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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-01
FLORIDA PROGRESSIVE
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR

l here IS surely plCh.y ioi
Sunshine department to do. Al
most every day comes a call 10
write a letter of cheer somewhere
During this month we have re-
membered personally or asked
others to do it, 22 birthdays
There have been two June
Weddings" one silver wedding
anniversary" and some mes
sage of sympathy to friends IN
our work in trouble or having
lost loved one.
The Introduction department
has also been busy, more SO than
for many months. About four
teen removals for long or short
sojourns have been reported to
our ofite or seen mentioned IN
the papers coming as press ex-
changes. Among the last were
three Endeavorers of whom
Gainesville workers were told.
Miss Mary Conner, we'll known
in Ocala, but best renowned at
home at Ocklawaha, now teach
ing music in Gainesville. Miss
Jeane Hoage, of Lady Lake and
Miss Gladys Graham OF Tampa
attending the summer normal.
Miss Graham is an officer of the
Tampa City Union, Junior
worker in the First Presbyter-
ian church and active in the
senior society of that church,
which entertains Southwestern
district in the fall at its annual
convention.
The Lakeland News" tells
, Of "a moonlight party on Lake
: Wire" That sounds SO gooe
) and comfortable we think prob
} ably there were some Of the
! Lakeland Endeavorers in thu
!, plans. Our young people arr
S good at planning and then EN-
a joying such things.
"The Kissimmee Valley Ga
zette" reported "a watermelon
e party in honor of Miss Town
q send Made the press superin
r tendent here in Interlachen fee
a near but yet SO far"
u young people have promised t
o furnish funds for Miss Cell
T. Shook, one of their member
v who is State Tenth Legion SUI
7, erintendent. That is not enough
u they wrote the State Treasure
- Mr.. George Cavanagh, of Tan
= pa, Can we do something els
:. to help?' Guess he would liI
: to get such willing-hearted lie
, tiers. every week.
~ That is a fine Fourth Of Jul
= subject for next Sunday. Ho
"a can we combine Nation
~ Ideals. and How Home Mission
20 Will Promote Them" in mo
n. substantial form than by boos
ing the Children's Home Soci
tv as part of the prayer-mee
r ing program? To have the CHI
dren of this age strong and ali
to take up the duties of comi1
years in national ideal appe;
-, 49, ing to each. of us, and the c;
IIs for help from Mr.. Fagg to ma
~ this ideal come true for Flori
.U' is indeed Hbme Missiona
~ work.
ms DR.. Clark is i'll with typho
IN fever at Sycamore Beach. Pr
~ for him. Pray also often
nv those who can go to the Conv'
'on ton of Chicago and likewise
a the many more who would
W if they could.
rye GRACE A TOWNSEND.
iof Interlachen. June go, 1915.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-01
ONCE BEAUTIFUL FRENCH
EMPRESS 80 YEARS OLD

Eugene, once Empress of the
French, entered upon her ninetieth !
year May 4, passing the day at Farm
borough, her country seat in Eng
land, in the midst of British soldiers
quarted in the convalescent hospital
she has established in wing of her
house.
An old woman, with snow-white
hair gathered into tight little knob
at the base of the neck, the eyes
shielded by big goggles, and the
forehead by the dropping black veil
of an Anticipated hat, the stout
frame enveloped in the shapeless
folds of a black wooden ulster and
the throat swatched in black
wooden muffler, the former Empress
made her appearance upon the lawn
where the men who were able to be
wheeled out in invalid chairs await
ed her. In one hand grasping the
ancient umbrella, which has never
been opened, to any ones knowl-
edge. being subterfuge for a
crutch, her companion for many
years, and in the other the ebony
cane which is frankly an aid to in
trinity, she made her way among
the soldiers, extending her hand in
greeting and receiving their con-
CALCULATIONS with bowed head. Thus
she has held her last court.
The tragic-eyed nonogenarian
dressed in mourning, whose face il
furrowed with care and figure bent
with sorrow as we'll as age, bear!
today little trace of the radian
beauty which enraptured the worl,
when she was crowned as the con
sore of Napoleon III. And the sicl
soldier boys in their rough KHAKI
uniforms, who smiled gratefully up
on her as their benefactor. Dor
small resemblance to the courtier
who used to crowd her salons at tn
Palace of the Tuileries. Standin
aloof, she accepted their homage
the position she had bought wit
beauty and scheming. But she b.
gan her ninetieth year paying hon
age herself to patriotism and .alo
Fortune Dedicated to Bonapartisl-
With a fortune of SIS, 100000
theb ulk of it to be dedicated aft
her death to the restoration of Il
Bonapartist regime in France, al
voluminous biography compiled
staff of genealogical experts al
secretaries to be published thr
years after she is gone, to PR
through weighty documentary e
dence her descent from Balthazer
Chaos Mendoza. Spanish Ambas'
dor to the court of oLuis XIV.
France, Eugene has arranged
own niche in history. The maus
cum in the Benedictine Abbey
Farnsworth, which she built as
last resting place of her husband q
son. has long since had an addit
constructed after her plans for
own coffin. The grandson who
by the name of Emmanuel de Sam
din, the thirty-three-year-old
spring of the Prince Imperial
Miss Lottie Watkins, the daugh
of an English clergyman. has b
provided for with modest conf
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-01
vulaarlty.

vulgarity has q positive tmperish-
able charm. II Ii sham nobility that Ii
revolving. And sham nobility 10 the
disease Of our heroes and heroines In
serious drama or fiction.-John Oliver
Hobbies.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-01

Couldn't See the wlsdom

Little Jack was found In the pantry
covered with jam. His father said, 81
think, my boy, you would better 20
and show yourself to mother" With
roguish look Jack replied, mo, dad
dy, think I deterrent"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-01
OF the Same Breed.

It's better than an even bet that the
man who PUSHES by your open bed
room window every morning at $3.50
with his auto mufier cut out would
block the aisle with his feet II he were
In a street car.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-01
Wanted a Diagram.

THAT young wife was evidently
buying her first turkey" "She was,
said the dealer, land she was greatly
surprised that no book of instructions
went with it"-Louisville Courier
Journal,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-01

Snakes in South Africa fear the SEQ
Rotary bird. and will even crawl away
from his shadoy. This bird devours
snakes and can easily kill q reptile
twice its size.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-01
Public oplnlen In Russia.

Persigny once said to Napoleon III:
You can do almost anything with
bayonets except sit on them" So
you can do almost anything with pub
lie opinion in Russia except wholly
suppress il kv s,...,g cn it.lGeorge
Eo,,, :, =, -
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-01

Good Word for the Mule.
Some men," said Uncle Eben,
N DER lives kickin' at nothin'.
dis much to be said fob de null
he's interested enough to kick,
willin' to 80 to de trouble Of
aim"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-01

Mrs. Arden heard the sound and
she looked at the picture of Nancy's
father and sighed and smiled.
The Leighs heard it, too, and Colo
mel Leigh bent over his wife and
kissed the dimple.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-26

ever. the strength seemed to pass from
his limbs. He remained in the clutches
of his captor, limp and helpless.
81 caught the girl trying to make her
way into the house." the latter ex-
planned. "She called out and this man
came running downstairs, right into
my arms"
'It is quite all right" the professor
said, in a dignified tone. you may
release them both. Craig was on his
way to keep an appointment here at
ten o'clock Quest, will you and the
inspector bring him in? Let US re-
sumo our places at the table,
The little procession made its way
down the hall. The girl was still
clinging to her uncle.
What are they going to do to you,
these people?" she sobbed. They
sha'n't hurt you. They sha'n't!'
Lenora passed her arm around the
girl.
"Of course not, DEAR" she said,
soothingly. Your uncle has come of
his own free will to answer a few
questions, only l think it would be
better if you would let me"
Lenora never finished her sentence.
They had reached the entrance now to
the library The professor was stand
ing in the doorway with extended
hand, motioning them to take their
places at the table. Then, with no
form of warning, the room seemed
suddenly filled with blaze of blue
| light. 1t came at first in thin flash
| from the window to the table, became
Immediately multiplied a thousand
| times, played round the table in
| sparks, which suddenly expanded to
| sheets of leaping, curling flame. The
roar of thunder shook the very foun-
dations of the house-and then silence.
| For several seconds not one of them
| seemed to have the power of speech.
An amazing thing had happened. The
oak table in the middle of the room
was a charred fragment, the chairs
were every one blackened remnants.
"a thunderbolt!" French gasped at
last
Quest was the first to cross the
room. From the table to the outside
| window was one charred, black line
which had burnt its way through the
carpet. He threw open the window
The wire whose course he had fol
lowed ended here with little lumI
OF queer substance. He broke it of
from the end of the wire, which was
absolutely brittle and natureless, ane
brought it into the room.
What is it?" Lenora faltered.
Continued "a Page Five.l
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aura Il 1gueu.
Who cares? The automobiles
I. re, Mr.. Quest"
Lets go, then" he replied.
They descended into the street and
drove to the professors house in ST.
Ience. Even Laura was feeling the
strain of these last hours of anxiety.
On the way they picked up French
and a plain-clothes man and the whole
marty arrived at their destination just
as the storm broke. The professor
met them in the hall. He, too, seemed
to have lost to some extent his GUS
tomary equanimity.
Come this way, my friends" he in
vited. "If Craig keeps his word, ne
will be here now within few min
utes. This way"
They followed him into the library.
Chairs were arranged around the table
in the middle of the room and they
all sat down The professor took out
his watch. It was five minutes to
ten.
in a few minutes" he continued
solemnly. this weight is to be lifted
from the minds of all of us. have come
to the conclusion that on this occa-
sion Craia will keep his word. | am
not sure, mind, but l believe that he
is in the house at this present moment.
| have heard movements in the room
which belonged to him. ! have not
interfered. / have been content to
| wait"
HE has at least not tried escape,
Quest remarked. French here brought
news of him He has been living with
his niece very quietly, but without
any particular attempt at concealment
or any signs of wishing to leave the
| city,
81 had that girl brought to my office, =
French remarked, barely an hour ago.
but she slipped away while we were
] talking. Say, what's that?"
| They all rose quickly to their feet
| In momentary lull of the storm they
could hear distinctly a girls shrill
| calling from outside, followed by the
| clamor of angry voices.
Gee, bet that's the girl, French
exclaimed. Shed been looking III
the professors address in a directory.
They all hurried out into the hall
The plainclothes man whom they hat
left on guard was standing there witt
his hand upon Craig's collar. Ths
girl, sobbing bitterly, was clinging tt
his arm. Craig was making desperate
efforts to escape. Directly he saw thu
little party issue from the library. how
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-26

CHAPTER XXXiV.
Y
I The professor, who was comfort
ably seated in Quests favorite easy
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-26
May and December

60 years of age, there is a chance of
happiness for them. For the years
have played the same old game on
both They have carved the same
pleasant little wrinkles, powdered the
hair with white, and taken away the
same illusions of youth.
But the elderly man who marries
the young girl is up against just as
hard a proposition as she is. 1t is so
long since he was young that he has
forgotten the ways of youth And it
is very hard for youth to conform to
the viewpoint of sixty.
The mating of May and December
is, in my opinion, very risky and in
any case a very unnatural business.
Youth clamors for youth, and will not
really be happy with any other sub
stitute There are, of course, cases in
which to all outward appearances the
young wife with the somewhat elderly
husband is comparatively happy. But
something has been entirely missed.
The "frst fine careless rapture as
the poets call it, isn't there, never
has been there at ALL And, after all,
the poet is quite right when he as
sures us that there's nothing half so
sweet in life as loves young dream!
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-26
Bedtime Stories
For Little Folks
THE YANKEES LOCkET.

Fifty years ago in old Virginia the
North and South were fighting each
other. The fields of corn became
trampled meadows of weeds, the
fences were broken or burned and
even the roads cut deep into ruts by
the wheels of the cannon, while among
the blooming orchards rose the white
tents of the hospitals.
Little Stuart Gordon was a girl who
lived near a road on which both arm;
les frequently travelled. Sometimes
there would be loud shout and a
regiment of Union cavalry in blue
would sweep by with flying flags. Then
| in few hours perhaps there would be
| long line of marching men in gray
! flying the Confederate colors at the
head of the dusty column.
Stuart's father was soldier in the
! Confederate army, and as there was
no one left to work the farm, the girl
Ibid the hest she could, with her mo-
TIERS help to keep things running.
One bright afternoon at the end OF
Nav Stuart went to milk the COWS
and as she stopped over the pail near
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-26
Bv FLORENCE E. YODER

culiar to the disinterested spectator
So doubtless she is still mourning his
fickleness and her loss.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-26

An interesting elpoement took place
recently, in which a 19-year-old Wash
ington girl outwitted her parents, side
stepped all objections and ran off with
her somewhat elderly sutton, by whose
side, despite his 60 odd years, she is
hoping to pass the proverbial long life
of cannubial happiness. Age appar-
emily has little to do with decline of
the gentle passion, for this mature
Romeo loves with Trevor which
would put many a younger man to
shame. His little bride was also his
pupil, and he played the part of in
structor not only in things musical
but also in things amorous. Here end
eth the lessons-musical, anyhow.
Unfortunately for the course of true
love, the elderly music teacher was
already married when he met his fate
in the person of the little 19-year-old
Washington girl But apparently he
didn't allow any such impeachment as
a mere wife to stand in the way, and
divorce proceedings were soon insti-
tuted. One can't help feeling sorry for
the deserted wife, although in way
she is lucky to be rid of such faith
less being as her late lamented con-
sort. Women, however, don't view
things with the philosophical eye pc
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-26

Listen" he exclaimed.
To Sanford Quest:
Gather your people in Professor
Ashleigh's library at ten o'clock to-
niufnt. | will be there and tell you my
whole story. JOHN CRAIG.
The professor sat for a moment
speechless.
Then he meant it, after ALL" he
exclaimed at last.
Seems like it," Quest admitted. I'll
Just telephone to French"
The professor rose to his feet,
knocked the ash from his cigar, strug'
gled into his coat and took up his hat.
Then he waited until Quest had COM
pleted his conversation. The latter's
face had grown grave and puzzled. 1t
was obvious that he was receiving in
formation of some Importance. He
put down the instrument at last with
a curt word of farewell.
The professor moved towards the
door.
'If only this may prove to be the
end" he sighed.
Quest spent the next hour or so IN
restless deliberations There were
still many things which puzzled him.
At about a quarter past nine Lenora
and Laura arrived, dressed for their
expedition.
I'm afraid we are in for a bad
thunderstorm, girls" Quest remarked.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-26

Many years have gone by and it
was Decoration Day. Little Stuart is
now a widow living with her father
and only child, Dorothy, and around
the girls neck there always hangs the
Golden locket which Col Graham gave
fifty years ago to the mother.
On Decoration Day the old father
who was an invalid, called to Dorothy
and said: 81 am too weak to go TINS
year to put flowers on the graves OIL
my old comrades-you do it for me-
So the child promised and even put on
the old battered gray cap to please
him.
It was dark by the time she left the
| cometerv and she did not see big
car that came whirling around the
corner and in a moment had thrown
her against a lamppost. An eloeri!
gentleman who was in the rear seat'
lleaped to the ground and took her IN
his arms. But she was more fright
ened than hurt, and in a few minutes
was able to tell where home was
Half an hour later the big car stopped
lin front of the widows humble cot
ltage.
! AS the gentleman helped Dorothy
Tout, he noticed the locket about her
Throat.
81 see this little girl has my locket
!around her neck" he said excitedH
Ito the mother, who had run TO the
|door. Fifty years ago l gave it 10
| another little girl just her size' down
in Virginia, for saving my lie. Gan
lvou tell me how you got it?''
q am that little girl laughed tne
mother. land remember you perfect
ly-you are Colonel Graham
She introduced him to her 1atner
the old Confederate soldier, and loi
hours they sat talking about wal
times. At last Colonel Graham rose
to leave.
81 want you to do me another Ia
yor," he said smilingly. 1T is this. |
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A new. modern up-to-date hotel. All out
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Perfectly screened. Rooms single or en-
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So doubtless she is still mourning his
fickleness and her loss.
/ am inclined to think that the cou-
ple-I can hardly say young couple
have but a small bank balance in the
way of chances for happiness. Not
only is the mating of May and Deem
Der a matter fraught with strange
risks. but the best of matrimonial
foundations is not built on the ruin of
another woman's happiness.
1t is a curious thing that parental
opposition should have the effect of
squirting many girl on to an act of
supreme folly and of taking up a
stand which, if no. opposition were
offered, would probably only be held
for the briefest of spaces. Probably
only in this case the girl was fiat
tered by the attentions of a man so
much older than herself, and partic-
uIarly because that man happened to
be her instructor. A difference of 40
years is certainly a great obstacle,
and it is small wonder that the pa
rents objected as they did.
Where the woman is as old as her
husband. no matter if they both be
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-26
HOTEL BILOXI
Overlooking the Gulf
Biloxi, Mississippi.

offers superior accommodations to
one hundred guests. On car line;
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facilities unsurpassed. All rooms
have hot and cold water and cleo
trio call bells. Five hundred feet
of wide verandas. Hotel Biloxi IS
"fy-swatted and mosquito proof.
Prices are as reasonable as the
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booklet. which tells the rest OF the
story. is free for the asking.
PALMER g. WARREN, Proprietors.
Biloxi, Mississippi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-26

a fence she heard the galloping of
hoofs down the road and a plunging
horse dashed into sight. On it sat a
Union officer with blood trickling from
a wound in his arm and just as he got
opposite to where Stuart sat, fell %
the road, while the horse swept on.
Over a distant hill a troop of Confed-
crate cavalry was coming in hot pur-
suit.
Plying the wounded man, Stuart
ran into the road to drag him to safe
ty, but he was too heavy for her
strength So she rolled him over and
over until he was completely hidden
in the pokeberry bushes at the side
of the path Hardly had she finished
when the Confederates swept by chas-
ing the horse, as they did not know
the rider had fallen. Stuart bathed
the mans face and made him drink
cup of warm milk.
Il am not much hurt" he said, and
| must be going to join my men,"
IF you will stay here till sunset,
said Stuart. 81 will bring you some
supper, and old Molly-she will do to
ride back to your lines. But be sure
and send her back-she's all the horse
we have"
So at dark the officer ate nice
supper Stuart brought him and pre-
pared to mount the bony horse she
had led to the bushes.
81 may never see you again, little
girl" he said, "but keep this in men,
DRY of how you saved Colonel Ora
ham," And he placed a golden locket
which he had taken from his watch
chain. in the girls hands. Slowly he
rode away into the darkness. The
next morning the horse was sent back
with a note of thanks.
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chair. glanced at his watch and shook
his head
II am afraid, my friend" he SAID,
"that Craig's nerve haSfal1ed him. A
voluntary surrender was perhaps too
much to hope for.
Quest smoked for moment IN ST.
lence.
His servant entered bearing note
This was left a few minutes ago.
SIR he announced, "by a messenger
bov. There was no answer required.
The man retired. Quest unfolded
the sheet of paper. His expression
suddenly changed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-26

In silence she put on her hat ar
coat. in silence she drove with MIN
to the police station, where she was
shown at once into the inspectors Of
flee. The man who had brought her
whispered for a moment or two with
his chief and handed him the paper
Inspector French read it and whls-
tied softly. He took up the telephone
by his side.
"Say. you've something of a find
here" he remarked to the plain
clothes man. Put me through to Mr.
Quest, please" he added, speaking
into The receiver.
TIE two men whispered together.
The girl stole from her place and
turf ed over rapidly the pages of a d.
rec.ory which was on the round table
Def 5re her. She found the AS" quick
ly. Her eye fell upon the name of
As'lleigh. She repeated the address
to herself and glanced around. The
two men were still whispering. For
tt moment she was forgotten. She
iole on tiptoe across the room, ran
down the stone steps and fastened
into the street.
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have a big house and no family-you
all must come to live with me-"
So they went to live in rich Colonel
Graham's beautiful home and Dorothy
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-26

never forgot that she owed her happy
life of the kindness a little Virginia
girl had shown to a wounded Yankee
soldier. is ~~MEME