The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-18

time, when | told ner the story or
Elisha and the bears and the children
she burst out into the most uncontrol-
liable screaming and sobbing-"
Here her testimony ended in break
down Of Mysteries, between sobs of
which were frequent admonitions to
the child not to say that bad wor1
for Myra had caught sight Of Row
land and was calling his nickname,
What shipwreck was this-where
was it, asked the puzzled magistrate
Of nobody i'll particular
u he Titan" called out half a dozen
newspaper men across tie room.
Tie Titan. repeated the magi>-
trate. Then this ofIenSe was commit
ted on the high seas under the En2llSh
naS c;.u!pt una CINE why il r
brought lilo this court. Prisoner. have
you anything to say"
Nothing, your honor" The answer
came in Ii Kind Of dry sob
Tie magistrate scanned the asher,
faced man III rags and said 10 the clerk
Of the court. Change this charge 7.
'agr"ncy. eh"-
Tie ciet.>. in~ti@ated by the newspa
per men. was III lis elbow He laid Il
morning paper before him. pointed 10
certain biz letters and retired. Then
the business Of the court suspended
willie the court read the news After
moment IT two the magistrate look
ed W
prisoner" be said sharply: take
your left sleeve ont of your breast"
Rowland obeyed mechanically, and it
dangled at his side The magistrate
noticed and read on. Then he folded
the paper and said:
You are the man who was rescued
from an iceberg. are you not?" The
prisoner bowed his head.
discharged" The word came forth
in an uniudicial roar. Madam" add
ed the magistrate. with q kindling light
IN his eye. this man has merely saved
your childs life. If you will read of
his defending it from a polar bear
when you go home, l doubt that you
will tell it any more bear stories
Sharp intrument-umph." Which was
equally unjudicial on the part Of the
court
Mrs Selfridge, with mystified and
rather aggrieved expression of face.
left the courtroom with Ser Indignant
father and friends. while Myra shout
ed profanely for Rowland who had
fallen into the hands of the reporters
They would have entertained him aft
er the manner of the craft, but he
would not be entertained neither
would he talk
He escaped and was very speedily
swallowed up in the world without
and When the evening papers appeared
| that day the events of the trial were
all that could he added to the story
of the morning
On the morning Of the next day a
| one armed dock lounger found an old
fishhook and some pieces of string,
which he knotted together; then be
dug some bait and caught fish. Be
| ing hungry and without fire, be traded
| with a coasters cook for a meal, and
| before night caught two more, one of
! which he traded the other sold He
| slept under the docks-paying no rent
IL.
| then paid for q secondhand suit of
/ clothes and the services Of q barber
| His changed appearance induced II
| boss steyedore to hire him tallyinc
| cargo, which was more lucrative than
! fishing. and furnished in time a hat
| pair of shoes and an overcoat. He
| then rented a room and slept in bed
| Before long he found employment ad
dressing envelopes for a mailing firm.
at which his fine and rapid penman
| ship secured him steady work, and in
Il few months he asked his employers
to tndorse his application for Il civil
service examination. The favor was
| granted. the examination easily pass
| ed. and lie addressed envelopes while
! he waited.
| Meanwhile Rowland purchased new
| and better clothing and seemed to
have no difficulty in impressing those
whom be met with the fact that he
was a gentleman. Two years from the
time of his examination he was APP
| pointed to Il lucrative position under
the government and as he seated him
self at the desk in his office could
| have been heard to remark: Now,
John Rowland, your future is your
own. You have merely suffered in
the past from a mistaken estimate of
the Importance Of women and whisky
But he was wrong, for in six months
| he received letter which in part read
| as follows:
Do not think me Indifferent or migrate
| full | have watched from a distance
| while you made your wonderful fight for
! your old standards, You have won, and
| am glad. and l congratulate you But
| Myra will not let me rest. She asks fol
| you continually and cries at times. | can
| bear 1t no longer VIII you not come and
see Myra?
And the man went to see-Myra.