Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 28, 1915, Page 3

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THE EVENING TELEGRAM e —— WOmaN could riot speak English” She made a motion as if intent on geing for a neighbor to act as interpreter. About to depart, her eyes glittered, her breath came rapidly, she stared hard at the leggings which Roger wore. Then, a lowering expression on her dusky face, she left the hut. e Professions Chiropractor . Q. SCARBOROUG! 1B, [iayt in Attendancé o pyches Building Between Park Auditorium. OFFICE HOURS. 11:30 & M. 1:30 to 5 p. m. 7:00 to 8:00 p. m. tation and Examination Free, Residence Phone 240 Black w. L. HEATH, D. C. HUGH D. VIA. D. C. poctors of Chiropratic. Over Post .. Hourg 8 to 12. a. m. and 2, §and 7 to 8 p. m. Graduates and Ex-Faculty mem- of the Palmer School of irapratic. Consultation and | analysis free at office. LOVE AND INDIANS By MYRA E. TERHUNE. (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman) It was g0 cold that the uleln)lp Jars in the cellar of the Alden farm- lwu:: were popping like champagne For all that, Roger Blaine was pre- paring to go forth and brave the chilly blasts, sixty miles on horseback and through a barren and uninhabited district. Love impelled him, however, | doep and sincere, and that impetus kept his spirits far above freezing threw himself on a pile of skins to recuperate while the woman was ! ness overcame him. He was aroused by finding himselt pounced upon vig- orously. The squaw had lurked out- side the hut, had stealthily returned; had bound him hand and foot. “You kill Vaka!” she shrieked frenzled, and she pointed at the leg gings and poised a knife ready tu plunge it into his vitals. “No! no!” asserted Roger strenu ously, comprehending her dark sus picions—*“alive! Pocket—pocket!” The squaw half understood him. She groped past his helpless hands and drew from his breast pocket a wallet. She scanned its cortents. Then, snatching from among the pa- pers it contained the photograph of vVnh. she stood regarding it with , distended eyes. o “Pleass do- ni sk “I kill her!” she screamed in a wild Blatnet® ease do not” msk it, Mr. frenzy, drawing the knife in her hand “But what about those saddle ! through the smiling face of the wom- Miss Alden?” proposed Roger. an Lty ety “Oh, they will be sate, if they were The determined squaw was the overibAla ‘A Week tiém now. Thax companion of Roger, mounted on her the weather will let up and it will ;:ndml pony, back to the town. She e ad located the missing saddle among some trappings and the little hand- dlan” declared Rog:,e :l:::i‘:: l:‘l: bag had its original contents intact. head saplently. “This fellow, Vaka, | o; ouira de expressed in the eyes Wwho brought back your horse, said | gy ‘Roger nad dom ml\;tvhr";m t::: be had left the saddle in his home | o0 hlssnan-ow eé N denmeh W- *| dugout. Perhaps, and perhaps nOt. | aver tnig grew tgt)r:z':nc‘;m e.shé lll?ew Even if so, his wife, his children, his | (ol pi < neighbors may take occasion to rifle & mi” 0, 4 Rnd, fer Tag] Sembia 16 VAEA Ul pioTitied Vel dey ok as she touched his arm unconsciously. y In the moonlight at the door step, a week that he would go aftéer them.” 5 “Which he won't do untll the last | LL0S°" Blaine fraukly canfessed his love an hour later. The first kiss of cent of that hundred dollars is squan- dered” predicted Mr. Alden. a happy betrothal was interrupted by “Bound to go, are you?” der Farmer Alden, md’nour :::::: with a soft admiring eye at Gladys, :‘, daughter, and answered careless- “Just a little exercise for my horse. I expect to make it and return in three days.” “I wish I could dissuade you,” here D. & K. D. MENDENHALL CONSULTING ENGINEERS spoke Gladys, concerned and_tremu- guite 212-216 Drane Byilding Lakeland, Fla. phate Land Examinations ané at Designe Karthwork Specialists, nce phone, 278 Black. phone, 278 Blue, DR. SARAH P. WHEELER O0STEOPATE oo Aonex, Door South of First National Bank Lakeland, Florida DR. W. R. GROOVER PHYSICIQN AND SURGEON joms 5 and 4. Kentucky Buildins Lakeland, Florida the appearance of Mr. Alden. He Roger was so exhausted that he': away. ' Before he realized it drowsl- ' FLA., JAN. 28, 1915. | JMMIE'S "IVA!ENTINE ]l By DONALD CHAMBERLIN USt Valennue's day . remarked Bd gar Swift 1o his friends, Mr. and Mrs Twining, with whom h vas dining on the 14th of February, Bo inter esi for any one except ehildeen.” The host ind hostess glaneed nt each Her e ey tothink it a very pretty custom.’ rs Twining, “for the childven, An Interview With Presiden i_inco'n By F A II i ! The tittieth anmversars of the trag edy that deprived a nation of its head and at the same tie e Ayt will soon be here I who iivea during Mr. Lincolns e remember him as well for that Kindhiness that bumorous pathos. which conrn terized bitm as for the marvelous adroitness with which he steercd the ship ot state through the turbuleni waters of four years of war His s-<issinntion was one of the most tragic events of the world’s history It was away back in the autumo ot 1860, | was then twenty years old, had been graduated from one of the large enstern colleges and had selected journalism for a profession When asked what was my vocation 1 did uot reply *1 am a reporter,” but “jotirnai- ism.” From this it is to be interred that 1 bad a -high opinion of the news- paper business aud a correspondingly high opinion of my own attributes, be- ing In so exalted a caliing. My work was with a Chicago news- paper, and some time after Abrabham Lincoln's election to the presidency of the Onited States | was directed by the wmanaging editor to go to Spring- field, see Mr. Lincoln, if possible. and get an Interview. 1 arvived in Spring- field in the morning und in the after- ' noon went to Mr. Lingoln's home. 1 ' was surprised at being admitted with- ' out any ceremony whatever and was ! ushered into a lving ,room, wherein i sat the next president in a rocking chair. There were two little boys, his ! sons, with him, the one sitting on his | shoulder, maintaining his position by e8] have n ziinnering of what love i “1oenn el you o story about a St Valentine's day,” said Mr. Twining. “that 1 think will interest you | knew a boy wh name was Jim Jim was eleven years old He lived in the coun- try fn a house within ix iniles of which he nad no playmates exce brothers and sisters. They were much allke to him. except that he thought bis sisters very poor cotpany for hin . They wanted to play with (heir dolls, and Jim wanted to play ball and ten- ois in summer and skate aud const in winter “One day one of Jim's father's old friends was persuaded to bhuild on a site a couple of miles from where Jim lived. When the house was tinished this friend and his wife settled in it, and Jim's mother went to call on the neighbors, taking Jim with her. There was a little girl in the other family named Laurette. She was ten years 0ld and a very pretty little givl indeel, sisters Jim bad ever seen he looked at ber wonderingly. She eyed Jim askance. Her mother told ber to take Jim out and show him the place, the horses, the cow and other things. Jim went with her and looked everything DR. C. C. WILSON hysicl d Surgeon. - bTion. Eiven. to df”n.flelsg?cgl?m.e'n ) #fiee Phne §57; 00 b . on . idencs vhone 367 Blue, DR. W. B. MOON Telephone 350 ours 9 to 11, 2 to 4, evenings 7 to 8 Over Postoffice Lakeland, Florida A X ERICKSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Real Estate Questions Brylny. Bullding 0. Rogers Edwin Spencer, Jr ROGERS & SPENCER Attorneys at Law, Bryant Building Lakeland, Florida B. H. HARNLY Estate, Live Stock and General AUCTIONEER Sales Manager TIONAL REALTY AUCTION CO. Auction Lot Sales a Specialty Raymondo Bldg. Lakeland, Fla. EPPES TUCKER, JR. LAWYER mondo- Bldg., Lakeland, Florida | KELSEY BLANTON, ‘ ATTORNEY AT LAW Office in Munn Building Lakeland Florida W. §. PRESTON, LAWYER n%m of Court House TOW, FLA. mination of Titles and Rea, N~ tate Law a Spectalty IR, H. MERCER RICHARDS PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON te: Rooms 6 and 6, Elliston Blas Lakeland, Florida : Office 378; Resid. 301 Blue FRANK H. THOMPSON NOTARY PUBLIC Ofice phone 402. Res. 312 Red attention to drafting lega' papers. Marriage licenses wnd abstracts fnrajshed V. HERMAN WATSON, M. D. Morgan Bldg. Phones: Office 351; Res. 113 Red Lakeland, Florids DR. D. P. CARTER VETERINARY SURGEON Lakeland, Fla. dence Phone 294 Red t Phone 196 J. H. PETERSON Afl&m AT LAW Dickson Bufldmg Rctice in all courts. ¢laimg Jocated and contested Established in July, 1900 DR W. 8. IRVIN 14 and 15 Kentucky Building LOUIS A. FORT ARCHITECT DR. J. R. RUNYAN 17 and 18, Raymondo Bldg. Recessary drugs furnished with- out extra charge Residence phone 303. Ofice Phone 410 SICK? $8 Likeiand Sanitoriem | It was Gladys who accompanied Roger to the door and stopd there while he mounted his horsé. She, too, stood at the window looking after him till he was out of sight. Was he mistaken, or did she really lift her hands to her lips, as it send- ing after him a good luck kiss? Roger loved Gladys Alden. She had many sultors and he was not entirely sure of his ground. Since he had an- nounced his present journey, however, Roger had fancied a new depth of ex- pression to her sweet eyes. It seemed that a month before, while out for a gallop, Gladys had left her favorite horse beside the trall ., to gather some wild flowers. When was chuckling hilariously. end of a lariat!” Old-Fashioned. bashtul gloom. oft or stolen, nothing was heard of the missing steed until about three weeks later. A reward of one hup- dred dollars had been offered for the return of the horse. Vaka had ap- peared, but bareback. He had “for- gotten” the saddle, he sald. In one of its pockets Giadys had placed & small hand bag. It contalned some valued trinkets, once belonging to her dead mother, She had mourned their loss. Hence the chivalric foray of Roger, looking to their restitution. | Roger found his calculation as to & speedy journey at fault. The trail was forty inches under snow, the ra- vines clogged, the horse worn out before half the journey was accome plished. On the evening of the seo ond day, however, he arrived weary and halt frozen at the wretched dug- out that Vaka called home. His squaw with her five children greeted him. Roger made out that he was at the right place. butathe Indisn hand.” “You make me sigh,” insist on being so old-fashioned?” joined John. est.” answered dearest. Philadelphia Telegraph. Strategy. cal contest?” ghum. “I have a great advantage.” made against you.” “There lies my advantage. ments and mine aren’t a bit tired.” A4 Yellow Ticket Sale OPENS Saturday, Jan. 23d DEHGG PP Everything in the Store at a WAR PRICE Collins & Kellev DEALERS IN Crushed Rock, Fertilizer and Lime East Lafayette St, on Seaboard Ry. TAMPA FLORIDA ANALYSIS anlaysis of the Fertilizer from our The analysis was made in the L. Heinburger, An- The x'ollowir;(g 115l ath i ear Brooksville, SO E:zr:tory of the State Chemist by alyst, Lab. No. M199s5: Moisture, Lime—GaO . Equivalent to * 0.13 per cent .... 54.50 per cent 3,20 per inml:h::‘: :fll:mim—-l?eao:g & Al203 . 0.12 per .ecm Our Lime Fertilizer is highly recommended for Citrus : “Vaka,” he explained, “with droop- ing feathers has just been led home- ward bound by his better half at the John Henry had been calling at the home of Myrtle Marle for many “Dearest,” suddenly remarked John tion—-to me. n journalistic representa- c‘nr'y’ a:o nlkg::. gdn‘: o:;lr qn'lntl‘:! tive of a great newspaper. ' any tting cl by the o of ® [ repressed my feelings and began the ghe returned he was gone. Wandered ;i gir), I fntend to see your interview, first drawing forth with as + father tonight and ask him for your much importance as | could assume wearlly re- remarkable facts which the president sponded the fair one. “Why will you i “Old-fashioned?” wonderingly re-’ “I don't get you, dear- “Don’t go and ask him,” imperiously “Go tell him."— “How do you feel about this politi- “First rate,” replied Senator Sor- “But you haven't refuted the charges I have let them exhaust their political argu- , bis grip with both ‘hands on the presi- i dent elect's hair. The other boy was ! climbing up behind with a view to dis- | t pute his brother's seat and to effect a similar lodgment on the other shoul- der. over while she told him'about her o'wn favorite horse aud a bunny she had and all that. When they had seen ev- honse. ! erything they went back into the ( Jim's mother had fnished her | iy those who are old enough to ! | | | | there wus o other touse; therefore |8 7 85 Since she was the first girl except his | GHARLOTTE HARBOR AND NORTHERN RAILWAY “BOCA GRANDE ROUTE” SAFETY FIRST. ATTRACTIVE SERVICE. COURTESY l FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE PUBLIC SCHEDULE IN EFEECT JANUARY 1ST, 1915 —=Subject to Change Without Notice— Southward. . .No. 84.|.No. 83. “123 ‘123 P.m. 9 30 6 45 a.m. No. 89 ATLANTIC COAST LINE “126.| 128 am. 6 45 .9 50 p.m. Lv ..... Jacksonville ...... Ar Lv . . Lakeland . . Ar| .5 30 Lv . . Tampa .... . Ar| 725 Lv ....... Winston ....... Lv|s 6 15 p.m. No. 3 C.H.& N. Limited No. 4 BOCA GRANDE ROUTE No.2 .|C.H&N. Mulberry Bruce ... Ridgewood . Bruce .. 8 07 s8 12 £8 16 s8 25 s 8 34 839 Martin Junction .. .+« Bradley Junction . Chicora ... . Cottman . TigerBay . . Cottman +... Baird Fort Green Junction ..Fort Green Fort Green Springs .. . Vandolah .. £8 39 £8 45 t8 64 f8 58 89 03 £9 13 89.18 £9 30 s 9 38 19 41 89 52 £10 03 810 10 810 15 f10 18 f10 28 o oooo ST o @ o = o . Bridge Limestone .. Kinsey .. Bunker-.Lansing PR B B = - o - . Arcadia . Shops .. 810 + Mr. Lincoln was restrained from ris- : call, and she ppd Jim took thelr de- !lnc with one buy on his shoulder und : Parture. R | another bolding on to his coat collar. | “Jim, as | have toid yod before, bav- He excused Limself for not doing so, D8 never seen a girl except his own way. But be made ho move to stop | { coming chief executive of o great na- | One day when the rural deliveryman drove by Jim happened to be out by However, | the letter box. * ‘Here's something from your sweet- an envelope stamped all over with bleeding hearts and cupids. “Jim saw his name on the envelope, elect would announce through me to | 8nd something strange welled up with- e nation. a notebook In which to lay down those me the names of such members of your cabinet as you may have decided ©dly & girl. and she had sent bim a upon, If any, and what policy you {n.| Valentine. It seemed that this was tend to pursue, if you have settled upon a policy.” Mr. Lincoln looked at me in so kind- Iy, so fatherly a way that | believed bhe would give me such Information as would enable me to astonish the world. | “l shall be glad,” be sald. “to do anything for you in my power.” “Have you settled on your cabinet. Mr. Lincoln?" “Oh, yes. Every member has been | decided upon.” “And your policy?" “That bas been determined too.” i There was something in his eye that puzzled me. | “+Why, Laurette, of course! There's “Would you have any objection t0 o other girl about here to send it M | “With the word Laurette Jim feit a None whatever. You are welcome sygden warmth about bis beart be had 1 to it all. Nothing would give me more ‘pever felt before (that's the reason love pleasure than to give”— 18 considered to be in the heart, I sup- | He was trying to put his bands in poge). He went off by himself to es- i bis pocket—a somewhat dificult mat- cape the other children’s gibes. He ter with a boy on each shoulder maul- jooked at the valentine, then at the en- . Ing him—to draw forth something, but, velope, turning from one to the other | ot finding what be wanted, be con- il he knew every cupid and every | tinged: bleeding, heart and the couplet and | “The truth is that a list of my cabl- everything else there was about it. net and an outline of my policy are in “Jim was too young to go alone to that desk over there, and 1 have lost see Laurette :vd asked his older broth- the key.” er, Dick, if be wouldn't go with him. 1 cast a quick glance at his eye and He only got laughed at. ‘Haw, haw, sald Dick. ‘Jim's in love’ Jim felt as though his heart had been torm out of his bosom. He went off and pined alone. “Meanwhile Jim’'s valentine must have been pining for him, for one meorning Laurette's father drove by and asked if Jimmy might not go home with him and spend the day. When Jim beard of the invitation It ulmost took his breatb away. His motber took off his suit and put on a better one and brush- ed his bair and stuffed a* handkerchlef in bis pocket, and he climbed into the wagon, and away he went to Laurette. “Jim remembers that day now, when be is forty years old, as the bapplest of his life. His wedding day was very fine—he married Laurette—but for pure, unalloyed quintessence of bliss there has never been anything like that first whole day be spent with her, though the receipt of the valentine was a won- , broad hand and with another of his drous joy of its own kind, unlike any- kindly smiles bade me adien, hoping thing else and never to be experienced that I would satisfy my journal’s bun- again.” | “No ome but the fellow who expe- rienced all that” said Swift, “could tell it. You are Jim.” *“l certainly am Jim, and there"— pointing to Mrs. Twining—“is Laurette. Don’t you sneer any more at St. Valen- tine’s day. It may be fitted only for chfidren, but it’s mighty well fitted for them, though I don't admit that it's never fitted for older persons.” { _“I promise you that ! will not,” sald | Bwife, Jim kept turning the envelope over and esamining the bleeding hearts and the opened it the rest of this delirium of Joy would be too much for him. But at last be broke it open very carefully £0 as not to tear any of the bleeding bearts or the cupids and drew forth |'a very pretiy valentine with a couplet ending ‘Be my valentine. “Jim took his valentine into the house . and showed it to all the family, asking | who could have sent it. “‘Oh, dear; exclaimed his sisters, *Jim's got a sweetheart!" **‘Who? asked Jim, blushing. Round Combs fow Chlildren. The Spell of Christmas. Now that vogue deerees that the & | hair must go back of vhe face, M! “o..m"mn:". v;:n m“nog“bom-m.’:-; | children’s interesting foreheads mAY yrritqp) | show, the old-fashioned round rubber or pessimistia, do our utmost. comb has come into its own Last winter a young New York made a hunt through the to find one of th¢se combs, search was in vain. Vet combs are with us agaln. 1 and put ot bis batd in a very triendly ‘ sisters, thought a lot about Laurette|{s11 16 and was very anxious to go to see her |1r11 27 months without making much head- the boys from thelf athletic amuse-| 88ain. But since she lived at a dis-|}gq4 g4 | way toward matrimony, but eventually ment. This did tiot see to me quite | tance and Jim was a very bashful boy, £11 49 'lttle Cupid chased him out of the in keeping with his dignity as the' not at all used to girls, he didn’t go. heart, Jimmy,’ he said and handed Jlm? cupids as though he feared that if he L. M. FOUTS, 810 37 £10 47 £10 50 l.no 1] 11 11 818 8 22 8 24 8 25 8 41 8 44 8 54 8 69 912 9 24 9 30 9 40 Hull .. . Fort Ogden .. Boggess ..... P oo Mars ., . Murdock . . Southland Placida . 312 05 . Gasparilla ||s12 15 812 25 p.m. a.m. Daily Dally “C H. & N. LIMITED” Ar .. South Boca Grande .. ... i in him. He had the only valentine he ;) Through Sleeper Between Jacksonville, Lakeland, Arcadia & Boca Grande| “Mr. Lincoln,” I said, “1 shall be' bad ever received, nnd he had a dweet- | much obliged to you if you will give; h;.";h ::: :.'d I:?tt :"":“':“:’do::::.‘ passengers holding tickets from Lakeland and points north. sweethe s, but she i C. H. & N. Limited, train No. 3 will stop at flag stations todischarge| C.H. & }i Limited, train No. 4 will stop at flag stations on signal for local passengers and for passengers holding tickets for Lakeland and quite enough bliss for all at once, and points beyond. Information not obtainable from Agents will be cheerfully fur.| nished by‘the undersigned. . N. H. GOUCHER, Supt. Transportation, Arcadla, Fla. C. B. MoCALL, G.F.& Pass.Agt., Boca Grande, Fla, 2nd V. P, & Gen. Mgr. Boca Grande, Fla. SPECIAL SALE For THIRTY DAYS we will Make a Special Sale on the New Improved White Rotary Sewing Machine Thirty Dollars Cash Just one-half the usual price Takes one of them Don’t let this opportunity pass without supplying your needs. The quantity is limited. Come at once. When they are gone we can’t duplicate the order. We need THE CASH. You need the Machine. Our interests are mutual. Come let us Serve you. WILSON HARDWARE CO:

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