The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-03
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Vision"
. Il He Found
His Treasures
By
lime D. EDWARDS


lourneyed from the little rail-
lon in a brightly painted stage
! two iron gray horses. He
only passenger for the beach,
hook about in the huge vehi-
The proverbial pea in a barrel.
entrance to a narrow sandy
lded by wind blown cedars,
hitch the marsh grass struggled
the stage stopped.
|utw sang the driver Justify.
10 the beach, We saidT" He
down at Jarvis with beady
kes beneath thatches Of white
Is.
Edgewater cottage. Straight
Jarvis asked the question
Ie threw his luggage to the
bnd paid his fare.
water cottage? That IL be the
Mace. last cottage on the left.
r.
! obliged. Goodby J"
mrned to the left and walked
down to the beach, his head
10 the fresh breeze, his lungs
|ly inhaling the invigorating
list cottage proved to be rath-
structure placed not far be-
! oh water mark. Its shingles
rather beaten to a silver gray,
many windows tightly shut
Ioked like closed eyes in a sad
h seemed desolate enough com
b the other coy houses along
ch, but Jarvis decided after a
Examination that when he got
De porch furniture and opened
hutters the cottage he had hired
De fit enough for his purposes.
hsty key he had obtained from
BIT creaked In the lock, and the
Fung open, admitting him to
bmfortably furnished rooms.
fst duty was to throw wide the
: and raise the window sashes
fesh air. Except for a layer of
|er everything the house was In
order Of arrangement. He
to sleep in the wire inclosed
| and as he had arranged by
br his meals to be sent In from
tel on the long point beyond
'as little for him to do save to
a cot In the balcony and I'M
8 painting things.
nset a steam launch from the
lscharged a boy with a basket
Ing his dinner. Jarvis discussed
client meal on the veranda. bis
eye lingering on the wide sweep
n and blue fecked with white
ed the foreground.
were color and life enough To
" number Of canvases. Jarvis
I'd he had decided to close MS
and run away from all his
and the chance that brought
Beachside had been decided by
dish method Of closing his eyes
ming his finger along the MAP
Jersey while he counted ten
le had opened his eyes ano
Beachside, most inconspicuous
IL watering places, under nls
Now he was here.
noked a thoughtful cigar while
set tints faded to opal and Sill
then a uniform slate gray set
r the water.
.igar consumed, Jarvis felt FOL
one In vain. His cigar case
lpty: also he had forgotten hi'
pouch. He fingered his pipe
h and rummaged his traps fol
4 OF some sort. In sheer des
1 he carried his tallow candle
vas no kerosene In the cottage
Dom to room in an aimies'
Tor nicotine.
II he whistled joyously. On I
Ind in one corner Of the livini
= found a smoking set OF ham
brass. The huge tobacco ia
ID a few ninches Of the desires
nd ne crammed it into his pip
by.
he closed the door and locked
Mt up to his balcony. He thre'
4 down on the cot and smoke
edly. dreamily. Overhead wa
a. of gentle stars, and on tn
me waves broke softly, mus
He went to sleep.
! was awakened by a crashin
u thunder, followed by a vivi
e lightning. He sat up an
open mouthed at the stranG
Iepicted before his eyes.
, was all the wild fury Of
Ne bursting about his ear
waves pounded on the beacl
Il In binding spray that drencl
face. Some dark shape loome
the blackness, coming neare
the outlines Of a lars
Iteamer. saw dark forms tosse
her wilderness, heard the blal
Distress signals, saw her caree
Ghoals and become engulfed
!. Still the waves broke on Il
and In their tossing they hur
form on the white sand beneat
|cuny,