The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-02

'rYour home"-began Maclay.
"We have no home," came the speedy
interrupting response. I'VE are seek
ing one now"
aver" insinuated Maclay.
sYes. eighty of us. / am afraid you
do not understand. There are nine
teen other wagons. They will be along
soon. You see. my father is Robert
Wooster. He built the wagon plant at
Chester, put in all his money and
brought all our eastern neighbors out
here-a happy family. Last week the
plant burned down. Father could get
no insurance way out here away from
fire protection. All we saved was some
wagons. We knew enough to make
comfortable houses of them just like
| this one. Father feels moral re-
sponsibility In caring for his workers.
| So, we are tramping, as you may call
| it, till we find just the place where
they will encourage a willing industri-
Gus group like US to locate and help
build up the community"
Eighty of your" spoke Maclay, with
new animation. 'Why, that is just
what l am looking for. Dear young
lady, 1 must see this enterprising ia
Their of yours"
HE and the others will soon be
along" replied Miss Wooster. Il drove
ahead to sort of blaze the way. There
is the first of the wagons now. There
is father. Yoo-hooi" and the young
sprightly voice rang out in a mellow
hail. Maclay drew aside as several
vehicles came into view. They all halt
ed. 1t was near the noon hour In
few minutes Miss Wooster approached
Maclay with a sun-browned sensible
looking man.
Father" she introduced, 'this is
the young man l spoke to you about.
He said a strange thing that may be
interesting to us. Anyhow, we must
show him what good dinner we stroll
lers know how to enjoy"
"Your daughter has explained your
situation" spoke Maclay at once. I
hope our accidental meeting is as for
tunate as / have hoped. / come from
Warrenton and l was on my way to
Maiden to try and induce the furniture
factory there to remove to our town.
The employees number only twenty,
though. We have big vacant building
at WarrentOn. In fact, 1 own it. We
need new industries and we are dis
posed to encourage and finance them.
"That looks pretty attractive to me-"
spoke Mr.. Wooster.
Our main reason just now is that,
If we can get working factory and
fifty or more new residents, the county
seat choice will fall on Warrenton."
1--WE make pretty thrifty city on
wheels" said Mr. Wooster. 1.-THE pros
pect looks decidedly favorable. I
should like to consider it."
Warrenton stared hard when 'the
city on wheels" came rolling into the
public square, Pierce Maclay leading
them. Warrenton hurrahed enthusi-
astically, when it was known that the
new contingent increased the popula-
ton of the little struggling burg to
point that awarded it selection as the
county metropolis.
Some of the machinery back at the
burned out town was found in condi-
ton for utilization. Young Maclay Sc
cured the capital cooperation of the
local bank and well-to-do citizens His
own pleasant share was to build some
twenty neat cottages for the workers.
In the course of a year his construc-
ton views expanded. This time it was
a more pretentious house that he
planned.
For it was to be a real home, and it's
mistress was the bright energetic girl
who had brought to him ''the city on
wheels"