Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 1, 1915, Page 3

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Dickson ORI RUBUBBORON Ta'i'a'/e /e’ 6 6./ o /8. ‘s 8. ¢ 80 e ‘0 e @aiei/eieieeie aieieelieieie ! i LOVEBY TELEPHONE ! By LUCY GORTON BARROWS. ! “No!” shouted Simon Barclay in & thunderous tone, crushing out the , fondest of human hopes, immovable ' as a rock. ‘ His pretty niece, Hetty, covered her face with her hands and broke dowan ! utterly in a storm of tears. |~ “Cruel—cruel!” she sobbed. “And a last meeting with this gay moaned Hetty, and really believing it. “It fs't because Ned Monroe is after your little fortune, as most young fellows are nowadays.” “What—what is it, then?” faltered poor Hetty. “It's because he's an electrical maniae. Huh—telephone! ‘Who heard of such a thing in my young days? Gossip-breeders, 1 call ‘em! ‘Worse than that—catering to laziness. Tried to get me to put one in my house. I'd like to see 'em! Now I've | said my say. Drop this beau, or I'l { send you off a thousand miles to my sister, where you can’t see him.” Antiquated, narrow-minded Simon Barclay had invented a new name for the most estimable young man in Redfern. He hated all innovations, especially a telephone. There was a reason. Simon had bargained too | slowly in the purchase of a piece of property he coveted, a shrewd neigh- bid him. He hated telephones after that, and Ned Monroe in the bargain, for was not that energetic young man the head linesman of the district tele- phone plant? Hetty moped around the house all day. She was disconsolate. If ever a girl loved a bright intelligent young fellow, it was she. As to Ned, she knew that she was to him as the apple of his eye. She dreaded meet- ing him, but she was 1oyal to a prom- ise she had made to her uncle that there would be no exchange of notes, no clandestine meetings. Hetty knew that promptly at 5:30 Ned would pass "uilll‘.}i [ “It's Because He's an Electrical the old orchard road near the farm. Fifteen minutes earlier she repaired to the old tree that had been to them & favorite trysting place. Ned came spinning along on his bicycle, not a moment late, a fine specimen of a healthy, buoyant young man interested and happy in his work. He swung a coil of wire and his tool bag to the road and was over the fence in a joyous leap. “Dear girl!” he said fondly, and then started at Hetty in alarm, for she was weeping. Bit by bit the miserable story came out. He consoled her, he reiterated his love. He sald nothing of revenge, elopement or discouragement. “Little lady,” he observed in his hopeful sanguine way, “all right! If I ean't see you, I can keep on loving you, can't I?” ‘es, yes,” murmured Hetty bro- kenly, “hut [ shan’t hear—those lov- g Words! WHY, not T Bave you tell me how you think of me every day—" “But you shall,” announced Ned definitely. “You have agreed not to write to me. Don’t. You have prom- ised not to meet me. Keep your word. ['ll arrange all that, but—trust me to break down this wall of preju- dice. Oceans shan't part us. In the meantime, until things settle down— this.” Ned drew from his coat pocket one of the tools he used in putting in wires. He waved it buoyantly. “Yonder,” he said, pointing to the barb wire fence, “is a conductor right at hand. I'll connect up half a mile down the road with Farmer Moore's house line The feeder will go up there,” and he pointéd among the branches of the old apple tree. “Oh, Ned!” cried Hetty, clasping her hands in ecstasy, “you—you don't mean—" “That | am going to put a tele- phone especially for you up in that tree. Why, every evening we can talk over the line for hours, if we want to.” “You darling!” exuberated Hetty breathlessly. “Oh, how fortunate it is that you know all about tele phones!™ Insentive to Better Work. Emerson says: “Every day is a doomsday.” If we realized this, we would take each day and try its worth as it came to us. Then we would do better work tomorrow.— Maltbie D. Babcock. bor had got to a telephone and out- | “I'll be at my task bright and early tomorrow before your uncle is up and sbout,” planned Ned. “Come here to- morrow evening, climb up in the tree. ‘There’s a comfortable seat on the sec- ond branch. Take down the receiver. Call up XX’ I'll arrange with the switch-board girls as to what that means. Then-—last kiss here, but I'll send you a dozen over the wires every evening!” Oh, the delight of it! That blissful twilight hour! The deft hand of the master workman had arranged the wires so that only a suspicious, search- ing person could have guessed the mission of the double wire loop run- ning from the fence up into the old apple tree. For' three consecutive evenings Het- ty sauntered carelessly down the road. Her uncle supposed she was go- ing to visit the daughter of the farm- er just next to them. Ifetty had no- ticed him standing at the door of the house the last evening of the three, watching her till she was out of sight. She made a cautious detour to reach the old tree. The fourth evening Hetty did not start away until she saw Mr. Barclay busy in what he called his little of- fice, looking over his business papers. It was quite dusk by the time she reached her destination. She had climbed into the tree and had herself comfprtably disposed, when she was startled by a low quick whistle. A man came over the fence, rough looking and sinister. He stood directly beneath her leafy shelter. It was he who had uttered the Wwhistle and in a few moments a com- rade of the same type slouched into view. “Well, how's the outlook?” queried the first comer. “Capital.” “Girl gone?”’ “Half an hour ago.” “And the old man?” “In the room where his safe is, all alone. There's a rich haul, partner. Come on.” | “Mercy!” gasped the startled Hetty, as the two strangers disappeared in the direction of the farm house. “They are going to rob nncle!" Her wits worked quick. She was aware that the men folks on the next farm were not at home. Then a bright idea occurred to her. She snatched free the receiver of the tele- phone. u “X-X"—oh, quick, please! please!” she breathed frantically. And then as the connection was made: “Oh, Ned! come quick, with help. There are two burglars here who are going to rob uncle!"” “Will they never come?”’ she cried, standing out in the road and looking townwards. Then her heart took hope. Two distant sparks grew brighter, the lamps of a speeding automobile. Then she could hear the chug-chug of the flying machine. She ran out into the road and waved her neck scarf. Two town officers accompanied her lover. One guarded #he front door of the house as they reached it. Ned and the other man went around to the porch that opened into the office of old Simon. “Just in time!” announced Ned, and he and the officer sprang into the room. Oneqf the burglars was guard:- 16g "their victim witi a revofver: The other had just lifted his strong box from the safe. The officers departed with their prisoners. Ned explained. “A telephone did if?” muttered old Simon, closely hugging his treasure box. “But for that—Join hands!” he sald abruptly. “I'm converted, Hetty. This young man may put in a ’phone in the morning. As to coming here regular, I fancy he's earned the priv- lege.” And so love by telephone led to love directly under the home roof. (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) Getting at A Secret B8y DWIGHT NORWOOD Jim Hathaway and | were not only chumws, but vecupied rooms in the same bachelor apartment bouse. Jim was a secretive chap and especially fond of making a mystery of what was an ordinary happening. 1 poked fun at him for doing so, but this seemed to , have uo effect in stopping bim from continually trying to impress me with his ability to do things without my having any knowledge of them. Then when the denvuement cume he would assume an air of superiority as much as to suy, "1 don’t go about blabbing of my nffairs.” There came a time when 1 belleved that Jim bad an affair on band with a gin. The reason why I came to-this conclusion was that he began to show a contempt for women. “The best thing a fellow can do with a girl,” he would say, “is to let her alone. By doing so be avoids the expense of the- ater tickets and flowers, ouly to find out later that she’s encouraging some other fellow.” 1 was not interested in Jim's love affairs, but 1 saw no reason why he should take pains to deceive me in the matter. However, it did not trouble me that he thought proper to do so. | was very fond of him and cousidered bis idiosyncrasy 9\‘ no real importance, not doubting but that 1 had others myself just as absurd. Jim and | occupled a common living room, and one evening when we were about to go out to dinner together Jim picked up an envelope that had been left by the postman during the day, unsenled, and took out a booklet ad- vertising some kind of goods. 1 mno- ticed him looking at it, or some part { of it, with apparent interest; then he tossed it in the wastebasket. The next morning | happened to go to that same wastebasket to recover a bit of paper I had thrown in it con- taining an address. 1 stumbled on the envelope containing the advertisement and ooticed that it was addressed in a feminine hand. 1 thought nothing of this, since girls are usually employed to address advertising matter, and was bunting on for my paper when | raked up the advertisement. It gave a lst of articles that would alone interest a woman. This set me to thinking why it should bave been addressed to & man. While meditating on this 1 no- ticed some lead pencil marks on the booklet. They were 8. 16. 7% Now, had it not been for what 1 bave sald about Jim and his mysteries 1t would not have occurred tv me that these figures were not merely some- thing put there by some unknown per- son for some very ordinary' purpose, but intended for a cipher. First, ad: vertisements of especial Interest to wo- men are not usually mailed to men. This suggested that the booklet had been received by a woman and bad been used for cipher purposes by the recipient. What better method for com munication could there be? Whether the figures had a meaning or not, 1 re- solved that If | ever got a girl whose parents would not permit me to visit her 1 would use this plan of communi- cation. 1 tried burd not to pry into Jim's af- fairs, but the puzzle was too fascinat- ing for me to let alone. Besides, there was the temptation to beat Jim at his own game. What 8 16.7% meant haunted me till 1 hit upon the fact that the present month was August, the eighth month in the year. The present day was the 12th. DId pot the fig: ures contain an appointment? If so, it was for Aug. 16 at half past 7 (proba- bly In the evening). 1 could not quite bring myself to shadow my friend on that evening, but DR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES His Important Medical Discovery Should Be Recorded in His Memorial. There has been a suggestion that ' in a memorial to Dr. Oliver Wendell | Holmes some worthy recognition be made of his incomparable service to mankind in the discovery and propaga- \ tion against obstacles that would have | deterred a less honest and sympa- thetic mind of the contagiousness of childbed fever and its remedy. Lay persons and unfortunately many in the profession are unaware of this epoch-making discovery by a man whose memory is beloved and hon- ored for his Ilfterary attainments only. A disease which consigned thousands of recent mothers to un- timely graves was suddenly deprived of its malign prevalence by the dis covery of Doctor Holmes that it was contracted by contact with the doc- tor or nurse and that simple precau- tions by them would prevent its oc- currence. Persecuted in his own country by the ridicule of great pro- fessors in that specialty, Holmes pur- sued the even temor of his way until his idea was accepted in England. Thence it was carried to the con- tinent, where it was taken up by a Hungarian physician who reduced the mortality in the Vienna hospitals enor- mously. To the latter his countrymen have erected a monument in Buda- pest, and annually homage is paid to his memory, while Holmes is barely remembered in the United States for this sclentific discovery, which it is sald he valued more highly than his literary fame. Reason cannot show itself more reasonable than to cease reasoning on things above reason.—Sir P. Sidney. To Wash Windows. To wash windows quickly: Take & chamois skin, dipped in warm water, to wash windows. Then wring the same chamois skin dry as possible, and after wiping the window again you will have a finely polished glass, without the use of numerous cloths to do the work. Ahead during the next month or so I noticed that be received a number of adver tisements on which there were lead pencil marks. 1 did not try to de cipher any of them. Indeed, I had not deliberately tried to decipher the first one. | bad come upon it by accident 1t had got iuto my head and 1 couldn’’ get it out till 1 had solved it What 1 did was to buy a wedding present and ! leave It where Jim could see it. He was above asking me what it was for, so | told bim that it was for a friend whe was about to be married, adding that 1 could not name the person since the .gmnl__ wap &_gecret, e reason why I coumted on Jim's coming marriage was that it is dificalt 1f not impossible for two men to live one of whom is engaged with- out the other knowing it. Jim never told me of his engagement That cured my friend of making mys- terles out of very small things. Ever afterward he was frankness to perfec- tion. As for his wife, I doubt if she had ever been so troubled Quite Portable. A man who had taken an interest in the “back to the land” movement and had gone so far as to invest in a bungalow met a friend who was anx- fous to know how he had made out. “Was that one of those portable bum- galows you bought?” asked the friend. “] guese it was,” replied the othes, rather ruefully. “The wind oarvied it away one day.” There’s No Plac Lie Hoe Especially if it’s your own home built after your own ideas and just to suit you. Every Man Should Build Something DURING HIS LIFETIME You take more pride and satis- faction in something of your own creation, BUILD SOMETHING AND SEE US FOR Lumber and Building Material Bills Lakeland Manufacturing Company LAKELAND, FLORIDA Thereis a differ- ence between Shirts doneup at the Lakeland Steam Laundry and those done at the average place There is also class to our Shirt Work. Send us your Shirts next week and you will always send them. 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