The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-22
Stealing a Plate

sC DouEu. 10 tnlnK t00I one nOrrt
old plate should make all this tro,
Die! 1t was mean of Uncle John I
make a will like that"
He didn't make a will like that.
contended Harry Warren. "How wa
ne 10 know that one of the plate
should be broken between his dealt
and the reading Of the will? lie wa
ialr enough. He left one to you
mother and one to my father. Surel,
tnat was a fair division of the two
MS intention was all right"
Well. then" said Nettie. stamping
very pretty little foot. ITS shame
iui 'nat our parents should be SO hor
r'oiv stubborn as to fight over one
miserable old plate"
You cant blame them. exactly. .
ueiehded Harry. charitably.
And in the meantime we cam,
even announce our engagement >
walled Nettie. TO say nothing of ae,.
ting married"
We don't want to get married nm.
III spring reminded Harry. optimiS.
.icaiiy. Something will turn up be-
lore then-if | have to turn it nm
myself" -
He smiled down into the worried
ii''le lace. but found no answering
smile. Ever since Jason pomfre, !
will had been read. and il w,s for,
that the two lannon's w,shin,,nn
plates were left 10 his hro,n,r an,
Warren, and to Martha ponrn ,h""
had been bitter warfaro w,~oa
tween TIE two Ireatens u .ha ,a.m
q prep ing for thc ,rnsr.l ~,
pla;t h4a b.ra nc,..r n.,,n.,
SAIL q I'LL uaa ,y.srt nn,,..
It. Inn .. r,,r,
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ia ,g . M .al. 49,
,tt 38t9 se
a.a,
cra h@
II ig8t .a w. II, ,yisa.a II.
c.a;A.tt Is NM.
Eat iar. 1 Nm -, 49,, MI
@ivE ua4.F..fs t,.f II, ,.m
l.s c.urf trinr6 ~.
Nas rpfgd as IN ,y..rt +, NH
iri III MA aaun Isrs
f6ar once. and pr, ala ~, r.si,.
4 l.o4cnt. llo ,a#.,oo.i 49,, :"
HD I'D al or,ni.Y many
DON'T want - ~ ,nn 80 ~,
aats: q this loW over ,Aat y.1ebi,,.
'n lialc.' he sid Whom h nm
taHsd her carlo nv 4licientr.
! W often studied that collection -,
'ison l'emirctS. and other oynor,4
~ always aEtc2d with ne that ma
; asnlhHien plates We're not genuine
ION tell ~" that, she command.
q WIN sNli. I've seen the plato a
tlidr"d times and know very wen
nal II Is 4 read WASHINGTON"
LOOK hcrc.' suggested Dick. lyon
an look the plate over closely so long
you dont take ii out of the cxecu.
u oilice. You've seen II n hun.
RED times, but you never looked nj
WIN douDt because you took 1t for I
'an.eu mat IT was what Pomiret
''d !. was. You look 1t over careful.
ana you got the credit for drop
"S 'he iight over plate that is not
ol.h hsh'ihg over.
III this is a trick" began Mrs
oufh, and she paused She could
Ink OF no threat terrifying cnouph
III her silence was more eloquent. Il
ITS not a trick" assured LYONS
What Harry had not coun,,d nm
as that his father ana No,,to,a
other should arrive al tho Office NJ
@ lawyer executor al tho samo limo
1T is the same that I took from n
G cabinet" docl,rod tho lou. 49,. "
not rclishing the suggestion Inn,
rs conveyed in their demand
ITS not that" Mrs lourn ha,,aned
explain. ave always had an ,dea
at the vlate was not genuine and
INT to make certain that the nla,o
worth fighting over"
Funny Won novor ,ho,u,. ..a.
fore" commented Sil,s v.,,,, sns
,iously. .Tyo alw,ve had INV
lbts," he added with Tho ,,p,,,or., =
nifty and nriJo I, bic t,.,......,a
AIRY told me tho o,bor ,i.,,. No,
, OF his friends alec b,o ox,..,...aa
doubts. I'm going to him nm
or eypert in" Il.