The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-06
SHUT l,2 III A Box
Size Thought Her Love Had Been
tiaLen il an Old Match
Case.
ey A. MARIA CRAWFORD.

tlOnal impetus, Sa!u ROXY McNIe6OA
who had just enough Irish in her to
give color to her cheeks and laughter
and tears in turn to her eyes.
Then light the logs on the and
irons" suggested Mrs. McGregor. al
though fancy that Phil Brooks won't
need any impetus to start him talking
to YOU He is in love with you. Polly.
Il think that one of the most essen
tial qualifications for splendid mother.
hood is faith in the charms Of her
own offspring You are dear to fiat.
ter me but Phil isn't in love with me.
He admires clever women and you
know that | never learned anything at
school except how to sin. a'litsle and
to make candy"
AT any rate your marks Nerc ex-
cellent Pill may admire hrainy wom.A
en-, but clever men never want clever
women for their wives II is an
aphorism. trtc but true. Men de
mand the privilege Of teaching the
girls they marry all that they want
them to know. heard Anne Carter
say to her fance. young DR.. Brandon.
that she hoped to study medicine this
winter In order to be able to discuss
his cases Understandings with him.
My dear GIRL he told her. / don't
want you to know one thing about
medicine. II you did, wouldn't love
you am certainly not ambitious to
study law. Frankly. haven't brains
enough to grasp legal matters and
Phil knows It The other day at
bridge party was introduced to some
digniiied looking girl f'em Eoston and
when she asked. DO YOU believe in
granting the FRI nchise to women. Miss
McGreror" | couldn't answer her |
only stared at her
| Mrs. McGrsYor LAUGHED with her.
"Yon ~ ,. tier Ii lit Your fire now,
Polly. ~, r. I'M servant on tho
RI &C. ! let thu N I'll 50 to a his cir
Gus
"Mhere rill hoa matchos??" qucs-
tionti ln'ly. ahtril- ~ her soft
ch@rmau an VIII - own eyes
II ,celtar IN yoa Wen % on 4
srs.,b tcr s NJ"
liye rt lafer reilly gavc IN
IT, 4 III Il II. y haye looked
mo eY ~ Nh ho r'ra anl into
snfa hri prut seem imro-sible.' !
Into Pos ettpt 4 shadow that
veil i O.r r. Arr ndiaaly. I'll run
upstairs aud aet that little box q
atetv mafeh IL NY ! K. Marshall
left Il N on tn library taia'e when
he was here two years ago"
Mrs. McCrcsor watched the blue
c'nd li.pre mount the stairs slowly A
sudden hatred famed in her against
the boy who had lightly won her Pol
Tvs heart only to torch 1t to ache. III
was a diseinatcd fellow, but Polly had
loved him and when he came from hi
far.awav western home two years b.
fore and asked Polly to marry him sh'
had begged him 10 wait and ask hel
10: in when he had schooled himself
TO b. temperate A year later he hac
returned with his bride and had. per
l.ars wisely. omitted to ask Polly Il
call on her.
"I!c was not worthy OF yOu." hel
mother had insisted, but Polly onl,
shook her head and said that Mar
shall was tho frest man she had eve
known and that he had a perfect RICH
% fall in love AGAIN II he wanted L
do It.
"lle married an average little tow
girl something of prude." DECLARED
G. ]. Claiborne, Il friend OF Polly's win
had met the pair on their honeymoon
Just a case OF the fellow being lone
~ In that for aiken place! Propin
guilty Is the only thing that coult
have done It,"
But none OF the light chatter abou
the two dulled the ache In Polly!
heart She plunged feverishly int
! every diversion and nobody suspectet
her hurt except her mother, who some
times surprised her looking at tn
brave, boyish picture that hung Owe
her desk, little amethyst rosar.
swung lightly over corner OF IT
its frame
Funny thing how foolishly sent!
. mental a girl can be-" unused Polly, OF
her knees befor the old brass and
irons. Il am re lily grieving bocaus,
| must burn one of these matches"
Name the fir. Polly" urged Mrs
McGregor, jokin ,lv
Not when Tn lighting ii with on
of Marshall's m tches. preserved wit
time and spiced with the romance o
my youth. Dear me. don't belicvi
1t is going TO burn"
Tiny blue fianos darted here an,
there and then catching the black jacl
logs. spread into roaring sheet O
red.
Out of the ashes" began Mrs Nc
Gregor.
"Symbolizing new love out of III,
old All. no." ei-hed Polly as sh,