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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-26
GAITERVILLE.

Special to the Ocala banner
1t has been quite while since our
burg was represented in the columns
of the Banner, during which time your
scribe has been away from home more
or less.
And / find that no one else cares to
make a note of the doings of our lit
tie burg, as / am again in position
TO chronicle the notes | will gladly
answer to the roll call.
We have been having very change
able weather the last few weeks, which
has brought about a great deal OF
those i'll feelings usually called ba6
colds. However no cases have proved
serious yet.
Farmers are preparing for anoth6
years work at present. Oats are being
planted again this year. but not SC
many as last year. Most Of the farm
ers here think that the weather will
be unfavorable for oats the COMM
season. Therefore the acreage has
been cut down considerably.
Last week was a busy one in Gait
erville. There was quite a game
progress, that of household changing
Mr.. Leonard Redding sold out his
place in east Gaiterville and purchas-
ed the property of A. McBrass and
moved into the same while Mr.. Brass
moved to Holder.
Mr.. n. G. Deas sold his place to Mr.
Jno. de Brass, who is comfortably
situated on same. Mr.. Dease moved
to the long swamp section We wish
them all happiness in their new
homes.
Mrs. Jno. Boring, of Felicia, is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. F. w. Ross thi
week.
Miss Daisy Ross, who is teaching
the school at Shady spent Saturday
and Sunday with her parents in Gait
eryille.
Mr.. L. F. Sparkman, the new lerry-
man, says it is no fun to be ferry
man at Stokes ferry.
The material for the new ferry boat
is about prepared and it is hoped the
work will soon commence.
Miss Callie Sparkman is visitin.
relatives in Terrytown this week.
Mr.. Washington Jordan, of Georgia
was visiting relatives here the pas
week.
Master Geo. Thomas made a bust
ness trip to the mining city Saturday
Mr. ]. f. Brooks, of the Bachelor
Ranch up the river answered to hi
name in Sunday school Sunday
The latest in Gaiterville is the De
batting Club organized a few week
ago. 1t meets every Friday night, anC
is progressing nicely.
Uncle Joe
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-26
Confederate Pensions-ln Generosity
Florida Heads the List.

Georgia pays annually to her Con-
federate pensioners 100000 leading
every other state. South Carolina
is second with 1855, 900, and North
Carolina comes last with $275,000, for
$4,000 or a little less than $50 per
CAPITA While Georgia gives the
largest aggregate amount, Florida
heads the list in proportion to the
number of pensioners. She gives
S2SS.0 600 to 5000 pensioners or more
than $50 TO each.
Georgia distributes only about
$50 to each.-ThomaSville, tGa.) En-
terprise
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-26
DR.. osIer to Address his COLLEAGUES

Special to the Ocala Banner:
Baltimore, Md, Jan. 23.-Dr. Osler.
regius professor at Oxford. England
now on visit in this city, went to
Annapolis this morning, where he will
deliver an address this evening before
the Maryland Association for the Pre-
vention and Relief Of tuberculosis. It
is expected that number of members
Oh the state legislature will attend the
meeting to obtain information in re-
gard to the proposition of establishing
a State tuberculosis Hospital.
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Mrs. NJ. Handelsman returned home
Tuesday morning from New York,
where. in company with her husband
she has been for some weeks Mr..
Handelsman will remain away a few
weeks longer for the benefit of his
health. While away Mrs. Handles
man purchased big stock of goods
for the Boston store.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-26

Governor Broward has removed
Robert Hannog, constable of the 3rd
district Dade county. from office up
on the grounds that he has been guilty
of encouraging certain parties to en-
gage in street fighting and brawline
with the consent and without the in
reference of said constable.
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Why Not Reverse the Order of Things

Kentucky, with its lofty average of
illiteracy and long record of MUIR
ders, is sending missionaries to ia
pan, where they have few murders
and practically no illiteracy. We
hope that the missionaries will be
properly impressed by this experience.
Brooklyn Eagle
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The Pratt Publishing Company has
been organized at Daytona. 1t will
be newspaper and publishing house.
Frank w. Pope. of Jacksonville. is
president and Pierre Pratt business
manager. This is one of the largest
printing plants of the state.-Madi-
son New Enterprise.
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The Ocala friends of Mrs. J. A.
Walters, of this city. and Messrs. n.
j. and 7. H. Wicker, of Coleman. Fla.
VIII sympathize with them in the sud-
den death of their brother, Mr.. d. l..
Wicker, which occurred at his home
at Montezuma, Ga. Saturday after
noon.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-01-26

II. 2. Trimble, editor of the Fer
nindina Star, publishes a card an
nouncing that he has transferred his
stock in and severed his official con-
nection with the Steam Laundry Co.
because he has learned his recent
attitude on the wet" and dry ques-
ton is injuring the bushes of the
concern.
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A Big Warning.

The people are going to rise up some
day and slaughter the beef trust
refine the oil trust, burn the coal
trust, freeze the ice trust, melt the
steel trust. rOmp on the implement
trust, smash the car trust, nail the
lumber trust and ring down the cur
tain on the theatre trust
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23
GoeNeluUv 1906 .sT N3eO Lock- vCo

/ 7 shall never forget the view that met my
eyes at that moment, or the strange effect IT mao
upon my brain.
In a second realized that we had arrived al
the instant of some tragedy which three people
were enacting with an intensity terrible 70
watch yet Of the import of which we could eaten
no single word
1t seemed almost as if, through the darkness
in which we stood outside the window, scene
from some weird biograph had flashed across
our vision; a scene in which the actors moved,
suffered, exhibited emotions intense and terri
BILE, yet were dumb and silent as the figures that
pass screen.
AT the side Of the room, near an open door,
stood Mrs. Cathcart. Her frightfully pale face
was drawn with emotion, and her wild black
eyes glared with look of terror and passion /
have never seen surpassed BY her side, side
struggling with her and holding tightly one of
her hands, in which there was glass, stood the
new nurse, her features eonvulsed with fury.
Opposite the two women, with his hand on the
wall against which he had evidently reeled was
Mr., Dunn. His huge form looked rigid and
swollen, his heavy face rather purple than red,
his thick lips working convulsively
Without moments thought | seized the han
die of the window, and tugging at it furiously,
opened it and sprang into the room.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23

My entrance caused everyone to look in my
direction; and for instant we all stood mo-
tionless.
Then Mr.. Dunn, with an effort which was
painful to watch, staggered from the wall to the
middle of the room. and, pulling himself togeth-
err forced his trembling limbs to obey his con-
troll once more. He seized my wrist, and with a
wild gesture pointed to the still struggling wo-
men.
"You are Just in time, Blackwood,' he said
hoarsely but loudly. "That woman has been
trying to poison Elsie The nurse has caught her
in the act You were right about her, | never
suspected ] beg your pardon. She is Mrs, Bel
ton--the posoner. She is Else's mother. She
poisoned her husband, and she has Just attempt
ed foully and brutally to kill her daughter, See
the poison is in her hand"
"He lies; he lies" cried Mrs. Cathcart wildly.
"He took the poison to her room and put it
where he knew she would drink it in the night,
This woman, this wretch, was asleep and saw
nothing. But l was not asleep; 1 never trusted
her. l suspected, and ! never ceased to watch;
and / saw him take the glass into her room.
When l crept in to seize it, and not till then,
this woman woke That is her care IL is thus
she does her duty! She woke to see me with
the glass in my hand and now they accuse me-
me, her mother But you have got my letter,
you are here. Tell them, tell this man TO his
face you know him for what he is: A villain
and a murderer You knOw--ah, look at his
facet"
/ turned, but even as l turned, the half open
door of the room by which the two women stood
opened wider, there was quick rush Of a white
clad figure, and Elsie 'eaehed the broken wo
mans side.
''AOtherl' Elsie cried again, in tones who's
her dKnees at the housekeeper's feet, encirclinl
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23

sec any building near which looked large enough
to be a hotel or inn.
| shouted hastily after the porter. Can get
a fly OF anything to take me to Burleyf' said.
The porter gazed at me and shook his head.
Not now, you can't sir" he said. you ought
to have teegraphed to BTley for someone to
meet the train. No; you won't get nothing here.
There amt no village hereabout where you could
get horse and trap; nowhere nearer than Bur
ley village"
How far is Burley?" asked.
"Oh, lor, II amt far, sir; not more than two
miles and half. Straight over the hill there.
Take that road opposite and go on till you come
to sgn-post That tells you where Burley is.
You cant miss your way, sir"
1 cast glance over the rapidly darkening moor
against which the road pointed out showed up
family white then l gave another look round
me. Even the porter had disappeared now, and
there was nothing for it but to walk. / shoul-
dered my bag and set out.
For mile or 30 | was able 10 follow the road
easily enough then the sky began to grow dark
er, the outline of the moor and the forest in
front of me grew more obscure, and fastened
my pace afraid Of losing the track altogether.
BY and by, where the road branched off, I
came upon the sign-post / was eagerly watching
for, but it was hardly enilghtening as had
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23

that he looked at me in a strange way when
he met me- and that this look was repeated in
some indefinite manner in the new nurses face,
whom ] was constantly meeting in the passages,
but who never addressed me OTHERWISE than
curtly and dsagreeably. -
Yesterday ! caught them whispering together
outside Elsies room; of me, | am sure; and
later when | tried to so in and see her, found
the door leading to her apartments closed to
me; yet | knew the nurse was walking in the
garden. The thought flashed to my mind; the
door has been locked TO keep me from herl
am not to be allowed to see her alone. Why?
| went to my room and. sitting down, tried to
think | could find no answer TO the question
which could satisfy me, and, having assured my
self that the nurse had gone to Else's apart
ment for the night, lay down on my bed to rest
little. And as | lay there the knowledge came
to me- Why did the new nurse look askance at
me and watch Inc with that strange look on her
face; why did she lock up Elsies apartments
when she went for a moment to the garden;
why did she whisper about me to him; why had
he suddenly brought Elsie and her and me out of
reach of your guarding hands, out of sight of
the watchful eyes of DR.. Legrand; why was he
restless and sleepless; why did he meet my eyes
with that strange look which simulated suspicion
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23

where are you going? was making for 20 'ouse
where you told me in your letter Mr.. Dunn was
staying Are you stl going there|
~ was trying to, when | missed my way" |
replied, THANK heaven, / met you, Joseph |
have not wasted 80 very much time after all.
But are you sure of your road yourselfY'
Eyes; | am sure now. / ave asked so often.
We are just close by. 1t should be little way
furzer along on re left. Zere should DE high
wall and zen big gate, But jump up on re seat
in front and we will look for zem. Eat ees good.
And now tell me all Eat as 'appened and what
you are going to do?"
| acquainted him as briefly as possible with
the contents of Mrs. Cathcart's letter and the
danger Elsie must be in; but | had hardly time
to complete my story before the powerful light
of 'teuf-teuf" showed us that we were travelling
alongside high stone wall, and a moment later
great iron gate came in sight.
Joseph pulled up the car and jumped down
to investigate. "Tower Park: "tradesmens en-
trance" This is the place. Joseph" / said
quickly, reading a notice on the pillars Of the
gate "and this entrance will do as well as any
other"
Joseph descended and silenced "teufteuf," who
was, as he called it, "breezing ard" What
are you going to do now?" he asked
hesitated. II am going to go up to the house
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23

but was half fear? Why? 1t came to me in a
flash of inspiration, and | sprang from my bed
with cry of fear,
l am writing this here in my room. | shall
send it off by the quickest way possible the
first thing in the morning. When you receive 1t,
come! He has brought her here to be out of
reach of any possible interruption from you. He
is going to finish the devlish work that he has
begun, and nothing but miracle will arrest him,
for he can work now with impunity. Not on
him, but on me the penalty will fall. He has
warned the nurse, he has warned Elsie that am
trying to poison her; ! know it. That woman
believes it / can see it in her face. He has
turned your own weapon with internal skill
against the only person who stands between
Elsie and instant death. ] shall be kept from
her with every open precaution until his plot is
ripe; then the trap will close me-and her!
When will he snap the spring? What are
his plans? How will they work? / know not
l cannot even guess. can only tell you--come!
As | finished the letter and read that last
word "come" the train glided into a station
porter called out in hoarse tones the name oi
"Holmsley Junction" and, looking up, l saw
that / was at my journeys end.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23

hoped TO find it. On one arm which pointed
away to the right were written--I saw by the ald
of matchz-the words "Burley Lawn; on the
other arm, pointing more or less straight on
"Burey." Mrs. Cathcart had given her address
as Clover Park, Burley" That there were
decided for the Burley simple, and strobe on.
Suddenly | caught sight of little light far
away in the distance. As | watched 1t, 1t seem
ed to be moving and to draw nearer to me, now
Pickering over the surface of the moor, now
lodging behind the trees of the Forest; and then
| heard the buzzbuz of flying motor.
1t was a welcome sound, and / only hoped the
driver would not turn off the road before he got
to me; but | need not have feared He was
coming along at tremendous pace directly to-
wards me, and / only had time to spring into
the road and wave my arms before he was upon
me.
"stop. stop! Hi! wait minute!" l cried.
II was a light car, and the driver pulled up
quickly almost at my feet, and peered over the
wheel at me.
''What ees it?" he asked. cave 'urt any
body. If not do not stop me. l am in 'urry,''
Good heavens! Josephl" / cried.
cry OF surprise came from the darkness, and
figure leaped from the machine and seized my
hand,
'You, friend Blackwood! All, zis ees good. |
came as quick as l could after you, according to
, your letter Zere was no train for long, long
while, so / came 'teuf-teuf But what AS
'appened? Why do | find you wandering about
ere alone at night?"
"I have got lost, like fool, Joseph" / said
81 arrived more than two hours ago at Holmsley
Junction, but l could get vehicle to take me
to Burley and darkness coming on, ! strayed
from the road"
Il strayed myself, too said Joseph; "twiee
II is ze deuce of a place zis Forest Luckily
each time met someone who put me ON my
way, But, tell me, now zat have met you
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23

and see Mr. Dunn" l said. "Now that you are
here, ! shall insist on your being allowed to keep
Elsie under your eye until we can communicate
with Mr.. Prothero, the other trustee, IN the
morning Mrs. Cathcart's letter is sufficient ex-
cuse for this action and in any case nothing shall
turn me from my determination"
As ! spoke, light gig driven at quick pace
came up behind us on the road 1t stopped Tor
moment, and a man by the side OF the driver
flashed on us for second the light OF lantern
he carried Then the vehicle drove rapidly on
again.
Come, Joseph l said; and / entered the
gate.
Joseph moved 'teufteuf" into corner of the
gateway out of road of the traffic, and followed
me.
We did not speak as we made our way up the
narrow avenue which was evidently the servants
entrance TO the house. 1t was dark, but as VT
turned a corner the lights of the building in
front shone out on us, and we had no difficulty
in finding our way.
AT the corner Of the house we stopped for a
second. 'I wonder which ees ze way to Ss
'front.'" said Joseph.
i pointed to the left "That side of the house
is lighted" said. "Let us try that way" And
turning, we took a small gravel path that led US
under the windows.
The series Of rooms we passed opened on to
the garden, with French windows reaching to the
ground As we walked along we glanced into
the different apartments, and saw that, though
Illuminated, they seemed TO be unoccupied Al
the last one however, Joseph stopped suddenly
and, catching my arm, gave little exclamation
Look see" he whispered
| followed the direction OF his glance, moved
nearer to the window, looked in, and stopped
dead.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23

~ seph's firm hand, as he told me that
I could brush that dark shadow for
IS8&S&l ever from my mind; that Elsie's
strong constitution would quickly re-
cover from the effects of the deadly
irritant
'I was fool not to zat she was i'll as
quick as you did," he said; but on re uzzer
'and, told you what constitution was wrapt
up in Eat pretty body. Well, zat constitution will
ave its own way now, and you will see 'ow
quick it pulls 'er round. No, ! am not frighten-
ed for er; she ees well again already; it ees re
uzzer one fear for-'er muzzer. She frightens
me bad. She is not well; she never has been
since | knew 'er; but now-well, do not like
re look of sings at all. And she is strange, too.
1t ees true she was always zat; but now be
tapped his forehead 81 do not like it, friend
Blackwood; no, ] do not like it,.
He was right; and as l watched Else's mother,
/ soon realized the force of what he said. After
her long interview with Else-an interview of
which even my darling has never given me full
account, but which must have meant so much
to both-the poor woman retired to her room
where she remained shut up for many hours at
time.
For two days after the removal of Mr.. Dunn
body, we did our best with gentleness and tact
to soothe and calm her; the third, the epd
came.
was smoking with Joseph on the lawn after
breakfast when Elsie came running to meet us
down the path. She agitated and tears
were in her eyes, while in her hand she held
letter erumpled and blotted
"Oh, Arthur, Arthur, she has gone,' she cried,
'FWhat shall do? She has gone"
'Who has gone, Elsie" asked, startled,
''What has happened%
"My mother, my poor, poor mother. But
read this. Arthur"
| / took the letter and read il silently think
ing, as | did so, Of the last one had received
| from the writer, and how il had saved my darl
ing's life.
no BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23
CHAPTER XIV

HTO GOT out of the train and looked about
IMl me for moment. 1t was rapidly
se4.& growing dark, and the little station
I450S2j standing alone in the middle of the
gorse-clad moor seemed deserted and
gloomy. No one else had left the
train here, and save the solitary porter, who ap
peared to be making off homewards, there was
not a soul in sight There were no traps or We
hieles Of any kind standing about, nor could
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23
CHAPTER xIv-cOnfinued

IE train sped on, but Blackwood was so
interested in the woman's letter tnat
he was oblivious to everything else.
The missive continued as follows;
His tone, his calmposs, look in his
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23
CHAPTER XVI

IND Elsie was saved. How shook Jo-
seph's firm hand, as he told me that
could brush that dark shadow for
~ ever from my mind; that Elsie's
strong constitution would quickly re-
cover from the effects of the deadly
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23

We arrived here late that night. II is a
big rambling, Old-fashionsd house, which he
has not occupied for some years. II seems
gloomy and horrible, and something about it
terrified me the first moment entered t.
For day ] watched ceaselessly, trying to
fathom the mystery of this sudden move. He
was restless and looked anxious, but saw
nothing to give ms cause for fear. only faneied
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