The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-25

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to him. When asked for a reason for
not approving Of him she said that no
one knew anything about him. He
might be a plumber; he might be
counter JUMPER" he might be car
penter. Since Miss Broadnax's father
had made his money out Of the bones
Of rotting animals the structures IN
volved in her denunciation Of these oc-
equations did not come with gOod
grace. II
A certain Miss MacKnight, whose ia
Their had been a Judge on the bench, on
hearing of Miss Broadnax's remarks
said. that the world had improved In
its estimate Of persons in separating
those Of refinement from their occupa-
tons; that it was possible for plumber,
q counter jumper" or carpenter to be
a refined man and 1t was possible for
a gentleman to engage in the manu-.
facture Of fertilizing material.
This bit Of repartee was appreciat
ed by those Of the old school who were
not especially pleased with Miss Brod-
nax's assumption Of the right to turn
down persons on account Of their Occu-
pations However, Miss Broad1ax from
her own standpoint won q signal VIC |
tory.
One day an automobile drew UP In
haste in front Of Mrs. Bradbury's
house. Mr.. Treat got out, hustled into
the car and was carried away. 1t SO
happened that Miss Broadnax was
passing Mrs. Bradbury's ut the time In
her limousine and, seeing the departure
of Mr.. Treat, took 1t into her head that
he had been carried away by plain
clothes policeman. Resolving to make
| sure Of the matter. she ordered her
chauffeur to follow.
/ Twenty miles from Glendale the auto
containing Treat drew up at a large
factory. The young man alighted and
! entered one Of the buildings. Miss
| Broadnax drove up to the Office and,
introducing herself as daughter of
Peter Broadnax, the great manufacture
er of fertilizing material, asked to be
shown through the works Her applica-
ton was granted with alacrity, and
during her inspection she caught sight
Of Charles Treat in q pair Of overalls
bending over machine.
GREASY mechanicr' she exclaimed to
herself II knew there was something
the matter with him. II he isn't q
criminal he's common labOrer, and
that's not much better" So Miss
BrOadnax was driven back to Glendale
and the next day gave out that what
ever the others Of the social circle did
in the premises she would NO longer
cOuntenance Mr.. Treat.
There was time when her state
ment that she had discovered that q
member of the social circle Of Glendale
1 worked in overalls in a factory would
.. have been sufficient to eject him. Ii
= the twentieth century there is broad
. er view Of such matters. Mr.. Trea
: was not turned down by his associates
: but was treated by different ones II
different ways. He returned to then
in a few days without mentioning
!, where he had been and soon notices
= that something had happened. Som
Of his former associates scarcely nc
~ ticed him, some treated him rs usual
. and he noticed that Miss MacKnigh
was unusually cordial
~ No one felt obliged to tell Mr.. Urea
he had been tracked to factory an
~ had been seen in Overalls, and since b
y was ignorant of this fact some tim
was required for him to realize that b
y was among certain persons person
y, non grata. Naturally Miss MacKnight
IL cordial treatment Of him drew him
~ her, he supposing that he was attra
IL tive to her. The young lady. unwil
T. ing that he should mistake the caus
IN of the favor she showed him, final
NJ told him the story Of Miss Broadna
OF following him to the factory, whic
explained the GOODNESS shown him
IN certain members Of the social circle.
Is Treat held his ground in Glenda
ne till the last of August, when he depal
to ed, and few days later every one
gh his associates there received an Inv
ar tation to inspect a new cannon he hi
re invented at the Duckworth Arms col
We pany on an early day In Septembt
to the day after Labor day. 1t was Il
ey Duckworth Arms cOmpany's facto
ny where Mr.. Treat had been seen In Ovt
M alls.
al: Naturally the announcement tn
re- Treat was an inventor and had p'
or. fected-as he had done his own wor
TO manship-a new cannon created qu
iii stir in the Glendale social circ
ri. There were girls In that circle W
We're looking out to marry an ests
mis- llshment and would be only too 81
90. to marry man in overalls If he We
gb a successful inventor made rich by
On inventions. As to the young men, tt
low had long passed beyond the narr'
-. ideas Of their forefathers, and thu
was not one Of them who would !
~, gladly have stepped into the shoes o
'" man who. was capable of even try
"a to invent gun.
~ The invitation was generally acce
,.h ed. the only girl declining being NJ
- Broadnax. she not having the face
"a put i'm an appearance. They were
ceived by Treat in private room
ne which he had worked out his s
scheme. and before taking them to "
ua' his gun he made them little addr
'uo in which he gave brief account of
aue struggles as an inventor, assur
UGH r.. 10, h., not hean educa
the as a mechanic he could not have |
ceeded, since a practical knowledge
So mechanics was involved In his work
De- He then led them into foun
unR a,,.,.at,,., In, x,-itah tho p11n WAS set