The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-04
AMANDA
YES"
Il QUAD
QUAD
I by the Mcclure
r Syndicate.

| - %--E-~~ S-R 49,
Az this story, Amanda
- -four years old. That
tIass Of old maids by
years. perhaps. But
~ old maid? That's
IL - to be told.
SIR M an old bachelor. He
IA Ckrs old, and a man
lat long without be-
= 81 bachelor. And why
81 "a bachelor? Because
fIl11 ~ or seven years he
k1 1I4 Jones for her heart
, m I1I 1IIce times had she re-
Y ~I< d god young man. He
q xIf<4 Ho was hardworking
eeI11efsd Miranda had made
it raIs<ukt very time she re-
him, ara he had refused him
. Of ! my notion she had got
En- had ID fact, 1t was a mo-
Il fhero b ! fortune teller. This
NM fraud ina come along one day
Ax1111a ~1s about twenty-five
So. and before she had had her
n and told her that a maiden
no< aeeept the first offer made
G. aha dId. Hhe would not live a
BLrftA nef husband. AS to the sec
fer. sic must be coy and. shy. AS
third. fourth and fifth, and so
|=le uz r1nmand that she be
flzz M link them over and
|Tfo mH anle for their advice in
latter fong came back. In
IS his love for Amanda
had continued to live. He met
plenty ol nice girls and lonely
q. bat lie anne back heart free.
trae hnfk NJ try his luck once
but III #Hsn't going to hurry
pass@ne years had been painfully
|fDRifh Amanda Jones. No one else
me IL lnaka matrimonial offer.
Esd wisha1 u hundred times over
IA, be had octepted Jed's and that
= / fo1<I11 <11ler had broken a leg
4 she 1&1c1ed the house, but re-
|lHu9 66I ~ no good. She had
ID ~ ~ c1 old maid, and there
cafcG13 HOS for her In the fu-
|pa 4ff11noc1 amanda went for a
|ris V4Ik 1o bad heard that Jed
h sx61 hock ID the village, but she
\ { wan IN IA hopes to meet him.
L u p<oto1Iy got married In the
A. I<11& Is had got over caring
I. Eh6 liked up the river for a
{ 90 ana them took a seat on the
Befo<e Ieaving her house the
Im < taIfu& : bath In the river had
q he<. E1o might and she might
luk ehe took along with her a
& z0ik <h1t she might be pre-
IL she fel< IKE 1t.
be znu1o hour the same afternoon
tronx t39k d walk up the river,
a nor exoect to meet Amanda
"A blz< 81 You'd find a shady spot
dawn and mediate and throw
|Slu TO water and wish that every
yoaz6 hlt TIE old gypsy woman
"a the hea1 He might make o
of{e< 70 amanda, but he doubt
- #ooId sit and think It over
3<1n1 fho shady spot and sal
nda ha1 preceded him by about
minutes She had decided tt
bath She looked up and dowr
eIIW1y and across to the corn
on the other side of the stream
one was IN sight. In entering
atar che got tangled up in some
wood that was lying in wait OF
tom. and she fell down, and tbs
vas badly ripped. She wadet
rthex. however,. and was in tht
ID ii hef chin when a most aw
n& toolz place. Jed Strong cam,
IS a1erf the bank, and, by tn.
aezs spoon, If he didn't sit dow
|ple an11e her and begin to mediate
- #az only one thing the battle
al, do. amid That was to keep Quie
be departed. He might renal
haIk On hour or until shutdown
Ie must #ait, and walt she did
pA twenty minutes had passe'
|e when Jed caught sight Of he
|hontua kaee and instantly recognize
Il unatrstood the situation. n
&c moro Than a minute formin
= and. springing to his fee
|ch akez 1p 4 good sized stone an
|ns-s1z.s enough for Amanda I
sss3 but that must be an a
|i0' W mock his blooming hea
tz Seat blow"
w fzk his arm for a throw
. IaH &eBted it. 1t was the we
EieI a.2& tE Amanda Jones. and
Jed EIEcng, don't kill meP'
Sez|. q "a" he asked.
3 z but l can't come on
z@z ID flght awayw
lie. IE ssIst II" replied Jed as b
s41t Tor more stones.
So Ebu going to do?" aske
- s. frightened tone.
aaaHef led threw a stone, which
nfirle Of yards before he
= tie later in her face. Sh
If hen she came up sh
" 10 throw another ston'