The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-12-07
"up in the Loft With You Quick,
stanHiel" he Wiped at Me.

In other. words, 70 obliterate swiftly
and completely all signs of the pres
enee of third member of the family.
In a minute or so there was a gruff
han from somebody outdoors and Dad
dy got up to go and look out.
.Why. hello, Ike, you old geezerl"
he called what under the shinin'
sun fetches you up on old Cinnabar
this>early in the mornin'2 Light down
and come in; you're just in the nick
o. time for breakfast"
While was cudgeling my brain in
q vain effort to recall what, if any,
memory association there should be
awakened in me by the mention of an
IKE" person, this particular Isaac pre-
scented himself at the cabin door and
dumped in with the stiff-legged walk
of man who has ridden horseback
far and hard / knew then why
should have been able to dig that MEM
DRY association. This was Mr.. Isaac
BeasleE, my Angelic friend of the over
grown silver star and the unshaven
countenance.
"Huh !" he grunted, "them griddle-
cakes shore do look mighty righteous
to me- / been ridin, sense two hours
afore sun-up; wiId-goose chase clear
over on t'other side o. Lost mountain.
Couple o. prospectors blew into Angels
day afore yistidday and said they'd
seen that con-dummed lunatic that got
loose from us and busted up a car f'r
the railroad; them yoddIeheads said
| they'd seen him workin' in the Lost
Greek placers,"
"A looney?' said Daddy Hiram, as
| innocent as a two-weeks-old lamb.
yep; that Teller that stole an in
spection car and got it smashed vi
and then took to the hills. You hain't
seen anything of him, have ye?'
..Nary lunatic,' said Daddy Hiram
calmly.
His breakfast eaten, Friend Isaa'
showed no disposition to hurry ava!
much to my chagrin. He took tim
to smoke a leisurely pipe with Dadd!
Hiram and to ask lot of Indifferent
questions about the drowned mine
|. ers Wit. have We, Hirams" he wante,
TO know, after-as it seemed to me
the subject had been pretty thorough
talked to death,
/ heard Daddy's reply, made as {
one with whom the matter he'd bee
canvassed before.
"Nothin' but that cIippin' from som
newspaper back East, tellin' about NJ
Dudley's passin' out"
kinda curious somebody don't tie
We somethin', amt it," the marsh;
nut in. Looks like the heirs d b
either fishin' r cuttin' bait on tn
here Cinnabar layout-not as it'd
,em any good If they did. Didn't an
letter come with the newspaper piece
Mary a pen-scratch."
@whereabout was the enveloI
pqsted2H
fswashin'ton.'
AHA y said I TO myself. ST have 20
Cousin Percy For some reason be
known TO yourself you didn't wa
Daddy Hiram to get hold of Gran
father Iaspers proper address y
His pipe smoked out, the marsh
y prepared to take horse. Daddy we
with him to the far side of the dun
and the murmur of their voices car
. to me in diminishing cadences- Aft
a bit Daddy came back and called
. to me in the sing-song of the mine
after the final blast has been fire
. "A-a-lI over. Stannie. / reckon
a can come down now and get you sol
. breakfast"
o Ieanie served me in silence VIII
. took my place at table and the go
q old man stood in the doorway. keep
watch, as /, made no doubt, agaiI
Q a possible second-thought return
Friend Isaac. the bristle-beard
Throughout the working day VIII
followed he never made the slight
. reference to the episode of the mo
ing and. truly. / think the whole IL
dent would have been buried in oh
al Candy, fruit cake, fancy work
sole SATURDAY. nee 10th. on the DC