The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-18

come back in the snealing hore Of
seeing that young imbec.!e agai: this
year? And don't you see that that
young imbecile has come back in the
hopes Of meeting that young fool OF
female person.
"'No. Marian. l don't see as do,
answered. Because, you see. each Of
'em told me he and she wanted to be
in a nice, lonely place. where there
wasn't any Of the opposite sects
around
"'Well, 81. when l said you was
fool l was speaking only from nine
and thirty years experience she says.
But now I'm speaking out of the ex-
perience of just about hundred mil
lions Of women. guess you won't un-
derstand that, 81. But anyhow, this
is what you're agoing to do
"She told me what was agoing to
do, and, having had experience Of
what comes from not doing it, went
and did it. l stopped young Mr.. Evers-
leigh the next morning. as he was
walking up and down In front of Ned
Changers cow-shed, thinking over
poem.
"'Why, Mr.. Eversleigh.' said. II
didn't 60 and forget about Old Mans
Head. There's nice lonely place II
you like. And there's camp there.
too. Only. you see, once you're there,
you can't get off unless you send me a
signal to come over with the boat
The very place. says he, jumping
at the idea When can you take me
over there?'
This afternoon, suppose I an.
swers.
"'And If l should have reasons to
want to run ashore, you'll come over
the minute I put up the signal?' he
asks me. And thinks to myself that
he means to keep his eyes peeled for
Miss Sadie after all.
Surely I answers. Just hoist a
white rag or something on the flag
pole. I'll be over in about half an
hour
cts bargain, says young Mr..
Eversleigh. And with that he didn't
| give me no peace till I'd got out the
boat and filled it with stuff from Jim
Littlefeld's store, and started to row
him across to Old Mans Head.
Il knew Miss Sadie would be sketch
ing on the south rocks that time Of
the day, so l rowed him round to the
north end on pretense of the tide be
ing strong. and showed him where
the camp was in the distance. Then
pulled back as hard as could ant
waited.
THE day wore on toward afternoon
and l reckoned that them two ought
to have found each other, and I wa,
looking to see the signal hoisted in I
frantic sort Of way. But there didn'
come no signal. I asked my missi
about 1t, but she didn't seem to en-
courage me. and so started out abou
4 o'clock, rather in panic and won
dering what l ought to do.
First man I met was the Rev. Stod
gers-you remember him. don't you
Sort of humorous chap, with a gra,
beard and twinkle when he looked a
you. He'd come down by the after
noon train.
"'The very man I wanted to see
he says, catching holt of me. Ca
you tell me-
"'Of nice lonely place where 20
can write few sermons without b
ing disturbed says.
"'Now how in thunder did 20
known he inquired, letting go of m
and Gaping at me.
"'Never mind answers him. VIVA
you want is Old Mans Head, owe
yonder. l can get you a box Of pr
visions and row you over afore SUI
down. Only there amt no way
getting back unless you hoist the sil
nal-which the same is white ra
l. on a pole
, Take me there says the reve
, end 1 want to breathe the balmy Sc
r air this night, arter being cooped
in
a "'Not a word I answers. I kno
Just how you feel. But Ill be watc
a ing till 1t grows dark, ani II you'y
i, forgot anything. or want me, just hoiI
, the signal and I'll be over in a jiffy.'
T.. well, sir. calculated that by thu
+. time young Mr.. Eversleigh and Mil
Sadie would have decided that 1t We
T signaling time. and didn't want
see the flag just then. SO l got tt
n Rev. and the provision box into Il
a boat and pulled round to the mort
end. ! showed him where the can
a was. and pulled for the shore agai
r reaching it just about shutdown. Al
, there / sat and waited.
= 1T was nearly too dark to see wht
the signal went up.
Z ION I goes, and the three OF the
: was on the beach, waiting for me.
hadn't hardly got out Of the boat tht
young Mr.. Eversleigh catches holt
me like a mailman.
= "'What do you mean by this
fernal trick you've played me-?
:. shouted.
, Trick / asks. but hadn't tin
!. 10 go no further.
. "'Trick, | said,' he shouted. !
you mean to maroon my wife and n
= in this COMPOUNDED place all nigh