The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-17

to sleep. so went bac 10 =. wide awak
the house, Das put shout out the light and 5F1 r.,
On o. "a bench in the railroad sta,o sittin
hrst train to town 'ua' ! took tn
a little silence. 'sAed slade afte
isn't it enough:p
any effort to discover wba nIuse' max
truder was spook or " hame the in
you do anything" uuhan-didn'
Nary thing. went oh.
;oo;a week and at times fore .ne fol T,
s TO me, and SO invited You p' anm Dael
spend this night with me a ,pt tba a9 s t
why this particular y ni tue = Fins.
manded Slade suspicionvlr nisnt! de
adv nutause IT., It's the anniversary Of !,
coolly. Il want a witna epiea Gllbert
demonstrations, you know further
John Slade sank back into H.
ows OF ms chair and smoked tb. suaa
rully. Once he burst me- thought
cent chuckle. Ivy remlnis
suspect you have lost vour hoo..,
to this Viola, as YOU cal I i ho heart
she so lovely?" 'e'' Was
oo,o, e vas perfect" said Gilbert Sin
cerely. Her hair was tbat s,i'
PACK that frames the face mistil T' ~,
know; her eyes were almost 10y, ! you
and her brows fine and black ,it soip ha1
mar; but her coloring her faat e nel
her form-oh, | say, sIade, | cam l =,
ner face out of my mindr 81
Slade lighted fresh cicar .,
ten you an incident of the same sor.
that happened to a friend Of mia oot ;,
ne said solemnly, land it NAV sar..
TO throw light on your own affair" :
out with it," said Gilbert hrioe
Its only 10 o'clock now Yon baHa
till midnight, John" '"' :
This man owned a grand old n,ooo
In the country. but he was a bacho,o.
and never looked at il. =
There was young cous;, 80 j.
mans, a girl who was beantr and
a toast. Never mind her name en-
mas married and changed il for another
This girl was up to all sorts Of mic
chief and FRANKS and carried lot 81
scatterbrained young folk with her IN
many a harmless escapade
she conceived the idea of giving
ball in the old mansion of her conSin
Now, ! have not the slightest douht
tnat the man would have gladly con.
sented to turn the house over for such
merrymaking had they asked him
But, no; of course half the fun Law in
the clandestine proceedings.
And SO one night when the moon
was young and the aged caretaker off
on leave several great automobiles roll.
ed quietly up the long avenue. and
the mischievous girl and her friends
and their reluctant chaperons trooped
through side entrance and made their
way to the great ballroom on the see.
ond floor.
1.-The room had been cleaned in some
manner and when the elec.
trio chandeliers were abaze and the
polished floor stretched forth an invit-
Ing surface the small orchestra they
had brought tuned up, and the fun be
gan. Several servants unpacked re.
freshments in an anteroom while the
young people danced and between
dances wandered over the grand old
house lighted from top to bottom by
Laura's"-
Laura shouted Gilbert but Slade
interrupted:
Hold on there, Danny! didn't
mean to make slip! The house was
lighted up and the dancing was going
on and everything was going along
finely when suddenly messenger ap-
peared among them. The station agent
from the depot, who had known of the
came to say that the
owner had arrived at the station and
was on his way to the house He had
jumped on his wheel and sped with the
'They worked fast and without 1udg-
ment. One bright soul cut the electric
light wires and plunged the house III
total darkness. Before search eould
be made for candles and escape maze
the front door was opened and the III
truders heard footsteps below stars
After awhile the library door openeu'
and all was silent
by aid OF matches and the STA
lion masters bicycle lantern the party
the ground floor and by steailn
eft the house. That was all part 81
The fun, don't you know Ana tneh'
lust as they were going to leave one
If the girls discovered she had iost ut,
pet handkerchief and was sure she nau
eft 1t in the library. She recovered II,
although she would not say how anu
The was quite breathless when sue
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