The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-27


d' all@rlIion oi white-gowned
y ieA I'D tiiS retreat, and then having
&c! 10 lis lect he stared blankly
al extremely scornful though
4'h1 crcatenance presented t6
: ,,.ns the natter" he
n,nea
'A.ls much" retoricd Eess
Y. "but would be greatly Oh
7 you Will return the peacocks
garden.
IN the what TO your garden?'
Y ked in ludicrous dismay.
i peacocks.
i'at | haven't seen Your birds-I
y. INIT steal I'm anyway detest
Inc ereaturos. he returned frankly
hey are Very beautiful" said Bess
Md then in a few words she
G' floed the scene she had witnessed
N..!e the young man rumpled his hair
az looked very much as If he be-
ii' 'ed she had been dreaming.
MI at Cncc his face cleared. by
Jo'e. believe it was Yang" he
shouted. and dashed out of sight.
lie is crazy" said Ress darkly. Il
never was mixed up in such mysteri.
Gus happenings in my life. wonder
II II can be the ill-luck that follows
peacock feathers
She fingered uneasily near the door
OF the garden wall. In the distance
she heard shrill protesting shrieks,
ana the thunder of a deep masculine
voice lifted in stern reprOof. Then
there followed scufIling sound on the
graveled path, and presently her
new acquaintance appeared, dragging
the reluctant form of a Chinese cook.
In the chinaman's grasp were the
limp snd lifeless forms Of her precious
peacocks.
Oh. cried Bess sharply, and bit
her lip to keep back the tears.
i can't tell you how sorry am"
said Young Mr. Allyn humbly. Yang
swearS by all his gods that he believed
the birds were common barnyard
fowls. and he was about to prepare
them for my dinner. As a matter of
fact think he had covetous eve
upon the plumagc What can I do to
rcctify this matter?"
III IS too late now" murmured
RosS. They ought cot to have been
r. passing. of course II was horrid
Of yoGr man to XIII hem they are
% beautiful and looked s., splendid
trailing back and .orih on tie ter
race"
II You would pcrmi me to replace
lhom he was bceiNung. but Ress
/. hook her head decidedly
y would rather not please Aunt
Nsatha said they would bring bad
luck and | believe there is something
III il after all You see they've lost
lhcir own lives to begin with"
And Yang has lost his job said
AllNn darkly
All Yi." walled Yang mournfuliy
a little smile dimplcd the corner of
the girls mouth. Lets change things
about, she said suddenly. If pea
cocks have always carried il-luck, we
will have things different To begin
with, Yang shall keep his job. and
that means good luck to him, see?"
Now that's real sporting of you,
Miss Long" said Allyn heartily, and
when Bcss blIshcd beautifully he
added: Il wonder what luck they will
have for me was going TO sail for
Europe Wednesday but I've changed
my mind. I'm going to stay right
here"
THAT sounds like bad luck" re-
marked Boss
1T seems like mighty good luck to
me-, declared Allyn
Bess pretended not 10 understand,
but her heart beat faster as he held
Jpen the door in the wall and she
passed through to the other side
That was only the beginning, aud
~hen October cane With her golden
measure of days lioss Long became
the bride Of Jack Allyn Ills gift to
her was a splendidly jcwelcd fan of
peacock feathers ~ sight of which
Aunt Agatha thre@ mp mtten,d hands
in horror
but peacock feathers bring such
bad luck. she groared.
Not for US" explained Jack, meet.
ing his BRIDE tfu ting eyes. I'VE
have changed all that Peacock fcath-
FRS means nothing hi happiness and
rood fortune 10. rs.