The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-07-08
2s2seszszSs1ses7s1Ts1Ts2SRs
NOT MADE TO ORDER
BY LOUIS D. LANCE.

0EeSGNSNAEAAsSsA2A1AxAI
William Beattie was a lonesome
man even as he had been lonesome
boy. ALI through his lonesome youth
be had the most ardent feelings TO-
ward the girls with whom he came in
contact, but something in his retiring
nature forbade him to express these
feelings or to get on even friendly
Arms with the objects Of his admira.
ION and desire.
In the meantime he was most faith
ml and emcient in business and pros
Y,persd accordingly. At thirty he found
himself comparatively a rich man,
With boundless prospects before him
)u'But he was not satisfied. Far from
I, be was restless, morose- savagely
:. sngry with his fate.
u What boots 1t that l have success,
money, the respect and fear of men,"
he said to himself, when cannot
rave the love Of woman-the one great
hing have wanted all my life?"
ll9 You have not tried" replied his In
Ter self, relentlessly.
1, n cannot" he responded, savagely
" Nature left some void in my make
Ip, and try as l will, am tongue-tied
mn the presence of women"
William Beattie, however, realized
thoroughly the value of wealth, of hard
Cash. He knew ITS power over men
md women, and in his business deal
mgr he never made any mistakes in
lealing with women any more than he
lid with men. 1t was only when he
attempted to put himself into personal
citations With women that he became
ongue-tied and impotent
Finally at thirty he made a great
esolve.
II can never win a woman's love
hat 10 clear" he said to himself, "And
woman's love is the only thing in all
he world that | want. have
y chieved business means. | have all
= he money l will ever need-and plenty
= aore coming. Nothing can stop that
have never failed in single enter
rise to which gave my mind and
nergy. Why not give this same
hind and energy to secure what l
rant more than all elsa woman's
I'VE. To feel soft arms about my
eek, to have languid eyes look into
line. to have clinging. yielding form
my arms. To have children clamor-
ng about my knees-for all this
Would work harder, sacrifice more,
han have ever done. In fact would
i've all / have acquired and all hope
q 0 acquire"
why don't you do something about
u" inquired his inner self, relent-
sssly.
/ II am going to-" he replied, sharply
\ I am going to devote all my energy
Ind brains hereafter to securing a
roman to complete my life. Since I
annot win a woman, I will start out
It the beginning and rear one for my
T wn purposes. will buy baby girl
nd have her reared and educated for
be express purpose of becoming my
ife.s
And with this determination he
tarted out. He haunted orphan asy.
inns and lying-ln hospitals. He
ought the poor districts, where chill
nsren are. of necessity, burden, 1t
vas long before he found what he
ranted, but eventually he did find It
It was In St Anthony's orphan asy-
lm-and the face Of the little girl
child Of five or six-attracted and
hrilled him Her dark, passionate
;.o yes. her olive skin, her jet-back hair,
il' er 1.-THE young fgure-all gave prom
se Of glorious womanhood.
Inquiry developed that she was the
IlS aughter of poor Italian girl Of mar
elous beauty, who had been brought
IN, o the lying-in hospital across the way
big-hearted stranger, with plenty
money, and an air which bespoke
'lue blood. He had paid all her ex-
enses literally in advance, and then
, n .ad faded away and was heard Of no
After her recovery, the young moth.
ar, being unable to take care Of the
hid, had placed 1t In the orphan asy'
nm across the way Beattie eagerly
ought the mother. Though worn by
ears of coarsening toll, and still more
oarsening associations, she still re-
aimed a remnant Of passionate type
beauty which put Beattie's nerves
n edge and made his pulses bound
, lot at all intellectual was Anita Maj
oil, not educated or refined or intel.
actual, but she possessed all the
Tn'plendid Latin possibilities of love
lind showed 1t in every motion.
vi; eff she were sixteen instead of thir
IS, y, and fresh instead of being worn
a1a ut wreck. and young and pliable and
2 -ractable, would marry her today and
;eT7 ely the world"
gli He heard her pitiful story-the old
: tory of pretty and voluptuous young
Italian girl, debonair man of the
Torid-and a child without name
VINO the handsome stranger was who
flashed across her orbit for briei
loment, and then passed on, she had
o sort of conception, except that he
Tas q gentleman, and that his dial
annn IN Tho u-auSida with hor uac .