The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-12-13
EIGHT MORE DOLLARS
WILL. BE ENOUGH

Tuesday was a good day for the
Christmas tree, fund for the Industrial
School. Another day. like it and we
will 60 over the top. Tonight we will
sleep with carpet tacks all around our
little bed and the cord. from an cleo
trio lamp tied TO- one wing of our mus
tache, so a jerk of our head will
turn the light on. The kale, which
has been so lcheerfully handed US the
last three days, will be wrapped
around the long barrel of .45, and
where that As will be nobody but us
will know-unless it, goes off, in which
case the. kale will not be damaged.
First person, &, masculine gender,
present tense, we met yesterday a. m,
was our stalwart young county engi-
neer, J. E. Walker, who in the next
few years will make it easier for us
to travel from one Christmas tree to
another. An old-fashioned country
boy, as well as an up-to-date engineer,
he was only too glad to do his part in
making bunch of young folk happy.
Poking our nose in the Munroe and
Chambliss National Bank, to see if all
its pleasant little crowd was present
and accounted for we were promptly
tagged by Louis Wilson and Dewitt
Griffin, each of whom rustled a piece
of paper as pretty as an Italian paint
inn oVH nnncSIarohI xr xya liz
Three dollars in five minutes was good
work.
We hadn't any more than left the
bank than we met a member of the
council, a successful business man,
hurrying to make his morning deposit.
Said deposit was lighter by one good,
round, sixteen to one dollar of the
daddies when he. stepped into the
bank, the iron man remaining in our
pocket.
During the morning, there. strayed
into our sanctum one very, enterpris-
ing and public spirited young man,
who left a dollar but would not leave
his name. But there's q. little book
keeper up afoft who is keeping all
these names.
About noon, we broke into the Ocala
National Bank, and before we could
break out. President. Edwards and
Henry Henderson each endowed US
with big chip for the Christmas tree.
The Moses brothers, S. A. and Naif,
knowing we were old and lame, came
up town in their big limousine and
handed us a bright, new five-dollar
bill. .. The love of children is strong
among people from Bible lands, who
are finding their Canaan in America.
Charles S. Painters the successful
dairyman, half of whose Joy in life is
seeing children smile, rubbed two half
dollars together, as he sat in his car
at the M. & C. Bank corner. Some
people think we are hard of hearing,
but then, again there are some, things
we can hear, so Gran'pop Painter
didn't have to rub very long.
We. were passing U-Serve Store No.
1, when Harry Wilmington reached
out and grabbed US by the coat tail,
which he would not let go until we had
took dollar bill often him.
Shortly after this we went to the
election, and while there Mayor Peek
set The official seal of his approval on
the tree by eheerfully handing over
the price Of fifty two-cent stamps.
Mr.: J. W. Dumas, always smiling
and ,debonair, and glad to help de-
crease the worry of the world. grace
fully handed over a paper buck.
When Sheriff Thomas held US up
later in the evening, we thought for
sure he had found US out at last. But
ne let rs off with dollar bill for the
christmas tree. The big sheriff is
one of the schools staunch friends.
Being seventeen dollars to the mer-
ny, we decided to call it a day, and
with good conscience betook ourself
to q lodge meeting.