that he lost a $100 watch; I can- not believe that he had one to lose. Still, there iz a possibility that he did—so what ean [ do but give him $100? Anyhow. rhis is what I have done, but it I breaic down again I trust the fellow who savés my life will be ) for the apprehension of young Ed- wards. “I've settled his hash!” he chuckled ! considerate enough at least to carry a cheaper watch.” HOPAPOBOPO BEST TOW BELIEVE | Phone No. AWAITING FAMOUS PIRATE Tampa Prepares For Annual Landing | Of Ye Mystic Krewe Of | Gasparilla Tampa, Fla, Jan, —~—Presenting the varied beauties and resources of semi-tropic Southern Florida, and re- viving its romance written past as well, the tenth anuual carnival of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, named for one of the fiercest pirates of America history, will be held in this city from February 12 to 16, inclusive, attract- ing a host of health and pleasur 3 ers from the “frigid zone” above the northern boundary line of the Para- dise of Flowers. 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Shapes and Shad- 3% Quality \ |of the ma things, has tal maliciously to his wife. “He'll never have the face to come back here and that saves Mary from a fortune hunter.” “I don’t know about that,” demurred the sensible housewife, “Mr. Edwards is a gentleman and perhaps he has gone away to bring back the proofs of it to you.” “Pooh!" derided Sloan. “He got mad and burned me out from revenge and has made tracks, like the miscre- ant he is.” The very next day the quarrelsome old tyro got into a new entanglement. Every farmer whose land bordered on Lily lake kept a small boat. They were usually crude weather-worn skiffs, and anybody and everybody welcome to use them for rowing or fishing, provided they returned them in good order. Farmer Sloan found his boat migs ing. A search discovered it drifted ashore two miles away and the oars gone. lle made some inquiries to learn that Nelson a neichbor's son, was respongible for the circum- ! stance. Sloan met the boy, who, scared faced, acknowledged it. Sloan zave him half a dozen cuts with a borsewhip and he and the father of | the lad had a regular fisticuff battle ; later on. Young Dye told a story that stirred up the town mightily. He had used the boat to visit Swamp island, a marshy, deneely over-grown island in the middle of the lake, to get some cattails to be used in decorating the schoolroom. Upon landing, the terrified lad bad been startled by frantic yells. A great form clothed in white and weving blazing firebrands had chased him to the boat. It was a “ghost,” and half- \crazed with fear at the sight of the ,drend(ul apparition the boy had upset «the boat and swam for his life to the mainland. The next night mysterious lights were seen on the island. Recently many farmers had found their chick- en roosts and pantries despoiled. Did these thefts connect with “the ghost?” A group of boys made up an expedi- tion to visit the island and rout out its uncanny guest. That very day, however, a new sen- sation obscured and eclipsed the cir- cumstance of the haunted island. Hal Edwards returned to town. He was promptly arrested by a constable, to whom Sloan instantly paid the adver- tised reward. In some way Hal se- cured bail and the case was set for a few days later. Sloan came home be- fore the release, elated and excited. “Well, wife,” he pronounced with a gleesome chuckle, “we've got the vil- fain! I hope Mary will forget him after this disgrace. Where is she? 1 want to give her a sensible talking to."” “You are too late,” said Mrs. Sloan “Mary has left the house.” do you mean—not for asserted M Sloan steadily. i of vour last persecution ked up her 's house {and s he will marry Hal Edwards ‘the minute he asks her.” Fzra Sloan fumed and stormed. 1bout this, now! He'd soon independent young rebel back under the home roof! And then some quiet, sensible advice from his wife quieted him *down considerably. “Mary had taken a firm stand,” eaid Mrs. Sloan. “She is in the right and you won't move her. The girl has some of your strong, stubborn will, Ezra Sloan, only in a different way.” Farmer Sloan passed an uneasy Cornered. “I suppose you will be gald to go back to school and see your dear teacher?” asked the patronizing old gentleman. The small boy looked worried. “Why don’t you answer?” “I don't know how. Father says I must always tell the truth and moth- er says I must never hurt anybody's feelings.” skirt that is cut off at the waist line proper. When the suit is for every-day usage ani to serve the most informal pur- poses then the wash blouse of white muslin with a collar that stands up, no matter how, is the appropriate ad- dition; much more sc than the orna- mental waist of chiffon or silk or sat- Turquoise Blue and Silver Gown. Turquoise blue silk frock with a silver lace petticoat, and with straps and frills | of blue tulle over the shoulders, also have a fanciful affair on hand'in| case of a luncheon or a tea to which one wears this coat and skirt. | If one wants to simulate a frock by | adding a self-toned blouse to a skirt when the coat is off, one might do well to consider the claims of that new style of cloth jumper that is slipped over a soft silk lining with long sleeves. | ‘This blouse is easily accomplished! by utilizing a piece of the skirt ma- terial and binding it with braid or, silk or velvet ribbon. Its juncture with the separate skirt is hidden 1m- der a broad belt of braided cloth. Another type of blouse that deceives one into thinking in terms of one-piece frocks instead of coats and skirts is a| wrinkled garment, purposely wrinkled, of soft gros n silk the color of the! skirt It fastens down the front with| covered buttons and either turns up at| the hem in imitation blouse, or loses itself in a sash which is finished at the back with a flat bow to carry out the tailored idea. Broadcloth and Satin. night. When he got to the court house the next day he felt more than sheepish, when at the start it was proven that Hdwards had lost the match case a week previously some- where about the farm. Then there Wwas a great commotion outaide of tue _court rooms, A mob_of boys hustied Broadcloth and satin are much com- bined. For instance, there will be a satin. Plaid broadcloth is also used. But it is plaited in dull deep colors. ‘These colors, which are employed in the season's plaids and stripes, are in- finitely more pleasing than the vivid, garigh colors used last year. skirt of broadcloth with a bodice ot| !gether at the edges, which are after- The twelve counties of Southern wards finished off with a pale pink Florida, owing to thelr varied re-|silk cord, arranged in three little sources, have weathered the period of loops on either side and again at the ing urged to attend. { from which the | cial events of the in, although one may be compelled to | fiiy of a middy|e depression resulting from the sudden | outbreak of the European war and, financial regulation at Washington in & magnificent manner, as shown by the general demand for the holding of a “prosperity celebration” in Tampa. ‘These counties appear to best advan- tage during the month of February, at which festivities of the tourist and fruit and vegetable shipping season are at their heights, and the words of | greeting to the visiting thousands will be “Depression is an unknown expe- rience here.” Therefore, the Gaspa-' rilla Carnival will be promoted on a grander scale than ever before. In honor of the annual event the rail- roads and steamship lines have grant- ed extremely low rates to Tampa and i other places in South Florida from ail points east of the M sippi river,and | from some points west. | More than a century ago Gasparilla i and his crew held forth in a crude but well fortified mansion on Gasparilla Isle, which lies just south of Tampa allied forth in search of treasure ships and pretty women, many of whom were taken and held' captive. Just once did the crew ven- ture into Tampa's bay—Tampa was nothing more than a fishing hamlet | then—but they were forced to beat a ! quick retreat by the men in the garri. | son known as Fort Brook. These | hardy soldiers, some of whom fought in the War of 1812 and against the Seminole Indians, put the pirates to flight without a battle. der of Fort Brook, not being a naviga- | tor, followed the pirates into the Guif | and returned by throwing shingles into | the waters, being enabled thereby to ' come back over the course taken in | going out. For ten years past the | ghostly figures of the pirate crew have | fallen upon and taken the city, but in | the cause of peace and pleasure, and ! not in the quest for blood and gold. The landing of Gasparilla has, there. | fore, become almost as widely known among the children of Am a as the | landing of DeSoto, whic SO por- | trayed during the Carni The Car- | nival is one of the most brilliant so- | South each year. | Owing to the in in the monster carniv. number of allegoric; historical | parades will necessarily be increased | this & and scores of floats of marvelous beauty will be entered Maneuvers by warships, aeroplan g ¥ and night fire- the bay and river, of h Flori a beautiful exhibi da products on the ¢ and other features are for the entertainme The carnival will ex; Southern Eurc in splendor, and every well cared for bY the | “Do they have spring in the place?” “Hardly."” “Or fall in the “If you keep t longe we fall any George, you'll get than a fall in t} ou under the pumg duck y 3 Fresh Apalachicola % Qysters 50¢ qt; pt. 25c et o o0 $ Try our Home made Peanut Brittle and Chocolate Fudge ——————— H. O. DENNY Elliston Building. PHONE 226. 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T, per edge of the cushion is lef 4 80 that a small pair of scissorg g be slipped behind it in the manne lustrated. On either side of this cushiog, reels of cotton, one black, the o white, are suspended with loops narrow pale pink ribbon. At the| er point a small pocket is sewn i little frill at the edge, in which thimble may find a place, ang 3 | loop of pale pink ribbon, with g p at the top, is attached to either g of the board by which it may be pended from a nail in the wall 'GATOR KILLED 30 PERS) After Terrorizing Two Villages E; mous Beast Was Finally Cap tured by Whites. ‘With other white companions | i often plunged into the waters o § Tuyra, a fairly large river which into the Gulf of Panama after by traversed immense stretches of penetrable forests. Regularly a u or so of alligators assisted at gambols, at a distance of thiny, forty yards, and we came to looky them as quite harmless. After an absence of two yean| turned, and in two neighbori lages found the inhabitants te No one dared to go near the rire nightfall; no one ventured, e broad daylight, to cross the st etables from their plantations The cause of this terror, | months, surprising some on the bank, and literally snapping of out of their cambes. Thirty pej and the two villages together After a series of fruitless att which was fastened half a pig! creature was close on 24 feet He was so old that seaweel mosses were growing betwe scales, and he presented the ance ‘of a tree trunk that had A long time submerged. He w estimated, more than one hu years old.—Paul Drevy, in the World Magazine. PO Res. Phone | LAKELAND PFOPTP QBP0 0 1 OF KELLEYS 5ARfl A BOTH MATINGS P h()tq