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

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The first thought that comes to our mind when we e a customer in the store is, SATISFY THE CUSTOMER. very small detail is given the most consideration. The jbove explains the steady growth of our business. “A PLEASURE TO SHOW GOODS.” COLE & HULL Jewelers and Optometrists Lakeland, Fla. The One Su e G always welcome and admired is a piece of diamond jewelry. If you lare planning a gift that will always please, that will last forever, select it from our diamond jewelry collec- tion. There are pieces to suit every purse and designs to satisfy every taste. ¥ Conner & 0’Steen Postoffice Next Door to Us See the 1915 Buick Models Buick Automobiles Salesroom located W. Main St. at Motor Shop Grady Deen. Local Agent THM BVENING TELEGRAM LAK ELAND, FLA., FEB. L., 1915. The Courageous Miss Stuyvesant; By F. G. AFLALO “Well,” the girl was saying, “I be- Heve In asking for what you want. We do that over in my country, anyway.” And the musical drawl, no less than the clear olive complexion and velvet eyes, left little doubt as to what “my country,” was, for she spoke and looked the Californian, with a dash of Spanish blood. “Ask, then, O fair! and thou sbalt have even to the half of my king- dom.” No sooner had Spencer Lathom ut- tered the jesting words than he real- ized, with a little bitterness, that his kingdom consisted of the pay he drew as speclal correspondent, in peace or war, of the Morning News, a comfort- able salary for any bachelor who looks to Fleet street for his bread, but no more than poverty by compar ison with Miss Stuyvesant’s millions; they might be dollars, but even so they made four hundred a year seem beggarly. They had stayed a little longer than usual in the water, and were late for breakfast. In the center of the room stood ble larger than the rest, and laid for eight, and to this there came an old gentleman, prosperous and ru- bicund, with hair cs white as his waistcoat. On four of the eight plates, his own included, were little piles of letters, two of them surrounded by telegrams. Mr. Richard Bontine gave only cas- ual attention to such correspondence as followed him on his holiday. His confidential clerk saw to it that he was troubled as littlc as possible; and moreover, one of the cther partners was in town. Then, by the way of more interesting literature, he opened his Daily Mail just as his wife passed on to her seat behind the tea and cof- fee pots. As his eye roved from the paper to those yellow envelopes, he emitted a low whistle, “What is it, Richard?” asked the lady, who had also looked at the tele- “I'm Going to Say What's on My Mind.” grams with the nervousness which the sight of them always caused her. “0 nothing, my dear; nothing,” Mr, Bontine gave a laugh that was a little forced. “Onmly another little kickup— er—in India. Quite a small affair, really!” A small affair! And there, staring him in the face, were those leaded headlines: Trouble in the Northwest Frontier. Hurried Dispatch of Troo { Russian Complications Feared. Cabi- «net Council Summoned. Of course! Those infernal tele- grams could mean nothing else. One was for Blake, Bobby Blake, who was to marry Pearl (the pearl these fond parents set above price) in October; the other for Spencer Lathom, who was to him as an elder son—Blake the soldler, who no doubt had to re- port immediately for foreign service; Spencer the war correspondent, who would have, with all the risk and none of the glory, to go out to those piti- less mountain passes, perhaps to be sniped or knifed by Afridis. Silently young Blake read his wire, then Lande«d it 10 his host, who, read- ing it, laid a sympathetic hand over his eldest girl's us sle cat down be- side him. Pear] did not necd to be told. She was deathly pale, but carried herself finely. “Well,” ejaculated Mr. Pontine, “it's d—. H'm, beg pardon, my dear. It's bard lines, Robert. But duty calls, my boy, eh? And yours, Spencer? Same job, I supposc—what?” “Yes, sir,” was the reply, as the war correspondent scented battle. “And I'm off to Peshawur on Friday.” As 2 matter of fact, Miss Stuyve- sant had no.secrets from herself, and she was quite convinced that if she had to go through life without Mr. Spencer Lathom in close proximity it was not going to be her fault. She had been spending the London |letter !lovely about it. Oh, . spent August with her family by the ! sea. As for him, he had been as a son i to the Bontines ever since he could | remember. They got through the meal perfunc- (orlly and when it was over the two younger men went off arm in arm to the telegraph office, while Pearl went “to have a good cry” in her mother’s Dolores Stuyvesant walked a little apart. Her grief was deep also; -but, as he had not given her the precious right to show it, she would keep it to herself. So she crept away to the deserted croquet lawn behind the ho- tel, and sat down on a rustic bench facing the sea. A heavy step crushed the gravel path, and hastily her. handkerchief went to her eyes as she gave a very ! creditable imitation of a sneese. | Then she looked around. Old Bon- tine was looking at her with eyes full of sympathy. “Eh, my dear, it's a bad business— what?” And he sat down beside her. “Oh, dreadful, Mr, Bontine! So ter- rible for dear Perl. And she was so it—it—makes me 80 unhappy!” “Yes, my dear, but she has to be a soldier’s wife and to get used to this sort of thing. It's worse in a way for poor Spencer.” her narrowly now. She knew fit, but could she keep the hot blood from mantling her cheek? “These war correspondents, you see, are non-combatants, and they run all the riskse—eh, my dear, did you say anything?’ For she had uttered a sound that might have been a sob. “Yes,” he went on ruthlessly, “it's such a pity, because he gets no glo But it's his living, he says, and h too proud to let me— Oh, bother!” he continued, as if struck by a sud- den idea, “why can’t he marry? But it's no use. The very fact of a girl | having sixpence to bless herself with would choke him off, even if he wor- shiped the ground she walked on. He told me so0.” He paused suddenly, half-frightened at the effect of his words. was leaning forward now, scarcely breathing, her great eyes fixed on his, as she said, almost inaudibly, “He —told—you so! When?” Then he dashed straight ahead. 'was now or never! “Why, only last night, after you had all gone to bed, 1 chaffed him; only my little joke, you know, and he— Yes,” he concluded defiantly, “I meant to tell you this. It seemed a shame to let everything go wrong for want of a meddlesome old fool to put it right. You—you are not angry with me, my dear—what?” And, with a silent prayer that his Lavinia, to whom he had been faith- ful all their wedded days, might not at that dreadful moment be looking in their direction, he suffered her to press her cool young lips to his rosy old cheek. And still the August sun shone brightly, though this time we see it over London town. Yet smart cars and carriages rolled in and out of the side streets that led to the squares, and it was hard to belleve that the great city was as empty as the news- papers would have their readers think it So, at any rate, thought Spencer Lathom, as & minute before noon he passed Into the shade under the por- tico of Claridge's and sent his name up to Miss Dolores Stuyvesant. Which accomplished, this ordinarily self- posgeseed man felt so nervous that he actually contemplated seeking safety in flight and wae only indeed stayed from making so ignominious a retreat by the vision that suddenly barred the way. “Ah, this is just lovely of you! you got my letter, say?” “And here I am,” was the reply. “Come in right here,” she said, then bit her lip. “Now look here, Mr. It 8o Spencer Lathom, I'm going to say- It's a way we; wh in my mind. have in God’s country. And, whatever you may think of it, I know that you are a gentleman and will say nothing to anyone.” Not daring to think what this won- derful darling was going to say next, he could only feebly bow his assent. “Very well then. Yo do—rather like me—don’t you?” Like her! Like her! He wanted to fall down and kiss her feet, but he was not going to tell this Dollar Princess what was in his mind. “You know you do! Why, you told Mr. Bontine 8o only the other night.” As his confusion became more evi- dent, she grew calmer. It is a way ‘women have, “Yes,” she proceeded with delibera- tion, “you also told him that those blamed dollars of mine—which I can't help a llttle mite, and which are rather nice o'ter all—were in the way, and—O, Spencer Lathom, Spencer 1 them, I'm thinking you're just & cow ard after all!” “But,” he stammered, sheet. “But,” she interrupted, “I'm not anyway, not me. Spencer Lathom, will you marry me?” She all but swooned. Then he caught ber in his arms. wkite as 2 Gruesome Relics Not in Demand. Hangmen's autographs are not a valued marketable property. A few days ago a collection of letters bear- ing the signatures of Calcraft, Berry and Billington, with the autograph of the notorious Crippen thrown in, only reslized $4 at a London sale. Berry’s autograph appeared on a to an editor, protesting season at Claridge’'s with an efface |that an impostor had been attracting sble chaperon, and having, a year or two earlier, been Pearl’s bosom friend ‘-t a Neuchatel pension, bad gladly | i Airtight Rubber Cork. A stopper for bottles that is espe- ' }mny valusble for travelers consists ; of a solid rubber cork that goes down into the meck of the bottle, and a cir- cular collar of soft rubber risingefrom the top of the cork. When the cork is driven home this collar is turned down over and outside the neek, which it makes water-tight and air- tight. The solid cork and the flaxible ecllar are all in one plece. to himself a certain amount of atten- tion by declaring in the public-houses of the district that he himself was | | Berry.—London Mall. He was watching For she | on display. Reels % i 3 Ancient King a Terror. Mithridates, king of Pontius, is rare- 1y mentioned nowadays, but in the year 88 B. C. he was the terror of the world. He killed his own family, slaughtered seven different kings and their courts, marched through Asia and left everywhere trails of dead. He invaded Greece and there slaughtered nearly half a million iuman beings, ther. he marched again.t Rome with | awful carnage. In his own army he | Jost only 85,000 men, but he is thought | to have killed at least twenty times that number of his enemies. Deserving Crown of Patience. The crown of patience cannot be re- celved where there has been no suf- fering. 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