The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-06
(kansas City Starr

seeking the lights and shadows, voy-
ages along Union avenue after cur
few will encounter big, cheerful
looking man, with a round face and
a soft hat of immense brim.
III his hand will be a cane twice
as large and heavy as any police
man club. This man is Edward &.
iuILtr. AID ne ) the most poctures-
lue sight on a street Wnerc every
tnlHS Is picturesque.
Mr.. Turner ) mission is to call az
t.ntiun To the wares in The Old
hcAtucky Home, which he declares,
In poetic language, will drown all
SORROW and make even the old Union
Depot LOOK like a barOnial castl .
~ hen he gets the crowd cilal med Dl
ais oralory, Mr.. IurAer walks be
hilu AID pushes en- ill., II any pu.l
ha,h Farmer lets EN- ste his ciuu.
a',lcomc To our city, gentlemen.
said The hIns barker . .tlle atcl.u2
10 some counlrymcn one night,
MuAo hreu looking Tor You lOr a
long limc. and now that loll IL nee
lAe laiteG cali Is Killed ana await,
!ol, sap riSnl in ana Try some oi
ulI Ola kcnturkl Home brand.
5000 iDI mon, women and childl,n.
one ela~. Viii make every dollar YOU
7oi look like iNo; the second rOuEd
s. Al illt the mort gage from the larli,
and with the third you set il warrdn-
Is dtcd to All the iIGc-walrr Lands
about town. Walk right in No.
Not you sir addr' saiES a man
" no Was leading Il poorly-clad little
Gill, and Who WAS about 10 .ir.d 10
the lure Of the barkrro speech. ii
yod sc Sot any money, set that Md
some SHOES and stockings. We don
want it.
The man looked up in amaHrmrnl
ana men moved ON down the ave
nue. with his child.
Turner came near dying last win
ter with pneumonia, but he Recover
ed, and the first thing he did was
To return to the country town wnrrc
ne WAS born aud where ctrrybod,
knew him. While there il tramp
was killed in the railroad yards.
There was a bottle of whiskcI in his
pocket il significant witness IL re-
licNe the engineer. The remains
We're gathered up. Nobody knew
the man name. Or a thing abou
him. He was cOarsrly dressed in
the manner OF his kind, he face
WAS inrrowrd with many wrinkles,
and the hand, were gaunt and long.
They We're about to dump he
bundle ui bones and rags into the
pottcr's field, when Turner heard al
II and asked them to wait until the
afternoon. Clouds hung thick over
the cOtionwoods and hi, kury trees
when the big barker and three
friends arrived in carriage. The
sections stood by leaning on their
sho'els. 1t looked like rain and
they We're anxious to finish the job.
In an unpaintcd pine box. near the
edge of the shallow trench, was the
body OF the tramp Three or four
people OF the ncighborhood. mufilcd
up in storm coats. were standing
around to See what was going IL
happen. Some women. with shawls
over their heads. came ON the scene,
but remained back away from the
men. They We're curious To learn
what SORT of sermon could b.
preached over the body oi tramp.
Turner took off his broad -brim-
med hat and stood AZ the hcad of
the grave. Ills late illness had left
his hair almost white. But for i.
perennial twinkle in his gray ewes,
h" might readily have passed for a.
preacher
And as III entered into certain
village there met Him ten men that
Acre lciprS. which stood afar off.
Md they lifted up their Voices. ana
said. iesus. Master have mercy on
ns md when he SAW them, lie
aid unto them. Go show yourselves
unto the priests And il came to
pass that a. They wen, They were
clcans,d
The barker closed the book. and