The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-10-12

nation to look for them. The lake !
below the springs, pretty at all times, /,
either in daylight or moonlight, or in
semi-darkness Of starlit night, at
tains beauty worthy the attention
of an artist as the almost level rays
Of the setting sun filter thru the tree
screen to the west, paint the lake
golden and the dense forest beyond it
royal purple.
There is a big, white crane who
makes his home somewhere In the
swamps, and who generally comes to
the springs about daylight. He fishes
awhile and then as the campers begin
to stir he flies back down the run,
keeping a few feet above the water.
He is worth looking at in his steady,
graceful flight. They say that in
party from the interior that camped
by the springs several days ago was
little girl who had been 1--WE won't
say reading fairy stories any more)
seeing "Snow White" at the movies
Looking out of her parents tent early
the first morning, she saw the crane
swooping down the run, and cried
excitedly, 90, mamma! there goes the
stork, but he has dropped his baby"
Salt Springs possesses a colony of
the only amiable yellow jackets ever
saw. The yellow jacket is very
small bird, striped like a tiger and
generally possessing about the same
disposition. Salt Speings yellow jack
cts, however, buzz al around you and
crawl all over you, and take no ag-
gressive actieh unless you hit them
What they do when you hit them,
don't know. | took good care not to
experiment.
There is a breed of educated hogs
at TIE springs. Campers find it per
fectly safe to put their supplies up or
tables, shelves, etc., that the average
how would make no delay in climbing
But these hogs walk around the table:
and shelves loaded with things thai
would be joy to their porcine stom
achs and content themselves witt
the scraps on the ground. Lazarus
has nothing on these hogs. They ar
very useful as scavengers, not leav
ing a morsel of fish or meat to rot.
fear that some foreign porker vii
butt in some time and pervert tn
morals of those now Arcadian hogs.
Friend Wilkes returned Wednesda
night, bringing with him ]. P. Phil
lips, two loaves of bread and an arm
full of papers. They brought fishin
tackle, but next morning returned t
the fleshpots of Ocala. j. P. said
was worth the trip over just to OF
tain drink of the water, his idea c
A a drink being few swallows less tina
t half gallon. It's good proof of tn
! prohibition principles of Phillips ths
!. he will ride sixty miles over roug
I road for drink of water.
There was some rain and prospec
!, of more Saturday morning, so Harle
e and Long and Fort left for hom
\ They left me alone, still eating 9
d the fish they had generously supple
d me with. They could not have bee
more than five miles on their way b,
1 fore the sun was shining brightly {
I. ever.
3 / missed them, but lonesomene'
r was lost art with me out there
It the woods. There was nothing to {
e but sleep. eat, innbibe spring water
Il the rate of two or three gallons da
Il wash the dishes, and keep the can
Y from getting too dirty.
o Saturday night, Friend Wilkes al
e D. Jr. arrived, and we had b
a reunion and bigger supper. Aft
a supper, Wilkes and his boy took
boat, with flaming torch in cal
II at the bow, and went out in the Spin
I, for crabs, while watched them fro
= the bank. 1t was an interesting pc
r Torrance, too. They soon caught
k big crab. which in less than an no
n after leaving the water was furnis
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te The weather having turned rath
he chilly Sunday morning, we packed
m and came home. On checking up '
found we had about as many cam
k, goods as we took out. The Brewe
Of kept me supplied with eggs, and wi
fish, bread and butter, | made few G
Y, cGrsions to the cannery. The perC
to lator is almost as good as new. / W
ut give it to any young couple about
set up housekeeping, if they "
t. scrub the SCOT off It's all right,
n doesn't rhyme with hghtwood kr
ne fire, and on the second day l diseaI
ee ed it for Wilkes battered old coff
ne pot. / part with Docs cot with ]
greet. I've had at least a hundr