Douglas Island news., 1917-03-09

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 Fond memory brings Che
 thoughts
 Of other days around me"
 10 was after partaluug of crab sal- lad a few nights ago that the Strol- Her found it impossible Co woo Ma lures sweet rcstorcr and, not hay ling any "dopc" n thc house. that would produce sleep. hc arose from |his bed and started out Co walk uu- |u iu Che mood for slccpiuE He was lon Che fourth round trip between . .Uhc cemetery north of town and che Honeymoon ucIghborhood south ot Trcadwcu that hc heard coming from a private residence the voice souud- led like that of a cu'lud pussou che beautiful strains of "Woy Down upou Che SuVaucc River"
 10 was am hour later when he re- turned Co bed and when fond mem- .ory brought thoughts of other days. While everybody knows or has heard thc song ot Che Suvancc river. but few people know anything of tHc river OF even where il is. That song famed stream rises m Che Ok.lmoN swamp iu southeastern Georgia and purls its way through Florida. emp tying into tbc Gulf ot Mexico about a5 miles west of Che city oi Cedar Key. The Stroller is authority on thc suNau,e river for Che roasou that hc ouuc lived ou its classic banks just thirty miles above its confluence with che Gull for period ot five months during which tmc he was cudgayor.ue Co follow che t0o.- steps Of Socrates who .s rcckouel Co have been tlc most successful s.Hoo. teacher that ever WieIIeI b.rcH The Stroller has it from uo less au- rboriy chan Roman history chat reaI estate always advanced from ten Go forty per cent in every school dir. trict whore Socrates was engaged Co instruct young Romans
 The Stroller had gone Co Florida for Che benefit ot thc only lung he had Ictt and it was not much Of % lung. lie was then young man and many years have since passeI but hc has never forgotten chat jour uey Co Florida. He wore a p.HsiFo look and a chest protector Strange women u Che trains would look ou him witch compassion and moro chan one even sat with him and held his hand while vhIsperuIug words of cucourarcmcut in his eager ears. One of tbc Lady Bouutifuls.' while pretending Co bolster up hIs droopue spirits. touched him for a few. since which time he has been somewhat reugeut about permitting strange women Co hold his hand. Hc landed iu Jacksonville Hat broke and gs he wandered aimlcssly down Bay street an undertaken stood In Che doorway of his establishment and buthoIy vhistIcd 'I am Waiting. My Darling. for Thee"
 Three weeks later thc Stroller had opened a school Way down on che suwauee river" There were two elements u that locality religious and mooushIue. The former cone tended Chat Che school should be opened with prayer while Che. lat- Ger. iu keeping with their Illicit bus.- ness. insisted that it should Doe opened with corkscrew. Not wishing Co favor one element more than che other. Che Stroller used neither opcu- ing process
 Some poor. misguided reader may imagine it was romantic t1 teach t. scboo, iu that portion ot che country where che rigsr .mmorJa.ieeI .u song rolled between a,l.gltor-.ul.stcI banks Co tbc mighty gul but t wasn't Far from lt There may have been places where malaria was more prevalent chan u cha. so.- tiou but it is very doubtful Every body had clms and fever and tre- queuuy Che school children would pool their lunches and shake for che pile Men iu that uolsHborhuod would 80 Co some wildcat stuI and shake for che drinks. lt was am ou hour when from three Go five sets of chus were not viclug with each other at the same time in tbe Stroll ler's school
 That was ou uurradcd school about Che most msradcd Che Stroller ever saw. One minute he would be explaining Che mysteries incident to decimal fractions OF cube root and thc next he would bc listening Co Us TT AN ONe Probably Che hld minute he would be laborIus over some refractory young American who