The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-06-22

Mr.. walters?'' pleaded Airline Tracey.
IL have dreadful headache"
Surely" acquiesced Sidney. Some
thing has come up where we win sus-
pend business for a day or two"
He watched her dainty form and
colorless face sadly as Airline left the
Office. It was of her and the work
men he was thinking If he had to
give up business what would they all
do. For the girl he had always felt
great interest. She was an orphan,
living with some relatives in the VII
lage and had come to him asking for
employment the day the plant had
opened.
He had told her kindly that there
was little bookkeeping to do. he could
run typewriter himself and had
planned to start out on an economical
basis. Airline had told him that she
required very small salary. as her
father had left her an investment In
the city which brought her a cash
return each six months. She would
grow up with the business: she could
surely be Of some service to him, and
Sidney hired her.
Since then he had been glad of It.
Airline proved a treasure. She took an
interest in every detail of the busi-
ness. She seemed happiest when the
work was hardest and most pressing.
The man from whom Sidney had
purchased the plant was wealthy. Sid
ney wondered IL he could not get him
to help him out. He went late that
afternoon to his home. to md that
he had gone to visit farm he owned
at some distance and would not re-
turn until the following evening.
Was 1t fate, or did "a sense Of re-
gard for Airline, the longing OF lone
| ly. troubled man influence Sidney to
lessen his pace as he neared the
/. house where Airline lived? She hap
pened to be at the gate. He was glad
! to be invited into coy parlor. Ar
line was cheerful, anxious to enter.
tain him. A little elf of fellow-her
cousin-prattIed about Arline's pet
carrier pigeon.
"She sent 1t away today" he con.
fided to Sidney, and Airline flushed
holly and had to explain that 1t was
through this medium that she regu
larry correspondent with very dear
girl friend in the distant city.
| Sidney met with severe disappoint
ment the nexk evenine when he called
on the man from whom he hoped tc
secure a loan. The latter had nc
ready funds. Sidney 1onged to stor
for another pleasant evening at the
home OF Airline. but 1t was late as he
reached the house. He passed rest
less hours alone at home and conse
i quently oversight himself the next
morning.
what Is this?" he voluntarily ex
claimed, as entering the ONCE the
first thing that attracted his eye wat
signed receipt in full from the Biggs
firm.
"Mr. Biggs left it," explained Ar
line, and flushed and paled, and begar
to tremble.
i "Why, / don't understand this!"
| II paid It," confessed Airline, al
most pleadingly. "Oh, Mr.. Walters
don't be cross about 1t, please!
overheard you talking about quick as
sets. / sent a quick message to m,
friend in the city and got my invest
ment changed into certified check
and the carrier dove brought it safe
ly here, and l paid Mr.. Bisgs," ant
Airline broke down there under thu
intense strain of the moment. Tit
astonished Sidney stared at her. spell
bound.
Airline had saved the day Arlin
had won the heart of a true man. An,
the outcome of the. episode was life
noblest, most treasured asset-mutua
love.