The Lakeland evening telegram., July 28, 1914, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7

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- - TH3 EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., JULY 28, 1914
PAGE SEVEN
The Cost of Living is Great
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W?Trt?wWf IN ICED BOTT1X8 fir ilPy
CHERO-COEOUNG CO.
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,, II I HHHLLL ProygT little he ml f Q Z . ment he v.ollklrt. me, would know
FilkH3n,i.i,:nt,.D. V? I ey It had happened. He need not
bio" n U " : By REX G. POST. t admit the horrible truth now.
HOUSEHOLD MOVING A knmup nun iiiaifJ 9 (Ib8et?'tkeybroReinte ll
specialty f DRIVES PAIN AWAYn ,l.taM0BMmJ I
fclGHT AND HEAVY HAULING
HOUSEHOLD MOVING A
SPECIALTY
OESES AND MULES 1'OR HIRE
ones: umce lus; nes., 5H ureen.
THE BIGGER THE HORSE
HARNESS
better we appreciate the task of
ng him with suitable and service-
e harness. We use only the best
erials and workmanship and will
e you service and satisfaction on
her the making or repairing of
harness and leather goods. Our
prges are also reasonable.
GLASHAN, THE HARNESS MAN
MLASNAN
is quickly absorbed flood for sores, neuralgia,
stiff joints, rheumatism, etc. 25c at druggists.
For Sale in Lakeland by
HENLEY S IIEiLEY
OUR AD IN THIS PAPER
Reaches Every Home
of the Town v
Are You Getting
Satisfactory Results
with your
KODAK
Come in and let us explain
the successful way to make
good pictures.
Your summer's trip will be
pleasantly remembered by the
use of a good kodak.
"The Red Cross
Pharmacy"
"The Kodak Store"
"ON THE CONNER"
A complete assortment of
"Cranes" Stationery
(Copyright.)
Scovers was a disappointment to the
Kid. After six months as a "sub" In
a little local sta
tion, it seemed to
him that promo
tion to his first
"OS" job ought to
mean a spacious
station, a con
Btan tly clicking
key, and a rush at
the ticket window.
But Scovers was
only an aban
doned box car and
a "board." And to add to the Kid's
chagrin, he was only the night man.
That he was to take the night man's
place he knew when he accepted the
position, but ambition to plunge into
the whirling world of the railroad had
been irresistibly urgent, and he ac
cepted. The Kid was without companions
during the dull, dreary hours of the
night hours to which the mourning
wailing of the coyotes lent no cheer.
Watson came on at 6 and left at the
same hour in the evening. Occasion
ally he would pause to exchange a
few commonplaces with the Kid usu
ally, he hurried to the camp where he
lived. The nights were long and lone-
Should he report her? For a mo
ment he vacillated. They would know
why it had happened. He need not
admit the horrible truth now.
"Third 68 yet?" the key broke in ter
rlfyingly. With the vacillation had come weakness.
"Not yet," the Kid answered.
He sank into his chair and buried
his face in his hands. Often, before
he became a telegrapher, he had won
dered how feels the man who makes
the fatal blunder and hurls a train
load of passengers into the infinite.
It had seemed to him that it miiBt be
crushing, maddening the end of all
peace. Now he knew how really dire
it was.
He reached for the key. He would
do what Bmall human thing he could
confess.
Suddenly there was a roaring in his
ears. His form straightened in the
chair and his head went back as he
gazed with staring, unbelieving eyes
as third 68 rumbled by with a gleam of
light.
H rubbed his eyes and looked stu
pidly at her tail-lights as they swept
from his vision.
He sat down and thought long and
seriously. Third 68 was safe. There
had been no order on second 73. He
had dreamed that he had fallen asleep
a dream that, wan a strange mixture
of fancy and truth.
Talking About Life.
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some; part of the day was spent in I ghort Ume and wa8 hav,ng ft tftk
"The Only Pure
Food Store
DRUGS
HARDWARE
DRY GOODS
BUT
EVERYTHING
IN FANCY
GROCERIES
Cor. Main St. and Florida Ave.
Phone 93-94
: W. P. PILLANS & CO. !
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W. K. Jackson
JACKSON & McRAE
REAL ESTATE
Large Listing -Always Some Bargains
repose
He became wearied of the monotony
after a few weeks and began to spend
a few hours of the daylight in hunting
the rabbits which abounded in the Bur
rounding country. It was his only di
version, and it gradually grew upon
him until he was filling the days with
it and losing the deep which was
absolutely indispensable if ho was to i
remain vigilantly on guard during his
shift. 1
The Kid sat looking out of the win
dow in the side of the box car and
wondered how much longer he could
endure the oppressive humdrum.
No. 68 went by at midnight carrying
. . i
T j a green, lie reponea ner uhhv u
turned to his reading. The long mel
$! ancholy blast of the whistle echoed in
iihis ears long after the train had
flashed by with its golden squares of.
? I light. It diverted him from his book
6! for a momant, but his eyes slowly re
turned to the page, and he read on.
Suddenly he was gripped by the
dread that something unusual had oc
curred. It seemed to him that he had
been dozing. He started as second 68
roared by.
"I'll wait and then put her down,"
he muttered drowsily.
Again he was overwhelmed by a
subtle consciousness that all was not
as it should be.
He listened as the sounder abruptly
broke out in a harsh staccato.
"V-V-V-S-V-V-V-S-31," ticked the instrument.
He stirred.
"Where have vou been In the
hay?" came the query. "OS."
He hastily "OS'd" second 68 and
closed the key.
"Third 68 by yet?" the sounder
86ked.
The Kid opened his key.
"Not yet," he replied.
"OK, put her in the siding for sec
ond 73."
Loaded with fast freight, second 73
was waiting at Hawk, about twenty
five miles east of Scovers, for the right
of way. The Kid clicked the order to
Hawk, and shortly afterward the wire
told him that second 73 had started.
Again the fear of error and disaster
assailed the Kid. He could not resist
it He picked up the train-sheet and
scrutinized it. He rose unsteadily to
his feet, horror graved In every line oi
his pale, drawn face.
"Third 68 went by and I didn't put
her down," he gasped.
It meant wreck, death, and disgrace.
He had slept, he knew It now, and the
truth of it was seared into bis mind.
The trains would collide about ten
miles west of Hawk. No stations in
tervened it could not possibly be
averted. In a neglectful moment the
tide of circumstances had swept aside
the placid current of his life and
turned it into a d!"J'ing turmoil.
with a young woman one evoning.
"Was there much life in the coun
try town from which you came?" she
aaked.
"Well, I guess!" he exclaimed,
promptly. ""Yon ought to have seen
the gatherings in our cemetery of a
Sunday." Harper's Magazine.
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The man with ihe bloodshot eyes
entered tiro sauviuin, and before he
could say a word the office boy sized
him up and said:
"I dunno what it Is, bat th' proof
reader done it."
"Well, it was aplenty," Bald the
irato person loudly. "My daughter
played a violin solo last night, an'
my wife writ up th' piece fer th' pa
per herself, an' Bhe said th' playin'
was of a high order, an' lvyer this
paper says it was of a high odor
where's that there editor?" Strick
land Gillllan.
Unless You Know Where to Buy
IF YOU KNOW
The selection will be the best
The variety unmatched
The quality unsurpassed
The price the lowest
All these you find at our store
Just trade with us
This settles the question of living
Best Buttsr, per pount" .40
Sugar, 17 pounds ,....JL.. 1.00
Hottolene, 10 po'tnd pail (, ,j 1.46
Couoieiic, 5 oound I'ft'i 0
4 pounds Snow'trtf Lara K II
Pnnn-flrlft, 10 k,OUlid Pl'lj l.Jg
5 cans family ue Cream ., .21
cans baby elze Cream 21
1-2 barrel best Flour , 1, 00
12 pounds best Flour jf
Octogon Soap, 6 for i
Ground Coffee, per pouns .?g
6 gallons Kerosene , ....-.. .x , ,9:, .K, -. ft
E. G. TWEEDELL
If you want your Shirts and Collars
Laundered the VERY BEST
Send them to the
Lakeland Steam Laundry
Weave better equipped than ever forgiving you high
class Laundry work.
Phone 130
?. S. OTIS HUN(!KRFOKI), WALT Kit It. WILSON,
t 404 W.Orange St. PIJONE'14 Blk. ;il2Sou. Va. Ave
! IIINGERFORD and WILSON
Cllj Contractors
BETTER TO PLAN THAN WORRY
Housewife See me to Have Right Prin
ciple, If It le Properly Con
sidered. One of the cardinal principles of the
efficient houbewife is to concentrate
her thoughts on the work of the hour,
and not waste mental energy on the
innumerable tasks which the day
holds for her.
There Is the story of the woman
who lamented: "Here's Monday and
all the washing's got to be done!
Tuesday, the ironing! Wednesday,
the baking! Goodness! half the week's
gone, and not a thing done yet!"
One efficient woman explained her
activities by saying: "I always plan
ahead, but I never worry ahead." If
she is to give a dinner on Thursday,
for instance, the menu is prepared
and the main ordering done on Tues
day. She is iortunate in naving a
butcher she can trust, so that her
meats are ordered then for delivery
Thursday. On Wednesday she looks
over her linen, dishes and silver, and
has everything In readiness to set the
table the next afternoon. Early
Thursday morning she Is out, com
pleting her ordering, ana by noon
everything Is ready for the actual
cooking. Directly after luncheon the
table Is arranged, and then she rests
for an hour or two. She has even
been known to go to a club meeting
or a bridje party, much to the amaae
ment of friends who know her plans
for the erenlng. Lxcnange.
If you intend to build let
us figure. with you. All
workjguaranteed and es-
fefeTO? timates .furnished
liiiafcTnriVif.T
Ten million miles of advertising. A
half-million Fords, averaging twenty
miles a day, circle the world four hundred
times every twenty-four hours. If the
car wasn't right this tremendous publicity
would put the Company out of business.
The Ford is its own best salesman. A
demonstration is a revelation take yours
to-day.
Runabout $500. Touring Car $550.
1 own Car $750 f. o. b. Detroit. Com
plete with equipment.
Lakeland Automobile &
Supply Co.
Lakeland, Fla.
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