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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
Mr.. STUBBS'
STENOGRAPnER
BY PHILIP kEAN
to Copyright. 1911, by Associated Literary Pre...,

Mr.. Stubs tiptoed into his Office
his hands he carried a square box.
ed with purple string. 1t was early
nd the office was empty. The little
IAN placed the square box on the
esk of his stenographer and tiptoed
ut again.
A half hour later the stenographer
anne. She had a slim little figure
| nd red-gold hair. Her shabby black
nit was up to date and sailor col
.r covered the worn lapels. Her hat
ad a perky bow, and her blouse was
nmaculate.
She took of her coat and hat; then
urned to her desk. With a little ex-
lamation she opened the box. Inside
rss bunch of violets, tied with silk
| nrd of the same color. The little
tenographer brooded over them. Her
ame was Violet, and they were her
syorite flower.
She wondered who could have put
hem there. Across the way, in the
Lfce of the real estate agent, a tall
kOokkeeper was bent over his ledger.
her eyes flashed and she put the vio-
hts in the box, then tiptoed across
be hall, deposited them just within
be door.
Two minutes later, when Stubs
anne, she was tapping the keys of
g typewriter. Stubs gaze wan
cred over the room nervously. Then
asked huskily, Were you the first
ne here, Miss Violet?"
She said YES" deferentially.
It was this Difference which always
hghtened Stubs. He was a plain
ian, and from the day when the lit
L stenographer with the red-gold
Dir had come into his office, his
sart had bowed before her; yet he
pd worshiped in silence, and had pre-
rived so successfully the attitude of
nployer and employee, that the little
enographer had never guessed the
uth
She had her doubts, however, about
e bookkeeper across the way, who
ID forced upon her attentions which
e detested.
Today was her birthday, and she
ncluded that the fellow had found
out, and had sent her the violets.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
To Make Metallic Maoneslur,,

A factory has been established at
Niagara Falls for the manufacture of
metallic magnesium, which is the
lightest metal known. and is said to
have many qualities superior to alum
mum. The output of the factory has
been contracted for by the French
government until the end of the war,
the material to be made use of in the
manufacture of aeroplane parts. After
the demand for this purpose has
ceased the company will engage in the
manufacture of household utensils,
and some interesting novelties will be
brought out, it is said.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25

She tried to stop him. hut he tent
right on, naming things that women
hke' salads and sweets and ices
AS the waiter came up with the
tray they had a vision through the
open door of the bookkeeper. eyeing
'he proceedings with great curiosity.
He's wondering what's up" Stubs
chuckled.
AS they sat down opposite each
other at the end of the big table, in
the inner office, Violet said. lyon
Know this isn't according to rules"
What isn't?" demanded the happy
Stubs. pp'
A girl" said Violet, should never
eat lunch with her employer: she
should preserve strict business Ell.
quette
But you have" said Stubs eager.
ly. You've been as stiff-as a ram.
rod"
They had gay time of it. in the
hour in which she chartered brightly
OF her life, and Stubs told of his ups
uOWuS.
When they had finished she rose
and said, Now must get to work:
there's lots to do"
She had resumed her former man.
ner, and poor Stubs gazed at her in
despair.
Oh, look here" he said, you aren't
gcing to treat me that way, are you?
She blushed. Il mustn't treat YOU
any other way, must II" she asked
TREMENDOUSLY.
Perhaps not" he said, ruefully;
but it's been awfully nice to have
you unbend for little while"
That night when she left the office
she found the detestable bookkeeper
waiting for her outside.
so 1t is Stubs you're after?" he
said. sneeringly. Il don't admire your
taste"
Il am not after any one," she said,
steadily, but he's good and kind, and
he treats me as if We're lady"
You are in love with him." was the
brutal accusation.
oh, I'm mott" she began, then
stammered and stopped.
You are-you cant deny it," again
came the heavy laugh, but Violet
simply stood as if she had been turned
to stone, Did she really love him
plain little Stubs of the good heart
Il wish you'd let me alone" her
voice pleaded, land go away"
I'll walk with you to the car" was
the insistent answer
You'll not walk with her to the
car" said determined voice, and
Stubs appeared from under the
gloomy archway of the big building
And, moreover, you must cease to
force your attention on this young
lady, or I'll report you to your en-
ployers."
AS the man skunk away Stubs
turned radiantly to his stenographer
Somehow l feel" he said, "as If
dared tell you right now that love
you"
"Oh, not here" she protested but
there was a wonderful light in her
eyes.
Then I'll tell you in a taxicab,
said Stubs determinedly, and when
he came back from the telephone he
said, Haven't you an aunt or a
grandmother or somebody who can
come down and play chaperon until
we get married? | don't want any.
body to have an opportunity to talk
You're too precious, little girl"
She gave great sigh of content"
Ism, At queer how love can come,
she said softly, "all in minute?
never knew until today that"
Stubs nodded. 81 knew it the first
time l saw you," he said, abruptly
that you were the woman that
wanted for my wife,"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25


Of the call at the office and added:
Minnie. he's nervy young man.
well, what of it," she asked.
Should he be attracted to you he'd
make me trouble. That is, I'd have to
make him trouble, and l don't want
to. / rather like him.
"Oh, l guess you needn't worry"
The doctor took his walks and the
girl took her gallops. They met and
passed by All the time they pretend
ed not to be interested, but they were
pretenders
When things had gone along In
this unsatisfactory way for two or
three weeks bug stepped in to help
solve the problem. Old Harper went
to the city one morning, and an hour
after his departure from the house
wandering bug wandered into Miss
Minnie's ear. OF course she screamed
and pushed him in further. Then 1t
was the mother and match-cold
water-hot water-camphor-b that
bug had mission to perform. When
he couldn't be coaxed out there was
nothing to do but call the doctor for
the sufferer. There were Doctors Ag-
new. Wharton and Davis, but Miss
Minnie dismounted at the door Of
Doctor Blaisdell's office.
Something in the ear? Well have
1t out in moment. All bug! Good
thing you came at once. The fathers
hand is well again l hope. Please
allow me to help you to the saddle"
so he's as good at bugs as he is at
slivers?" laughed the father when he
returned at night and heard of the
incident Mother, help me keep an
eye on that young man. He's sure
nervy. Bet you two to one he'll call
and see If there wasn't bug he over
looked"
Father. how silly" chided the
daughter.
But he laughed at her the next day.
Doctor Blaisdell called. He happened
to be going by, and he just ran in to
see If there was any Inflammation.
No, not bit, and then he sat down
and talked for twenty minutes-not OF
ears and bugs, but of other things.
Its coming, girl" said the father.
What a silly old goose!"
You'll have a pimple on the nose
next thing, and it'll be another call at
his office Then he must drop in here
to see If the nose is there yet, and
and"
Don't plague her." said the moth.
er as the girl ran away.
But there's trouble coming.
| know what sort of son-in-law
want and he's got to pass muster
with me before he does much loafing
! around here. The Doc Is all right SO
far. but"
The next afternoon Old Harper
said:
See here, Doc, don't like the way
| you talked to me the other day. I'm
| boss of this town.
But you can't boss me-" was the
reply,
have boxing gloves here. I'm a bit
or scraper myself. III l do you
up-"
but you can't"
The two prepared themselves and
began. Old Harper meant to knock
that young doctors head off. He liked
him. but he wanted to settle the
| question of who was boss He was
a powerful man. and he sailed in for
all he was worth. When he came to
his head was lying on a sofa pillow
and some wine had been forced be
tween his teeth
Was 1t knockout. Doc?" he
asked
| Clean as a whistle"
Then come and have dinner with
us tonight and make yourself at home
knew you'd have your way the first
time ! talked to you'll"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
Ideal Metal for Yachts.

Monel metal. an alloy resembling
nickel, will probably replace steel and
bronze for the construction Of yachts.
II is tougher than nickel steel, does
not corrode, and retains its bright
ness. Aluminium. the highest OF
yacht plates. lasts only a short time
in contact with salt water.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
AZ a StandstiIl.

Mr.. Henry Clay Pinckney, an Afro
American of deepest ebon hue. lay
very i'll. The mistress of the planta-
ton called to ascertain his condition.
How is your husband this morning,
Marinda?" she asked. Mis- Jane, dey
haint no improvement one way or de
yudder."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
Recognize superlority-

In Yellowstone park. the brown
bears retreat hastily from the hotel
garbage piles when black bears cave
In sight. and the latter. In rurn,
promptly get themselves gone at the
approach of the silvertips. II is an in
teresting little social system. estab-
hshed on the primordial. basis Of fear.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
Goethe and Burns.

Goethe and Burns were both "in the
front rank" of great men. Goethe
lived to a venerable age, while Burns
died In the thirties, but both were first
class artists, and proved it. The name
OF 'Scotland's Darling" will live as
long as that Of the German olympian.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
Chime and Chimes.

It is not positively incorrect" to
use the word chimes. We have heard
the chimes at midnight, Master Shall
low" exclaimed Falstaff; and the
Chimes Of Bruges" is an expression
that has been used correctly enough,
too, a thousand times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
ook for Matches.

Don't put away mems or boys cloth.
ing for the winter or summer without
first searching the pockets Tor
matches. Mice will gnaw matches for
the phosphorus. Bad fires are often
started by them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
hey Were Her Favorite Flower.

noon, however, the bookkeeper
btered across the hall with the
in his hands.
found this in my room," he said.
me one must have made a mis-
you'd better wear them"
don't want to wear them," she
|onded, coolly.
they're beauties" he persisted.
ne fool and his money were soon
ed
he gave a little gasp. Then she
he'd out her hand.
will take Them" she said, hur-
w.
he went out she looked at
lbs. They were on my desk this
hing" she faltered. 81 thought
man over there left them, and /
him."
Fhy?"
ecause," her breath was coming
ky, "he wants me to go to places
him, and when l say no, 1t
PIT make him stop asking me-"
ubbs lost his air of timidity. "1f
peaks to you again or worries
I'll have it out with him."
H." she pleaded, don't do any.
that will make trouble. That
ant look well for me, would it?''
., it wouldn't" he agreed; then
altered, 1T is your birthday and
: | want you to have birthday
stared at him.
n.y. how did you know?" she
70 birthday cards came for you
fday, don't you remember? And
bowed them to me-"
!, you sent the violets," she said
FULLY. How lovely of you to
(nber."
lobs' heart thumped; the girls
bright with tears, were raised
thought you'd like them" he
hered, land then they matched
name."
Olet? They were my mothers
'e flower and she named me
them"
an going to phone for that
He was smiling down at her
cont have a chance for many
say feasts; I'm alone, you know
have any candles on my cake.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
Gnssin. lust the Same.

DE only difference wealth makes
to some families" said Uncle Eben,
"is a chance to gossip on front porch
instead of over de back fence.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
Under the OiIcioth.

Oilcloth when used to cover tables
will last much longer IL the tables
first be covered with paper. well
rubbed with machine oil to keep the
under side of the oilcloth moist.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
Pines Purify Air.

According to Finnish scientist, the
air around pine trees is purer than
that around others because their
needles disseminate electricity into
the atmosphere.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
Daily Thouoht.

Mankind is always happier for hav.
ing been happy. So that IL you make
men happy now you make them happy
20 years hence by the memory of it
Sydney Smith.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
The Asnect.

my family has very high de-
scent"
Yes. | understand it took a big
tumble"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
Ancient.

Blobbs-I never knew Wigwag was
collector of antiques.
Slobbs-O yes. He actually collect.
cd $40 the other day that Bolrowel
had owed him for ten years.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25

srflsh Dislike Innovation.
Interviewing first became o
OF journalism In Great Britain,
leader writer's denounced 1t
most dreadful form which
an tmpertinence had yet as
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-25
sharks Fear the Splash,

\ man falls into the water and
rs a shark viii wait until he
splashing before trying to eat
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-15
CHAPTER XIX.
The Maker of Maps.

There began to be strange new
STRINGS in the world. Money! From
the land which was its home and place
of abode it leaned over across the
wide seas, and made potent whisper
ings in the ears of the countries where
money is despised and held vulgar
They all listened. The particular po-
tency lay in the fact that the money
was so big, which took away tremen-
dously from it's despicableness and it's
vulgarity.
A black-bearded grand duke. from
the wide land of the frozen seas hum
bled himself to plain Ivan Strolesky
at the sound of that whisper, and hur-
ried westward. A high dignitary of an
empire upon which the sun never sets
hid his title under a plebeian nom de
plume, and stalked stOlidly away west
ward to that whisper Of despised
American money. From the land Of
fashion, from the land of toys, from
the land of art and music, from the
land of cherry blossoms. from the land
of the browsing drug, from the land of
the flashing jewels, from the lands Of
the burning sands and the lands of the
midnight sun, there came the highest
Of power; and they all, light and
swarth, and bearded and smooth, and
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-15
eLO-WoRLD MUSIC REVIVED
Connoisseurs Welcome With Delight
the Return to instrument Belong.
ing to the Past.

For the musical connoisseur a new
and delightful experience during the
last season has been the appearance
of the Russian musician, M. Votitchen.
kO. and the old-world instrument,
known as the tympanon, upon which
he plays. the London Chronicle states.
This seventeenth century instru-
ment of the dulcimer family, a mu-
sical ancestor Of the clarecin, mas
been rescued from oblivion by M. Vot-
itchenko, under whose fingers it has
attained high degree of artistic ex-
preston.
At a conc }rc held in aid of funds
for the wounded the young Russian
player delighted his hearers with a
number of seventeenth and eighteenth
century pieces, some OF them adapted
from music originally played on the
instrument in Louis XlV's time. and
others arranged from Russian folk
tunes.
n tha case OF the latter the music
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-15
QeBALLg gfTl Id.
9yGE0RGF RANDOLPH OTTST[R
and LILLIAN CHESTER w.
g.. 15s:szss sSsS e. ILLUSTRATED &CDR1oDES
coaooeE1aH
SYNOPSIS.

q At a vestry meeting of the Market
square church Gail Sargent tells Rev.
smith Boyd that Market Square church
Is apparently lucrative business enter
prise Allison takes Gall riding in his
motor car. She finds cold disapproval in
tne eyes OF Rev. Smith Boyd. Allison
searts campaign for consolidation and
control of the entire transportation sys-
tenn OF the world. Gail becomes popular.
Anison gains control Of transcontinentaI
GEamc and arrangeS to absorb the We'd
ger court tenement property of Market
square church. Gail tells Boyd that the
c6rnedral Market Square church proposes
70 build Will be out of profits wrung from
Squalor. At meeting Of the seven finan-
clal magnateS of the country, Allison or
8an12eS the International Transportation
company. Rev. Smith Boyd undertakes
CALLS spiritual instruction and Gail un-
consciously gives Allison hint that solves
the Nedder court problem for him. On
an inspection trip in Allison'S new SUBJ
way the tunnel caves in. Gail goes back
to her home in the West Her friends lure
her and Arly back to New York. In the
midst of struggle with the dregs of hu-
manlty In Vedder court Rev. Smith Boyd
suddenly finds that he is a real living
and lovtng-man. He proposes to Gail
but. on the verge of acceptance, she re-
members their religious differences, and
refuses. Through Allison's connivance
with the political boss Vedder court is
condemned by the city as unsanitary.
Rev. Smith Boyd proposes to the Vestry
to replace the old Vedder court buildings
with model tenements.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-15
Not an Industrious Lad

Young Henry Biggs. the millers
son. who had been apprenticed to
Farmer Grubbins, had not proved what
might be described as conspicuous
success. And so, when old Biggs came
along one day to ask what progress
the lad was making, there came a GER
tain dubious expression into the old
farmers eye.
Well" he drawled. "'tisn't that |
wish to discourage you nor your son
neither 'Tisn't that wish to be grum-
bin at him one bit. He don't do moth
in wrong-nothin' at all. if he can
help it. But ! will say. Miller Biggs,
that it's my opinion that If your son
Harry had another hand. he'd want
another pocket to put u jn."-Ir7dop
Tit-Bits.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-15
Have Mere Man on the Hip.

There is sad fate waiting for Mr..
Man if women stay home one day, as
the sufragists threaten to do some
time in October. Their plan is to in
duce all women Of the United States
employed in business to stay away
from work on specified day.
This, they contend, will furnish prac-
tical refutation OF the argument that
"woman's place is in the home" by
demonstrating that the place" of
about one-third of the sex is in
schools. stores, factories. offices and
other commercial establishments. II
such strike could be brought about
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-15
MEXICAN BANDITS
KILL AMERICANS.
One Mining Man Escaped BY
Hiding In Car.
WERE ROBBED, THEN SHOT
Victims First Lined Up BY Supposed
Villa Band and Stripped, Then
Marched Away To
Death.

Ell Paso, Texas.-SiXteen persons, all
believed to have been Americans, were
killed by Mexican bandits after being
taken from a Mexico Northwestern
train so miles west of Chihuahua City.
robbed and stripped of their clothing,
according to message received mere
by H. C. Myles, British Vice-Consul,
from British Consul Scovell at Chi
huahua City
The train on which the Americans
were travelling from Chihuahua City to
Cusihuirichic, Chihuahua, carried thou
sands of dollars in currency and
large quantity of supplies sent by the
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany to It's mines in Cusihuiriachfc.
1t was believed here that all Of the
1S American mining men known to
have been in Chihuahua City were on
board the looted train.
Thomas M. Holmes, the only known
survivor, stated, however, in his brief
telegram giving the first news Of the
raid that he counted only Is Ameri-
cans taken from the train.
Report Confirmed.
Confirmation of news of the tragedy
was obtained by officials here Of the
Carranza government.
How Sole Survivors Escaped.
Concerning the escape of Holmes,
officials of the Mexican Northwestern
Railroad received the following infor-
nation in a message from officials at
chihuahua City:
ct H. Holmes, a member of the
party, who escaped, said that the train
was boarded at o'clock by % armed
Mexicans at Kilometer SO. According
10 Holmes, the foreigners in the group
were ordered to alight. Holmes hid in
the lavatory. From his hiding place
he watched his companions being
stripped by bandits. They then or
dered them TO march toward the west.
Holmes descended from the train and
escaped in the darkness.
In a few minutes he heard shrieks,
Immediately followed by fusillade OK
shots from the direction taken by the
Americans and their captors."
Led BY Villa Supporter.
1t is supposed the bandits belonged
to the forces of Gen. Jose Rodriguez,
Villa supporter, known to be operat-
ing in Chihuahua against the de factO
government.
The first news of the bandit raid
was received here through a cryptic
telegram from Holmes to officials Of
the Smelling Company asking them to
notify his wife that he had reached
Chihuahua City and was safe. Whether
he was prevented from sending fur
ther information or supposed news Of
the occurrence is not known.
His message aroused anxiety con-
cerning the fate of the other men
known to have left Chihuahua City for
Cusihuirachic, and before the censor
ship was imposed, they succeeded in
getting into communication with
mining men in Chihuahua City who
furnished the brief details of the at
tack
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-15

Of deep sincerity. Il love you. want
you to be my wife.
Dick" protested Gail, and it was
she who reached out and placed her
hand in his. Tne action was too con-
fidingly frank for him to mistake 1t.
Il was afraid you'd think that way
about it," he said, his voice full Of
a pain of which they neither one had
believed him capable This is the
first time l ever proposed, except in
fun, and l want to make you take me
seriously. Gail, I've said so many
pretty things to you, that now, when
l am in such desperate earnest. there's
nothing left but just to try to tell you
how much l love you; how much l
want you'll" He stopped. and. holding
her hand, patting it gently with uncon-
scious tenderness, he gazed earnestly
into her eyes. His own were entirely
without that burning glow which he
had, for so long, bestowed on all the
young and beautiful. They were al
most somber now, and in their depth
was humble wistfulness which
made Calls heart flow out to him.
'I can't Dick" she told him. smiling
affectionately at him. You're the
dearest boy in the world, and l want
you for my friend as long as we live;
for my very dear friend!"
He studied her in silence for a mo-
ment, and then he put his hands on
her cheeks, and drew her gently
towards him. Still smiling into his
eyes, she held up her lips, and he
kissed her.
I'D like to say something jolly be-
fore CO." he said as he rose; "but l
can't seem to think of it"
Gail laughed, but there was a trace
of moisture in her eyes as she took
his arm.
I'D like to help you out, Dicky, but
1 can't think of it either" she re-
turned.
She was crying little when she
went up the stairs, and her mood was
not even interrupted by the fact that
Aunt Helen's door was ajar, and that
Aunt Helen stood just beyond the
crack.
why, child, that Egyptian black is
running" was Aunt Helen's first OBJ
servation.
Gail dabbed hastily at the two tiny
rivulets which had hesitated at the
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-15

for even one day it would throw the
organization of affairs out of joint.
Public schools, department stores. and
many factories would be forced to shut
down, the telephone system would be
paralyzed, some of the restaurants
would have to close their doors and
most offices, without stenographers.
would proceed at half speed. And for
fear that the sex" may carry out
their threat the suffragists say that
many business men have asked the
newspapers not to print anything
about the strike. 1T is dangerous. +"
they say; dangerous to business. Do
not encourage this lHwless plan.
At last the sisters have mere man on
the hip.-New York Times.