Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 4, 1915, Page 7

THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAY ELAND, FLA., MARCR _. .315. | B R OOttt sttt Ittt ssttrtdd '} lion drorosd taté: the. postoios !and saw with her own eyes and al- fell over in a faint. There were told her about the flirting, er four ‘'musn't! It will break up our school.” ‘younger, of them | “Nonsense! If you'd dome a little been in love or expected to !flirting yourselves in days gone by were cut out for old malds | vou’d have been all the better for it . 1 want Clarence here, and here he t long years mot a single | will stay.” the many good-looking girls | “Sir, we shall appeal to the post- had fiirted or ' mastergeneral!” was the awful given the Chilton |threat, as the old maids retired. ity such as &' And appeal they did, and right on have estadb- |the ground, too, that the assistant to explain that | postmaster at Rockwell was a flirt wo miles | and bringing discredit on the depart- school were always too busy |ment. It ism't likely that the official 00d or hoeing potatoes to ' read the letter or reply, but some llage was a stald | clerk who sympathized with the as- never visited by drummers. ' sistant answered: the girls on their | “Flirtations are not forbldden by Chilton had care- | the rules of this department unless field over. There ; they seriously interfere with the work balf a dosen young menm, but of the official, and we do not think were lame and halt and homely. | that is the case in this instance.” There was Deacon Bradshaw, a | The Misses Chilton had been sure widower who dyed his hair and acted | they could cust the young man and colty now and them, but the .;.unidrlu him back toward sunset, and figured that he would mot dare go | the faflure was a great disappoint- beyond certain bounds. No; the | ment. place was safe, and that was why the | “T0l tell you what we must do,” shock came with such force when it 8ald the elder sister, as the case was did come. There was a shock one | talked over. “We must not forbid the was an edict to pre- from visiting the SO0 s000000s Armour Star 1y § g E ] i z B I i |5 Hams * - Uncanbassed at 18 Cents is Week Only i g e i g! 5 h bbbt bt Ittt 2 2 2 22T I BERFERESRS i'§!§ ngsggaifnggfli !?i r g A H summer morning. One of Mr. Du- pont’s powder magazinés didn’t blow up and level the cornstalks for ten miles around, but ‘he shock shook Chilton School from cellar to garret. Fanny, the elder sister, returned from the village one forenoon and fell in other sister’s arms in hysterical 6. TWEEDELL PHONE 59 B Ty ratsatrestrret T VISP ERICPL BB BRI NP PP PP PIIIL I PP PP P44 40404 1 The Lakeland Seed Co. IOVED TO WEST MAIN STREET, NEAR YATES HOUSE sh Potatoes White and Golden Dent J Corn Sweet Corn Millet, Rape and Rye s Stock and Poultry Powder; also Dr. Magic and Bee Dee Liniment and Dip and See Us in Our New Quarters, THE LAKELAND SEED COMPANY. ts Hess' ur Coupons in the Great Yoting st at the Hub. This is the only Furnishing Store in Town giv- ptes with Purchases of Goods Our pring Lin Is Coming in§Daily Their Day Had Come at Last. mood. When she had been soothed and petted for five minutes she con- trolled her emotions sufficiently to it is our ruin!” “There’s—there’s a young man in “N-o-oo!” “I have seen him with my own eyes!” “Impossible, sister!” “And have found out all about him!” “And he is an escaped convict?” “Not exactly that, but almost as dad. Oh, sister, we shall have to «close our school within a month!” “But tell me.” ‘The postmastership at the village of Rockwell had been held by an old war veteran for many years. He was failing all the time, and had finally sent out west and brought on a nephew of his and made him as- sistant postmaster. This nephew was a young man named Clarence Sprague, and for smartness and good looks his like had never been seen in the village. He arrived one even- ing. When half a dozen girls from the Chilton school rushel in at 11 o'clock, giggling, laughing and cutting up, there was a new face at the gen- eral delivery window—a new face and a good-looking one. The owner of that face smiled at them and flirted with them, and the bevy ran out with See Our Windows reflect the Superb Stock with which our Store is filled. a great clatter and slapped each other the tails of many high pheasants)— | on the back. Their day had come at last. It is not to be imagined that those girls returned to the school to give the news to the old maid sisters and plead for protection. They returned to tell other girls, but to swear them to secrecy. The “discovery” was to be kept inviolate as long as possible. It was two weeks before the blow fell. During that fortnight there was more fiirting in Rockwell than since the first log house was built by the | THE HOME OF Schaffner and Marx Good Clothes: IT COSTS YOU NOTHING PTICIANG YES KAMINED to have your eyes thoroughly and scientifically examined here. Even if the examination discloses that you do not need glasses, we charge you nothing for it. And if you should | Stances, M:u fl“mm; ::: require glasses we supply them at a m] nfl:‘ of Bave rate which your own good sense will s been tried or suggested as means of tell you can include no charge for| preserving wood from decay. Most of testing your eyes. ! them, however, have been found to we&fluu have little or no value for purpose. Wood Preservatives. A surprisingly large number of sub- 'Cmflnmmdmmund zinc chloride ing and took up his duties next morn- | young ladies going into town, but we must select the most steady and de- mure among them and have her act as chaperon for the rest. She can take up so much of that young man's time that he will have none left for fiirtations.” These two old maids, brought up on oatmeal and the New Testament, and neither having ever been es- corted Jhome from prayer meeting by a man, thought they knew all about girlnature! The “demure” girl they made chaperon was the biggest flirt in the school. She was a model chaperon while within sight of the school buildings, but once the village was reached it was: “Now, girls, scatter and have a good time, but don’t too many of you jam into the postoffice at once.” And as the days went past the Misses Chilton grew secure and com- placent, and now and then the elder sald: “Sister Flora, you must give me credit for perspicacity in this case.” l “I do, sister Fanny,” was the reply. “But for you our school would have | | been broken up by this time. Have i there been any further reports of | fiirtations?” “Not a one, sister.” “How grand to be able to under stand human character!” Two weeks latcr and then the whole world seemed to be spinning around "like & top. One afternoon the “de- mure” chaperon was missed. Search { was made, even under the beds and in the bureau drawers. It was ex- , tended into the country, but in vain. ' No one had seen a demure young lady of steady appearance paddling along through the dust. There were persons in the school that got no sleep that night. When morning came | !l.hey went to the postoffice in the i hope of striking a clew. They were inot disappointed. The old veteran was on duty, and at sight of them he “rubbed his hands, together and said: the problem!” “We are looking for Miss Blank,” was the reply. “And you've come to the right place. I lent Clarence my horse and buggy yesterday to drive off and ;mrry her, and now all your trouties 'are o'er. He can't flirt with any of | the rest of the school!” Secret of the Sea. A secret of the sea was partially re- vealed when the schooner Lily put in for water to a small island a hundred miles south of the Hawallian islands. { A small cabin was found sheltered in | a grove of palms, and, on crossing the | threshold, the sailors were horrified ] to find the dead body of & man, sitting |in a chalr, his hand resting on a | table, and firmly clasping a small book. Upon searching, there was two | first ploneer. Then the elder Miss l \ ‘ \ l “Come right in, ladies; I have solved ; |Iound a compass, watch and chaln and some cooking utensils. The book . was a diary in which the man had set i down the day's happenings, but not a | there. From the entries it was deter- {mined that he had been on the little |lsland three years. The body was buried, unknown Crusoe. | i " The Count (who bas been damaging | Parbleu! If only they fled backward, what carnage!—Punch. Then. | Along about the time his parents have ceased to be worried by wrin- | kles and gray hair a fellow begins to regret his responsibility for them. | i ' | \ often ‘wear it as necess and gives the he can easily an il and so ended the life of this | word as to his name or how he came The Secret of a Good Figure lies in the brassiere. Hundreds of thonsands of women the Bien-Jolie Brassiere for the reason that ary as & corset. It supports the bust ‘Ngure the youthful outline fashion decrees. iceable B the /oL Eri R BRASSIERES rustless—permitting laundering without They come in all styles, and your local Dry T tsow them to you on request. 1f he does them for you by writing to booklet showing styles are BENJAMIN & JOHNES || Building Blocks of all discrip- || LD POSPESPSION FISHING IS FINL! Fish are plentiful, and nothing is better sport than catching a big string of Perch, or better yet, in landing a big Trout! Our Spring Stock of Tackle has just been placed on display. Look it over. 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