Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 25, 1915, Page 7

TEST OF GHARACTER gy DOROTHY DOUGLAS. h the McClure N - . ”:Srbs'ynd?u(e.) i Van Camp came home in a 10 of complete exhaustion from re- . Since the losing of the en- ope with her salary in it she had forced to go about her strenuous s with scarcely emough food to rish a canary and to sing and give & her vitality as if the lack of were & thing of no consequence, fhe pitifully small salary she drew singing every night and two dy chorus was all she possessed the way of financial support. It gk her every penny to spread out the week, 8o that at the end of e seven days Sally would have ed save for the fact that another g day arrived. . However, three days had been got ough. Had Sally not spent fifty s on an advertisement in the lost found column after she had pped her pay envelope in the sub- y she could have had some lunch five days. As it was, she had to the pangs of hunger and won- it anyone finding her money d ever return ft. milip Turner, who had read the rtisement, pondered long and ulatively over it. He, surrounded mecessful restaurant where people d and wined and listened to cab- music, felt strangely upset tha poor working girl had lost ling sum of $8 and that it was her Perhaps Philip Turner was half nthropic. Certainly he was curi- to see if the girl who had lost her in a white envelope was hon- called, was to test human nature, 1 will send 8. V. C. a white en- bpe with $8 in it and tell her I nd it in the subway,” he decided 1 conclusion to his speculations ding Sally’s advertisement. ted fast when the letter from Philip mer arrived with the envelope in- d. She had come home at 11:30 n the theater so weary that the irs leading to her attic room had nted her all the way home as a quite beyond her power of ac- mplishment. Tpon ceeing the letter addressed to It Sally opened it apathetically. knew instantly that the money not that which she had lost. The lope and the bills were not her She did not for the moment bt that the envelope had been nd and sent to her as supposedly one she had lost. cross the street a midnight shop nted its blaze of light into Sal- If-starved face. “Turkey sand- was the illuminated sign that ded her into using the money as own, § Vhen she arrived in her room again was faint, but not so faint but it the turkey sandwich set her on feet and made a sleepy and con- tea girl of her. in the light of day and with clearer oning faculties Sally felt her po- on keenly. She nad deliberately d the money of some other person the would not be able to repay money until three days later. was a very wan but strictly hizhtforward Sally that found her to the home of Philip Turner. k; he wag i, Hig eomzant lod ymoons & week in a big musical | every luxury and the manager of : Turner’s hobby, if hobby it could ! It was the fourth day of Sally’s en- i , Sally Thiugn Sumiptucus “hafls “until she was shown into the iibrary where- lnsl;hhlp did his dreaming. e smiled half wistfu] 'hlnlded back the envelopte. nebftsd “I took this—and used some money,” she told him. “It is n:: ::: | envelope I lost but 1 was starving and had to rehearse today. I want to pay back what I have used when I can.” She spoke brokenly, for the pe- culiarly enveloping light in Philip Turner's eyes played havoe with her | nerves. When she had told him in de- y tall all that he demanded of her he ' took her to the big drawing room, and himeelf sat down at the plano, | - “Now sing,” he sald, laughingly. ' 1“1 want to see what you can do. If you please me, I can give you an en- gagement to sing in my restaurant for $50 a week. Sally’s slim hand sought support even as it had when she had seen the money n her letter, She smiled, however ana Philip watched the dawning happiness that he was one Jaday to bring into his own and Sally’s lite. Neither of them knew for the second that love was weaving them into its net, but Sally did know that she was going to sing as she hld! never sung for anyone else. When she had finished Philip sat silently looking at her “I could easily make it a hundred,” he said finally, “but you might only sing a few weeks for me and—go oft to the continent or something like that,” he ended iaughingly, for Sally Wwas very near to tears. “There is no use—in my trying to | thank you,” she said, softly. | Philip did not tell her until long fter they were married that he had , Wanted to test her chacater. Even 80 Sally only moved nearer him and dropped her nead on his shoulder. Never Touched Her. Said He—Marry me and I will treat you like an angel. ; _ Said She—Nothing doing. As I un- ; derstand it, angels have nothing to eat ' and but little to wear. | Important Legal Ruling. The latest ruling on the admissibil- ity of “dying declarations” in evidence in criminal cases is made by the su- preme court of Georgia in Sewell vs. State, in which the court states in its syllabus: “In a murder case it was error to charge the jury that ‘when death is approaching and the dying man has lost hope of life, and his mind feels the full consciousness of his condi- tion, the solemnity of the scene gives to his statement the sanctity of truth, and " such dying declaration, when, made under such circumstances, may be given in evidence and submitted to the jury’ Such charge tended to un- duly impress the minds of the jury with the weight of the evidence con- | tained in dying declarations, as to which juries do not require any em- phasis from the bench.” thysique Counts for Much. Muscular movements are the golden chords of gcod works which mingle with the visions of great deeds and harmonize the soul of man with purer worlds. 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B3 4 AT A B TATATAY AND WILL LAST 3 X F ORDER. £ LABOR - SAVING Lakeland Hardware and Plumbing Co. §| VAN HUSS' PLACE s v e afecataa | | ting was a flower garden, but since it i to wish that something might turn up | ton. | wife. — e ——— WOM““ A Flower Valentine It Was Grown In the Sunny South yard till he came to the bed the chil- dren had been planting. Covering the light so that it could not be seen from the house, be ran it over the place. scratched. Without any difficulty he read letters composing a sentence of three words, followed by the letters “B. F" Wheun Arnold went back to his home be wns chuckling as though greatly amused, but what he had discovered he kept to bimself. The next day he went; ont jnto his_ygrd apd with his Fhsae owh hands prepured a little bed in B which be planted some seeds. Rut be y EUNICE BLAKE took care not to plant the seeds while $000000000000000000000000s | the children next door were about. It was now two weeks before St Arnold Bates, having broken down | Valentine's day. Bates, who was im- from overwork, was ordered to the proving in heaith, seemed also to be in south to spend the winter. He chose a state of pleasant expectation. Every St. Augustine, Fla., in which to spena day he examined with a pair of binoc- | January and February, arriving there ‘ ulars the bad the children had planted. i Meanwhile there were various meet- ings between the parties, but Miss mother, and they took a cottage for :::": m;;t.hhelor" '&::Mm;:n B::: the season. Their dumicile was one of enurel; and ;:_ Bates ex(erl;ull e two houses standing side by side and noved "'n" Fln’z-wonh But w’hnn»’ abont 100 yards apart. In the adjoln- | ever he met Bob he look.ed at the Im Ing yard belonging to the uther dwell- with an amused expression. He lel); 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 i the latter part of December. The invalid was accompanied by bis was during the brief interval between scasous in that climate there were no tlowers in bloom. There was something else in bloom that delighted the eye of Arnold Bates. This was a very pretty girl. Bates no- ticed her ¢n the very day of his ar- rival in a tennis court to the rear of ber bowe playing the game with a boy of twelve, whow Bates judged to be ber brother. The young lady was ap- parently about eighteen years of age. culated to show grace, her movements ‘Wwere unusually graceful. | The Invalid sat In the window of his ' bedroom watching the game and thank- tul for rumetning to look at, for he was not well enough to read and had no desire to look at a book, He was con- tent to watch the girl flitting about over the tennis court. The family next door were alro strangers to the place, who had come from the morth to escape the rigorous pet winter of their home. Both families l:altal::t::‘?nm::"t:':.n:x:‘:r fil(‘:hd:‘;" bt were city bred, and city persons are not What was going on next door on Prune to make acquaintances of nelgh- ¢y,¢ ¢ valentine's morning was not | bors. Consequently neither made any ypown 1o Arnold Bates. If Bob was movement to be neighborly. They in trouble at having perpetrated what lived side by side for several weeks po yiionded for a very good joke the! without even learning each other's g+ wag pot permitted to reach the pame, and only one member of each oo\ jaman for whom he had raised out | family could tell anything about the oo oy ground a valentine from his sis- | Sther. ter, for nothing could be plainer than These two persons were Arnold Bates ¢pq¢ gueh was his intent. The shades and Helen Farosworth. Butes suppos- o the pear side of the house were ed that be was adwiring one who qonteg kept down all day. was unconscious of his existence. This Ty pext morning no signs of the wix not so. The girl bad eyes for the vqjantine next door appeared. It had handsome involid ux’ well as be bad peun removed in the night. Bates had | 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, St. Val- entine’s day, after a rain in the night, the plants in botb beds stood out plain- eyes 'for ber. Indecd. she was 8YW- pujioved that this would be the case. puthizing with him and wishing that A¢ any rate, he removed his reply, and e WIS Strong enoush to ol oW o e 15th of Febraary not n sign of . and play tennis with he Whether. gjther message was to be seen. I he hnd hoen strone ononeh b Helen Farnsworth the morning he would [ ve: broked ‘thfough the con- popci- st valentine’s diy Tind ‘notleed ventional barriers that kept them @paRt (. juarts of letters that had appeared 18 n question which we need not A8K. 4y, the bed under her window, but bad On the 21st of December the 8UD rujjed to muke them out. The next starts northward and in Florida brings ;,,ruing, however, she not only read | the genial warmth of the coming sum- ., plainly but read the reply. She mer fur more rapidiy than luthe north. ,4eed at ouce that Bob was the per- | One morning Arnold Bates saw Miss |¢rntor nnd acensed him. He admit- Farnsworth and ber little brother, Bob, (eqd the impeachment with shouts of in the gurden. Bob hud a spade and. merriment. which were torned to moan- undet his sister's directions, was dig- |ngs on belng shut up by his mother ging up the heds. Then the two did in a dark room. No notice was taken sume planting. and from that time on of the valentine during the day, but as the garden received a good share of soon as night fell Helen went out with their attention. Arnold Bates was Im- g hoe and destroyed It. proving and now walked out everyday | The Iarnsworth family were much On severnl occaslons be and Mise disgruntled at Bob's performances, and Furnsworth met. and both showed 2 Felen was at first troubled lest the consclousness of the fact that they handsome invalid, supposing that she were uot entirely unknown to each had planted the valentine, should con. other, though npefther spoke. The sider her bold In the estreme. But young lady was usually accompanied how had he been enabled to grow the by ber brother, whose evident interest reply in such short order? There wan in his pest door neighbor indicated hut one explanation—he must have - eSS T ——— -fi | that he had seen Mr. Bates and that ween the planting of the seed. Bob ad- DO YOUR OWN SHOPPING || @ Hosiery - Gives the BEST VALUE for Your Money the boy and the girl might have dis- cussed him together. Bates was by this time in condition mitted that e bud done the work in daylignt, wilch settled the wmatter. { The obloauy baving been removed. Helen gradunlly came to attach less to give him an acquaintance with his unpleasantness to the matter, and one pretty neighhor. About the 1st of Feb day while standing before her mirror ruary be saw preparations for 8t. Val- dressiug her hair she saw the frown entine’s dnv, which was approaching. on her face disappear before a smile. and be wisued that he might make it Then she lnughed She was shocked at serve for the coveted introduction. But herself for Inughing at such an out- unfortunately this anniversary has rugeons procecding, but, after all, it been largely relegated to children. Be- was rather funny. Besides. the hand- sides. Bates did not see any way that some invalid had been o gallant as to be could utilise it. After turning va- make a favorable response. rious schemes over in his mind be, One morning when Mr. Bates was abandoned the idea alf A | teeling quite recovered he walked out But Bates saw that Bob Farusworth fnto the yard. Miss Farnsworth came was making preparations to celebrate out and walked in her yard. Presently St. Valentine’s day. One day. with & ghe tripped up to the hedge separating little girl companion, he 1aid out bis the two places. Mr Bates advanced stock of valentines on the veranda. toward her. removing his bat as he and the two chiidren made an inspec- did so. | Bates was sitting at his window 1 owe you an explanation,” said th~ watching tuem, but not near enough giri, “for the joke my brother perp | to it to enable them to see him. Pres- trated. He planted those flower.] ently he suw the boy look up at the that"- H window and say something which ] saw him do it.” | caused his companion to look up at it “Then you nnderstand 7 too. Ther. was evidently some dis- «Of conrse | do. But permit me to cussion between them with which the guyv that if vour brother planted the window wus connected. valentine 1 planted the reply.” Then Bob went into the house and Miss Farnsworth blushed and drop returned w'th a bit of writing paper ped her eves. and a penci'. The paper be placed on — «] g<hould have made an effort to a table on the veranda. and the two make your acquaintance.” added Bates children busied themselves with the wyue | have been something of an in- pencil. After this Bob went to an out- gqa)iq | have seen you playing tennis house and brought a hoe and a rake. anq regretted that 1 could not play with which he smoothed one of the wity you. However. I am so much flower beds. Next he went into the honse and returned with a paper bag. gwing a racket.” With a stick he scratched something “1 shall be happy to have you play on the bed that Arnoid thought to be wirh me™ Jetters, but he could not see what they «wyywhen? were. Into these scratches the chil- | wpne time™ dren sowed seeds from the paper bag. |« think | wonld like a game now.” This proceeding naturally excited, v When these two young persons be- Mr. Bates' curiosity. He waited pa- gap to dwell next door to each other tiently tll night came on and the Id- ¢hey did not for a moment suspect terior of the house next door was light- wnae fate bad in store for them—that ed ap. showing that the family were 4 was the eventful period of their indoors. Then, taking an electric IamD. jives—for when they left Florida they be went down and into the adjoining were engnged. | b i Daily Tnought. Trapped. | Let us wipe out the past, trust In wers quarreling. “Well, the future—and rejoice u the glorious Now “Nelther does a mousetrap after the mice. but it catches "em ed hubby. ™y you -fl-ylmmm”-ll: Just the same.” ™ | Now, Jasper! | wrhere is one thing that has sk dible. refused to Ooze throngh my ADigat mgz :ten in the .ood'".h remarked Jasper Kr:nox,._tho West India islands and on the west gage of Piketownon-theBlink, “and eoast of Africa They resemble In ghat is this: If, as the newspapers shape a hen's egg, and have much the would have us believe, all brides n.r; ‘ same taste, but are larger. More peautitul, where in Sam Hill do ! than a hundred eggs have been found ghe homcly married women come in one alligator. from 1" —Judge. better now that I feel quite able to | —————————————— THE FAITE THAT WEARS. | “The only faith that wears well and | holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience,” says Lowell. 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