The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-07
A PAIR OF
KODAKERS
By MADELINE LEWIS

Commodore Binbridge, retired on
half pay and the owner of a villa on
the Sound. had the govt. He also
mad an enlarged liver. Further, the
government had retired him IS min.
utes before he reached the retiring
age. and he felt that he had been
hustled out Of the service to which he
had given lifetime. AS if this were
not enough. wire fence and windmill
men were constantly calling at the
lodge and disturbing him. and kodak
enthusiasts and landscape painters
We're trespassing on his grounds.
The commodore swore and growled
and grumbled. as an old sailor has a
perfect right to do. but the public did
not take warning lie hung out signs
OF Beware Of the dog and tires
passers will be prosecuted" but no
one was frightened. He finally made
1t known by numerous signs that he
had set bear traps and spring guns in
the bit Of woods back Of his villa. and
along the beach. and that anyone run.
ming afoul OF them must take the con-
sequences.
The commodore did rot krow his
neighbor on the right nor did the one
on the left. He didn't want to know
them. He wanted to be alone with
his aged wife and his govt and his
enlarged liver and rass his few re-
naming years In seeing the naval
service 90 to the toss because he had
not been kept on If he had known the
neishbor on tie right he would have
/ known that size was Widow Parker,
re'ict Of a lawycr. ard that she had 4
"0-year-ol daughter named Clara.
If he lad known the ono on the left
/ he would have known that he was a
| Wal street broker and had a son two
| years older than The others daughter
I Tie retired commodore mGht lave
/ known, but didn't. that Harry Ring
/ ham. son 81 Tie broker. WAS home on
/ Ills last college vacation He might
! have also known. hui didn't, that the
| Widows daughter. Clara. WIS homo
I Tvs THEN because tho art sci ools had
/ closed for two MONTHS II anyone had
told him these ll'ncs he would have
cursed his govt and the teller. too
! and wanted to know what such rucr
| lie incidents had to do with the decay
of the American navy
What could not have been known
to the commodore was The fact that
! both the brokers' son and tnc Widows
daughter were what Is ,'eicd kodak
flends They stood rcaay to snap
shot anything from a mosquito to a
lop-sded barn They photographed
calves lying down and bulls on the
rampage. They would snapshot the
tender dandeion and the gnarled oak.
They shot the shmmering waters Of
the sound and the shady dell In the
woods. They pointed their deadly In.
struments ut the clam on the shore
and the squirrel in the tree. They
we're fiends without knowing each 9th.
er. but the law Of attraction, aided
by a commodore with the govt and a
torpid liver. were to bring them TO.
gether
AT 10 o'clock OF certain morning,
one kodaker appeared on the beach
from the north and another from the
south. For some time each was ignor-
ant of the others presence. The girl
found stranded lobster and photo
craphed him from three diffcrcn. posi-
| tions and iottcd II down in her mem.
| oranlum book that the photos were To
| be entitled The I.obstcr's Lament"
| The young man found a s'arish with
one arm gone and old aye creeping
over him, and snapped him as Never
| Again" Then the two met The
young man removed his cap and bow
manner Kodaking Is profession,
and those who follow II are always
| Jealous of each other Both were on
the colone's land, and both were tres
passers. but they did not take that
! into consideration Each felt that the
field belonged TO him. II was their
day OF taking marine views. and each
was determined to hold that beach
against the other.
sir"
Young Mr.. bingham was ready for
! a squirt at a stranded oat when the
word reached his ear. He paused TO
look up. The girl had determined
look on her face. He STEPPED back
from his camera IN some confusion.
but when she went ahead and made
ready for a shot he called out Miss"
in a protesting voice.
"Sir, l saw II first," she announced.
Il beg your pardon"
But l did"
I'VE can both get picture Of It.
Can | be Of any assistance to you in
arranging"
Miss Parker turned away and en-.
tered the woods-the commodore's