The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-27
HIS TOWER MAIDEN
BY CONSTANCE MORTON.

evening when he had returned to his
room at Mrs. Pilling's boarding house
and had discovered his Tower Lady. |
The tower" was the narrow, 1ut- |
ting wing Of a fashionable private |
hotel around the corner. and at one |
Of its lacedraped windows he had dis |
covered a girls lovely. wistful face.
sometimes looking out at the sunset
clouds piling in the west and just Wis
ible through rift in the buildings:
sometimes. and more often. bent
thoughtfully downward as II she read
q book.
Deane grew to love her hair Of pale
gold aud her eyes of some mysterious
color that distance would not reveal.
He worshiped her from afar. for he
knew that there was wide social bar
rier raised between the occupant of
that luxurious suite and poor young
law clerk.
At night the curtains of the tower"
were drawn and his lady had van
ished. Twenty-four hours must elapse
before he might glimpse her face
again. 1t was only In the afternoon
/ that he saw her; never at other times
or on Sundays.
At the dinner table that night there
was much animation among the board
ers. Miss Brown, who operated the
telephone switchboard In the hotel
around the corner. hau revealed the
fact that there was to be wedding In
the Palisade the next day-at least one
of the guests was to be married; had
they not all seen the beautiful Miss
Gladys Elmorton?
"a blonde, isn't she?" asked Ada
WATSON eagerly.
Miss Brown nodded her head.
Mr.. Pilling. who carved the roast,
looked up from under his shaggy eye
brows
Who's she going to marry?" he
asked gruffly.
Bradbury Kohler-he's got oceans
of money"
Deane Barlow WINGED.
Bradbury Kohler was one Of his EN-.
ployers-a big, jovial, red-faced young
man. So Bradbury was going to
marry Deane's Tower Lady! No won
der the tower window was darkened;
the prospective bride would have no
time now to look with dreamy eyes
into the sunset.
So Deane banished his dreams and
plunged into his work with renewed
industry. There was much talk In
the office about the wedding and some
chatting Of the bridegroom when he
returned from q honeymoon sIent
abroad.
Then came a momentous day wher
Deane, looking out Of his window to
! ward his lady's tower, again saw hel
4 sweet, serious face turned toward thu
sunset clouds A little wrench at bill
! heart told him that he had not sue
ceeded in Diminishing her from hi
dreams.
The next morning he happened t
i" be alone in the ONCE when the doc
> opened and young woman entered
o Delicately fair and very lovely In he
II summary attire. she turned pair o
blue eyes ON the clerk and smile
= pleasantly.
It rs Mr.. Kohler in his office!"
It 81 will inquire" Deane placed
~ chair for her and was about to leav
- the room when her voice detaine
him.
~ Please tell him Mrs. Kohler
e waiting for him." she smiled over he
shoulder
st Mrs. Kohler! Deane's brain wa
l. dizzy as he delivered the message
tx Bradbury and followed that happ
,e bridegroom down the corridor to tn
al outer Office.
~ "Gladys!" Mr.. Kohler greeted hi
10 and the two disappeared toward h
. private Office.
:, II this Strange young woman WI
the wife of Bradbury Kohler. VII
Vi then, was the lady Of his tower?
His first move was to inquire
" Miss Brown concerning the other
ne mates of the Elmorton family. 1t a
ne peared that Gladys was an only chill
he But there was another girl ther
2. too, Miss Brown acknowledged. MI
m Elmorton's social secretary was MI
Avis SANFORD. Miss Brown knew h
slightly. Miss Sandford's broth
. worked in the same office with Dean
'e He must fnow Jack SANFORD!
Deane did know Jack Sanford
en- well as he knew any Of his felle
"a clerks. They had attended baseb'
as games together, and always lunch
.ly side by side in the downtown resta
is rant. Jack was married and had Il
.Iv quently invited Deane to his lit,
,ss home In the suburbs. but Deane h
never been there. The knowledge til
his Tower Lady was sister to
oe friend convinced Deane that son
n thing more than coincidence was
work. 1t was kindly fate-nothi
. less!
re- When Jack Sanford repeated
nj invitation Deane accepted with 4
IN tering haste.
..v And that evening hs met his Tow
10 Lady face to face. She was ~
~ charming than she looked and that
saying q great deal.
'ed 1t was many weeks before Dea
rs. had the courage to tell her the ST
c. of his Tower Lady and 10 finally
ian her to be his wife and sweetheart Q
helpms :e-for the wife of his drea
mus. be all these three things.
And Avis, who loved him for h
self sione, turned her face up to
49,. and there was a light on 1t as
IN hath.d ID sunset glory.