The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-02-26

At Lakeland forty minutes. so 1t was
ii D. m when the Ocala men, hungry
enough to eat their shoes. reached
Tampa There Mr.. Williams led the
delegation to the AIhambra restaur-
ant on Franklin street. This L. pre-
sided over by J. A. Jordan. formerly of
Ocala, and always a good fellow, who
fed the pilgrims till they could eat no
more When you go to Tampa. drop In
to see Jordan's smiling face and feed
your own
After dinner, the Coast Line men
went to the A. c. l. ticket office to VISIT
Messrs T. G. Kirkland and Y. r.
beazIey, who greeted the whole bunch
like they belonged to the same lodge
Mr. Beazley. who is a great admirer of
the beauties of nature. took the dele
cation for a stroll through the grounds
of the Tampa Bay Hotel-also thru the
hotel The Tampa Bay is the Ocala
House Of Tampa It's some bigger than
Bob Adams hospitab1e caravansary-l
1t also costs some bigger to stay out
of the dew beneath its roof. The Oca1a
men are all cosmopolitan, however.
and walked thru the spacious CORR
doris with a slightly bored expression.
trying to make folks believe they
were regular boarders.
II you go to Tampa on Sunnyjim,
and the train is on time, and it gen.
era1y is, you have almost four hours,
which is enough for ordinary business,
but 1T. doesn't give you much of
chance to look at the city. This was
hard ON B1esch. who lived In Tampa
fright after the fiood-the YOUNGSTOWN
fIood-and much desired to renew old
acquaintance. For an elegant Sunday
afternoon street, we commend you to
Franklin-Tampa's principal thorough
fare-it is wide. clean. handsome. the
people move in a way appropriate to
Sunday afternoon. and it is worth
"trip to the city to see IT.
| They have kind of bread in Tampa
that should be introduced into Oca1a-
its baked in 1oaves about as long as an
axhandle, and not much thicker, and
almost as stiff. but after you have
sawed OF piece, and chewed on it
awhile it tastes good. When the Ocala
delegation started for the train, they
missed the newspaper man. but pres
e. thy found him trying to buy an arm
full of the 1oaves to take home. They
were too stylish to stand for anything
like that, and tho he begged with all
his might, and offered them loaf
apiece, they took the entire cargo
away from him and gave it to mule,
and then carried him to the train and
put him in a seat and sat on him till
the train started. So another great
Improvement is lost to Oca1a.
A few miles away from Lakeland, a
1 drunken man caused q disturbance in
one of the coaches. The train men put
/ him or, but when the train started he
picked up brickbat and threatened to
brain a fagman, and then swung on
the platform of the next coach. He
was put on again, and caught on
again, and then not only abused the
conductor and other train men most
vilely, but advanced on them, and as
he was a powerfully built man and
half crazy with drink. disposing Of him
was not such an easy matter. The
conductor drew a revolver, and it look
ed for minute like there was going
to be a tragedy. but finally the crowd
Ioverpowered the drunk. took him in
i the baggage car, carried him to Lake
land and handed him over to the police.
4 During the skirmish, the Ocala men
lacted according to their natures.
lBlesch retired behind a copy of the
iSuAudy IiDunC, WHlcH was tHtCh
enough to turn anything but an army
rife bullet. John Thompson hung SO
far out of the window that when the
T conductor drew his pistol he was able
to look down the barrel. The newspa-
per man crawled under seat and stay
, ed there till the trouble was over, when
he came out and obtained an accurate
account from those who were not SO
cautious. This is the way with all
lgreat war spondents, but they
seldom own up to it.
b When the trouble was at its height
a lady passenger, tall and beautiful
blonde, tried to rubber out of window
Just then the conductor drew his gun
} and there was at least one chance in
: ten thousand that she would be hit, as
she was behind him and only about
forty people between them. Malcolm
: Williams saw her and gently persuad-
j ed her to retire to seat on the other
i side of the car, and then in order to
, compose her mind, he sat down by he1
and talked to her till the train reach
. ed Lakeland. It is probable that NAL
J colin would have talked to her all the
: WAY to Ocala IL she had only come thai
: way.
RI The tired bunch reached Lakeland
= SAFE and promptly put themselves
3 under Macs protecting wing. Engineer
Boring gave the rein to his iron steed
3 whose tireless heels were soon kick.
ing the miles behind, while his CYCLIC
: lpean eye bored into the misty moon
: light ahead. John Thompson bush.
, whacked one OF Opie Reeds novel.
Z from the train boy and forgot wher.
he was in its pages. Blesch sat in
( corner and made plans to build a sky
r lscraper barbershop; also. to remain
8 single in spite OF leap year. Malcolm
? Williams, who is one OF the few mel
Z who can sleep gracefully in public
buttered his face with smile, crossed
{ his hands on his tummy and did tn,
g sleeping beauty act, while the newspa
q per man concocted this yarn, which, a.
: he should have said at the beginning
, will make you very tired to read
vi There was good business botl
!. ways, and there is no doubt that Sun
2 nyjim's Sunday run will be convenien
for the public and profitable for tn
n railroad. It is a very convenient trail
q for Ocala people, and becomes NOR
!. and more SO the further down the ru-
. 1T goes.
On the coming March the hulk o
- the Maine will he huried In the GuIf n