The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-05-29
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in her. school days, and had I,
before of her work in Amer;c. gro
u All tne historical places /. tOruall'
seen, n2ne thrilled me like s.. a.,5 a
of Bethlehem: AS viewed tbs 70 - tim
| thought of the beautiful storv y - .rs VI
star that guided the three WIS., y 70 s.
to the manger. where the Iittlsc .ssse
Child lay, How wildly Miss -. = the
Stevens had, in her sweet clea, or.
told it many years. age. to thai new, 8
full Of little. tots who, with eager 6, The ide
and shining eyes, had receiyaa IA are
glad message of Christmas II \. broth
Though that may be Scattered ..steousl
the world and vexed by many ~ .nmand
les, none can forget the words & s. !, not I
angels repeated their first teach. 4. town.
Peace on earth and good WIN mi, i, cIas
men, 4. city,
After viewing other places Of &. The v
Holy Land, 1 crossed to Africa by :. on6neo
of the tunnel under the Istbmas Taught
Suez. Strange to say, Ismet Wyp,,. ne Eas1
wetherbee on the train. She bos '.s4 asIty is
to Africa to do missionary work. The. Men
are a band of savages cauoa NJ Ia but |
men who live in and around the Kali. Eanis y
h haa- q t1', or s4TS men nave n BONES
few years they have sunk into an evaa
- - ~ ..l09 . : now massa |Oala S
icing oil VIM ooIS dpplodcn Inelr ter. 1 arha
ritory. When l met Wynona / dia 80,
not know this for would never hara .-.oa
"l,o"eu ny 9ell 70 oe0oine 90 interest yesenc
- % ~ accompany nsf md re
on this special mission. | did NOT -.
know it however and Wynona and s.. !,
arrived at one of their little villages -.
The village seemed deserted but loud -,
SHOUTS came hioin d nearby forest we Miss
VII eo'eu oui courSe 'o"aFu tne noise Jersey
but mine was suddenly stopped short ..ysrn
by the sight of several hundred black H.. z
men brandishing knives and dancing mon,
around big fire. As the fire burned
more iercely, the water boiled more
furiously and I grew more frightened
for on the ground near the fire lay a EAc
white man with bound hands and feet Ene yo
l shuddered and grew faint for could Ing
almost see myself boiling in that very aurc
pot. In my fright l had forgotten The q
Wynona until 1 saw the savages bra- Class
tally binding her hands. l shuddered IEery
again as | thought of the rich soup i led a
that three people would make so | IlessO
Il A
pecting at any moment to be pitched and
in the boiling pot. AS / prayed | be- there
came conscious that the shrieks had
ceased and looking out from my hid y
ing place l was amazed to see the
natives prostrating themselves on the va
ground before Wyona. 1 could not -a'
hear what she was saying but know
that she was delivering her message
and it was being we'll received Soon ,S-
the chief cut the bonds from Wynona's
hands and released the other captive j,
In the meantime quietly left the
scene. Late that afternoon was
joined by Wynona whom immediate II.
ly informed that l intended leaving H..
Africa as soon as 1 could. no
l continued my journey by rail until Eiai
| reached the Cape of Good Hope. PIT
From there l crossed to Cape Horn led
by means of an areoplane. The trip Iii
was delightful and the longest that |
had ever taken through the air.
spent one night in little village IN
Argentina. | say village, well 1t con- H.
sisted of station, general variety store IL
and post office combined and board ID
ing house. At the station COWBOY
from neighboring ranch who nad
come in a rickety old wagon Tor inc
mail, seeing my bewildment, offered 70
drive me to the boarding house. ne
me on the road by telling
me about his land lady. yes man,
she is fine lady, she is and that Wo-
mans got more book sense than any Il,
one in South America. Yes, nam, sne
married and that's the trouble. lou
see her husband is so lazy that no
don't see any use of workin at all wneh
see She can make so much money TAX
ing boarders so all he does is just ST
around the store and talk about what
a smart wife he's got. Yes, all OF US
cowboys board with her. As / ap
preached the house / saw a very
stout woman in blue percal and reu
sunbonnet sweeping the front steps
When she saw me she exclalmeu'
BLESS my soul if it is not Gladys wal.
lis 1t was then that l Recognized
Alice Sexton. After supper Alice ana