Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 25, 1915, Page 8

i o Sl FEWN dverttsmg ied A FOR SALE I have put in city water and sewer and will have LIGHT and TELE. PHONE connections to the Evelyn subdivision residence lots, $100 up. Terms easy. Epps Tucker, Jr. 3927 PARK HILL LOTS FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS—AIl streeta clayed cement sidewalks, electric lights, city water, shade trees. See G. C. Rogan or 8. M. Stephens. 829 —_— Havirg purchased and subdivided the Jesse Keene estate of 560 acres one-half mile west of city limits, we are now selling in 10 and 20-acre tracts some of the finest truck and arm lands in this section at the right price and terms. For particu- lars sce G. C. Rogan, Room ! &rd 2, Deen & Bryant Bldg. Phone 146. 2996 For sale, at a big bargain, new bungalow just being completed.- Bmall cash payment, balance like rvent. D. H. SLOAN, owner. 3069 FOR SALE—At a bargain, or will exchange for reai estate, a 1909 Cadillac automobile. Lakeland Auto & Supply Co. 3687 D — BACRIFICE SALE—2 lots in new Dixieland, 3 lots on East Orange St.; 5 acres citrus land two miles from depot. If you want a bar- gain come and talk to C. I. In- man. 8797 FOR SALE—The two Lakeland floats can be bought cheap. See secretary Board of Trade at once. 5000 e e———————piiie FOR SALE—$125 cash and $25 per month will buy a five room bun-. galow in New Dixieland. For a ehort time only. Samuel F. Smith, M. D. 39019 e —— FOR SALE—Polishing mop and bot- tle polish only $1.75. Lakeland Furn. and Hardw. Co. 3932 ———————— FOR SALE—Ferns and other decor. ative plants at greatly reduced prices for thirty days. C. W. Hinsdale, Lake Hollingsworth, 39956 FOR SALE—Two story house of 7 rooms and bath, lot 50x140, in fine location {n Dixieland,. for $1,900. The John F. Cox Real- ty Co. 3363 e ————————————————— FOR SALE OR TRADE CHEAP— One 1912 Rambler, one 1912 Cadillac, one Little roadster. All in first class condition. See Grady Deen. 3943 e —————————— FOR SALE CHEAP—One horse, four mules, two 2 mule wagons, two double sets of harness. Sce Grady Deen. 3943 WANTED—Razor blades to re. sharnen, 26¢ sincle edge, 35¢ double edze. Durham Duplex, 50¢ dozen. Lakeland Furn. and Hard - ware Co. 3932 gt ity FOR SALE—Nice two.story bunga. low In Dixieland on Success Ave. Phone 76. 3970 T Special sale on cameo rings. Cole & Hull 3996 l FOR RENT FURNISHED ROOMS with private dath and light housekeeping fa- cilities. 1011 South Flcrida Ave. Phong 387 Red. 3429 ! l FOR RENT—Modern 6.room house, 1 1-2 blocks north of high school. Enquire 604 North Florida Ave., or G. D. Stoner, R, F. D, No. 2. 3860 FOR RENT—Ten._room house, mod ern improvements; garage. Close in, on Gilmore and Bay. Blewer. —_— FOR RENT—Entire lower floor, fur_ nished, after Apr. 1st. Next door ' New Tremont, 217 So. Massachu. setts Ave, 3990 ELBEMAR for rent as two separate cottages, Inquire at 301 South Tennessee or phone 122. 2392 —_—_— FOR RENT Warehouse on side track. See N. A. Riggins. 3766 FOR RENT—Modern five room cot tace, with garage: $16. Waring & Edwards. s e AR T R R 3826 FOR RENT—Furnished rooms for 1izht house keeping. 501, East xl’hl'( 9 Street. e——————————————————— R RENT—3 or 4 furnished room meh-p. 401 North Florida Ave.‘ 3964 & A. ‘ECGNOIV and SKILL in this line of work Apply to [ MKSCELLANEOUS Kinmibrough Supply Co. has the largest and most complete undertak- Ing department in the county, and are the most reasonable in prices. Licensed embalmer in sttendance at all times. Day phone 386. Night phone 224. Calls answered at all hours. —————————— e WANTED — Second hand single farm wagon and harness, good condition; price reasonable .Lock box 479, Lakeland, Fla. 3968 WANTED—In Lakeland neighbor. hood, an experienced fruit grower; one not afraid to work; - furnish reference and experience; no booze_fighters need apply. T. J. Hammill, 106 Main St., Jackson - ville, Fla. 3987 NOTICE .Premiums and bills against the Polk County Agricultural Society, Inc., are now payable at our office, No. 213 So. Kentucky Ave., Bnghten Up Folks Premiums not ca.lled for by April 1st, 1915, will be forfeited to the Association. Please call early, POLK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, INC., Per Edwin R, Schurmm, Secre!{.ary. 3950 Are you going to sei citrus fruit trees this season? If so, write the Rockdale Nursery Co., Titusville, Florida, for prices at once. It will pay you to do this before placing your orders elsewhere, We have more, than 125,000 trees available for market in varieties as follows: Pineapple Orange, Indian River Sweets, Valencia and Hart’s Late, 3 to 7 feet only; few Parson Brown, Jafta, King, and Homosassa. Dun. can and Excelsior Grapefruit, 3 to 7, feet. Slcily and Everbearing Lemon, Tahiti and Mexican Limes, 3 to 7 feet, Our nursery inspected Nov. 21, 1914, and found to be absolutely free from White Fly, other pest and disease. We guarantee our trees to be well grown and true to name. A ten.acre grove (properly planted in Rockdale Nursery trees and intelli- gently cared for) should in full bear. ing make an ordinary family absolu- tely independent. 3686 —— See the line of cameo rings. Spe- cial sale, Coe & Hull. 3996 WILL THE PEOPLE of Lakeland never learn that when Bartlett does it, it is correct. Ask “Bart. lett, the Sign Man." 3796 ——— The cameo window of Interest to you. Cole & Hull, 3996 NOTICE 1 have in my possession one gray 8OW with white face and white ring around shoulders, marked as follows: Rizht ear under half crop with split, left ear swallow_fork under crop. Owner can get same by identfying and paying all charges. T, J. Fraley, Phone 390 Red. '{983 l 4w prepared to do all kinds of well work from four inches up. Al work guaranteed. Have had years of experience, and my work has always glven se*'sfaction . W. H. 5TRAIN, Lakeland, !'h FU‘\""D OAK PORCH Complete with Lakeland Furn. SWING— chains $2.75. and Hardw. Co. 3932 LAKELAND SAV!HG LOAN Co0. Co-operation does for EACH of HANV far 2\25 than EACH ALONE can do for Him- It costs more to spend all md stay 200 than to save a little every week and Independent. ~ Costs dlm‘finhnl‘d ‘and wasted life, which might have been useful and happy. Jo W UP TO YOU to stay out POOR, or come into our sAval an GAME" and become Influential and COMFOR- TasLY RICH.~meantime helping others along Which shall it bet wn.\Lo&nn ectae that Detter sy WILL' B0 Safety first” 13 our aim and working motto. |come next. So your savings are safer and your profits more profitable than ordinary can afford. To secure Interest income on money other- wise personally, requires experience to avold much risk and expense. Henu whether you are poor, independent or we can be of more SATISFAGTORY SERVICE' o you than can any other medium. You, Running Stockholders, are sure of the pertedic payments made and of 6 per cent | dividends compounded semi-annually, and you, ! Paid-v tockholders are sure of the 8 per rl‘m d idends declared and paid in cash semi- INFINIT¥LY better than not s |nx, uld far more SATISFACTOKY than o i, Inmma for both, for the good of yor ve A nhers, for you are then enabling us h enroll mon Loan Bln.clhfildm who will § wity for all loans is new diwellings i nee the mort- and the securify h payment pany start Why not be your A of lord of a haudfal n it vou WILL. Starly d. Let us show you how noney saved with us can take snap for cash™ This, to spen_avenve to wealth, fs 1o the non-saver . Lots of Iakohnun long-headed people ap- rlflnllnl all the above, came In before Margh 7th 1o become Charter Members and enjoy all hese advantaves. They number 51 and have Why stay out and LOSE an ever ona om | DESIRABLE HOME in Lakeland about 2 acres in nice variety grove, mostly bearing, about two acres best truck land, now in strawberries and garden truck, 5 room house, barn, cityw ater on hard road 3.4 mile from the de - pot, nice oak shade and overlook - ing beautiful lake. This property can be bought at a bargain by seeing owner, D. C. Boswell, at the Lekaland Feed and Supply Co. Phone 275. 3931 Roees, Plants and Shrubs of all kinds. Give your order for your Spring planting to the “Fairfield” Gardens 8 home industry. Come and see what can be done in one month in this fine soil of Lakeland. “FAIRFIELD GARDENS” Johnson Ave. On hill above store of H. J. Mathias. MY NEW BUNGALOW Just completed on South Florida avenue, is for rent. A small family without children is preferred; will lease for 6 or 12 months. Also have a small 5room house, electric lights and city water for $10.00 per month, on Lake Mirror. See M. G. Waring, owner. Phone 249 day, or 231 Black at night. 3989 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE ACT Notice is hereby given that a spe_ cial legislative act will be intro duced during the 1915 session of the legislature of the State of Florida, for the purpose of repealing the present charter of the City of Lake. ' land, and granting a new charter to comprehend certain useful and nec. essay powers for the governing ot the city. This 16th day of March, A. D 1915, 3946 WILLIANS' BARGAIN COUNTER GOOD ONE HORSE WAGON and buggy and harness; will sell at your own price. 10 ACRES excellent truck land un . der goud fence and in cultlvnuon, €ood crop of vegetables now on. | Only two miles from depot. If You mean business, will give a fine bargain for quick sale. 6 NEW COTTAGES, each with large ' lot and orange trees at a sacri- fice, also 4 acre orange grove with fine crop of fruit. This property les in city limits and is a fine proposition for speculation. FOR SALE OR WILL EXCHANGE for property near or in Lakeland, or for good automobile, 10 acres of as | 800d land ag there 18 in DeSoto county. What have you to trldc'} NEW FIVE ROOM BUNGALOW al lot, on Hancock St New Dix o- land. Am oflarln: thll at th nlnN? $1 800 for uulck sale. Thouse, acres in oom cul!lvntlon 212 “act bearing orlnn trees, tln:orlne -'3’3 Brapefruit ~grove, good _irrigatin lant, vmh several acres llnen truc and. This Is a beautifu] place bor_ dering nn Blty limits of Lakeland. | | Price $3,8 Terms can be had 8—G-room cottage, southern ex- gosnre, four blocks from depot, one lock of school, eloctric lights, tollet, bath. Reutn for' $20 ner month. Price $1,600. Terms 1f wan G. J. WILLIAMS Phone 242 Red L o . MMWMM“OI { OFFICE ROOMS } FOR RENT In Telegram Building Coolest and Best Lighted i in the Oty Running’Water in Each Room Call at TELEGMM OFFICE OVED AGAIN!! I am nowl ocated in the reom formerly eecupled by the White Siar Market on South Florida avenue. Thanking all my former pa~ trens for past favors and sof lieiting a share of your trade in my new lecation, sours truly b4 H. O. DENNY PIIONEZZG. Promptl)el.i For Good Dry STOVE WOOD Phone 201-Red or 18 i | | | We will do the rest. W J. WeRING M“QFM BRIDGES' Wood Yard For good Stove and Fireplace WOOD CHEAP. Apply Fernleigh Inn, Cor. Missouri Ave.and Main 8t. - PHONE 144 | Shee f —TORIC 1= $'Send Us Your Orders! 1 road work at all times 1 will oniy sell a limited number of my lots at'the presént prices. * I} will give easy terms. X EPPS TUCKER, Jr. 3958 “THRE AND BIS LESAGY By MERTON LEE DANFORTH. l . (Copyright, 1915, by W. G. Chapman.) At a flmec;'l‘::: tA::'sc:ou had con-! “Oh, Luke!” cried Vera, “I bope you | siderably less love for their noulhern haven't parted with the ‘prlce of our | neighbors than in these days a father, | whole future happiness?” 5 taking leave of his son, said: “Sandy,| “Vera,” spoke her lover gravely, “ ma bairn, ye're aboot tae gang up tae | you measure love and happiness with London. Tak’ a’ th’ siller ye can frae ! dollars, I am afraid you will never the English—tak’ everything ye can|find much in life. My uncle left me frae them. But mind ye, Sandy, they're | five hundred dollars There was a a braw fetchin’ people so be carefu’ | poor consumptive cousin who hn:l wi’ them. Never fecht a bald mon, url come to the reading of the will expec! Ye canna catch bim by th’ hair.” ing a legacy. le was left nothing. 5 T His doctor had told him that only a S T fl F T” AT Efl ” E" hea. 1b anothe clliats WGOM seve his life. Vera, if you'd seen the tears Don’t let run down his cheeks at his disappoint- ment, you'd feel sorry, as I did.” | Vera tossed her head angrily. “Anyhow, 1 got talking with him. He was an honest, truthful man. It | seems that he had been for years liv Ing on a small ten-acre place | town called Benham It bad ar 'r y | good cottage con it, but L2 sald ihat his i1l health znd lack of capital had | prevented him from vworking the piece. GE-RAR-DY /| LUNG BALSAM | i He eked out a mere esl=tence working for coughs and eolds, i as a flagman for 2 roilroad. He told bronehitiséroup,whoop- me frankly that the p scarcely ing cough, lung u: | salable at auy price, located throat_troubles. 5 / near an old ahandoned colliery. Well,, ioajg.fiis‘!;:":‘n’:" 4 + T bought it. Tiu . Accep A i “you exrect me tH outlandish place?” | “Or rent it rey He left the lLou that night pretty v FOR SaLk 1IN LAKELAND/ ©, "1 BY HENLEY AND HENLEY | Moore. &1 He doubted if | 1oved him. The nest her sister Norn | Vera was not at 1 Luke qui his sweethe: . Lenses Widen ° o Vision The deep curved form of the Toric lens entirely does away with the unavoidable hazy vision at the margins of the ordinary flat lens. Toric lenses are an m\porvement of the flat lens, greatly icreasing the efiiruncy of the eye. stayed. her high-tempered r and cheer him up at the same ti She was older than Vera, b first time he ob:erved her g, pathetic face. She t dtot the little home Le had bought, said wistfully: for the and il come around n a cottaze a real ha piness,” but Luke d ubted that, He heard later that V out promenading with t of the town. She wa lently neg- lectful of him at times. Then came bad news. The little cottage at Ben- ham had burned down. No insurance, ) young men Let us examine your eyes and fit you with the glasses that will aid your vision most. Examination Free Cole & Hull Manufacturing Optometrists. Lenses Ground Hiere. LAKELAND, FLORIDA ————————— | with the wishes of his imperious lad lovdo lot Oh; pn;t Mls c;"fl':l' u m:’ Y;:n vuchN'ZING ard in a frank manly fashion tried to ca L make her feel that he did not blame | No matter how bad they are her. “I'm pretty poor, that's a fact,” he bring them to me. 1 can repair them. told her, “but 1 would have worked for you my hardest.” Lakeland Vulcanizing Plant crry carace All Work Guaranteed note. It was from Vera, and it ran: gagement.” Luke Maydwell read the mote with satisfaction and was ashamed of him- self—further, with a sense of relief, and was surprised. He made a gen- take Vera out driving. She put on her things and left Luke with a heartless nod. “Norma will entertain you, Luke,” she sald, and, turning to the sister in question, Lue saw shining in hor tender eyes » trace of tears, “I am ash. med of her, Luke” spoke quite indignantly good for her.” It was wonderful how well th on. A natural sequence resulted Within a month Luke Maydwcll was the bappiest man in the world He liz@ found real love at last. Vera had become engaged to a new flame. § months later Luke and Norma were arranging for their wedding. she ! “You are too e e rn' Grove Supervision Lands Examined Grove Cultivation Spraying She had induced him to gn down to e ee—2 | Benham and arrange to build a new GEO. W cottage. Norma met him at the door when | be: returned from his visit to Renham. | His honest heart warmed as: he con- trasted the g!'»d welcome she gave | him with that past, forgotten and for- | HORTICULTURIST Phone 388 Black sister on a previous occasion. ‘Well, dear?" ehe chirped happily— | “the cottage?" “Cant be built,” reported’ Luke, DEVELSPED—160¢ Por koll. skaking bis head positivel; hm"fi“p‘,‘,‘,.‘f € bis P y. “Ob, how you disappoint me!" mur- mured Norma. “I had so set my heart on day by day working to make one small deginning a task of pleasant duty and ambition. “I am thinking of buying tite house left vacant by Judge Sherman,” re- { marked Luke. Vera, who was listening to: the con- ~—FOR— versation, gave Luke a sareastic I BEAMS smile, for he bad named one of the CHA.NNELS show phcu or the town. e % a millionaire, un: Odl ANGLES and you ean afford it!" y 208 P ALL SHAPES| “I'm not quite a millionaire,” re- LER plied Luke in a blunt, practica) TANK STEEL “but I can afford to buy :he ‘jud::y- GALVANIZED house, and another like it. it T wish COPPER and The fact is, Norma,’ he added, “we ZINK SHEETS | e 1 have sold the oo av poeed a) a enha (RUSS RODS W “Sold It!" echoed his Bancee. . deringly. STRUCTUAL “Yes, for fifty thousana doliars. IRON WORK That ten acres, it has just been dis- | eovered, is the best coal tract or its | OF ALL KINDS | size in the state, and we are rich, | OAK, CYPRESS ove—" HAHOGANY “And happy—oh, so happy'" cried CHERRY the loyal Norma bursting into tears WHITE PINE and | and nestling mto mw strong. protect. ALL HARD WOODS = !u8 arms. LAUNCHES i e, DORIES st SKIFFS v BUILT TO ORDER/| that the public servant would not r BOILERS AND TANKS TO "“ even under fire—Loulsville Ccur ORDER R, Competent workmen for . She made it | pleasant for him the brief time he!l Luke could not but notice that she was trying to apologize for' ra had been ! Two days latcr Luke received a brief | “I ask to be relensed from our en- ! tlemanly reply to the note in harmony | A young man called just then to! riven reception awarded him: by hc-] THAT TALL, DARK MAN By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON. per Syndicate.) | | raine, her mother and father. It :«med centuries since he had seen her, Lorraine, of course, although it had been but two weeks since she had awa * "o’::o pnl"’tlng had been full of fore- boding for Don. Such a trip was sure to be prolific in young men. To make things more ominous, Lorraine had intimated before leaving that Signo- rina Lotta had foretold tantalizingly | vague things of a tall young man with | | brown eyes and dark hair. This was thorns and nettles to Don, whose eyes | were gray and hair a decided auburn. He now searched her face anxious- | {ly. Had the dark young man mlte’ rialized in the fortnight's vacation? | There was nothing there to tell. Lor- 21 raine was as swect and smiling—and | bafling—as ever. He sighed. | He Eu asked to stay to dinner and | accepted rratefully. He had a dogged ‘dotrrmln"non not to leave until he had verified. or dissipated, his fears., | Two things favored him—the moon | and the arrival of the preacher. The { bock yard sving goon had two occu- | pants. | Lorraine suddenly became talkative. “Ihe whole thinz was heavenly, Don. { now.” | “Thanks!" i “You're welcome, grouchy! I'd; think yvon'd be glad to see me back. Well, I'm going to tell | T've just like a funeral. | vou all abont it anyway. got to tell someone. ber about Signorina Lotta—all she did she say? Surely you don’t be- i lieve the rot a fortune teller gets Loft?” | “Onh, but 1 do. It all came true; almost every word of it. You see, it was this wav," pazing rapturously &t the moon. “When we got to Balti- ! more the city was all decorated for the big centennial. After we had seen | the decorations and all that dad want- i ed to go on a battleship.” “Well, where does the fellow come on “Sh! T'm coming to that! We went acress the bay to a great whop- i ping man-of-war that made you feel al glorious and patriotie—" “But when—" “Be quiet! I'm coming to him soon. They let us on that one. We went up a funny little pair of stairs | they lowered over the side of the boat.” “But what has your browmeyed friend te ¢o with—" “For gvodness sake, be quiet, Don. You're vmne than Prince barking i for a benc. Well, mother and I were { looking al -mlm everywhere. Dad { had wandered off by himeelf, and In & few minutes he came back with the | (all:st. handsomest, darlingest, brows- eyed— Don coughed painfully behind his kand. Poor boy! What a cold! Well, 1 88 I was saying, dad came back with the tallest, hand—" “T heard you the first time.” “Oh. did you? Well, he was. And i he treated us just lovely. He took | us lots of places other people weren't allowed to go, for he was an officer. His vniform was grra-a-nd.” | Silence. “And then that night we went by [ boat to Old Point Comfort and Nor- folk. We were at luncheon in the hotel when who should walk in but Lieutenant Erickson. He took us through the fort and everywhere—" “Yes, 1 know. I've been there! Then T suppose he went back to An- napolis where he belonged!” “Who?' Oh, indeed he didn't! Dad and mother and I got on the boat { that night and went to Boston.” ' “Well—mutu all, I suppose.” 1 “No, indeed! The best”—very in- | nocently—*is yet to come.” “Heaveas! 1 suppose he suddenly | developed‘a pair of wings and—" i “Why, Don, you act so funny! I | don’t understana you at al.” “Humpl! Well, go on about your | browneyed god of Olympus. .What { next? “Why, that very day we were com- Ing out of a shop on Tremont street in Boston, when whom should we run into but—" | “Lieut. Tupiter von Etickson, I sup- pose!” “Yes,” wonderingly. “How did you guess? And his wife!™ His wife! His wife, did you say?" Mhun' And she was as beauti- as he was handsome! Her hair wu a beautiful light—" But what her hair was like Don mever heard “You Ifttle tease!” he c:efl hnldh;g her tight to his breast. eIl me what color of eyes you like best, before I let yow go.” el “Gray!” confessed' Lorraine softly. —— by .he various state departments will be tured. The various cor and prison reform boards | ir=e the removal of the state from Trenton to Ral v & Better Than Riches. | A man who gives hig 1 of industry Soanie children habits than by giving the bishop W hately, ™ § fortune.—Arch. ) | | Instead you've been glooming around H Do you remem- | , £aid about a dark man and every- thing?” “No!” killing a mosquito. “What | | (Copyrizht, 1915, by the McClure Newspa- i Don met them at the train — Lor | i i | | From the minnte we left until just' es for them better | (Copyrigh b; a..%.'."r';n’."énieflfd b teller’s cage twenty.- -four hourg h alized that something wag Wrong Van Loeuw’s methods. gy the ond day he was sure of i, Van Loeuw and he hag entereq bank within a week of each of Van Loeuw was a college grag, while Tom was only the gop of a o try storekeeper. That ought g, make any difference worth Doticin America, but everyone knows {t 4 , especially in large country towng | Roxbury. It made this difference in pg lar: Van Loeuw wag privilege call on Mildred Leeson, the Presidy daughter, to dine at her house take her driving in the automobj owned. Whereas, Tom Graves; had, in his boyhood, often serveq Mildred behind the counter of hj ther's store, could scarcely gathq his courage to look Iike ap ordj| man when she boweqd to him ip street; and then, seeing hig conf, Mildred would smile again, i a ly way, which Tom usually missed cause his eyes were on the grou Everybody sald that Tom . the kind that are born to ba g and to work for men like Vay Van Locuw mever donliteq tha was destined to marry Mildred | step into her father's shoes, Hel Tom about it. “When I'm president of the han| take care of you, Tom,” he aig see that you get a better job” Tom would swailow hig feel then and turn to his hooks Now, it was a fact that Somef was seriously wrong. Tom covered that it was not a be picked up and rectified with g TR GRE e, hours of extra work. After tyg y ¥ of night work he traced hack the b to something that had begun of years before. In short, there p! defalcation of $12,000, and the fa who was responsible for it haq b 1l his trail beneath the cleverest ta most intricate system that any : had ever devised. Two years ago! That was of Van Loeuw bought his automob| sti But Tom did not think of that, dr resolved to tell Van Loeuw of hi thi covery and ask his advice. Hq W) 80, and when he saw the ghast) gy lor upon the man’s face the hid the suspicion came home to him. sub “Tom, I'll see you at your plag Sta night,” said Van Loeuw. “I—I : to speak to you.” Van Loeuw came into Tom's 283 at eight o'clock and flung himself: for in a chalr. trer “What did you want to meddle <ru the books for?” he began “Is no confounded busin n : “Perhaps not,” admitted Tom. I know it now, and I've got to Leeson.” M “I tell you I can pay it of F snarled Van Loeuw. T “No,” answered Tom. “I'll ha go to Leeson—unless you do—" Van Loeuw rose up, ashen B “My God!” he cried, “what wil eome of Mildred? Don't yon “°°¢’ she thinks the world of me?” mon Tom sank down again, whiter but the other man. Yes, he knew sh aspir ‘When at last he spoke there w: Hc of unusual decision about hig to ta “Van Loeuw,” he said, “if I tak@ll q)) ¢ blame for this, will you swear al to co to run straight in future? It do As matter to me, you know. For eas Leeson's sake—" ity “You'll say you stole the moy y cried Van Loeuw, incredulg War | “Tom, I always knew yon were a3l Tepor as steel. And Il make it worth i Stock while.” April, “Good night,” said Tom, cold! Col He went into Mr. Leeson's ofi il move; following morning. Van Leenvill o0 0y not appeared at the bank, and X forced to close the cage when be) out. Fortunately, depositors we in the first hours of morning. “Ah, Graves, 1 was going t0 for you,” said the bank vm‘d ing. “We have mad discovery—" “Yes,” answered Tom. ‘1 inform you, sir, that I have tled $12,000 of the bank’s fu The door opened snd & ¢ame in. Tom started as he st dred. This made it doubly M he was prepared to play his the end now. “MTldred, witt you come here ment?” asked Mr. Leeson, to smazement. “Please sit dow2 Graves has fust been informis that a serious embezzlement of funds is to be placed to his dis¢ “Papa—" began the girl. a3 saw that her face was dn white, and her eyes red. “You are sure of your stal® Graves? inquired Mr. Leesol g to Tom. “I should hardly have comé I were not,” answered Tom &7 “It is very strange banker, shaking his besd Mr. Van Loeuw, who is nO% sought for, wrote me a letter ing me of the facts, n'w""’ sponsibility, and stating th fl[ posed to bear ‘Mo d stand that he b°d a spas? science after mv daughter him to his senses by “Papa!™ cried Mildred, bl rously. “Well, my dear,” sa! rising, “perhaps when yourself will be able to Graves that he is under & &/ As Sccic T thought you fnto a more “The landlord saved us ¢ replied Mrs. Fllmgm i rent of tho -~ we have ng."—~Wzsli..gton Star