The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-11


but something happened to prevent
The girl who had tumbled was at the
head Of the stairs when he rang. She
started down to open the door, and
her heel caught and she pitched for.
ward and went to hall floor like .
feather bed. The mother came rum
ming and screaming. and Mr.. Ward
turned the knob and entered just a.
the bundle on the floor was unrolling
itself.
"You-you again!" 1t gasped.
"Yes! You cannot be much injured.
You fell too gracefully for that. You
surely have got the art I called to
ask
The bundle grew feet and walked on
down the hall after one awful glance.
and tho mother replied that the house
was not for sale, and that that was
her busy day.
But the astrologist said l was to
marry the girl with the teeth Of gold"
said Mr.. Ward to himself as he walked
away. land I'll have to wait and let
Providence help me out"
A month passed. Then one day Mr..
Ward rode out into the suburbs to in
spect q piece Of real estate that had
been marked down In price to him ow-
ing to the fact that 1t abutted on q
graveyard. and folks didn't fancy the
scenery. OF sudden there were
screams. Bliss Blythe was riding out
that way with the girl-owner Of run
about, and the vehicle was skidding
from side to side of the road and look
ing longingly at q stone wall. There
was no chance to play the hero before
Miss Blythe jumped. It cannot be said
that she landed on her ear, but still
she landed and brought up against a
fence with bang.
Mr.. Ward was on the spot with
words of hope and coincidence. but he
hadn't uttered ten of them when Miss
Blythe was on her feet and saying:
"You wretch, but you have crossed
my path again."
ooh, l don't know" replied the young
man. IT came out here to look at
graveyard. and had no thought that
you would follow me-"
/ But it must stop, sir-it must
stcr!"
Eyes. three falls is enough"
! "If you continue Toto"
"But you see I've got to. paid an
astrologist a dollar to read my hand
and she said the stars said l was to
marry you"
/ "That woman-that woman!"
eff you'll drop In there yourself and
hand her a dollar it's shilling to pen
MES that she'll tell you the stars
say"
II won't! I WON'T" exclaimed the
girl as she walked of.
"TIl bet she hast" whispered Mr.
Ward to himself. land that's what sh'
is mad about. She may fight me OF
for time. but the stars are working
for me day and night"
During the next month Mr. Ware
did not catch sight Of the girl with tn
golden teeth. but he was calm ant
content. Not for moment did n
doubt that the stars would brinl
everything out all right. Then tn
day came that a grocer's horse wa
given an extra handful Of oats an
got frisky over It and ran away. d.
he run over Miss Blythe? Not bit
It. Mr.. Ward was there to grab hir
by the nose and twist him into a lamI
post and see that his neck was PROF
erly broken. OF course, the girl stun
bled and fell backwards. but she wa
at once assisted to rise, and befor
she could shed tear the real estat
man was walking home with her an
saying:
"You cant beat the stars, my deal
They say We are to occupy vine.cla
cottage. after marriage, and We Nigh
al we'll Be looking around after tn
vines!"
Happiest couple on the street! Bles
the stars!