The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-13
An 0VERGROWN Roy
But a Foe Of Great Resource, De.
termination, and Sinews Of
Warfare.
BY ARTHUR W. PEACH.

served to make her interested in hip
and the interest grew from friendship
into something else. She would no
confess II was love for him but sh,
was attracted by his CHEEKY, happy-Eo
luck personality. his willingness to d,
little services that woman values.
1t did not take her long to discove,
tnat be was Of little use to Mr.. Lake
the head OF the firm. whose confiden
t'ai clerk he was supposed to be- She
learned. too. that Hillard had money
10 MS own right--a considerable
amount fact. but as II had been the
wish OF his father that he enter bust
ness with Lake he had done so. He
was lazy. never on time, always put.
ing on his work. She could see that
Mr. Lake was exasperated at times,
out managed to hold his temper
Therein. she discovered too. that II
billiard were discharged. his position
would be hers,
Il billiard got into the habit Of seeing
ner nome: sometimes, she found him
and his car waiting for her Before
long he was coming on Sundays and
soon she was listening for his slow.
eood'natured voice asking the girl 1t
the door II Miss Romley were In.
One starry night. when It seemed
sood to be alive. and good to be be-
size him, he proposed She was
startled. yet she had read It In his
eyes days before His first words
thrilled her, the next angered her. for
no was proposing as he did every
thing, carelessly good naturedly. as II
II didn amount TO much anyway.
Marriage involved giving up the bust
ness career for which she had fitted
herself and of which she had
| dreamed II was not a matter to he
talked or In other than serious
way Ills manner angcred her.
She told him. frankly that she
would not marry him. that he was still
on oversro"n boy. and hadn't ieri
Gus thought in the world and that a
girl liked to hay" the thuoght Of mar
rlage with her regarded as the biggest
thing In tho world
Ills open. smiling face grew serious.
TOT NICE as she went on. and she
found she could not scold when words
OF scodlng nature bounded on so
easily Before they had returned se
smiling exterior was her detremina.
ton never to marry him She told /
him so fatty
The next day small bomb hurst
IN the Office Iiillord appeared late.
and making no effort TO make IN for
lost time. he aroused Lakes long sus
fering wrath with he result that
the room full of stonographers heard
the irate. bittter-toncued man turn on
tiilliard stream of condemnation
In which he ripped lizards character
into shrads and showed il up before
Hillard himself in its bare truth, Not
stopping there he went on to dis.
charge him. closing with the words.
You aren't half man. Get out,
Mis- Roml"y YOU take his work
llllard stood, white 10 the Inns his
fair good nalurod face stn undcr
new emotion. then he turned toward
the cloak room without {, word
Alica l,omb, had rraliz d her orM
tic she vas The chosen cl RI, of me
and She ahrrod 10 !.
show her ra'u" Ia him lie seemed ),
pleased by har efforts. and she certain ;,
y was by ~ Size of her pay check
md his words
OF lljllatd She heard nothing after
lis departure She missed him keen
y, and she BEGAN 10 believe It was ali ;.
light. after I'll to have A nature TIA, !,
ees only the sunny side OF life. even
such nature never gets one any
ihere. No word came from him. and
he did not write COR She had no iae,
there he was I'd
The first mixing came through \ tr
ote from one Of their western man. IN
gers. saying that the first az n cron "a
statesmen were intruding on his ter wi
tory with an article similar ~ m
leirs. but better made and cheanc- ri,
nd that his men vera getting rho co
orst OF II right along 70,
Lakes face had looked worried 90, fro
that She knew they were maxine tn
large profit on their goods and tb,t an
had been afraid Of the advent ~ ire
'mprttors ~;
Tn, next report from tho west u,s II,
i'll more discourse ne. ana bofor. Mo
II knew II a royal battle WINS ~, y, -.
cen two firms fer existence Dazes mi
hlt by the wonder Of II. shc .ooi, 49,,
r small nart in il She sau .ba, -,
y were lighting foe OF craa- 49, =.
URGE and a.tf rmina;ion ana o,, ~
nPntd with the >iueNs of w,rr.-.
wealth ard cr lit
They could rcf learn who ,ho noa.
was In tie oanosiIe co-p-3-v a,,. 7ft'
e know ;hay were men Of ,h.,f,,-' 70
me of Them hid been with 1.,t... "
N in the cid dass Pile
Then came the afternoon sb, H..
would never forget Sha ~. he
the roor' "hcre The mer,bs-s - and
firm sought to find a NO.. ZAP
saw them desperately nra,, -. Il
n back held Al bly nom az ~
ner One by one they left - one