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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-16

greatest service to the district-a
point which it would take any new
man, however able, at least twenty
years to attain, il, indeed, he ever
r, ached it. 1t causes us something
OF struggle to decide thus, for we
have the highest personal regard for
Nj. Philips, and the most exalted
opinion Of his sincerity and honesty
OF purpose. Mr.. Sparkman, however,
unquestionably can secure benefits for
this district which no new, I'M
seasoned member of Congress could
hope to obtain; and it does not look
like good policy 10 throw away these
substantial benefits which by years of
service Mr.. Sparkman has equipped
himself to gain fer his constituents.
Mr.. Phillips is a young man. and has
plenty of time. We hope yet to give
him our hearty support for high po-
IL.
to believe that the interests of the
people Of South Florida and of the
entire State. for that matter-w would
be best served by the recollection o.
s NJ. Sparkman.
For governor it is hardly necessary
&c touch upon our choice If he did
rot entirely measure up 10 their
ideals in other RESPECTS, the people OF
this section should. out of local pride.
give their unanimous support to Park
riammell. But when, in addition to
being our home candidate. he is 4
man whose principles and personality
are all that could be desired, whose
ability is unquestioned and whose rec.
ord is unspotted. We feel that there Is
not man in Polk county who should
not give his vote and support to Park
rrammell.
For State superintendent of pub
lie instruction, we have a worthy
home candidate in the person of Hon.
W. y. Sheats, who has made good in
that position as a former incumbent.
For State treasurer, j. S. Luning
seems to be the leading candidate
and the best fitted for that position.
The Commissioner of Agriculture
W. A. McRae is our unqualified
choice. His record is clean, and he
is deserving to be retained in the Of
flee to which he was recently ap-
pointed
For railroad commissioner two
good men are Offering Royal {.
Dunn and John T.. Neeley.
Mr. Dunn has made good in the
office and there is no good reason
for making a change. On the con-
trary, we consider there is ample
reason for manifesting approval of
good service by retaining him on the
commission.
There is our ticket. II will not
suit everybody. but we will quarrel
with none on that account. It would
have been more in keeping, perhaps,
with the commercial policy pursued
by many newspapers to have given
no expression of preference in these
contests. But we were aye a poor
hand at carrying water on both
and We grow less inclined
to do so in these latter days. A news
papers mission does not end with
giving the news. 1t should aspire to
be in some sort an adviser to those
who have not as full means of in
formation on public men and meas
urcs as it may possess-not AFRO
gantly or In a pictorial way, but as
= friend taking counsel with its
friends its readers. And so we have
made these suggestions, because tho
mnrifS nf to;,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-16
FOR MEMBER COUNTY
SCHOOL BOARD.

The friends of Mr.. J. c. Owens
have gained his consent to offer for
member of Board of Public Instruc-
ton, and present his name to the
voters of this district, subject to the
Democratic primary Of April 80, and
ask all voters to give him their sup
port.
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FOR TAX COLLECTOR.

| hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the Office of Tax Collector OF
Polk county, subject to the Demo-
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Use to discharge all duties OF the office
faithfully and to the best OF my
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HENRY ], LEWIS.
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FOR STATE SENATOR.

To the Democratic Voters of Polk
County:
l beg to announce my candidacy for
the Office Of State Senator from this
district, subject to the action of the
Democratic primaries, the date Of
which will be announced later.
Respectfully,
H. ]. DRANE.
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county, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary. l respectfully
ask your support and If elected /
promise an ehicient business admin.
istration Of the ONCE.
l. 8, MORROW
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HENRY ]. LEWIS.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-25

There was one man more persistent
than the others. Her mother called
him Horace. which the major mel
lowed into Hoddy. He was tall, blond,
good-locking, devil-may-care, edu-
Gated. witty, amusing; and In evening
dress he appeared to be what It was
quite evident he had once been, a
gentleman. At first she thought It
strange that he should make her, in
stead Of her mother. his confidante
AS to what vocation he pursued, she
did not know. for he kept sedulous
guard over his tongue; but his past,
up to that fork In the road where man
hood says good-by to youth, was hers
And in this direction, clever and artful
as tho mother was. she sought in vain
to wrest this past from her daughters
lips. To the mother, 1t was really nee
essary for her to know who this man
really was. had been. knowing thor
oughly as she did what he was now.
Persistent he undeniably was. but
never coarse nor rude. Since that
time he had come back from the
casino at Monte Carlo. much the worse
for wine, she feared him; yet, in spite
of this fear, she had for him a vague
liking, a hazy admiration. Whatever
his faults might be, she stood witness
to his great physical strength and
courage. He was the only man. among
all those who appeared at the villa
Fanny and Immediately vanished. who
returned again. And he, too, soon
grew to be part OF this unreal drama,
arriving mysteriously one day and de-
parting the next.
That drama was being enacted un-
der her eyes she no longer doubted;
but 1t was as though she had taken
her seat among the audience in the
middle of the second act She could
make neither head nor tail to It.
Whenever she accompanied her
mother upon these impromptu jour
neys, her character. or rather her at
titude. underwent change. She
swept aside her dreams; she accepted
the world as It was, saw things as
they were; laughed, but without merri-
ment; jested. but with the venomed
point. 1t was the reverse of her real
character to give hurt to any living
thing. but during these forced march
es, as the major humorously termed
them, and such they were in truth,
she could no more stand against CIV
ing the cruel stab than, when alone
in her garden. she could resist the
tender pleasure Of succoring a fallen
butterfly. She was especially happy
In finding weak spots in her mothers
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-25


In life focked about her. why, 1t is
the eternal tribute demanded OF beau
ty. Here and there the men were not
all the daughter might have wished.
Often they burnt sweet fiattery at her
shrine, tentatively; but as she coolly
stamped out these incipient fires,
they at length came to regard her as
one regards the beauty of a frosted
window. as a thing to admire and
praise In passing. One ache always
abided; the bitter knowledge that had
she met In kind smile for smile and
Jest for jest. she might have been her
mothers boon companion. But deep
back in some hidden chamber of her
heart lay a secret dread of such a
step. dread which. whenever she
strove to analyze 1t. ran from under
her Investigating touch, as little balls
OF quicksilver run from under the
pressure OF thumb.
She was never without the comforts
Of life. well-fed. welldressed. we'll
housed. and often her mother flung
her some Jeweled trinket which (again
that sense Of menace) she put away,
but never wore. The bright periods
were when they left her In the little
villa near Mentone. with no one but
her old and faithful nurse. There,
with her horse. her books and her
flowers. she was at peace. Week into
week and month into month she was
let be. Never letter came. save
from some former schoolmate who
was coming over and wanted letters
of introduction to dukes and duchess
es. II she smiled over these letters
1t was with melancholy; for the dukes
and duchesses, who fell within her
singular orbit. were not the sort to
whom one gave letters of Introduction.
Where her mother went she never
had the least idea. She might be in
any of the great ports of the world,
anywhere between New York and
Port Said. The major generally dis
appeared at the same time. Then,
perhaps, she'd come back from
pleasant tram-ride over to Nice and
find them both at the villa, maid and
luggage. Mayhap a night or two, and
off they'd go again; never word
about their former Journey, uncom-
municative, rather quiet. These abb
sences. together with the undemon-
strative temperatures. used to hurt
Fortune dreadfully. 1t gave her
clear proof of where she stood, exactly
nowhere. The hurt had lessened with
the years, and now she didn't care
much. Like as not, they would drag
her out OF Eden for a month or two,
for what true reason she never could
quite fathom, unless 1t was that at
times her mother liked to have the
daughter near her as foil
At rare intervals she saw steel-eyed.
grim-mouthed men wandering up and
down before the gates of the villa
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-25
CHAPTER vi.
Moonlloht and Poetrx.


A ball followed dinner that night.
Wednesday. The ample lounging-
room filled up rapidly after coffee;
officers in smart uniforms and spurs.
whose principal function in times of
peace is to get In everybody's way,
rowel exposed ankles, and demolish
lace ruffles. Egyptians and Turks and
sleek Armenians In somber western
frock and scarlet eastern fez or tar
boosh, women of all colors (meaning.
as course. as applied and shapes and
tastes, the lean and the fat, the tall
and short. such as Billy Taylor is said
to have kissed in all the ports. and
tail-coats Of as many styles as Jo-
seph's had patches. George could dis
ttnguish his compatriots by the fit OF
the trousers round the instep; the
Englishman had his fitted at the
waist and trusted In Providence for
the hang OF the rest. This trifiing de-
tective work rather pleased George.
The women. however, were all Ewes
to his eye; liberal expanses Of beauti-
full white skin. the bare effect being
modified by string of pearls or dia-
monds or emeralds. and hair which
might or might not have been wholly
their own. He waited restlessly for
the temperance OF Mrs. Chedsoye
and her daughter. All was right with
the world. except that he was to sail
altogether too soon His loan had
been returned. and he knew that his
former suspicious had been most un-
worthy. Mrs. Chedsoye had never
received his note.
(To BE coNTINUED.l
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-25
u Expect Every Hour Hear Of Arriving ssadad

which of the four was by all odds the
most popular theme. All agreed that
she was handsome in bold way. This
modification invariably distinguishes
the right sort of women from the
wrong sort, from which there is no ap-
peal to higher court. They could
we'll afford to admit of her beauty,
since the dancer was outside what is
called the social pale. for all that her
newest escort was prince incognito.
They also discussed the play at bridge.
the dullness Of this particular season,
the possibility of war between Eng
land and Germany. And some one
asked others who were the two we'll
gowned women down In front. sitting
on either side Of the young chap In
pearl-grey. No one knew. Mother and
daughter. probably. Anyhow. they
knew something about good clothes.
George was happy. He was proud,
too. He saw the glances, the mods Of
approval. He basked in kind of
sunshine that was new. What an ass
he had been all his life! To have
been afraid of women Just because
he was Percival Algernon! What he
should have done was to have gone
forth boldly. taken what pleasures he
found, and laughed with the rest Of
them.
There weren't two other women in
all Cairo to compare with these two.
The mother, shapely, elegant, with
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-25

the dark beauty of high-class Span
lard, possessing humor. trenchant COM
ment, keen deduction and application;
worldly, cynical, high-bred. The stu
dent of nations might have tried In
vain to place her She spoke the
French of the Parisians, the Italian
of the Florentines, the Germap of the
Hanoverians. and her English was the
envy of Americans and the wonder of
the Londoners The daughter fell be-
hind her but little, but she was more
reserved.
AS Fortune sat beside the young COL
lector that afternoon. she marveled
why they had given him Percival AL
gernon. Jones was all right. solid and
substantial, but the other two turned
1t into ridicule. Still, what was the
matter with Percival Algernon? His
tory had given men of these names
mighty fine things to accomplish.
Then why ridicule? Was It due to the
perverted angle of vision created by
wits and humorists In the comic week
lies, who were eternally pillorying
these unhappy prefixes to ordinary
1hha nhy eLAo PAAAoA AAto
She hadn't studied the subject suf-
ficiently to realize that the business
of the humorist is not SO much to
amuse as to warn persons against be-
coming ridiculous. And Percival AL
gernon Jones was all OF that. 1t re-
solved itself into matter of values.
then. Had his surname been Mont
morency, Percival Algernon would
have fitted as key to its lock. She
smiled. No one but a fond mother
would be guilty of such crime. And
II she ever grew to know him well
enough. she was going to ask him all
about this mother
What interest had her own mother
In this harmless young man? oh.
some day she would burst through this
web, this Jungle; some day she would
see beyond the second act! What
then? she never troubled to ask her.
self; time enough when the moment
arrived.
81 had an interesting adventure
last night, most interesting one."
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-25

began George. who was no longer the
shy, laundering recluse They were
on the way back to town.
Tell 1t me-" said Mrs. Chedsoye.
He leaned over from his seat beside
the chauffeur Of the hired automobile.
(Hang the expense on day like
thisD "A fellow brought me rug
last night. one of the rarest outside
the museums. How and where he got
1t I'm not fully able to state. But
he had been in a violent struggle
somewhere. arms slashed, shins bat
tered He admitted that he had gone
In where many shapes of death
lurked. 1t was bit irregular.
bought the rug, however. Some one
else would have snatched It up II 1
hadn't. wanted him to recount the
adventure. but he smiled and refused.
tell you what It is, these eastern
ports are great places"
How interestingl" Mrs. Chedsoye's
color was not up to the mark. He
was not seriously wounded?"
"Oh. mo. He looks like tough In
dividual. l mean. chap strong and
hardy enough to pull himself out of
pretty bad holes. He needed the
money"
Ibid he give his name?" asked For
tune.
YES; but no doubt 1t was assumed.
RyaHne. and he spelt 1t with an me-
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-25

she had often heard him referred to
as that brute or that fool or that
drunken fmbecile." II portrait OF
him existed. Fortune had not yet seen
It, She visited his lonely grave once
year, In the Protestant cemetery,
and dreamily tried to conjure up what
manner OF man he had been. One day
she piled her old Italian nurse with
questions.
Handsome? Yes, but 1t was all go
long ago, cara mia, that l can not
describe him to you"
Did he drink?" Behind this ques-
ton there was no sense Of moral
obloquy as applying to the dead.
"Sainted Mary! didn't all men drink
their very souls into purgatory those
unreligious days?"
Had he any relatives?-
'I never heard of any"
Was he rich?"
mo; but when the signora, your
mother. married him she thought he
was"
1t was not till later years that For
tune grasped the true significance of
this statement. 1t illumined many
pages. She dropped all Investigations.
concluding wisely that her mother, II
she were minded to speak at all, could
supply only the Incidents, the details.
it was warm, balmy. like May In the
northern latitudes. Women wore
white dresses and carried sunshades
over their shoulders. A good band
played airs from the new light-operas,
and at one side Of the grand-stand
were tea-tables under dazzling linen.
Fashion was out. Not all her votaries
enjoyed polo. but 1t was absolutely
necessary to pretend that they did.
When they talked they discussed the
Spanish dancer who paraded back
and forth across the tea-lawn. They
discussed her Jewels. her clothes, her
escort, and quite frankly her morals.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-25

{; and humorously explained why he did
| So"
rs he young. old. good-looking. OF
what?"
Mrs. Chedsoye eyed her Offspring
through narrowed lids.
Il should say that he was about
thirty-fve. tall, something of an ath-
| lete; and there remains some indica-
tions that in the flush Of youth he was
! handsome. Odd. He reminded me OF
young man who was on the varsity
eleyen-footballer entered
my freshman year. didn't know him.
but was a great adnhrer of his from
the grand-stand. Horace Wadsworth
was his name"
Horace wadsworth Fortune had
| the sensation of being astonished at
something she had expected to hap
| pen.
Just before going down to dinner
that night, Fortune turned to her
mother, her chin combative in its
| angle.
II gave Mr.. Jones hundred and
fifty pounds out of that money you
! left In my care. Knowing how forget
full you are, took the liberty of at
tending to the affair myself"
She expected storm. but instead
her mother viewed her with apprais-
ing eyes. Suddenly she laughed mel
lowly Her sense of humor was too
excitable to resist SO delectable a sit
uation.
You told him, of course, that the
money came from me?" demanded
Mrs. Chedsoye. when she could con
troll her voice.
Surely, since it did come from
you"
MY dear, my dear. you are to me
hummed lightly
"'To make the prisoner pent
Unwillingly represent
A source of innocent merriment,
OF innocent merriment!
Am prisoner, them"
Whatever you like: 1t can not be
said that ever held you on the leash"
taking a final look into the mirror.
What is the meaning of this rug7
You and l know who stole It."
Il have explicitly warned you. my
that do not concern you"
Indirectly, some of yours do. You
are in love with Ryanne, as he calls
himself"
my dear, you do not usually stoop
to such vulgarity. And are you GER
tain that he has any other name?"
"If / were should not tell you"
"Oh!"
"a man will tell the woman he
loves many things he will not tell
the woman he admires.''
"As wise as the serpent" bantered
the mother: but she looked again into
the mirror to see If her color was still
what 1t should be. And whom doesI'
he admire?" the Mona Lisa smile how
ering at the corners of her lips.
"You," evenly.
Mrs. Chedsoye thought for q mo-
ment, thought deeply and with new
insight. 1t was no longer child but
a woman, and mayhap she had played
upon the taut strings of the young
heart once too often. Still, she was
unafraid.
And whom does he lover"
"Me. Shall get you the rouge.
mother?"
Still with that unchanging smile,
the woman received the stab. my
daughter" as If speculatively. you
will get on. You haven't been my pn-
pill all these years for nothing. Let
US go down to dinner"
Fortune, as she silently followed,
experienced a sense Of disconcertion
II
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-25
synopsra

George Pcrcival Aigesnon Jones. vice.
president Of the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company OF New fork thirstiug for
romnnce. ia In Cairo IN a brsiness trip.
Horace Ryanne arrives at the hotel in
Cairo with care<-.fly guarded bundle.
Ryanne sells Jonez the famous holy Yhi-
ordes rug which re admits having stolen
from a pasha 81 Bngdad. Jones meets
Major Caliahssa and later is introduced to
Fortune c5.Hsoye by n woman to whom
he had Iss-Ned l5o pounds at Monte Carlo
some ,n-nths previously. and who turns
out r. be Fortunes mother.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-25

armor, and she never denied herself
the thrust Mrs. Chedsoye enjoyed
these sharp encounters. for 1t must
be added that she gave as good as
she took. and more often than not her
thrusts bit deeper and did not always
heal.
Fortune never asked questions rela-
tive to the family finances. II she
harbored any doubts as to their origin.
to the source of their comparative lux
ury, she never put these into speech.
She had never seen her father. but
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-25

Fanny. but they never rang the bell.
nor spoke to her when she passed
them on the street. II she talked of
these men. her mother and the major
would exchange amused glances. moth
ing more.
II. rightly or wrongly. she hated her
mother. she despised her uncle. who
was ever bringing to the villa men Of
money, but OF coarse fiber. ostensibly
with the view of marrying her off,
But Fortune had her dreams. and she
was quite content to wait.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-01-13
precipitOus roo

yOn, which tower to heights Of 5000
feet, piercing the clouds above, the
abyss yawning at his feet, the spec
tator is overpowered at their inn
mensity He stands transfixedi
There is probably no spot on earth
where man is more impressed with
his own insignif1cance or more over
whelmed with the majesty of nature
1t is the grandest of gOrges. 1t in
spires one with its sublimity; it ap-
pals him with its heights, its depths.
its awful solitude
The hand of the infinite has chiseled
these rocks into most fantastic forms,
their towering turrets and imposing
minarets standing out boldly in bas
relief against the deep blue of a
southern sky And over all is the il
fusion of distance One cannot con-
ceive the vastness of it all, and is met
by a series of surprises, as it is borne
in upon him that yOnder gorge, or
rock, or peak, or crag lies perhaps
miles away At the bottom of the
gorge the river, turbulent and pictur-
esque, madly rushes on amid its
rocky environment, lashing itself into
foam About the mighty peaks the
eagle scars and struggling vegetation
contends against fate for a roothOld
among the rocks.