The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-31

MISS Ridgeway, is sick today ant
wont be able to help with the fancy
r work booth. She's very sorry an,
1t hopes Mrs. Mendelheim will be abb,
10 manage without her" She hel,
out small paper parcel which th,
l. young man accepted with thanks.
Bob stood looking after her. HIM
VINO the deuce Is she, wonde r
i Don't remember having ever seen he,
: before BY Harry she's a cracker
: JACK for looks, isn't she?''
Doctor Nevis stood smiling inside
the screen door and Bob spied him
. Then You heard, dad!''
Yes, couldn't help Il and cam cav
mat Diane You much. Mighty pret.
" young lady! But II were Won I
oeileVe I'd have told the truth. That
Mrs. Mendelheim does not live here.
and, incidentally, suggested showing
her the way to the right house"
BOD considered the matter He
didn't relish walk of eight blocks
aIone-When he had an interesting
+; book and good cigars.
So he called Sammy Groom nov+
| door, and gave him nickel and tba
bundle of tatting, telling him wbaro
to go.
sammy Croop stuffed the small hun-
ule into his pocket and started on hia
way At the corner of Crissmore
street he met jimmy and David Har.
roWoale on thei4. way to the swim
ming hole. Sammy yielded without
nlucn coaxlng and agreed to go along
uec1dlng that the return trip wouId
We time enough to make his delivery
but Sammy got cramp in the deem
water, and Jimmy managed To Mold
MIN up in way while David vs1Iod |
for telp to some men in a -.
neiu. ne result was that Sammy.
"eah ana suodued from his sousfne.
was brought home On a partly loaded
nay wagon and delivered to his
mother. Mo
All day. Mrs. Aaron Mendelbeir
worked at the church, wondering whv
MISS Ridgeway did not come TO helm
II she can come she might have
sent word she soliloquized fna;e-
nantly. II auld have gotten sonoe-
one to help. And ow about that fat.
ting she has been workin m F.
nlonths She Jay there's twenty
loiiars worth. And now where r.
sue! does anybody know anything
ABOUT MISS Ridgeway?" But nobody .
iiu' AT TX o'clock Mrs. Mendelhein, :
cit the completed yellow and laven.
Ter booth and dragged her weary wav
iomeWard. Her cup OF tea failed RI
eVlVe her and she went to bed with
splitting headache.
One OF the Mendelheims teIanbo,a5 g
the Rfdgeways' and the result was Il
nat Hos1na went to take CHARGE - M
ne propr1etorless booth. puzzled ahont fe
ne miscarriage of her MESSAGE VI
Mrs. Nevis, leaving the house that dt
ignt' asked Bob to go along, and he
oon found himself facing Rosinaf
Ut Hoslna had disconcertine wav
looking directly through him tbat ii
aue MIN feel decidedly insignificant tf
near that | can get some of Miss IL
lugeWays beautiful tatting." said his Ii
other MS
M sorry, but we have none. n
as sent, but through some error has
e reached the church"
mat Is too badi" returned Me- 90,
sVls' moving away. Come. Rob Co
of
HoOert discovered the Indian suit Jol
the tatting next morning. both "A
enched with rain o Dosn wit
he took the tatting home IN HE acf
,.her and started out to hunt the
lgeWays to turn in twenty dollars he'll
Miss Ina. 49,
toslna came to the door tax
We come to confessta hoo.n pah NEE
nbly wv For
Yes?"
III liar and a THEIR
u spite of herself Rosina laughed II
}" dreadful You look contrita pro-
ush 10 be a murderer also. We IN
as well be comfortable VIII. - ness
.nls awful confession! Won't Won or
ooWn! Now tell me why You LET
TAX to you yesterday when Won r
was at the wrong houseq,; now
5ecause-because, you were so DIM
~ ana | was afraid you'd 20. I Won
tea 10 have you stay and-and-
I'D stupid donkey, and here's
money Tor the-whatever You call FL
STUN. The little boy | sent with can't
ent swimming instead You must STALL
me muddle-head." rates
'slna laughed again. "Oh, don't
Here you have q chance tn tally n.
ne and now you are running
b needed M sacana be h
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