The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-10-27

Miss klImanSegg He had thereupon |
given up the army and taken to law !
instead and from law had graduated |
into politics and congress- After |
seven or eight years his wife had died. |
leaving him with two little boys. who |
were now middle aged men. one a |
traveller and writer of some reputation
and the other an ironmaster on the
lakes. with :! railroad Of his own and
fleets OF ships The general had taken
his bereavement terribly to heart and
for awhile went all to pieces until his
friends made interest for him and had
him appointed minister to SOME far
away and insignificant post more with
the idea of henefiting him by the
change of scene than launching him
into what was to be distinguished
career He rose rapidly. was constant
ly promoted and was one of the first
American ambassadors when that
grade was inaugurated d. President
Mckinley.
In the meanwhile he had married
again. losing his second wife many
years later in a carriage accident.
His daughter Christine. had narrowly
escaped the same fate. and for several
years had been Il helpless invalid. no
body ever thinking she would be we'll
again. But at last she recovered. and
was as strong as most girls. or strong
er. to judge from the daring way she
rode and her much talked of flights on
skis.
On the Spanish war breaking out.
Marshall had thrown diplomacy To the
winds. and returned to Connecticut to
help organize the states quota for the
national defense. receiving his com
mission as ii brigadier general of vol
unteers, and earning much local re-
nown by his energy and patriotism
1t was not his fault that the enrolled
citizens never saw Spaniard. or
burned anything more deadly than
mosquito powder. The picnic stage
was hardly past before the war was
over and the general reappointed to
his former post. Since then he had
definitely retired. more on his daugh-
ters account than his own. it was
said. to let her see something of her
own people. and marry in her own
land. his regard for courts and court
life being none of the best.
He kept up three establishments
one in Washington, another at Bar
Harbor. and the third. his big. com
forta bile old colonial house at Fair
Oaks. about fon>' miles out of Mana
Swan-moving from one TO another as
the humor seized him, Fair Oaks was
his favorite. as he had 0 Ened it ever
since his first marriage. and had never
| closed it. partly from sentiment and
partly from the political advantage of
| preserving q roof tree in his native
| state. He was Connecticut man.
! and there was the proof of it Sor all
! to see.
| 1t was a very dragging afternoon for
! Matt. He was restless could settle to
| nothing. was both stirred and depreSS-
| ed ut the prospect of his call at Fair
| Oaks He had dressed with such care
! that he was afraid TO sit down. or to
leave the porch lest his immaculate
| shoes might suffer. and was horribly
| conscious of the crinkling nature of
his fresh white waistcoat. No girl
| could have been in more of tremOr.
| Periodically he went upstairs to look
| at himself in the glass. to make sure
there WAS not hair on the neck of
his coat. To brush and brush and wOr-
~ again that his hands We're so large
| and 50 >-lnburned
He had ordered buggy for half past
3. buggy and Il man to drive it. for
| he meant to take no chances of miss
| ing his road 1t came too early and
caused him renewed agitation in con
sequence-a quarter of an hour too
early when. as Il matter of fact. he
| would not dare to start before the
half hour-giving him Il whole fifteen
minutes. therefore. 10 be dawdled
through. with more crinking of white
waiStcoat and more risk TO shoes and
a whole new access of that Suffocating
feeling. which he supposed to be
pleasure. but was in reality much uear-
er agony.
Principally TO the minute be took his
seat in the buggy and was just start
ing when OF a sudden he was hailed
from behind The driver pulled up
and Matt turned to see an oldish man
in a silk hat, still breathless from run
ming, who had evidently been exerting
himself to overtake them.
Hold on there" he exclaimed
) Hold on STOP" and. relaxing his
pace came nm slowly on MATHS side