The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-22

Nicholson opened the bag and lookeo {
| inside. There lay the dreadful evi-
F, dence of his theft-Miss Martins :
| high-heeled shoe, beside his own! !
| Nicholson gasped. Well, nothing (
[ could be done now. He resolved to
tend the shoe back that night with
a letter of apology. He thrust his !
suitcase across the baggage counter, {
received his check, and dashed into
the train. /;
His friend was waiting for him at
the other end, but there was no suit
case.
81 checked it." said Nicholson. Il
thought it would come on the same
train
"You what?" asked the other
Checked it," answered Nicholson,
displaying stub.
Il don't know what you mean by
, checking it, replied his friend. IF
you had a guard put your bag into
; the baggage-van it must have come.
Why-good heavens, man, don't you ,
see that you left it at the parcels
|. room? It's waiting for you there, no
( OOuDt, anu IL Will COSI Sou tNoPS"SS
9 day until you get it." !
Bewildered and disguised, Nichol-
v son suffered himself to be dragged of
)" to his friends house. He bought an
4 outfit and determined to return via
n Oxford when he concluded his round
@ of visits. And in the enthusiasm OF
,. the nights meeting he almost forgot
# his troubles.
The following morning he saw this
D. advertisement in the Coventry papers:
e "If the gentleman who took away
e lady's shoe from the Queens hotel,
d Oxford will return it to its owner, no
Is questions will be asked. Address M.
1t NJ. Leicester. Reward If required"
in Leicester was Nicholson's last stop.
e. ping place. He resolved to explain by
le letter and arrange to meet Miss Mar
Or tin there. Meanwhile his friend told
Ill him that it would be possible to have
the bag forwarded to the station
e. there. Accordingly Nicholson wrote
X. an apologetic letter to the poste res
I'd tante, and then continued his journey.
,e Four days later he descended at
a Leicester station. At the post office
II he found a communication from Miss
ng Martin.
"Nliss Martin will be glad to see
! Mr.. Nicholson at the Temperance no.
l tel. provided he brings her shoe with
him."
Nicholson found the missing suit
| case, slung it into a cab and hurried
to the hotel. Miss Martin came into
the parlor.
Nicholson was hardly articulate
when he saw her. They had never
stood face to face before. Now Miss
Martins face was covered will
bushes, which followed each othel
across it with remarkable rapidly.
Z II am really very sorry" explained
~ Nicholson 1T was that fool Boots
fault. He thought"
- He cursed himself for a donke,
under his breath, for he could see tina
- Miss Martin understood quite wei
~ what Boots had thought. But sh
only said icily:
i Twill you kindly give me my shoe?
Nicholson opened the suitcase an
took out the shoe, wrapped neatly !
paper.
81 am very sorry to have caused 20
so much trouble" he said. you III
derstand it was not my fault, don
you?"
"IIl tell you in minute" Miss Ma
tin answered kindly wait. 1t Is
use attempting to pass me, becaus
see you will be stopped by the doorkeepe
He knows"
eed what do you mean?" Nicholson d
rec manded.
ent. For answer Miss Martin careful
lind extracted the shoe from the pare
and and, to Nicholson's surprise, began
an unscrew the heel. The heel came o
and out of the hollow interior the
of a fell one, two, three, four, five hundre
.hol. dollar bills.
ting "Oh, thank heaven!" she cried.
door was down to my last dollar. Oh-h,h
/" he And suddenly Miss Martin went in
line. something that very closely resembl
mysteries. And before Nichols
like knew what he was doing he fou
,are. himself bending over her and impl
d to Ing her to De caim
eyes, Can you ever forgive me-!
He pleaded.
"a of "Why wouldn't you speak to
"A a on the boat?" he asked.
shoe. because l was SO airaio' sne
door swered. II knew Europe was full
, no confidence men, and you-you look
at my shoes SO hard. put the She
hoes outside to bluff you, because thout
Then Il thought you would never drs
what that / would put the chloe with
have money in it outside the door. Al
,lson and-I thought you had followed m
him. II didn't" answered Nicholson be
,und. ", "but, as a fellow-countryman,
reak. going to now, to see that you dc
band get into any more trouble and
r" It other reasons"
was And something in the girls look
"a of couraged him to believe that she