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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
A Tale of Adventure
BY OUIEN SABE (Who Knows9)

this instant! Five thousand dollars !!
He ran fabby hand across a moist
brow.
Where's the luck in that throw?'
demanded Kendric, fully enjoying the
play of expression on Ortega's face.
THE luck" grumbled Ortega, was
that ] did not bet you. If ] had bet
1t would have been six, no less"
Tony Munoz." called kendric, turn.
ing. "Will It be you?"
MOI shouted Ortega, already ar, =
gered in his grasping soul, ready to
Spew forth his wrath In any direction,
always more than ready to rail at his
son in law. "Munos has no business
In my house. Who is bose here? II Is
me !"
Kendric seeing that Tony Munos was
contenting himself with sneering and
certainly would not play, began gath
ering up the money on the table. II
was then that for the first time he heard
the voice of Ruiz Rios companion.
IT will play, Senior kendric.'
The voice ran through the quiet OF
the room musically. The utterance was
low. gentle. the accent was the soft,
tender accent of Old Spain with some
subtle flavor Of other alien races. Nc
man in the room had ever heard such
sweet, soothing music as was made By
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
The Word Bun" Had
only One Meaning to
English Studio Man

THE Britishcr's failure to understand
i American slang is a difficulty which
faces picture production in England,
Leslie Hiscott, assistant director to
George Titzmauricc. now producing
pictures in Europe, was looking over
the scrip Of Three Live Ghosts" with
a view to giving the property man his
instructions for the following morning.
Hiscott came upon the direction enter
Old Sweetheart with a beautiful bun" "
IIiscott made a note of the item With
the result that on the following morn .
ing particularly scrumptious sample
of the Confcctioner art was promi.
nently featured among the days
''props.
Fitzmaurice' amazement on being
unexpectedly confronted with a display
of cream buns was so genuine that his
assistant was not slow in grasping that
there had been 'some mistake.
Then it was expla ined TO him, gently
but firmly, that in America there were
buns and buns, and that the bun in the
script was not the kind you eat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17

her slow words. After the sound died
away a hush remained and through
mems memories the cadenceS repeated
themselves like lingering echoes. Ken
dric himself stared Mt her wonderingly,
not knowing why her hidden look stirred
him so, not knowing Why there should be
Il spell worked by five quiet words. Nor
did he find the spell entirely pleasant, as
her look had done, so now her speech
vaguely disturbed him. His emotion.
though not outright irritation, was akin
to 1t. He was opening his lips to say
curtly, Il do not play dice with women.
sonora, when Ortega's sudden outburst
forcstallcd him.
Kendric had barely had the time TO
register the faint impression of the odd
sensation which this companion of Ruiz
Rios awoke in him, when he was set
to puzzle over Ortcga's explosion.
Why should the gaming house keeper
raise TO violent an objection to any sort
of game playcl in his place: Per-
haps Ortega himself could not have eX-
rlaine1 clearly, since it is doubtful If
be felt clearly; it is likely that Il child
ishiy blind anger had spurtcd M ven
cmously in his heart when kendric had
exposed the deuce, and men had laughed
and Ortega felt az though he had lost
5000. In such Il case mans wrath
cXplodcs readily. combustion breaking
forth spontaneously like ali oily rag in
the sun. At any rate, his fat face
grown hectic, he lifted hand and voice,
shouting:
II will have no wcmen gambling
here. This is my place. place for
men. You," and he lcvclcd his forein
ger at the slim figure. 'go!"
She ignored him. Stepping forward
quickly, she whipped off her left glove
and IN the bare white fingers. blazing
with rel and green stones set iu golden
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
Answers to Questions BY Movie Fans

be interested 70 know that he has fifty
nine guns and that be and Puck Jones
are going on vacation together. Don't
you wish they would invite you?
SANNIE-Edward kimbsll is the ia
ther of Clara Kimbal Young. He Is
soon t0be featured in new production.
Pearl White is not married. People who
know say that she Is an expert golf
player. You would expect It OF Pearl
MARION F.~-Yes, l know I did tell
you that Betty Compson was to play the
role Of Babbic IN The Little Minister, "
ard It's true. Also, it's true YOU read
that Alice Calhoun was 10 play tho same
part l. happen that the picture is 10
be released By two companies. You
thought you had me caught this time,
didn't you?
ANDY-Regipald Denny played i'm
portant roles In ''Disraeli," Foot
lights and The Iron 'TEail."'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
THIS BEGINS THE STORY

Jim Kendric, the devil-may.carc,
whole.hearted adventurous Americans
arrival at the border town started SONG
things Rapturously hailed by his famll-
lar nickname Of Old Iieadiong By his
former buddles, he ct once forms them
into a party TO make a nlght of II III tho
wlde-open town across tho Mexican line:
Well-heeled, he sets UP the motley crowd
at Ortega's gambling Joint, to drinks and
then stakes them each with piece OF
change to play. Finally tho spell works
IN his own blood and he calls on OrteBa
10 provide somo one to accept hts chel-
lepgs to the "kinE OF games" the
nimble dice Ruiz Rios, an old rival
and enemy OF Headlong's, pressed on by
his companion. takes up the deh. Rios
has also Just arrived IN town. HIS
compa mons Identity !s a mystery, but
every one sees that II IS a woman under
the low-lying sombrero and masculine
attire OF the border. jim feols her
working some sort OF telepathtc spel
upon him, but shakes of the evil I'M
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
CLOSE-UPS of The MOVIE GAME
BY Hurry ~. NEELY
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17

DoRoTHY-Bu Jones is married,
and has been for six years. But do
not despair. There remain Eugene
O'Brien, who Is still a bachelor, also
Tony Moreno aud william S. Hart
Now and again one can be found who
never. has been married. Guy Bates
Rost played the hole Of Omar in the
stage version of Omar the Tent
maker"
EMILY-May Collins is playing in
"The Flame Flower Frank Mayo
plays opposite her You are mistaken
In the title. There is Il picture called
''The Shark Master, story 0f the
South Sea Islands. as is The Flame
Flower At the moment | do not
recall who is playing in The Shark
Master"
BROTHER-That was a fine letter
xeu wrote me. suspected you Of being
4 boy scout even before you told me.
AZ Tom hity 10 your fayorite you win
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17

TIyHEN the lions scene 'he phoo1
Count dda'r5
thqt them. Mrbbe But as sap
thew "oS
hunqry dd-t be tor IhoodoTG
o1oe 81; pounding typ~reT Grd
telling all about u.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
Ey GEORGE W. Vail,

,TRAGEDI with background of rough
l. comedy mild tension devoid Of mclo.
drama fes:lvity with an undercurrrut
Of impending calamity--to find Just the
right music for such mood mixtures is
the leaders weekly problem.
Think of this when next you arc
THRILLED by that wonderful combination
Of sight and sound which CONSTITUTES the
modern noiie.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
DARAroXICAL though it NJ

E)ahaLo'Ai' AL though It may
l. seem, the perfect musical score is
the one otcut which the auditor. eu-
thrali"d ~ the picture, never thinks
al all
While the fila II making its appeal
10 his conscious self. the music is Pre-
ouclnS a supplementary, but no less
powerful. impression nn bis subcou-
%'ioIs ndturs A. Is best the com
hlnatlon is irresistible. But only when
the music - poorly rendered or un-
suited to the mood If the picture dos
one really awaken to q consciousness
Of It.
Hccdirs> Of the indsputable fact that
much of tn" cinema's : popularity is due
I" ITS musical accomplishments. many
! producers Of films still insist on send
! ing ont pictures, portions Of which. in
the absence Of specially arranged scores.
I are almost unplayabIc.
! | lct"r 70 the habit of breaking up n
| scene toy cut in or "H9Sh .back X"
, Of some other, contrasting scerp. Thcsc
! interruptions arc usually far too sborv
: 10 permit 2 change Of music Cfreuuentiy
, they last but q few seconds 50 the
' '"adcr has no choice but to continue the
| preceding number, with such modifco-
t!onS rs are feasible, throughout tao
broken and the artistic ensemble tcm
p0rarlly destroyed.
AT great metropolitan theatres. the
musical director has the authority to
eliminate dramatically Suporfluous
"cut-inS' and flash backs" when
such el!miuations help the music.
THE program once selected and ar
L ranged in order. wc are face 10 face
with the problem Of synchronizing Il
exactly with the speed of the picture.
Let - hc caid. right here and now,
that without the intelligent cO-opera =
ton Of the operator in the booth nc
conductor can hope to keep music and
film together.
Some Of our smaller theatres arc
stil addicted to the fatal habit Of, rae
ing the picture when the house is
crowded, in order 10 shorten the show
} and speed up the turnstilPS. Such q
J procedure, apart from its pictorial eN lls
Is ruinous to the music.
Only through the maintenance of 4
fixed schedule. o definite, prcorrangct
speci for every reel, arc the best must
!; cal effects made possible.
But il is truly astonishing what won
} ders can be accomplished when the
operator is willing to meet the leader
half way. Things can then be 90 per
fectlv timed that a single composition
I rejecting a series of moods may be tit,
ted with beautiful eHactn"ss to groul
If corresponding film episodes, thereby
: obviatins the necessity for frcquen
: changes from one number TO another.
And furthermore, the director cal
: work uuhcsitatingly toward tho clima!
Of n particular composition, COn6den
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AND HERE IT CONTINUES

ENDRIC abruptly spilled the dice
IN out Of the cup so that they rolled on
the table top,
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To be continued Tomorrow
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01
CONTINUED Tomorrow
MONTE CARLO WORLD CENTER
Pretty Nearly Every Civilized Lam
euage Is Spoken in the Worlds
Largest Gambling Place.

You Will not be long in Monte Carlo
before you are asked whether you play
In the roulns, the ''Salle Privee" or
the sporting club" As far as the
game is concerned. ii makes no differ
ence, but IN insure the maximum of
comfort while playing you must be-
come me.f0er of the International
Sporting club OF Monte Carlo.
Male candidates have TO be proposed
by man already admitted. You can
usually find sponsor by taking a five
minute stroll on the terrace. Ladies,
in spite of modern movements for
the emancipation of their sex, are re-
quired TO be proposed and seconded by
two male members of the club. I'm
practice this presents no difficulty. and
when the further preliminary of pay
ing another 30 francs has been
achieved you receive your carte dad
mission and are free to ascend the
stairs. Above are the gambling rooms.
an admirably conducted restaurant,
cloak rooms. toilet rooms and the
bar.
This last-named small room, with
some high chairs at the center. a
great array of bottles in the back
ground and a dozen small tables with
chairs ranged round. the remaining
three walls is the daily meeting place
of all the society" gamblers (and of
some others) who frequent Monte
Carlo in the season.
The bar is presided over by AR
mold" He speaks all languages and
remains smiling. unruffled, obliging in
all circumstances. He is quite an art
list, and could contribute, If he would.
nightly interesting chapter to any
account of the principal industry of
Monte Carlo. His customers, il is
said. 90 To him not merely for tea and
cocktails and sandwiches and cigars.
When banks are closed and time is
thought too precious to be wasted in
driving franticalIy to their hotels. II is
to Arnold that they turn. If he knows
you, and likes your looks, and has
confidence that you will return on the
morrow. he will make you a tempo
rary advance on terms which, between
gentlemen should not be divulged.-
London Times.
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Whipping Straps Don't Sell.

Whipping straps have become al
most drug on the market In this gem
GRAFTON of humanity to children. The
sight of a peddler of whipping straps,
common enough In the good old days
SO much lamented, is very rare in our
degenerate times.
Nevertheless the East side still uses
the straps to a certain extent 1t was
at Orchard and Rivington streets that
one of the survivors of the chastising
business. an aged Jewish man. was
found loaded down with his punitive
stock in trade
Zach. what a life. what a lifei" he
exclaimed. in answer to a query as TO
how he was making out. 1T used TO
be once that poor old man like my
self could go out and make good Iiv-
ing selling straps. But nOwl ] can
stand here all day and not make more
than FIVE sales.
And it's all on account Of those re-
formers those crazy people who
drummed IL into the heads of the par
ents that they mustn't strike their chill
dren any more. And the children. they
have too much schooling nowadays.
The teachers tell them, You must do
this and You mustn't do that. and
the children go home and behave them
selves better. Ach, what lifeI It's
crazy i''-New York Sun.
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01

that, and ne was the superintendent or
big drainage-tunneI undertaking de-
signed 10 unwater a lot of flooded
mines on the hills above the tunnel
site.
Il can give you a little information
but not much was his answer to my
inquiry. -Bullerton Is bughouse on
the subject of lost mine-not an IN
usual disease In any mining country
and he has gone to hunt for ii. He
has a sketch map of the location, but
nothing 70 tie IL TO. didn't ask him
where the location was-or rather
where he thought it was
Then, of course. you have no idea
where his hunt was to beginT' l threw
In.
-Only a guess. In our talk. he asked
me If i knew anything about a place
called Placerville, in the Red desert
what sort of a town IL was, and If a
man could outfit there for prospect
ing trip. took il from this that he
might be heading for Placerville.
though he didn't say that he was
As you'd imagine, this was enough
for me. The next morning was back
in Denver. figuring out the quickest
way 10 get 10 Placerville in the Red
desert. hoped Fullerton was on the
true scent. but was nightly afraid he
wasn't-in which case I. too would go
beautifully astray. But II he should
happen to be on the right track. rnen
! must beat him TO the goal True. he
had map To guide him. and was that
much better off than / was. But. on
the other hand. ! had the girl, a horse
and dog.
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sIeo REWARD

The Marion County Fish ard Came
Protective Association offers a re-
ward not to exceed one hundred dol
lars for the arrest and conviction Of
any person violating the fish and
game laws that apply to Marion
county. the reward to be graduated IN
proportion to the offense and verdict
of the court and for the first coavic-
tion only The law provides the game
season to open Nov. 10th and close
Feb. 18th, on such game as designated
by law, except wild deer and turkeys
on the east side of Marion county.
which is closed 10 April 1st, 1928. ANY
person hurting and killing game out
side of their voting precinct must pay
license fee Of S1.25. To hunt and
kill game anywhere in the county q
license of $3.50. The law requires .
license Of $25 shall be paid by any
person hunting game m this county
who is a citizen Of some other state.
and not q citizen of the state Of
Florida To hunt game without pay
ing license IS violation Of law.
The reward herein offered shall be
paid to the person or persons making
the arrest and securing the convection
OF the person violating the game laws
in Marion county.
r. F. Rogers, President.
J. A Talton, Secretary.
ll-l7-4t-thurs-dly 11-1s-2t-wky
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An Encore unawares.

When Masefield, British poet, Wis
tied Yale. he finished his evenings talk
and readings earlier than was expected
and the chairman of the meeting sug-
gested that the poet should read any
poem requested by the audience The
audience, as usually happens. was
dumb II was an awkward moment
Finally. one of the younger English de-
partment members rushed agitatedly
into the breach
Wont you please read The Tewks-
bury Road Mr. MasefieId?"
The poet looked amazed. then puz-
zTed and at last said withaa hesitating
desire not TO offend these singular
Americans" "Ah-er-I-ah would
be charmed to do -reaIly-but I've
Just read iti"-writer's IL Monthly.
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01
"oHARLEs FULLERTON

O1Af6LES bOhLEhIO ON.
That settled it with a vengeance,
you'd say. And yet it didn't. II
merely proved that Mr.. Charles Butler
ton had acquired sudden excess of
caution, and was probably cussing him.
self plentifully for having been too
loose -tongued with a perfect stranger
In a Pullman smoker. He had an
swered my wire with name that
meant just as much or as little as If
he'd said alexander the Great" and
that was precisely the amount of in
formation he had intended to convey.
Whether or not Bullerton's memo
randum agreement with my grandpa
ther would be binding upon me as
Grandfather Jasper's heir, was ques-
tion for the courts to decide. But one
thing was certain-that is, granting all
the assumptions if he should find the
mine and go to work on his unwater-
ing scheme, he would have grip on
things that might be handsomely trou-
blesome to shake loose.
After I had argued it out thus far
the next step suggested itself in a
jiffy. / must have a heart-t0-heart
talk with the cautious Mr.. BullertOn,
telling him who / was, and perhaps
giving him chance TO join forces
with me in the search, If 1T should
prove to be my grandfather's mine that
he was looking for. Grabbing this inn
pulse by the neck. so to speak, / took
the first train for Cripple Creek. The
next morning, when | made inquiry,
found that BulIerton had left town,
though where he had gone the bank
folks couldn't say.
I had gone into the chase more than
half for the sheer fun of il; pretty
much as the dog runs after the stick
you've flung into the bushes, and
which he hasn't much hope of finding,
But now it was appealing to me as
more of mans job. There was q
legacy; and however valueless IL might
be in its present condition, ii had once
been worth nearly half a million-and
might be again. And half-million il
a whole lot of money, when you come
TO consider it.
From what little the bank folks TOLD
me it appeared that Bullerton wa:
fairly well known In Cripple CreeE
and the region roundabout. Therefore
somebody In the near vicinity mus
know more than i had as yet beer
able 70 learn about the manner of hi.
disappearance and his probable desti
nation. My job was TO find the some
body.
About the time 1 thought I had ex
haRSfed EFF e-eeH4B 4B4n4tf Ions f0gnt
the one particular Bullerton friend
was hunting for. His name. as Fa
] GaIl R@Fsa HIIfone 0S RomeEhIRR LIN
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01
FOR SALE

/ have decided to put on the market
my land out on the Silver Springs
road, Oklawaha and Fort King ave-
nues. Will sell 24z or ive-aere lots.
part cash and five years to pay bal
ance. See me for terms
Ocala is now rapidly building east
and is certain to build out on this
property. Buy lot and start you an
orange grove.
Seventy acres of fine watermelen
ard tomato land 316 miles east Of
Ocala. viii either rent or sell. House
and good well of water. Easy terms
Half of Block 81. Old Survey, OeaIa,
the south half of Lots and 4. This
property is Immediately behind
Franks store. Several small houses
now On property are rented.
Part cash, balance on terms ~
pa m 81
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A query shot at the man Henlnu Lne
desk ELECTED tie information that Mr.
Charles BuIlerton was in South Amer
lea. AT this. could have shouted for
joy, because il proved cOnclusiEely
that Charles Fullerton was my man,
and that the tale TO which / had lis
tened wasn't altogether made up out
of whole cloth, as so many Pullman
smoke-room romances are.
Builerton's usual address, when he
was in Colorado and NOT in Denver,
was in care Of certain bank in Grip,
pie Creek or at least. that was the
way it had been before he went to
South America.
A telegraph ofIice.was the next thing
on the program and when / found one
Ii seemed Il, he about a hundred-to-
one shot that I'd never touch bottom.
since / had no hint that Bullerton had
been headed for Cripple Creek. My
message. prepaid and answer prepaid,
contained only a single question
What was the name of the old gen.
tleman who boughf the watered mine
and then diedg An answer to that
would tell the story.
For two whole days, an interval
which spent in hither-and-yon chas-
ings of piebald ponies and harlequin
faced dogs about the streets of Denver
and found no bIue-eyed girls at
tached to any of them-I thought
had merely shot up into the air with
my telegram, and missed the whole
face of the EARTH Then, one morn
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01

Get your Christmas cards and seals
at THE GIFT SHOP. 1-st
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01

For fresh meat call phone lOs. Man
Street Market Il
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01
EAT AT THE MAXINE

Best meals in the city for so cents.
Twenty-one meal ticket for 81. Phone
26o. $40 N. Main street. H
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01

BAXTER TRANSFER Co.-when in
need of any kind of hauling, give
us trial Satisfaction guaranteed.
Charges reasonable. Phone 169 and
1T. 2S-tf
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01
Then One Morning the Answer Came.

ing, the answer came in just two
words, like this:
ITO Stanford Broughton,
''Hotel Savoy,
"Denyer
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01
NAPIER GRASS

Plant now and have abundance Of
high value green feed for dairy cows,
nigs, chickens, ETC. For plants and
articualrs see F. w. Ditto Ocala,
Ela. 17-1
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01

New tally cards and auction score
pads at THE BOOK SHOP. 1-3t
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01

FOR SALE-Two cut down Fords,
cheap for cash. Apply to ]. F.
Winer, phone 237. 30-6t
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01

FOR SALE-ExceIlent retail business
in Ocala; stock will inventory about
$4,000; fixtures approximately $500.
Good cash business. Terms half
cash, balance in one, two and three
years. Owner wants to enter an
other line. Books will be shown to
anyone meaning business to prove
that it is a money maker. Address
Opportunity" care Star, ocala,
Fla. 12-1-6t"
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01

Flaconettes perfumery. all OdOrs.
The Ocala evening star., 1921-12-01

Nov. II. eyeglasses
in black case; has pink polisher in
case from DIR. K. J. Weihe. Suitable
reward for return to F. w. Ditto,
Ocala- 12-1-3t