davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-25
HAD GIG INSURANCE
Geo. S, Ft,Ewa,er Was insured IN
Prudential for Five Thousand.

Geo. S. FtEwa'er Was insured IN
Prudential for Five Thousand.
Information has reached TIN. city To
the effect that George ; Fitzwater,
the unfortunate man Who met his
death by drowning in the Savannah
river sunday morning carried, among
other insurance, policy ~ SOD ON
hls lie in the Prudential The papers
Tor proof ~ death are now being pre-
pared when The money will be paid
promptly to the WIDOW. who 10 ~
Monroe, \ &
The body OF MIR FtzwAter Vas re-
covered Monday and shipped to his
home az Monroe, y & where the IN
t'rment was held TLesdly
Mr. Fi,lEster was quite popular ia
Waldo and other sections " the coun-
~ where he va. known. and HE sud-
d-n Gesth came Sc shock 10 hs M.
msrou. friends here
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-25
PROF mesATH's RETURN.
Mas Member OF Faculty OF A 4 NJ
Summer Normal 81 SiaTkvirs

Prot Tom NcBeath has returned
from Stsrkvtilr, Mi" Whrr" h" has
beer engaged On tse faculty ~ the A
4 ". College summer school
Professor McBeAth report. fine
term There W~re 81 Mississippi
teacher. 10 attendance, and the i'cnlty
ani management. rw-lt ~ the 'tu.
DENT. 'elt mach SrA,iaei over the
R3oi work sc,onpli'hed.
Tae ,omn1n.ng = Prof NcB.A'h. .
Fi.rtA t~A,hst. O rcrs ~ thi' schoo'
vs. O. p o1ly psr1rsI compliment.
nntsc mp.m-ut g. tts edocsiiona
Irtsr.,is of state. sri'h - rapidly
becoming on" - tie lssdiIE StAtes
afttr trllu On toe direction.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-25
Sold and Recommended by
". VI. JOHNSON. Gainesville.

bpred that OR boy. were defeated 10y
thil team ~ two successive games at
Madison. hut the OAk Hal. have been
considerably Strengthened ard a hot
old time" IL anticipated At both games
Let everybody turn ont thus after
noon and show thrlraIptsciatiou. An
etrr,llg game - gIArSnta-d Gan r
will b.. called ut 3 l'clock
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-25

We recognize the fact that th' ~ bank mast be
bI the rro,prfiy ~ its customers hence tho pat
image drIus and worthy boTFuwo'a AlwAys ap.
Irrclaei 9th rluFirnus treatment friendly nsl aud
or the conf isHal character ~ isanKs be-
The bsrk sui ts customers {
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-25
THE OAK HALLS
AGAIN VICTORIOUS
Won Over st. Augustine by Close
Score c. Two to One.
WAS a SWIFT, sNAPPY GAME

Work Of Both Teams Showed Good
Training, and Men Appeared Evenly
Matchsd-One Of Prettiest Games
Ever Seen on Gainesville Diamond. &
BY far the prettiest aud fastest game
OF baseball ever seen on the local dia.
moud this season, and one OF the pref
tiest ever witnessed in Gainesville at
any time, was the second game be.
tween the Oak Halls aud ST Augus-
tine, Tuesday afternoon, the score re.
sulting two TO one in favor OF the home
team. The game was snappy from the
beginning, and this quick work did not
lag during the entire game, the time
required for the game being only an
hour and twenty minutes,
The game between the two teams
Monday afternoon was a good one, bat
was far outclassed by the contest Of
the following day,
1t ia to be regretted that the crowd
Tuesday afternoon was not larger,
which would have been more encour-
aging. However, those present en-.
ioyed the game, and the fans exhibit.
ed enough enthusiasm to have i'm.
pressed one on the outside Of the high
fence that there wasn't standing room
The Sun would like to give com.
plete description Of the game by in.
nings, but ia unable u do 80 for lack
Of space. Suffice it to say however,
that the twiriers on both teams DID
excellent work, as lie shown Ivy the
score. Gsinesvile punched her two
runs in the first inning, after which
there was a succession OF goose eggs
throughout the remainder " the game.
The visitors suffered a goose egg board
until the fifth, when they managed to
push man over home plate.
The line-up was AZ follows:
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-25
A BIG CATCH OF TARPoN.
Silver Kings Nov Affororg Great
Sport on Atlantic

SPVNA w FNA'ol'N'S
senator II h McCreary has re-.
tuned from Msyport, ~ ,." mouth n
81 John, rir"c. where vas the
gup. o. tie 81 Johns : cab.
con, posed Of number ' Jackson.
ville's beet people, who have erected a
club house on the beach ~ construct.
ed dock for the accommodation Of
those members who desirt quiet re-
treat where they can ind Ge IN the
sport for which Isaac Walton was so
renowned The club house Is fur
nished in an ideal manner 'or the pur-
pose for which il 10 used, and the pre-.
misses are in charge OF ar)od cook in
the person OF Steward ia u,s, an &C.
commodating colored ma who spares
no pains to promote the comfort "
all who avail themselves - the hospi-
tally VI the club.
Among those in the parry during the
past week were :. 7. Holmes, I Nj
Palmer, W. d. Stark. judge John l..
Doggett, Capt Blair Burvell and MIR.
Logan OF Jacksonville, AM Il II Me
Creary ~ Gainesville. some tine
catches " hsh were mad daily, but
the last days sport was th' greatest ot
al In fact II WAS record breaker
Tor 4 place famous H. tn Nshrrmau's
"a radlsp four tarpun '..rg landed
during IA few houts Mr. holmes had
two NJ the silver k.ngs o. hs
credit. aud Mr. stark nnd Judge
Doggrtt one each The ur" caught 10y
Mr. stark, who, hy the vay, L. the
H"utlrmRnly travelling pa'-ruger agent
" the Atlantic Coast Line and better
known tu he intimate fr,,uds wild
Bill" wSs five feet zig INCHES long
aud weighed ltO pounds VIZ Holmes
two beauties were close seconds, white
Judge DoRgctt, who sr,rltrd to have
fondness for "weak" ti,h landed one
three feet eight inches long and weigh.
| lux 80 lhNlNN. ~ ~ u. 49, llNNFNFF
hooked n tremendous tNtpon, which.
after giving him forty MINUTES ~ the
most violent exercise, KINDLY relieved
h,m ~ further labor hS parting the
hue. In the three g,ntl,mrn had
ten strike.. ~ which Ell we're srcntrly
! hooked ~ Il four landed winch we're
srtt to Jacksonville and mounted IL
was a great afternoons sport and the
honor ~ having broken the record tor
taTpon fishing ~ tho." waters 10
accorded tn MeUp Halwr. stark and
Doggett hy the Oldest ,nhSbrtant OF
Mayport
tn" tArpun f'heTmen S.ut out With
Charles = Drew, Who ~ \. well ac.
quaintrd With the waters inhabited ny
IN. hnny tribe ~ Marcy Dell II With
the hunting grounds - AlNchus COON.
ty Mr. Drew enjoyed the sport as
much ~ the AngleFs thsm.rlvs., ard
an thoroughly were b.. service, spI re-.
ciated thSt te hAs been retained fnr
the remaindrT ot the season
Meurs Palmer. Butwell. Logan and
MCCreAry were sotnr hat clAgUnei ~
! not beng able 60 toast of catehinR a
tA'pon but The quantity of 'h-rphsAd
and other h.h they caught would cup.
JlJ th- tosn Of Gainesville fp' al
entire day
IL wss Jolly parry, the most rou.
ssniAl aud good nAtur"d u hSs been
the writer's pleasure 20 miug'e uith
Tor msny = day, aud h" returned home
~ ling thAt - ~As goJi To- have been
Their" Long life aud p'o.IsrJ ~
the ~ John. Fishing Clsb Ani MAJ
each ard every msmtsT have 81 l.s,i
one taFpon 90 h.. cred ere the season
10 over
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-25

We Aa.s tsro<r ~ soptss %
Bars' CiiJ y.sssi0I 30 sals 81 TAs
sar oHes Il "a tsnsJ FsfsFssss
hoss Ger tusssss GEa pscsssssoaal
us-s. "a "a Sa@ss 81 Fsssesass.
w.sA ssssss ass ssus~r. Pres nss.s-
a tosl
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-25
The llne.up was as foILoHs


oak Halls 2 o y y y % D } -
st Augustine 0 0 o ! % z O o-l
The visitors left for Lake City via
the Gainesville and Gulf Tuesday
night. As an aggregation they were
q clever set. and made many friends
here who want 10 see them come
again.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-25
Madison Gainesville Today

The management OF the OAK Hale
takes pleasure in Announcing the
Madison team--the crack team o.
West FloridA-will play a."ries u t"o
games here. the fret thi. afternoon,
being ct 3 O'Clock twill be rrmem'
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-01

''She will never think or doing SO.
I basely assured my little friend. with
an appreciative glance at her sparkling
eye and dirnpicd cheek
The arch little creature started to
move OF again. As she did so she
cried, BE good. and don't let Durbin
cut in on you but stopped for the sec
ond time when half across the street,
and when. obedient to her look. hasri-
" rejoined her. she whispered demure-
ly: "Oh, forgot to tell you something
that / heard this morning and that
nobody but yourself has any right TO
know. 1 was following your COM
mands and buying groceries at Simp-
kins' when, just as l was coming out
with my arms full. / heard old Mr..
Simpkins mention Mr. Jefrey's name
and with such interest that / naturally
wanted to hear what he had 10 say.
Having no real excuse for staying, l
poked my finger into q bag of sugar
was CARRYING till the sugar ran out,
and l had TO wait till il was put up
again. This did not take long. but it
took long enough for me to hear the
old grocer say that he knew Mr.. JEFF
frey and that that gentleman had come
into his shop only a day or two before
his wife's death to buy-candles.
The archness with which this was
said. together with the fact. itself.
made me her slave forever. As her
small figure faded from sight down the
avenue l decided to take her advice
and follow up whatever communica-
ton she had to make TO the coroner by
a confession of my own suspicious and
what they had led me into. If he
laughed-well. could stand it. 1t was
not the coroner's laugh nor even the
majors that feared. 1t was Durbin's.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-01
The Richmond Palladium Saturday, December |. 1900.

| Icy TO impart- So, putting on my rriend-
| lest air. l returned, with suitable re-
spect:
Il don't know what TO make OF them
They look like gold. but that is for you
to decide. Do you want them. sirg''
no he replied, starting erect and
| Withdrawing his hand from the blot
ter. Its but trifie-not worth our
attention. But l thank you just the
same for bringing il to my notice"
And again his manner became a plain
dismissal.
This time 1 accepted # as such with
out question. CareIessly restoring the
piece of blotting paper 10 the book
from which / had taken it. made q
bow and withdrew toward the door.
He seemed to be thinking. and the deep
burrows which l am sure had been
lacking from his brow a week previous
became startlingy visible. Finally he
observed:
Mrs. Jeffrey was not in her right
mind when she so unhappily took her
life. l see now that the change in her
dates back to her wedding day; conse-
quently any little popularity she may
have shown at that time is not to be
wondered at"
Certainly not" I boldly ventured.
IF such peculiarities were shown aft
er the fright given her by the catas-
trophe which took place in the library
His eyes. which were fixed on NINE
flashed, and his hands closed convul-
siyeIy.
I'VE will not consider the subject"
he muttered, reseating himself IN the
chair from which he had risen
1 bowed again and went out. I did
not dwell on the interview in my own
mind, nor did l allow myself 10 draw
any conclusions from 1t till / had car
ried the blotter into the southwest
chamber Of the Moore house and care
fully compared the impressions made
on It with the marks l had cratched
on the surface of the mantelsheif.
This 1 did by laying the one over the
other after having made holes where
his finger tips had touched the blotter.
The holes in the blotter and the
marks outlined upon the shelf coincid-
ed exactly.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-01

" EFT me repeat. The person who
had left the marks Of his pres
n ence in the upper chamber OF
the Moore house was not the
man popularity known as Uncle David
Who, then, had it been? But one name
suggested itself to me-Mr. Jeffrey.
1t was not 50 easy for me TO reach
this man as it had been for me to
reach his singular and unimaginatfve
uncle. In the first place, his door had
been closed to every one since his
wife's death. Neither friends nor
strangers could gain admittance there
unless they came vested with authori-
ty from the coroner. And this, even If
i could manage to obtain it. would not
answer in my case. What had to say
and do would better follow q chance
encounter. But no chance encounter
with this gentleman seemed likely to
fall to my lot, and finally 1 swallowed
my pride and asked another favor Of
the lieutenant. Would he see that
was given an opportunity for carrying
some message or of doing some errand
which would lead to my having an in
terview with Mr.. jeffrey? If he would
/ stood ready to promise that my curl
osity should stop at this point and that
1 would cease to make a nuisance of
myself
1 think he suspected me by this time.
but he made no remark, and in day
or so l was summoned to carry a note
to the house in K street.
Mrs. Jeffrey's funeral had taken
place the day before. and the house
looked deserted. But my summons
speedily brought to the door a neat
looking but very nervous maid. whose
eyes took on an unmistakable express
sion of resistance when 1 announced
my errand and asked to see Mr.. JEFF
frey. The expression would not have
struck me as peculiar if she had raised
any objection to the interview had
solicited. But she did not. Her fear
and antipathy consequently sprang
rom some other source than her tn
TereSu In the man most threatened Dy
my visit. Was ii. could it be. on her
own account? Recalling what l had
heard whispered about the station con-
corning a maid OF the Jeffreys who al
ways seemed on the point of saving
something which never really left her
lips. stopped her as she was about to
slip upstairs and quietly asked:
Are you Loretta go
The way abe turned fhs usv .s-
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-01

sooxed AT me. as she gave me short
Affirmative and then quickly proceed
ed on her way. convinced me that my
eoilea CUES were right as TO her being
woman who had some cause for dread
| ing police interference. I instantly
made up my mind that here was a
mine 10 be worked and that / knew
| just the demure little soul best equip
/ ped to act the part OF miner.
! In a moment she came back. and /
| had a chance TO note again her pretty
| but expressionless features. among
! which the restless eyes alone bespoke
/ character or decision.
Mr.. Jeffrey is in the back room
upstairs she announced. He says
for you TO come up
'Is it the room Mrs. Jeffrey used TO
cccupy:' I asked. with open curiosity,
as passed her
An involuntary shudder proved that
she was not without feeling So did
the quick disclaimer:
mo, no. Those rooms are closed.
He occupies the one Miss futile had
before she went away"
ooh, then, Miss Tuttle is gomez"
Loretta disdained to answer. She
had already said enough to cause her
TO bite her lip as she disappeared down
the basement stair. Decidedly the boys
were right. An uneasy feeling followed
any conversation with this girl. Yet,
while there was slyness in her man
ner, there was a certain frank honesty
visible in it. too, which caused me to
think that if she could ever be made to
speak her evidence could be relied on.
Mr.. jeffrey was sitting with his
back to the door when l entered, but
turned as I spoke his name and held
out his hand for the note carried. He
appeared to shrink from observation
and shifted uneasily as long as / stood
in front of him, though he said nothing
and did not lift his eyes from the letter
he was perusing till he heard me step
back to the door 1 had purposely left
open and softly closed it. Then he
glanced up with a keen il not an
alarmed look, which seemed an exag-
gerated one for the occasion-that is,
il he had no secret to keep.
do you suffer so from drafts?' he
asked, rising in a way which in itself
was a dismissal.
I smiled an amused denial, then,
with the simple directness / thought
most likely to win me his confidence,
entered straight upon my business in
these plain words:
Pardon me, Mr.. jeffrey, have
something to say which is not exactly
fitted for the ears of servants" Then |
as he pushed his chair suddenly back |
I added reassuringly: 1T is not po- |
lice matter, sir, but an entirely per- |
sonal one. 1t may strike you as i'm
portant, and it may not. Mr.. jeffrey, I
1 was the man who made the unhappy !
discovery in the Moore mansion which /
has plunged this house into mourning"
This announcement startled him and
produced visible change in his man.
ner. His eyes new FIRST to one door
and then to another, as if it were he /
who feared intrusion now
II beg your pardon for speaking on
so painful a topic" I went on as soon
as l saw he was ready to listen to me.
MY excuse is that l came upon a lit
tie thing that same night which / have
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-01

But 1 was mIstaKen. III announcer mo
nent 1 came upon the minute filings
had before observed scattered over
Ismall stand. Concluding from thi
hat they had been passed over by Dur
bin and his associates as valueless,
swepr them, together with the dust ii
hich they lay, into an old envelope
apply found in my pocket. Then
crossed to the manteI and made close
lspection OF it's now empty shelf. The
ycratchcs which / had made there were
isible enough, but the Impressions for
-hich they stood had vanished in the
handling which everything in the house
ad undergone. Regarding with great
hankfuIness the result of my own
oresight, / made haste to leave the
pom. I then proceeded TO take ny
rst steps in the ticklish experiment
which 1 hoped to determine wheth-
e Uncle David had had any share IN
ne fatal business which had rendered
ne two rooms / had just visited so
lemorable.
| First satisfying myself by a peep
trough the front drawing room win
XoW tudl ht NdS BOoittftis ct NhtN-4
ehind the vines. went directly to the
|itchen, procured chair and carried ii
hto the library. where / put it to use
hat TO an onlooker's eye would have
|ppeared very peculiar. Planting it
|luarely on the hearthstone-not with
bit some secret perturbation as to
That the results might be TO myself
| mounted il and took down the en-
raving which l have already described
b hanging over this mantelpiece.
| Setting it on end against one of the
limbs of the fireplace, / mounted the
hair once more and carefully sifted
yer the high shelf the contents OF
|ttle package which had brought with
9 for this purpose.
Then, leaving the chair where it was,
betook myself out of the front door,
Ptentatiously stopping to lock it and
put the key in my pocket.
lCrOssing Immediately to Mr.. Moore's
|de Of the street, / encountered him,
! I had expected to do, at his own
hteway.
|"Well, what noww he inquired, with
be same exaggerated courtesy l had
The picture nail
0Seites curiosity
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-01

not thought Of sufficient importance to
mention to any one else, but which il
may interest you to hear about"
Here I took from a book I held a
piece of blotting paper. 1t was white
on one side and blue on the other. The
white side I had thickly chalked
though this was not apparent. Laying
down this piece OF plotting paper
chalked side up. on the end of q large
table near which we were standing, !
took out an envelope from my pocket
and, shaking it gently to and fro, re-
marked:
"In an upper room of the Moore
house-you remember the southwest
chamber. STRIP
All. didn't he! There was no mis-
doubling the quick emotion-the
shrinking and the alarm with which
he heard this room mentioned.
ut was in that room that I found
these
Tipping up the envelope. scattered
over the face of the blotter a few of
the glistening particles had collected
from the place mentioned.
He bent over them. astonished; then,
as was natural. brushed them together
In \ heap with the tips of his fingers
and leaned to look again just as
breathed heavy sigh which scattered
them far and wide.
Instinctively he withdrew his hand.
whereupon embraced the opportunity
Of turning the blotter over, uttering
meanwhile the most profuse apologies.
Then. as IL anxious not to repeat my
misadventure, l let the blotter lie
where it was. and, pouring out the few
remaining particles into my palm,
held them toward the light In such a
way that he was compelled to lean
across the table in order to see them.
Naturally, for had planned the dis
Ance Well his nueer Ups, white with
The chalk he had unconsciously han
died. touched the blue surface Of the
biotter now lying Cppermost and left
their marks there.
l could have shouted in my elation
at the success of this risky maneuver
but managed TO suppress my emotion
and TO stand quite still while he took
q good look at the filings They seemed
to have great and unusual interest for
him, and II was with no ordinary emo
ton that he finally asked.
What do you make out of these, and
Why do you bring them here:-'
My answer was written under his
hand but this 1t was far from my pol
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-01

bticed in him on previous occasion
(ou have the air of a man bringing
ews. Has anything fresh happened
the old house?'
I assumed a frankness which seemed
impose on him.
"Do you know" I tremendously in
|rmed him, II have a wonderful In
rest In that old hearthstone, or, rath-
in the seemingly innocent engrav-
Ig hanging over it of Benjamin
rankin ut the court of France. /
II you frankly that I had no idea of
hat would be found behind the pic
ire"
saw by his quick look that had
Tired up hornets nest. This was
lst what had calculated to do.
'Behind itr' he repeated. There is
bthing behind it"
I laughed. shrugged my shoulders
hd backed slowly toward the door.
'Of course you should know I re-
Srted, with some condensation. Then
if struck by a sudden remembrance:
|1h. by the way. have you been told
lat there IS n window on that floor
hich does not stay fastened? / speak
| it that you may have 1t repaired as
BON as the police vacate. It's the last
be in the hall leading to the negro
[larters. If you shake it hard enough.
be catch falls back. and any one can
Use 1t even from the outside"
II will see to It," he replied, drop
ing his eyes, possibly to hide their
hrious twinkle. But what do you
can about finding something in the
Jail behind that old picture? I've
over heard
but. though he spoke quickly and
houted the last words after me at the
Rp of bis voice. 1 was by this time
10 far away to respond save by du-
Ious smile and semipatronizing wave
the hand. Not until l was nearly
BIT of earshot did / venture to shout
fck the following words:
t''I'll be back in an hour. If anything
"opens, If the boys annoy you CT any
be attempts to enter the old house.
|lephone to the station or summon
ke officer at the corner. I don't be-
eve any harm will come from leay-
IL the place TO itself for awhile"
hen l walked around the block.
When arrived in front again it was
bite dark. So was the house. but
|ere was light in the library. i felt
bsured that 1 should find Uncle Da-
Ia there, and / did. When after a
Useless entrance and careful adj
nee through the hall l threw open
[e door beyond the gilded pillars 1t
|as to see the tall figure of this old
hD. mounted upon the chair had left