The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-05-20
THE CLASS PROPHECY
Essay
MISS ANNA MCDOWELL

Gee whIZ."-the expression coming
from some one in the surging crowd
in the union station startled me 4
turned around quikly TO see IL there
was anyone near whom I knew The
vanity Of the attempt Such q bust
Hing confusion as there was: there was
lneither standing room nor breathing
lspace: everybody was pushing: every
body was being pushed: everybody was
talking, and everybody was trying his
best TO reach the door. i was literally
pushed. jammed. knocked along i
would never have discovered the way
land walked therein had IL not been for
a tall figure just in front OF me. with a
bright spot OF color on the top He
might have been Teddy Roosevelt or
John ID. Rockefeller, the way people
lcleared the track for him: maybe they
were afraid Of the temper that red hair
signihed.
Well. when we reached an open space
and the tall figure right about and
faced US. whose red hair do you think
that was? None other than Paul ID.
weathers of o. II s fame i greeted
him rapturously; he was bound for the
Exposition. just as / was. 50 we made
a contract right then and there to do
the sights together.
tell each other. Neither of US had seen
any of our old classmates. Did you see
Olaf Zewadski in the stationg" asked
Paul in the course of the conversation
No." i answered. but that solves the
mystery; someone said gee whiz so
distinctly il gave me start OF course
IL was Olaf: did you speak TO himg"
only for a minute: he just had time
TO say he was on his way TO the ex-
position when he saw his grips disap-
pearing in the wrong direction"
And uttered his favorite exclamation"
2 / finished: 81 wonder where he is iiv-
ing now?" Why, he is in Michigan, i
believe; making quite a success as
lawyer. You see. try TO keep up with
two or three lawyers in each state up
in that section; IL is helpful to me In
my profession as lawyer for the Wis
consin Lumber Company.
e The first day of the exposition was
the happiest Of my life An account Of
ii sounds like on Of Anderson's fairy
tales and would not blame any one for
mot crediting my story We thought
we would begin at the top and come
down, so We went first to see an aero
}. plane ascension The aviator. as usual
stepped forth TO make a few remarks
5. Cthat never can be heard) by way Of
r. benches in our Joy. The aviator was
Curry Campbell / did not enjoy his
hight one bit. nor did help Paul cheer.
for l was terribly disappointed 1 had
lalways thought of Curry Campbell as
United States senator from Florida.
winning the debates over all the SEN
lators from other states IL he could
not have a seat in Congress though. /
suppose airships were the next best
thing. We never had a chance 10
speak to Curry. He stayed UP in the
air most of the time. while We were of
the earth earthly. and sought the pure
= food building.
As We entered a soft musical voice
greeted US: Come and taste: come and
see Heinz different varieties. All are
good. all are pure Come and taste and
be convinced"
Jessie Wilson" ] gasped / scarce
h. ly recognized her for her fantastic
garb- There was something that re-
:e sembled half watermelon on her
head. her waist was a beautiful red
with yellow dots all over it-a straw
berry. of course. / hugged the straw
:. berry and almost ate the watermelon
= We three. Jessie Paul and l. gave nins
= 'rahs'' for the o. H. :. right there &C
the CONSERVATION Of the bystanders
te Jessie told Us that Leon Leitner hat
" charge Of place on the midway. which
IN he called The Mystery"
Fate seemed undoubtedly to hav,
had a hand in this exposition o
ne course. We were always lucky. becaus'
~ there were seven in our class Pau
III and ] confidently expected to come up
ds on come old acquaintance on ever,
ee corner. and we received almost n
n mental shock when We stopped At
no newsstand TO buy 4 paper to nave ou
ne moneys worth handed Us by Fri
e: Mills.
30 We went to the furniture building
30 Paul said ne wanted TO get some idea
in on furnishing houses While he wa
be acquiring this knowledge i read m
se paper. On the first page in big typ.
u was the following
'wONDERFCL SUCCESS OF
- AN AMERICAN DOCTOR
nd EMPEROR WILL RECOVER"
en- Berlin, July 13.-The emperor Ia
all at last passed the crises and will re
'e- cover. His recovery IL due entirely {
on a young American physIcian-Dr. LILA
ch who has been studying here for tw
i'll years DR. Izlar has been congratu
la lated ." And so on TO the thir
i'll column.
This was Laurie IzIar Of the clas
er- Of 1911.
ly, As We were leaving the building w
'ur ran into some one carrying q bI
le- bucket OF liquid The man went or
ne way the bucket another and the cor
tents in our direction. alas. for IL wa
r.. very brown and sticky. I was muc
ELL relieved 10 learn from Herbert Martt
ID when ne picked himself up. that
RE was nothing worse than furnirui
las polish, which he had compounded ar
Ide was demonstrating On being assur.
that this was not the usual way
rst which ne demonstrated his remarkab
al polish, We promised TO come back lat
'n- and told him goodbye.
a By this time Paul and had definft
Ia ly planned TO celebrate this extraord
al nary day with a class dinner At
OF close We sent a message to Herbe
IN and Jessie: We 'phoned Leon and ma.
a an appointment 10 meet him In just on
hour in the pure food building v