The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-26

asked. "You graduated in the class o.
1911" she continued, land you are An
ma Mcdowell" Marion Dewey" /
broke in. you are the most wonderful
fortune teller have ever known"
We were destined to have one more
exciting adventure: Pursuing our way
! through the midway we CHANGED to
hear the following conversation behind
JUS: "Come on, I hain't seen. them
pickles and things in the pure food
building yet" please let's go to the
fortune tellers first" meek voice an
swered. mo, amt agointer do it, do
you hear me?" Please" Did you
hear what 1 said? You come on. If
you don't, I'll drag you" Plying the
owner of the meek voice we glanced
back. We saw a woman who looked
as If she might weigh two hundred
and fifty, dragging along by his arm
a meek little man. The meek little
man was Edward Henderson. We in
vited him to the class dinner and he
had spirit enough left to accept, in
spite of the protests of his Amazonian
wife.
1 then gave up. sightseeing and
spent the rest of the day planning our
dinner. I was surprised and happy a
few hours later, when entered the
attractive dining room. My directions
had been carried out in every detail
There was a large bunch of nastur-
tiums in the center of the table and on
each side were small punches, forming
the letters o. H. S. and the figures
IL. The lights were covered with
black and yellow Grape paper. Alto
gether the effect was beautiful, and
reminded me forcibly of another gala
night, when the decorations were black
and gold and the number being honor
ed was seven. He had an extra place
for someone-we were wild to know
for whom. Herbert had 'phoned that
another o. H. s. alumni had just ar
rived, but he had refused to give the
name
When our patience had reached a
limit, waiting for Leon, Herbert and
the unknown party, in walked Herbert
with a vision of lovliness. which we
identified as Annie Laurie Perry. We
gave Leon up and proceeded with our
joyful dinner. Between courses Paul,
as master Of ceremonies, called on his
classmates to give a brief account of
their careers since the eventful night
of May 10, 1911. When Edward Hen
derson was about to get up his wife
said: ''You set there; I'll tell what lit
tie there's to tell" 1t was only through
the efforts of Paul that Edward was
allowed to commence. ST first went to
a theological seminary to study for the
ministry, but decided, after a year of
it, that was not good enough Then
lived on a farm for four years, when
Mrs. Henderson married me and took
me to her farm. I have been there
ever since and although I clear about
fifteen hundred dollars a year, my wife
thinks that 1 am not making it pay"
If the daggers shot from the eyes of
Mrs. Henderson had been real, Edward
would surely have been stabbed in
more places than poor julius Caesar.
Edward sat down amid thunderous ap-
plause, for We all felt sorry for him.
Then Paul called on Herbert 81 en-
tered college in the fall of 1912. I
graduated and took a special course
in chemistry at the University of H.
linois and settled in Atlanta / was
always trying combinations and finally
discovered the furniture polish, with
which you and Paul are acquainted,
Anna. If 1 do say it myself, it is the
best on the market. Never scratches,
does not show dust and will keep
bright for months. 1t is only 81 for
quart bottle. This is an opportunity
which you cannot afford to lose"
Paul Immediately called us to order
and explained that this was not a bus
spoken. Paul read the article about
Laurie and the dinner ended enthus-
iastically with a toast to the O. H. S.,
The best of its kind, with the best
corps of teachers and the best set of
pupils in the best town in Florida, in
the best state of the Union" Then
here's to the graduates of the O. H. S."
Oh. forgot to tell you, Leon came
short while after we had finished, lust
thirty minutes too late for the dinner.