Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 13, 1915, Page 2

':llll i At the sight Jennings' scheme of | theft was all forgotten. He remem- | bered only his long service with tie | | firm, his watch-dog trust and obodl~| | ence. And this burglar was about to | ! victimize them. ' | With a shout Jennings leaped at the fellow, who, taken off his gnard, At 12 o'clock John Jennings laid | red . A ~gWWR T pam. ot down from s Mgh stagge! back under the other man’s "impetus. Then, seeing stool, and went quietly toward the of- vae. unarmed, ‘he. sene ot Lin oy fice of Mr. Camplon, the new manager. | tyrn, wielding & formidable iron He knocked timidly at the door. jimmy, with which he must have pried “Come in!” shouted Campion. “Oh, | open the window that gave on the in- it’s you, J¢ ;o terior yard. “Yes, sir,” stammered Jennings.,| Jennings evaded the blow and' looking at Campion with courage born | caught the fellow’s arm. They wrestled | of desperation. “Mr. Campion, I want| to and fro, Jennings calling for help | to ask if the firm couldn’t let me have | loudly. His strength was outclassed & little more than a hundred after this | by that of the other, for 20 years of month. I've been here 20 years, sir, | office work does not make for mus- and it's eight years since 1 had my last | cularity. He knew that once he lost Saciesie” hie hold on the burglar's arm ‘the “You see, sir,” said Jennings, “my | jimmy would descend. wife has been ordered away for two or| The burglar fought in silence, but in three months and—and it's pretty | desperation, too. Jennings heard the ! hard to Leep things going on $26 al quick tramp of old Sykes’ feet outside. week.” , He put forth all his strength to throw “Sit down, Jennings,” said Campion. | the other.to.the floor. . But he.lost his He found what he meant to say unac- countably difficult, and for that reason he began to bluster. “Jennings, I have | grasp and the Jimmy, rafsed, descénd- been thinking about you for some| ed with fearful force upon his skull. A COMBINATION AFFAIR By JOHN EDGERTON. i ida and if you find an dthebgo:mvamy;lmud 'I’!II Buckeye | and miles of Buckeye trees may be seen 1% ‘which the most successful orange and grapefruit vigor and these—their surpassing root systems, lmn- Will be Planted in Any Previous One Nurseries this year was Some of the shrewdest il withot sscribes [ grove owners of the state bave done this. to further increase their o e erees has boen, such U That there may be no disappoint, snd kinds they want, whea again, these citrus growers, have placed their i i Fo e ! likewi than 25, trees bave beea ISl B ssed S g e WRST “;edn;:?.dcl?lv.?q uring Fell and Wheter TOLE 1010, Buckeye Nurseries catalog is the popular text-book of citrus fruit growing in Florida. I you have no of the book, send for one today—ree on application. BUCKEYE NURSERIES, 1038 Citizens Bank Building, Tampa, Florida siges it is_now gettil ting any Buckeye tr ow what you will need right away, time,” he said. “We can't raise you. In fact, it was my intention to ask you to resign at the end of the month.” Jennings, struck dumb by the blow, only looked appealingly at Campion. “You'll have to go at the end of the month,” said Campion. very soon—one more suited to you That’ll be all, Jennings.” Utterly crushed, back to his stool. years’ service, at forty-three! thing that had ever happened to him. He said nothing to his wife. The days flew by. ing years. thoughts came into his mind that he bad never known before. The safe in Campion’s office Was an old one. Om Saturday nights it con- tained er less than five or six thou- sang rs, which came in during the afterncep, after banking hours. ¢ It enid U3 the simpiest matieF to slip the kéy of Campion’s office from its hook in the night watchman's little ‘office, open the safe with the old com- Dination, and retire with his boot, The idea became ah obséssiol and b Fesolved to put it into execution the last Saturday of the month, . Everything favored his plan. Cam- Hlon had gone away into the country. At six O'clock Jennings went out ‘among the other bookkeepers and clerks, but, as soon as the last had de- parted, he turned and made his way back, secreting himself in a corner of the etenographers’ room, where half- blind old Sykes would never see him. Midnight arrived before he crept out The key to Campion’s room hung by the door. Old Sykes would sit, dreaming of the past, behind a half-partition of In his stockinged feet Jennings crept up, ab- toward the watchman's office. wood, for hours at a time. stracted the key and fled. He put on his boots again and crept cautiously toward Campion's office. He thought he heard a slight noise with- in, and heeitated, but it was not re- peated, and, cautiously turning the key in the door, Jennings entered. A man in g black mask was knegling ST0PTHAT COUGH Don’t let that cough | BY HENLEY AND HENLEY Jennings crept His mind whirled, chaos seemed to have opened beneath his feet. To lose his position, after 20 What could he do? It was the most terrible Mary and he never discussed office affairs. Jennings had barely a week at the office where he had spent the better part of his work- And as he sat on his stool ‘The last thing Jennings remembered was seeing Sykes at the door, a pistol in his hand. The last thing he heard was the discharge of the weapon. When he opened his eyes, to find him, Jennings’ thought was of the affray. “They got him?” feebly. A tall man rose from the other side | of the bed. Jennings, to his amaze-' ment, discovered that it was Rothway, the president. first to you, Jennings,” he said. going to put you in his place.” “In prison?” gasped Jennings with sinking heart. “No, no, my boy,” said Rothway, himself in his bed at home, and his | “We'll give| wife beside you a month’s salary ahead. And no doubt you'll fall into another position he demanded ; “Yes, we got the scoundrel, thanks ' “We're | beaning. “In his office, of course. Didn’t you know the man you caught was Campion?” (Copyright, by W. G. Chapman.) NOT HARD TO UNWIND SPRING | Simple Method of Starting Clook When the Key Has Been Given a Turg Much. it tn winding ‘clock actuated by spring you havé fiven the key a too much and so have wound spring so tight that the clock yon't run, you don't have to take the Fourself If you will go about it the m‘ way and exercise a little par 08, Jurritig oF sinking the clock does BO g00d. What you want to do is to hold 1t up and turn it right and left quickly but gently to oscillate the balance wheel. The object of this, of course, s to set the clotk in action and free the spring fYoih the binding restraint upon it, give the spring a little play, a chance to exercise its own power. It your own strong arm were bound tightly to your side you couldn’t use it at all; bdut it you could work your arm free just a little bit you could then break loose. It is so with the tightly wound clock spring; give it just a little bit of play and it will then be able to exert itself. With your first oscillation the bal- ance wheel will stop after half a dos- en ticks, but that has helped. Keep this up for ten to fifteen minutes, and you will then have given the clock spring play enough to enable it to exert its own power and keep the clock going. A Century Ago. One hundred years ago congress en gaged in & warm discussion of the report transmitted by the president from the secretary of war explaining the fallure of the army on the north- ern frontier. The political opponents of President Madison and the anti- war party in general had much to criticise in the conduct of the war. While the American navy had distin- guished itself on the seas, the land forces had accomplished little of real importance. Fuilure had resulted from the invasion of Canada by Gen- erals Wilkinson and Hampton. 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Conner & O’Steen Postoffice Next Door to Us I dolored chiffon draped over an under- BLOUSE of white crepe de chine draped with wide shadow lace in a fine and novel pattern and having half-sleeves of lace, has proved itself to be one of the most useful and de- pendable articles for the wardrobe of any woman. The same design in light pink, light blue, or maize, is equally pretty. The underblouse of crepe is plain, with front and back gathered along the shoulder seam, and sleeveless. The lace drapery is merely a short jacket lengthened at the side but not reaching to the wa’'st line. A medici collar of the lace is gath- ered at the back and supported by wires. It is extended down the front at each side of the blouse to the bot- tom. The second blouse is designed to match a suit and is made of a dark- | waist of lacs apd chiffoil. It is made with & short yoke at fhd bpck and front and has long, fashionable mous- quetaire sleeves. A pretty lace chemisette with flar ing collar is set in at the front, and 1ace cuffs finish the sleeves. As & last Shoes Fashionable Today HE cloth-topped shoe continues to reign supreme as the favorite in the realm of footwear. With black leather vamp and uppers of cloth in tan, chamois, gray or fawn color, and in many shades of these, it extends its conquests. Many styles in all-black are made for those of the quietest taste, with leather vamps and cloth tops in which little intricacies of de- sign and stitching supply novelty and distinction. Shoes having bronze vamps are made with uppers in brown cloth. Whether these shoes will be super- seded by others cut low and worn with colored stockings remains for the spring and summer to disclose. But for the present, and for some months to come, the boot with the colored cloth vamp and sometimes » c'oth- covered heel is the onmly woar ior those who keep up with the mandates of fashion. Certain expedients that make for econcmy are noticed in the showings of footwear. Gaiters, or spats, of light- weight cloth have been made, to be worn over black shoes or with low shoes, to give the effect of the shoe with light-colored uppers. They fit smoothly, and if one wishes to use black shoes already in the wardrobe, instead of buying an extra pair or two, |sm the light gaiter answers the purpose perfectly Fewer Paupers and Workicss. The number of unemployed among the trades of Great Britain affected by the national insurance act is now considerably lower than last year. During August, the first month of the war, the perceataze of those out of work was doubled Similar statistics in regard to pauperism point to a re- turn to normal conditions In the| first week of the war, applications for supplies have since co-operated to re- duce distress until there are now few- finishing touch a cravat of narrow black velvet ribbon extends about the neck, terminating in a tiny flat bow, with double loops at the front. Sim- ilar bows adorn the sleeves above the lace cuffs. There are many small brilliant but- | tons made for these dressy blouses. ' Although they are not featured as they are on coats and dresses they add a very effective and elegant touch in the finish of these very useful gar- ments. get married! Here she is, getting on Many of the latest models in toward twenty-five or twenty-six, and blouses are made with high military | 8ctually if you ever see her with a collars. These are not practical un-| Man it's a surprise! less they are detachable, as collars| “Yes,” eagerly assented Mrs. Brophy, become quickly soiled. But chemisettes | hastening to the window and looking | with standing collars are made to be| out carefully from behind the curtain. worn under the blouse, and this| “I've often said so to my husband. solves the difficulty for those who| There she is—pretty, with attractive like the new high collar. manners and capable. Why, she'd JULIA BOTTOMLEY, | make any man a good wife—a wife he Cape for Motoring. could be proud of! I just can’t un- A rubberized plaid cape with green| derstand it! What are the men think- blyp goloring and yelloy erom; ing of w lot her grow lnto a regular pes is the latest thing fof motoring. | old maid?” The reverse side s of gray. A deep| “But that's the way the world’ yoke &nd full hood, for head wear | growing!” commented sad Mrs. Grim: make it ideal son, plaintively. “You see it every- where, The men don't want wives to take care of, and the women are toq particular about the men!” “Yes, that's just it!” declared Mrs. Burnham. “Girls are too high and mighty! Why, théy want & whole es: tablishment 0 begin with, ahd the, poor men are frightened to death! 1f these girls would mak® up their minds to take the men who ask them, ‘for! better or worse,’ not forgetting the ‘poorer’ with the ‘richer, they'd all be married happily in no time. “But they'll get gray headed and unattractive and set in their ways. I can notice Margaret getting rather set ' —haven't you noticed it? But they'll realize too late! And, perhaps, they'll Tt alesson to the coming generation!” | Just then Mrs. Roth entered, much excited. “What do you suppose?” she exclaimed, breathlessly, “I've just met Margaret on the corner and she's got a diamond ring! She didn't want to talk about it, but I found out that she's known him a long time, and they're going to be married soon! I tried to get something out of her about him, but all I could learn is that he's a young city man whom she met at | school. Actually, I'm dumfounded!” | She_collapsed intg a geat and.gighed Céeply "ad sne- proceeded (5 arfihige her sewing. “Well, did you ever!” was Mrs. Bro- phy's brief comment. Mrs. Jones shook her head. “Poor | girl!” she murmured. “There she is, ' earning her own living and making good money, too, and going to give it all up for the sake of some man she probably hardly knows!” “Yes, but it's like girls!” exclaimed | Mrs. Burnham, impatiently. “They're \ willing to take up with anyone, just to get married. She'll find it's a very different thing, slaving around a house all day and taking care of children, from the easy life she’s been leading. She thinks she's going to live amid roses from the time she gets married It is mot easy to pleture a pair of | Ty oy wake up! It's rather sad, riding boots and convey anything 0 o a more than a general idea of shape and ; ::: "m: 'wln::: e ¢ dreamily proportion. A pair is included in the ot illustration, showing no new departure ’l":lr:k ?::.:lv‘l:: ‘:29:‘:; :::;‘::n't- from the accepted styles of last sea- girlhood!” she finall id e son. In slippers, especially for danc- ‘ N Vaa. Sus She'll the Uhere 2 'w a0y nevel peey miss her parties and dances, her free- lovely ideas that a future article will | :::‘ I::r ‘r? ;:‘::gz‘e :‘: :h"h ple'""' be necessary, dealing with them alone. | with the I:oney _hj. eu:n:d eh:r:::(s JULIA BOTTOMLEY. | It's different from what it was when GASE OF MARGARET ONE GIRL'S EXPERIENCE. Mrs. Jones while counting of her sutches in the necktie she was crochet- ing, suddenly paused and glanced out the window. “It's a shame,” she exclaimed to the other women, “that Margaret doesn't In the illustration given here the choicest styles are shown and they make plain the graceful and conserva- tive shapes that combine good sense and beauty in design. Toes are mnot too narrow, heels are not too high. Cloth proves to be as durable as leath- er, and the shoe with cloth uppers is the smartest and most attractive foot- wear that has been in vogue for years. | ! girls were dependent on their fathers and marriage meant only the change | of the person who attended to money matters. To give up one’s independ- | High-Grade Plain Ribbons. For dressing garniture, very wide, plain ribbons are in high esteem, says the Dry Goods Economist. Failles, satins, moires and ottoman effects n | ©°C® for the sake of a man—especially the better grades of gods are all sched- | & man one barely knows—is positively uled for attention. Failles, perhaps, | Saplyl SNSRIt diways Seemed enjoy the greatest confidemce, but, such l.x.:ice, sensible girl, too. I'm sur- this season, styles in dresses are suffi- '"?”d‘, clently varied to offer oppottunity for | “Isn't it l(nn.ce how crazy girls are all the varieties mentioned. They w get married?” declared Mrs. Roth. will be used chiefly in girdle forms to | ‘They don’t realize when they're well | ald in accentuating this smart high | ©ff until it's too late! And you can't and semihigh-walsted lines, tell them anything! They're just forced to gain their own experience— and repent too late!™ “There she goes!" exclaimed Mrs. Gray. And they all hastened to the window. Sha looks a little worried, don't you think?” remarked Mrs. Jones. “It's a shame! 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