The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-04

Yor must 80 BY night"
+ Il cant
You must 60 in Disguise"
4 Never
gu must be disguised as a boy. I
can get you a suit Of brother Sam 8
clothes for YOU"
Well give mp the idea right now.
! never could do those things
Easiest thing in the world. They
say the old man sleeps like a log. and
that child can climb inio his win
dows. You carry a candle with you.
and you light it so as to find the desk.
In three minutes you have the paper.
and half an hour later the widow
has 1t and you have saved her home.
Talk about knight-errands. but you'll
surely be One."
But suppose the old man wakes
up" asked Miss Ethel.
You can't 60 to supposing in such a
case If he wakes up tell him you are
in the wrong house by mistake-tell
him most anything you think Of Dear
ne. what romantic adventpre.'
II took the sympathiZer with
widows troubles three long days and
nights TO make up her mind to do the
foolish thing. and then Lot until the
hair had walked past cid Fosters
ihanfy half a dozen times and as
sured themselves that 1t would be an
easy Job They also heard the gro
GER Oh the corner say that the old
man was sick abcd. This would make
it All the easier, as his stinglness
might be depended on to keep the
house clear OF nurse and doctor
\ darkish night, a boy skulhing
along the streets, a human heart chok-
ing a human being, and human be-
lug's knees webbing and his teeth
chattering If little Bob Barrie had
been there to see and know he would
have cried out:
"You are a born fool, sister.
bul you've got more grit than sand
pile"
Twice the boy passed the shanty.
No light No one moving. A window
conveniently raised. He trembled
and shook, but he climbed in. His
toes had Just touched the floor when
hand gripped the back Of his neck
and a voice spoke in his ear:
Make a move to get away and you
ar" dead man have been watch
ing YOU for the last ten minutes"
And then match was scratched !
and a candle lit. 1t was young man |
who had the disguised Miss Ethel in a
grip of steel. She shrank away with !.
an arm up, but he quietly said:
"1'oke that chair there. You came
here to rob-
IL wanted paper" stammered
The girl
What sort Of a paper"
4 A mortgage
The young man was not fooled by
her disguise 30 sooner had he seen
her BY candle light than he knew
her sex. That handsome, although I
perturbed face could hot belong to
criminal II was a daring thing for /
her to do. but he suspected there was !
IA bad adviser behind it. Il
Tell me all about it. he kindly
said
With tears and sishs and sobs and
bushes the girl related her story.
and for half minute after she had
concluded there WAS no word from
the man Neither did he look at her.
Il WAS his nephew" he finally said
yes h" MAS a hard man on his debt
ors, bat the world had wronged and
soured him He died at three o'clock
this afternoon
What dead :" exclaimed the
girl
He TOOK up The light and signed for
her In follow and entered the next
room and pointed to the coffin Then
he led her TO the outer door and
said
He LETT all 10 NE Tell the widow
not 10 Worry Will send her re-
ease OF mortgage You viii under
stand Vhs cannot see you home
;ood niGht"
1t was a thankful girl who reach.
id her home and her room undctected.
and she felt that she never could be
grateful enough for the Young mans
They met again six weeks later at
he widow 5. when he brought the
,apers that made the cottage her
,ome. but il was more than a wear
before Bob Brodie had the felicitation
If Dragging to playmate:
Your sister amt agoin TO be mar.
led next week but mine Is, and it's
o corker of man who can buy
NO tame elephants if he wants to-"
Copyright. 1872 nv the Mcclure Nevx.
NOR &c.