The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-15
JACK HAS HIS WAY
BY LOUISE OLIVER.

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Haven't" sobbed Lura. :,
Don't love you! Just because
hammer to have an idea of my own
about a wedding! l like that!
"It's such-such a horrid idea. Ia
rather not get married at all tnan
have it the way you say. All my mo
I've dreamed of white SATIN dress,
and a veil, fluffy bridesmaids anu
millions Of roses"
And all my life I've had horror Oh
marching through a crowd o. people,
wearing white gloves and a mower ~
INV buttonhole, and learning to Keep
step to that internal Lohengrin
music" -
you don't have to-" eagerly. the
groom doesn't have to march H.
Don't, Lura, dear. 1t makes m
shiver even to talk about it. Inihh
of having to stand on exhibition lor aii
hour afterward while crowd OF pep
nile Won never saw before in your lie
weep over your shirt front, OF laii on
YOUR neck and kiss you! when al
want on earth is you, Lura' why
sbou,d 7 have to have the whole town
around?"
Lura got up and faced him angrily.
81 think you are hateful horriu
man. lack Ravens, If you aren't VIII
ing TO endure a little bit of discomfort
for my sake you don't care enough LOT
me- 10 marry me-that's all! Here
your ring. / won't wear it an instant
longer! Goo-good-night. Lura rusheu
out of the room and up the STAIRS
Then Jack heard a door slam some
where above.
The days that followed were lonely
miserable ones for Lura, followed by
sleepless nights and hours filled with
disturbing dreams
After one particularly bad night
spent in trying to rescue Jack from
cannibals, Lura called him on the
| phone. Jack. dear, will you come
| around tonight? want to talk to you
I'm simply wretched."
Yes, dear! If you hadn't called Ia
have come anyway. I've reached my
limit, too"
So the flowers in the moonlit garden
| witnessed an interesting little scene
that evening, and the moonbeams
caught the light that flashed again
from the diamond on Lura's left hand.
Dearest" whispered Lura, Tets not
talk Of a wedding any more. l know
it makes you wretched to think OF It,
so I've decided to get married any way
you say"
He caught her to him exultantly.
"Then move that we get married this
very night. Just we two! No dress
ing and no fuss. Just little walk to
| the preachers and home"
Lura drew a sharp breath. Then
she smiled bravely. All right. Jack
I'll do it. Only you forgot one thing
If we go alone, Doctor Luke will won
der about father and mother not be-
ing along and he'll want to know all
about it. He wouldn't marry me with
out their consent
Then we'll elope! We can 60 tc
Sharon in the car and be married, We
can take a weeks honeymoon and lei
things blow over before we come back
What do you say, girlie?"
i've already promised"
The compact was sealed properly
Then as there was little time to lose
Jack departed to arrange for the tril
l 4 ind RI har n Dir
what she could toward her trousseau
She had promised to wait in the
kitchen. Jack was to leave the car il
the alley and come in the back wa.
through the garage.
Lura CROPPED her way uncertainty il
the darkness of the kitchen, intendin,
to watch for Jack from the window
Outside everything was as bright a
day in the moonlight.
But in a shadowy corner near tn
stove she stumbled over chair, ant
something heavy that had been on tn
seat lost its balance and fell upsid
down on her feet. 1t was Nora's pal
: of dough raising for the morning
J baking. Lura sprang back startled
but she was too late. The dough wa
} sticking like chewing gum to he
shoes.
Finally she heard, "St-st!" fror
; the direction Of the garage. If it wa
, Jack, why didn't he come to her?
must be cat!
, Keeping in the shadows as well a
} she could, she made her way throug
(, the garden.
jack"
? Here, Lura I'm caught on an il
fernal nail. l can't move. The clot
? won't give. Unlock me-will you?
3 it was only my coat l could slip ou
5 but it's"
J. Lura was giggling historically, BIZ
0 managed to extricate her lover frol
a his uncomfortable position.
l. Jack near, Lura was happier. "Lool
: dear! I can't go in these shoes.
8 got into some dough! And mamma
t awake, so can't go through the hous
g for others. Do you think you ccul
o get me pair out OF my cuppoar,
The russell ones with the low"
Heavens, Lura. Let's get out
]. here. Where's your bag?"
d Il won't be married in these shoes!
70 .Oh-all right"
" Jack got the shoes. but returne
E. bumped. bruised and wild eyed.
II They got into the car. Jack touche
n the starter. A whirl and they WEI
IS of on the road to Sharon-and hapy
lie ness,
E. Copyright 1915, by Mcclure Newspap
n Syndicate.)