The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-05

sion, she was not especially gracious
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 a 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.
A certain Miss MacKnight, whose IA
ther 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 refnement from their occupa-
tons: that it was possible for a plumber,
counter jumper" or a carpenter 10 be
a refined man and it 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 Broadnax from
her own standpoint won a 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 at the time in
her limousine and, seeing the departure
Of Dir. Treat took it into her head that
he had been carried away by a 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 large
factory. The young man alighted and
entered one Of the buildings. Miss
Broadnax drove up to the office and.
introducing herself as a daughter Of
Peter Broadnax, the great manufactur-
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 pair Of Overalls
bending over machine.
Greasy mechanic" 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 a time when her state.
ment that she had discovered that a
member Of the social circle Of Glendale
worked In overalls In a factory would
have been sufficient to eject him. In
the twentieth century there Is a broad
err view of such matters. Mr.. Treat
was not turned down by his associates
but was treated by different ones ir
different ways. He returned to then
in few days without mentioning
where he had been and soon noticed
that something had happened. Som.
of his former associates scarcely no
ticed him. some treated him as usual
and he noticed that Miss MacKnight
was unusually cordial.
No one felt obliged to tell Mr.. Trea,
he had been tracked to factory ant
had been seen In Overalls. and since hi
was ignorant Of this fact some tim,
was required for him to realize that h,
was among certain persons persons
non grata. Naturally Miss Mac Knight',
cordial treatment Of him drew him t.
her, he supposing that he was attrac
tive to her. The young lady, unwill
ing that he should mistake the caus,
of the favor she showed him. finally
following him to the factory, which
! explained the GOODNESS shown him BY
certain members Of the social circle.
Treat held his ground in Glendal,
till the last of August, when he depart
ed. and few days later every one o
his associates there received an invi
tatiOn to inspect new cannon he ha,
invented at the Duckworth Arms com
pany on an early day in September
the day after Labor day. 1t was tn,
DuckwOrth Arms cOmpany's factor,
where Mr.. Treat had been seen in over
alls
Naturally the announcement tina
Treat was an inventor and had per
fected-as he had done his own work
manship-a new cannon created quit,
a stir in the Glendale social circle
, There were girls In that circle VIII,
were looking out to marry an estab
lishment. and would be only too glat
to marry a man In overalls II he wer,
a successful inventor made rich by BIZ
inventions. As to the young men. the
had long passed beyond the marrow
ideas Of their forefathers, and Their
was not one of them who would no
gladly have stepped into the shoes of
! man who was capable of even tryin,
to Invent a gun.
The invitation was generally accep,
ed, the only girl declining being Mis-
Broadnax, she not having the face L
put In an appearance. They were re
ceived by Treat in private room II
which he had worked out his GU,
scheme, and before taking them to viey
his gun he made them a little address
in which he gave a brief account Of hi
struggles as an inventor, assurin,
them that had he not been educate,
as a mechanic he could not have sue
ceeded, since practical knowledge o
mechanics was involved in his work.