Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 19, 1915, Page 3

\ANER SLOAN'S GIRL mer Sloan. «He didn’'t do it at all,” dissenteq . Sloan quite as positively, “and ou ought 0 be ashamed of yourselt or blasting the reputation of a wor- by, respectable young man.” “0Oh, so you're on his side, too, like bhat rebellious, self-willed daughter ours, eh?” sneered Sloan wrath- hily. “Funny how these slick young ellows pull the wool over the eyes ¢ simple women! Mary’s hero is no hore than a coruinon firebug, and if I l2tch him i1l put him in jail!” “You'll know better and be sorry or this some time,” joan, Wiping a tear from her eye with Ine corner of her apron as ghe thought 1d. P ce here, wife,” orated her self- pinionated husband, “this Edwards bap was a stranger and I don't trust trangers until I weather 'em through nd through. He flitted here and now e's flitted away, leaving me a thou- and dollars the loser. The night he eft I'd pretty plainly told him he ouldn't come snooping around our ary any more. What did he do? Out ¢ revenge burns down by barn.” “You don’t know that.” “Guess 1 do. Right near it we ound his matchbox, marked with his bame. The squire says there's evi- ence enough, even if Edwards hadn't n away that very same night, afraid o stay and face the music.” Mrs. Sloan was silent for a minute br two. Then she sighed deeply, for he had a warm spot in her heart for he cheery, careless young feilow who ad come a-wooing Mary. Then she aid: “That stubborn, willful nature of ours will never change, I guess, Ezra. our enmity for this young man is bt & plece with the way you treated poor old Peter. You knocked him fown the day of the fire and he has eft the town, too.” “] tried to knock some of the liquor nd stupidity out of the old varmint,” etorted the farmer. “Good riddance, or he'd got too lazy and muddled to ork.” All Milwood was talking about armer Sloan and his experience with his daughter’s suitor and the burned parn and the mysterious disappear- nce of young Hal Edwards. The lat- er had come to the village a stranger bout three months previously, He d secured & modest position in the pfiice of the local implement works, had met Mary and they had gone to- ether a good deal until the whimsical, harsh-natured old farmer had inter- ered. The night of the fire there had been & scene and Sloan had insultingly ent the young, penniless adventurer, s he called him, about his business. Sloan was well-to-do but miserly and rasping. He was in a constant tur- moil with his neighbors, and usually feeply involved in litigation. He had dvertised in the local paper a reward 620330400 DE0B DD AUGUSTUS GOODRICH SHER. | Y WIN, whis young Edwards burned down | gy barn out of malice and I'm going | , make him pay for it!” snarled ' declared DMrs. | A Great Form Clothed in White, for the apprehension of young Ed- wards, . “I've settled his hash!" he chuckled maliciously to his wite. “He'll never have the face to come back here and that saveg Mary from a fortune hunter.’ “1 don't know about that,” demurred fhe seusible housewife. “Mr, Edwards is a ge ‘man and perhaps he has Eone aw to bring back the proofs of it to you." “Pook!" derided %loan. mad and burned me “He got out from revenge and has made tracks, like the miscre- ant he Th old € very uext day the quarrelsome "TO 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 mise | ing. A search discovered it drifted ashore two miles away and the oars gone. He made sowe inquiries to learn that Nelson Dye, a neighbor's 8on, was responsible for the circum- stance. Sloan met the boy, who, scared faced, acknowledged it. Sloan gave him half a dozen cuts with a |horsewhip and he and the father of (were seen on the island. the lad had a regular fisticuff battle later on. Young Dye told a story that stirred I up the town mightily. He had. used the boat to visit Swamp island, a marshy, deneely over-grown fsland in the middle of the lake, to get some cattalls to be used in decornting the schoolroom. Upon landing, the terrified lad had been startled by frantic yells. A great form clothed in white and weaving blazing firebrands bad chased him to the boat. It was a “ghost,” and half- crazed with fear at the sight of the dreadful apparition the boy had upset the boat and swam for his life to the mainland. The next night myseterious lights Recently found their chick- many farmers had Manhattan Shirts Manhattan Shirts | . Best Known. Known §: as the BEST 3 To avoid carrying over any of the Fall 3 and Winter Liacs, beginning z f and continuing until ] January 28th * K X ¥ 3 We offer them for the following ; Low Prices: . All $1.50 Manhattan Shirts ? for SLIS © Al $2.00 Manhattan Shirts . Today, January 8th for $1.38 - AIS2. All $3.00 M 50 Manheti;n jor $1.88 e - & e — (¥ 2] (& ' for §2.25 i W‘CASH ONLY : Bailey Clothing Co. | ‘| but he refused .| the fellow who saves my life will be THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAK ELAND, FL Ieii 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 i 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- ‘fcre the release, elated and excited. “Well, wife,” he pronounced with a | gleesome chuckle, “we've 8ot the vil- lain! 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 gravely, “Mary has left the house.” “What! do you mean—not for vgoed?“ | “I do mean just that and so does she,” asserted Mrs. Sloan steadily. | “Mary heard of your last persecution of the man she loves, packed up her ! things, has gone to my sister's house {and says she will marry Hal Edwards | the minute he asks her.” Ezra Sloan fumed and s!ormed.y | He'd see about this, now! He'd soon |have that independent young rebel | back under the home roof! And then ‘ | some quiet, sensible advice from his | wite quieted him down considerably. ' | “Mary Lad taken a firm stand,” eaid | Mrs. Sloan. “She fs 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 lnl(;m. When he got to the court | house the next day he felt more than | sheepish, when at the start it was iproven that Edwards had lost the 'match case a week previously eome- ! | where about the farm. Then there Wwas a great commotion outside of t.e court rooms. A mob_of boys hustled a shrinking, | sight. They were the expedition that had gone to explore the mysteries of “the haunted 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 lving along the river 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 golng to be married tomorrow,” announced Hal to Mrs. Sloan. 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. “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. “Of course I want somebody | to if 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 | | a8 he finds my neck is safe. That is | what a man did to me last week— ' soak me for damuges.” | | “It was the queerest case of graft I | know of. My machine broke down and | I got mixed up in the remains. A wit- | | | cowering flgure into ness of the accident helped to extri- | cate me. I thanked him and offered to give him something for his trouble, to accept anything. Three days later, however, I h(-nrd! from him. He claimed that In the ex- citement of putting me to rights sore- | body had extracted from his pocket a $100 watch, and since it was in my! interest the watch had been lost, he | thought it only fair that I should huyi him another watch or give him $100. “Judging by the whole make-up of | | the man, I cannot whip myself into a belict that he lost a $100 watch; I can- | not believe that he had one to lose. | Still, there is a possibility that he did—so what can I do but give him | $100? Anyhow, this is what I have done, but if I break down again I trust considerate enough at least to carry | a cheaper watch.” Cornered. “1 suppose you will be gald to go H back to school and see your dear teacher?’ askcd the patronizing old | gentleman The small boy looked worried. o “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. | | “Do they have spring in the fall any e? Hardly “Or fall in the spring?” ou keep this thing up much ge, you'll get something Il in the spring. I'll mpathetic ce, tender lorn, strange- d religious faith, and to go to church. All y seem to our pagan mind as h as a revival of religion, some- thing inconsistent with proper eco- pomic austerity, a senseless revel of bumanity at the expense of the moods, habits, and rules of solid busi- pess. Nevertheless, here we are, pounded Into submission and sympa- thy, overcome for & few hours or days by the tides of an ideal existence.— George A. Gordon, In AdnUfl: Monthly. | T IS NOT so much what is worn in apparel as it is the manner of wear- ing it, that counts for style in dress. No matter how chic the costum it comes from the hands of its designer, it is quite possible to lose all its class on a woman who has no sense of clothes. And we all know people who can wear rather plain things in a way ' to make them seem full of distinction. All of which goes to prove t if one chooses certain gowns according to good judgment they may be worn for several seasons and not look out of date or lose their attractiveness, In selecting a gown for afternoon or evening wear, with a view to getting more than a few months of usefulness out of it, the first requisite which it must possess is real beauty of outline. If it fits the figure rather vaguely, sets well and is more like o pretty draping than a garment cut along definite style lines, it may be counted upon to outlast the life ot those gowns that are merely exponents of a passing style. An afternoon gown which does duty for a reception or dinner dress is shown here, made of satin and moire. It may be worn with a lace guimpe, and, with the new little accessories that each season brings in, could not RMINE is for those who may dulge in luxuries and buy other furs tor real utility. Not that the roy- al fur is not durable enough, but be: use its creamy whiteness makes it cal for the workad fur for occasional a since it will last for a lon should be selected in shapes and ncc eces that are g in style. T ther large f and the plain straight scar pever passe, and in the richest 5 Narrow b of ermine and small neckpieces > really more chie than any other finish to the pretty midwin- ter promenade or visiting toflette. Muffs, whether made to wear with large or small scarfs and neckpieces, are usually rather large. But ermine is one of those splendid things that look best when sparingly used. Like diamonds that are too large, and rich lace recklessly used, as if it were of little account, something is lost of the best effects when ermine is made refore the safest choice be called in the least out of date. Re- calling the modes of the past five years it would be rather difficult to deter- mine in just which particular season this dress might be placed as a type of its style A coatee of pbeaded net enters into the composition of the gown, but is not used on the left side of the bodice. This side is made ot chiffon and deco- rated with rows of passementerie, Chiffon forms the foundation of the other side, also, with half the body of the coatee draped over it. At the left side the drapery is caught with a pointed buckle of cut steel. The coat skirts fall about the back and hips and a pointed satin tunic forms the upper part of the skirt, with the underskirt of moire, Plain silk stockings and satin slip- pers with small rhinestone buckles certainly belong to the modes of the hour. Also the high hair dress, with part at the left side and narrow band of rhinestones, speaks of the hairdress- er's last triumphs. Altogether the toilette is one that compels admira- tion. It 1s graceful and pleasing in its details and its wearer has shown a clever discrimmation in selecting it. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. in-yinto entire coats or very ample capes ve set is ¢ two muff an excel- exquisitely g-in of the brilliant is a feature t wor: anship of that which is Th tyvr a " won- en to which ¢ espre weli ted. Thern t be somet g in the wearer to match up with the emi- nence of that fur which is the wear of JULIA EOTTOMLEY. Beautiful Fur Set. 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