Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 1, 1915, Page 7

| 6t EEEFItABTS hospitals~on” the desk. She selected one of the mother-of-pearl penholders, consulted the jade ink- stand and wondered what she ought to0 . write. Then she turned her perplexed glance, and it met the pictured face of | Franklin Trent. She had not seen him | for twenty years. Middle age had marked him but | slightly. Framed by a wide band of | gold, the masterful, handsome face » was that of the boy who had vainly implored Emma to love him. It al- most seemed that he was imploring ber now, so perfect was the portraiture and so vivid was her remembrance. | As she gazed at the photograph she | became a girl again. +She fancied that she was aware of the pure fragrance ot apple blossoms, the sleepy twitter- e T ot diey | 108 of nested birds, the timid luster of early stars. The lurking dread slowly vanished from her eyes. That queer shadow of apprehension which bhad darkened them for an hour was lifted. | A resolute, eager light replaced it. | She was like one lost in a dreary | swamp, who suddenly finds a safe | path borneward. Miss Vosper coughed suggestively. H “l beg your pardon.” Emma ac- knowledged. and she wrote the names of the months on the sheet of paper im submlitted it l‘;:rl Trent. ” The lady examl it with regret- e e e o urdner rePUed | ful scrutiny. Emma's bandwriting, in the name in the newspapers.| fact, was the commonplace script of an Mra. Franklin Trent meeds anoth. | 91d fashioned copybook. devold of dis- cial secretary for awhile. She will | tinction and character. ou at 6 The house is on Fith | “I'm 80 sorry,” decided M. Trent ve, and here's the address and §°Dt!Y. “but really I fear—I'm so sorry stage fare” to disappoint you!" ma's slender fingers shook a lit- “Its only an ordinary workaday ben she picked up the coln and | hand, ma’am, and, l!"you'll excuse me, card, and Miss Gandner frowned | 'l Dot disappolnted. fans r:::? m:m mu':dr :?LTJ'&'T: m:! ow, for heaven's sal ey get rattled!” ey . Emma, vaguely impressed by some jut, It you please, Miss Gardner, 1. elusive change in the bearing and volce }—1 would rather not go.” | of this gray, shabby woman. Phat do you think I pay you fory” | Mrs. Trent sighed without knowing ed Miss Gardner. “You bet you'll Why and moved petulantly among the else”— | velvet pillows. well, I'll » .| “Are you going back to the agency mmeml; ls.xZ:.then o S | this evening, Miss 8axon?” guess | made uo mistake in send-| “NO, ma’am. | am going—somewhere on on this job,” remarked Miss | ¢ise.” ner to her biotting pad. “If all; “Ishall take care that your employer bear about Franklin Trent is true doesw’t criticise you because I sent ife wouldn't be keen about hav- You away. Miss Vosper shall 'attend any chatty young plece of dréss to that in the morning. Good night” around the house. Poor old Em-| “Thank you, ma’am, and goodby,” over forty and the best hand In said Emma, smiling inscrutably. hop at that” | 1L nma sidled Into the elevator, pack-! mne sn s H percifious maid led Emma t this hour with noisy clerks and 0,0ntily down rear stairs to the serv- ling stenographers. She had work- | gpnig' entrance, but Emma was un- p Miss Gardoer's agency for balf ¢on0neq by the shight or by the grim r, but she hud made no acquaint- | o), kery of such a departure from the elsewhere in the building. Her |, 40 which might have been hers tired face, with its pathetic traces | mpo getermined smile was still upon rl::r beauty, somehow kept people | her face. She walked erect now, with Ao | her shoulders squared. In the street oad l" :" “k:lvl' and flashing. | gy tyrned ber back on the glare of ma glanced at an liluminated clock | v, gplendid avenue and set off at a knotted ber coin thriftlly in & .. pace toward the east. lkerchef. The pavement WaS| "y |ipg parted expectantly and er's uddenly throbbing palms on the, ond the partition, in the work- of Miss Gardner's typewriting , the giris bad closed their ma- for the day. They chatted soft- d gayly while they adjusted in- ble bats over miraculous coiffures. the lavatory drifted the faint, | odor of perfumed soap. e name—did you say the name Mrs. Franklin Trent?' faltered hy with melted snow, and her [ and play tennis with ber. were worn, but 10 cents meant kfal she had time enough alk. pally a cross town street led her Franklin Trent's magnificent house on the avenue. Emma ha identified it before. The orna nt of the stone mansion, a jumble ostly carving, was &n architectural but Emma did not seem to be ed. Her lps shivered strangely she climbed the broad steps. would bave been her ber father's orchard years ago had whispered a “no” to young Trent on the night when he left ir Connecticut village to seek his une in the western copper mines. IL liveried footman swung the heavy pr and surveyed Emma Saxon briefly. It you please, 1-1 have an appoint- nt bere at 6" said she, and offered Gardner’s card. Other entrance,” said the footman. ut a trim lady’s maid now appear- from behind a pillar. minute, Mr. Hibbs,” sbe inter- scanning the card. “Madam he maid crossed the lofty ball, and ma followed, with shoulders bent. if the luxury of the house oppress- them like a burden. Mr. Hibbs ned, examining his finger nails. t a door near the head of the stair- e Emma’'s guide pressed the con- led knob of an electric annunciator. ond maid opened the door silent- placed the card on a silver tray and Emma waiting behind a half jwn portiere of rosy silk. ond the curtain was an octagonal n paneled in rose Du Barry bro- The furniture was covered with lin tapestry. and on a couch re- ed a lady whose flowing gown had color and Sheen of morning cob- bs in a dewy garden. Another wo- n, soberly dressed in brown, sat at queterie desk, but Emma looked ly at the lady on the couch. Never she looked at such a beautiful ture. adam will receive you,” said the that Mrs. Trent—on the sofa?” ped Emma. f course,” breathed the servant, b much disdain. mma advanced into the room. The raised her graceful. tawny haired d from the heap of pillows, and her was kind and musical. his is Miss Saxon?” y name is Saxon, ma'am. n the Gardoer agency.” ‘es,” said Mrs. Trent. “I shail need tary for a few weeks to assist Vosper,” and she indicated, with eled hand. the woman at the desk. bave always given satisfaction, n, as a stenographer and type- pr.” veptured Emma. [ra. Trent's good bumored smile was by winning. am sure of that. but & pen witer 1t [ need,” she rejoined quietly. correspondence, I fear, is too to be typed. So may I trouble for a sample of your w is the whole pelnt mow ly, ma'am.” -’: sald. Yosper arose. and Emma seat- 1 f in the desk ehair. An angle the wall was betweeu the desk and ‘beard Miss Vosper | irm chin pointed upward Emma bur- | ried on, like one speeding to a goal. A blue cloaked and blue bonneted ! girl emerged from a saloon jingling | an alms box of the Salvation Army. | Emma tugged a coin from her knotted handkerchief and dropped her pittance in the box. | *“God bless you for it!" muttered the | gir). Emma did not pause to bear the | benediction. She turned the corner futo a side street. It was a street of | old brick houses converted into tene- | ments. Beyond tbe distant end of it. under the lights of a towering bridge, was revealed the sullen current of the river. The shadowy street would have been quiet bhad it not been for the count- less children, but over sidewalk, curb and housetops they swarmed like fren- zied bees. A desperate bandit of sev- en years triumphantly caught and held Emma’s skirt as she passed. She bent down to loosen the chubby fist and found that for lack of breath she could hardly speak. She waited for a minute among the children, with a band on her leaping heart. Then she went into the tene- ment house and up the sagging 'and narrow stalre. The bumble room which Emma en- tered was poorly furnished, but very neat and clean. A man sat beside the lamp, reading a book. He looked up pleasantly—a tall, powerful man, al- though be had the bleached face of an jovalid. One of his arms was in a sling. “Why, Emmy.” said be. 1t? She stared at him with shining, brim- ming eyes. The breath caught again in her throat, and she could not speak. “What's the matter?" he demanded. rising with quick anxiety. “I've such glorious news, Em! The doctor swears that I'l be back at work within a month! Thank heaven. you won't much longer have to—why. Emmy, lass, whatever has come to you?” Emma clasped him in her embrace. “Oh. my husband!” she cried broken- ly. “I was afraid—afraid—but | have “What 1s seen without envy what might have ' been, and it has been proved to me— proved that [ could never have cared for any one but you. And, Juhn. I love you so—I love you so™ Can’t Help It. The Doctor—And the baby is no bet- ter. Did you get those little black pllis 1 spoke to yon about? Mrs. Newlywed.—Well, you see, the druggist bad some awfully cute pink ones.that just matched the darling’s new dress for 18 cents, marked down from 25, so I got those instead.—Ex- changel Why He Was Surprised. “You learn much by travel.” “How now? “The streets of Boston surprised me. They are just like the streets of other citien.” “Why not™ “1 thought streets in Boston hed Latin names.”—Pittsburgh Post. We Take Pride 1o Doing BRING YOUR-J0B TO Flower Valentine § It Was Growa In the Sunay South By EUNICE BLAKE Arnold Bates, baving broken down from overwork, was ordered to the south to spend the winter. He chose St. Augustine, Fla., in which to spend January and February, arriving there in the latter part of December. The Invalid was accompanied by bis mother, and they tuok a cottage for the season. Their domicile was one of two houses standing side by side and about 100 yards apart. In the adjoin- ing yard belonging to the other dwell- ing was a fower garden, but since it was during the brief interval between scasous in that climate there were no tlowers in blpom. ‘There was something else in bloom that delighted the eye of Arnold Bates. This was a very pretty girl. Bates no- ticed ber ¢n the very day of his ar- rival in n tennis court to the rear of ber home playing the game with a boy of twelve, whom Bates judged to be ber brother. The young lady was ap- parently about eighteen years of age. and, though tennis Is not always cal- culated to show grace, her movements were unusually graceful. The Invalid sat in the window of his bedroom watching the game and thank- ful for sumething to look at, for he was not well enough to read and bad no desire to look at u book. He was con- strangers to the place, who had come from the north to escape the rigorous winter of their home. Both families were city bred. and city persons are not prone to make acquaintances of neigh- bors. Consequently neither made any movement to be neighborly, They lived side by side for severfl weeks without even learning each other's nawe, and only one member of each family could teéll anything about the other. These two persons were Arnold Bates and Heleo Farnsworth. Bates suppos- ed that he was admiring one who was unconscious of his existence. This was not s0. The girl had eyes for the bandsome Invalld as well as he had eyes for ber. Indeed, she was sym- pathizing with him and wishing that bhe was strong <nough to come down Whether, it he bhad been strong enough, the two would have broken through the con- ventional barriers that kept them apart 1s a question which we need not ask. On the 2ist of December the sun starts northward aud in Florida brings the genial warmth of the coming sum- mer far more rapidly than in the north. One morning Arnold Bates saw Miss Farnswortb and ber little brother, Bob, in the garden. Bob had a spade and. ander his sister's directions, was dig- ging up the beds. Then the two did some planting, and from that time on the garden recelved a good share of their attention. Arnold Bates was {mn- proving and now walked out every day. On several occasions he and Miss Farnsworth met. and both showed a consciousness of the fact that they were not entirely unknown to each other, though neither spoke. The yonng lady was usually accompanied by ber brother, whose evident interest in his next door neighbor indicated that he had seen Mr. Bates and that the boy and the girl might have dis- cussed him together. Bates was by this time in condition to wish that something might turn up to give him an acquaintance with bis pretty neighhor. About the 1st of Feb- ruary be saw preparations for 8t. Val- entine’s day, which was approaching, and he wished that be might make it serve for the coveted introduction. But unfortunately this anniversary has been largely relegated to children. Be- sides, Bates did not see any way that he could utilize it. After turning va- rious schemes over in bis mind be abandoned the idea altogether. But Bates saw that Bob Farnsworth was making preparatious to celebrate 8t. Valentine’s day. Oune day. with a lttle girl companion, be laid out his stock of valentines on the veranda, and the two children made an inspec- tion. Bates was sitting at his window watching tuem, but not near enough to it to enable them to see him. Pres- ently he saw the boy look up at the window and say something which caused his companion to look up at it too. There was evidently some dis- cussion between them with which the window was connected. Then Bob went into the house and returned w'th a bit of writing paper and a penci’. The paper be placed on a table on the veranda. and the two children busied themselves with the pencil. After this Bob went to an out- house and brought a hoe and a rake, with which he smoothed one of the flower beds. Next he went into the bouse and returned with a paper bag. With a stick be scratched something , on the bed that Arnold thought to be Jetters, but he could pot see what they were. Into these scratches the chil- dren sowed seeds from the paper bag. This proceeding naturally excited ! Mr. Bates' curiosity. He waited pa- tiently tll "ight came on and the in- terior of the house next door was light- ed ap. showing that the family were indoors. Then, taking an electric lamp, be went down and into the sdjoining | rend wetems comtupesing a sentence of toree words, fonowed by the Wtrers {8 F° When Arpold went baek 10 his hose Geweawss chue Kline ns thomml v tent to watch the girl Bitting about ) fact was not permitted to reach the over the tennis c«un‘l . gentleman for whom he had raised out The family mesxt door were also of the ground a valentine from his sis- oOWE hands® prepared- a little Bed fn which be planted some seeds. But he " took care mot to plant the seeds while the children next door were about. It was now two weeks before St Valentine's day. Bates, who was im- proving in health, seemed also to be in a state of pleasant expectation. Every day be examined with a pair of binoc- ulars the bad the children had planted. Meanwhile there were various meet- ings between the parties, but Miss Farnsworth for some reason best known to herself ignored Mr. Bates entirely, and Mr. Bates externally ig- nored Miss Farnsworth. But when- ever he met Bob he looked at the boy with an amused expression. He feit sure that Bob had been teasing his sis- ter and the person about whom she had been teased was Arnold Bates. A week passed after sowing the seed, but neither bed showed any effect of | the planting, though Arnold Bates by close examination saw a slight swell- ing of the earth where the seed had been planted in his own bed. His binoculars refused to disclose any sign whatever of a germinating force in the bed in.the next yard. He had sowy crocuses in his bed, for he preferred that they should come up soon—sooner than whatever might be in the next bed. On the 11th of February his cro- cuses appeared above the surface far enough to show the word “Gladly,” though they were not plain enough to be read by one in the next house. On the 13th Bates could discern in the bed In the next yard parts of letters. On the morning of the 14th, 8t Val- entine’s day, after a rain in the night, the plants in both beds stood out plain- ly in green letters, the one *“Be My Valentine” and the other “Gladly.” What was going on nest door on that St. Valentine’s morning was not known to Arnold Bates. If Bob was in trouble at baving perpetrated what be intended for a very good joke the ter, for nothing could be plainer than that such was his intent. The shades on the near side of the house were down aund kept down all day. The next morning no signs of the valentine next door appeared. It had been removed in the night. Bates had belleved that this would be the case. At any rate, he removed his reply, and on the 15th of February not a sign of elther message was to be seen. Helen Farnsworth the morning be- fore St. Valentine's day had noticed the parts qf letters that had appeared in the bed under her window, but had falled to make them out. The next morning. however, she not only read them plaiuly, but read the reply. She judged at ouce that Bob was the per- petrator and accused him. He admit- ted the impeachment with shouts of merriment, which were turned to moan- Ings on being shut up by his mother in a dark rovm. No notice was taken of the valentine during the day, but as soon a8 night fell Helen went out with a hoe and destroyed it. The KFarnsworth family were much disgruntled at Bob's performances, and Helen was at first troubled lest the bandsome iuvalid, supposing that she had planted the valentine, should con. sider her bold in _the extreme. But bow had he been enabled to grow the reply in such short order? There was but one explanation—he must bhave seen the planting of the seed. Bob ad- mitted that be had done the work in daylight, which settled the matter. The obloguy having been removed. Helen gradually came to attach less unpleasantness to the matter, and one day while standing before her mirror dressing her bair she saw the frown on her face disappear before a smile, Then she laughed. She was shocked at herself for laughing at such an out- rageous proceeding, but. after all, it was rather funny. Besides, the band- some invalid had been so gallant as to make a favorable response. One morning when Mr. Bates was feeling quite recovered he walked out into the yard Miss Farnsworth came out and walked in her yard. Presently she tripped up to the hedge separating the two places. Mr. Bates advanced toward her, removing his bat as he did so. “I owe you an explanation,” said th~ girl, “for the joke my brother perp« trated. He planted those flowen that*— “1 saw him do it." “Then you understand?" “Of course I do. But permit me to say that If your brother planted the valentine I planted the reply.” Miss Farnsworth blushed and drop- ped her eyes. “1 should have made an effort to make your acquaintance,” added Bates. “but | have been something of an in- valid. 1 have seen you playing tennis and regretted tbat T could not play with you. However, I am so much better now that 1 feel quite able to swing a racket.” “1 shall be happy to have you play *“I think | would like a gume now.” ‘When these two young persons be- gan to dwell next door to each other they did not for a moment suspect what fate had in store for them—that it was the eventful period of their lves—for when they left Florida they were engaged. You Are Not Getting Full Value Out of Your Paper Unless You . Read the ADVERTISEMENTS Full Skirt. Now that full skirts are actually par and Epeaking of Feet. 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