The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-04

Her curiosity did, Nov yer, LEAD Ter
to attend the art meeting al : \; :
Juliana Legardi was annoui CO :, !, c.,
| of the attractions. She say, a !noG
est and singularly attractive yoC.s
woman. but obviously far above TcDy.
She went away signing Poor Tony!
| There was no use attempting tc 90
anything. And what could she do?
II was not Juliana's fault if Tony had
fallen in love with her.
Juliana Legardi departed for Italy
suddenly a couple of days later. Miss
Eversham read of her sailing In the
newspapers. and looked anxiously for
Tony the following evening. But he
did not appear at night school. then
days went by and no word came of
| him. she gradually came to abandon
all expectation of ever hearing of him
again. He remained in her mind.
however. as the type Of fidelity; his
faithful brown eyes often came before
her. and she would glance at her
class of ignorant immigrants and sigh.
thinking how nearly she had succeed
ed in creating one genius out of the
heap Of raw material that passed
| through her hands.
And then. about a year later, when
she had ceased to think Of Tony, ex-
cept as an incident of the past, she
saw him at the door OF the night
school as she was leaving. waiting for
her
Tony" exclaimed Miss Eversham.
why. where have you been all this
time?"
IN Italy. Miss Eversham." he an
swered. and Miss Eversham looked at
him in establishment Gone were the
gaucheries of the young man whom
she had taught; he spoke like a gen.
tleman and looked like one. Uncon-
sciously she found herself accepting
his offer Of the inner side of the
street. And she found. too, that she
was regarding him as one of her own
class, and no longer as raw mate-
rial"
And did you marry Marta?" she
wanted to ask. as he escorted her
through the streets toward her home:
but she could not bring herself to do
SO. The young man at her side looked
SO radiant. SO evidently prosperous.
You see. Miss Eversham." he ex.
planned. when I got home I had a
chance Of commission for some
statuary In the town hall which at
tracted the attention Of art critics. and
well. am well-to-do now, and al
most famous. In Italy. And SO my
wife and ! are on our wedding trip
here. and you must meet her."
"Marta?" flashed out Miss Ever
sham.
Tony nodded. I'VE are staying at
the Continental" he said. Il wonder
If 1t is too late? She wanted me to
bring you back tonight"
Five minutes later Miss Eversham
found herself in the presence Of
Julana!
Tony" she exclaimed in bewilder.
ment, turning from one smiling face
to the other.
Tony was rubbing his hands and
chuckling like a schoolboy.
You see. Miss Eversham," he ex-
planned, this Is Marta Juliana Le-
gardi was-how do you say?-her nom
de plume. And the photograph was q
deception-very wicked! You see,
Marta did not want me any more than
wanted her, and SO she came here
to test me; and when she saw I was
faithful she told me before she sailed,
and 80 we sailed together. being mar
ried the day before. And now is our
honeymoon and-ah, Miss Eversham.
you would understand better IL your
sweetheart had been the son of the
man who saved your father in the
time Of the revolution"
Copyright. 1914. by W. G. Chapman)