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Author of The Tragedies of Oakhurst Won At oi Jacksonville FlaLast Her Shadowed Life The Firemans

HeartWhen A Woman Loves Etc Etc By

Copyrighted 1005 by the Author and Published in The Ocala Banner THE AUTHOR

By Special Arrangement

CHAPTER XXIV

FAREWELL TO HOME AND FRIEXDS1

The morning sunbeams which had

stolen through the crevices in the

closed blinds and fell like a caressing

touch upon the head of the misguid-

ed

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and wretched man crept silently

away and left the room to its shaded

coolness The whistles and bells

from the city proclaimed the noon-

tide

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hour before Governor Murriatte

again lifted his head His face wasrg haggard and pale but a determined

look of firm decision shown in his

dark blue eyes He drew writing

material toward him and wrote has ¬

tily for a few minutes and then tak-

ing

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out his bank book filled out a I

check and folding it in the letter he

had written placed both in an envel-

ope

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vas which he directed to Mrs Cam ¬

eron and taking this in his hand he I

quitted the room with a firm step

and without one backward glance-

He went to Miss Bennetts room and

rapped sharpely at the door Polly

answered the summons< < Lawd knows guvner Ise sho

glad yo come sah she complainedr as her eyes fell on her master Hit

done pas twelve oclock and not a

livin soul > ceptin > de dockters an ata

= ervant from Mis Cameron to quire

bout de lady has cum nigh dis room

today sahHow is Miss Bennett he asked

quietly-She am heap bettar sah heap

bettar Polly said with a ring of joyin her voice Shes got right sensean she done eat some breaks

y Wont you cum in sah shes done bin

askin ter see yoall an she will be

powful glad to see O-

No I cannot come in he said

Has Mrs Cameron been here thismorning

No sah but she Jon sent word

that she will cum bout two oclockI

J dis ebeninVery well when the lady comes

give her this letter Be sure and do

not forget it He handed the worn ¬

an the letter in which he had placed 1

he hal been hold-

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the draft and whip

in his hand while talking to her I

Yas sah Ill gib it to her jes as I

soon as she cum Polly assured I

him as he turned away I

Please sah guvner wont you

ask de mistes and Mis Imogen to I

please cum to Mis Bennetts roomI

De young lady keeps frettin to see

dem sah tell dem sah dat de young

lady wants to see dem powful bad I

Polly called after him in an appeal-

ing

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voice I

He did not turn his head or giveA any evidence that he had heard her

request He descended the stairstook down his light overcoat and

bound it in a light traveling strapand putting on his hat and gloves

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Walked out into the fierce glare of I

the noonday sun and the heavy halldoor of Beaumont closed on his retreatiug form with a bang

He turned his footstep toward thethe depot and upon his arrival the I

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nortobound train was due The trainE however was somewhatlate

>and he

had time to have his baggage whichhad been brought to the depot withthat of his wife and daughters the

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day before checked the beforetrain arrived He purchased a ticket

M1 to New York and had just time to-

t swing himself onto the rear coach-

of the train as it pulled out

CHAPTER XXVTHE MYSTERY DEEPENS

Where are your Mistress andMiss Imogen Polly inquired Mrs

Cameron who promptly at two a

oclock stood in the invalids roomThe good lady had kissed Miss Ben¬

nett and shed tears of joy over herimproved condition and then very

il naturally r thoughts turned toto Mrs Murriatte and Imogen

u SI dont know mam Polly an-

swered¬

with a mysterious shake ofq7 v her head me nor none of de ser-

vantss

9 iiab seen de young lady norI

demissusto day

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U Where is Governor Murriatte

the lady further inquiredUHe was here a little while ago

mam but I dunnowbar he is nowPolly informed her

Are the ladies not in their roomsthe lady asked beginning to feelanxuus

No mam mot in their rooms norin de house Polly answered witha doleful sigh

Do you not know where they areMiss Bennett Mrs Cameron ap¬

pealed to the governess-I do not know I have not seen

anybody except the physician andPolly since I recovered conscious-ness

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tlie young lady answered in afeeble voice

Some one knocked on the door ofthe sick room at this juncture andannounced that Captain Hazleton hadcalled to inquire about Miss Bennettand was waiting in the parlor-

I will go down and tell him thegood news Mrs Cameron saidquietly glad to leave the sick roomthat she might go in quest of MrsMurriatte and Imogen She kissedMiss Bennett dud said I will callagain in the morning dear Keepvery quiet and you will be restored-to your usual health shortly

The lady left the room and washalf way down the staircase whenPolly came running after her

Pleas mam Mis Cameron wait amiiiit she said Ise got a letterfor yo but I dare to goodnes Idun forgot to gib hit to yo causeIs so worried about eber thing-

A letter for me Polly Are yousure the lady paused to inquire-

Yas mam foh you fohde Gubnergib hit to me hisself an say tPollybe sho and gib dis letter to isCameron as soon as eber shec

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Mrs Cameron took the missive thegirl proffered and after glancing atits superscription deposited it in lierpocket and proceeded to the parlorwhere Captain Hazleton and her sonawaited tidings from the sick room

The gentlemen were delighted tohear the good news and Ray said

How is Imogen mother may I I

not see her-

NeitherI

she nor her parents are athome Ray so I suppose we may aswell go home ourselyes

Perhaps they have gone to ourhouse the boy suggested brightenmg up and making a move ward thedoor

If so we shall probablymeet them on the road his motheranswered as she followed her son andCaptain Hazleton from the house

The young army officer assisted thelady into her carriage and thenmounting his own horse and lifting-his cap cantered away in the op¬

posite direction-Mrs Cameron and her son bowled

along at a rapid rate engaged inpleasant conversation when the let¬

ter Polly had given her suddenlyflashed across her memory-

I Imust see what this lettermeans she said as she drew it from

I her pocket Polly give it to me-l while we were at Beaumont and saidit was from Governor Murriatte

From Governor Murriatte that isI strange Ray said

But his mother had broken the sealwithdrawn the letter from the en ¬

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velope and as she did so a check fellinto her lap

She picked It up in great surprisef and then glanced over the note whichread as follows

I My Dear Mrs CameronI

A great calamity has befallen myfamily and myself further than this-II am not at liberty to tell anyoneWe are all going away from Beau ¬

I mont and it is very probable that weshall never return

My dear madam as my wife hasbeen so fortunate as to claim you asalmost a lifelong friend I make boldto ask several favors of yon Will

I you kindly get the enclosed checkI made payable to your self cashedI and from the amount pay Miss Ben-t nett 600 which amount is due herfor her years salary Use the bal

i ance to pay the servants their wagesdischarge every one of them andclose Beaumont and keep the keysin your own possession until you arefurther advised by me

Please request your son to haveMr Jaques who deals in live stockcome and take all my horses and cat¬

I tle and dispose of them for whatever he can get for them anddeposit the amount above his com-mission

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to my credit in the bank-of Tallahassee The carriages withall the paraphernalia belonging tothem may remain in the carriagehouse and I beg that you keep thekey of this as well as the other keysbelonging to Beaumont in yourpossession-

You are at liberty to use yourown judgment in regard to revealing-the contents of this letter to the

I public That we were obliged toleave Beaumont without biddingyourself or1 any of our friends goodbye cause us more regret than weare able to express

Thanking you with all my heartfor your kindness of the past in the

I present and to come I remain mydear madamI

IAlways sincerely yours

NEWELL MURRIATTK

Why good heavens what does thismean exclaimed Mrs Cameron-

as see finished reading this letter so

full of strange requests-She looked hopelessly into the face

of her young son and then back atthe letter and check in her hand

What is it mother he askedanxiously-

She took the reins in her ownhands and thrusting the letter intohis hands said

Read this letter I cannot under ¬

stand what has happened-Ray glanced over the contents rap¬

idly his face growing so deadlywhite the while that his mothercried out in alarm

Oh Ray dont let this affect youso Perhaps tis all a joke afterall i

No mother Governor Murriatte-

is not a man given to perpetratingpractical jokes something dreadful-has hapened But what can it be j

And mother and son each lookedhelplessly into the pale face of theother

Shall we return to Beaumont orgo home Mrs Cameron said check-

ing¬

the trotting horseLets hurry home and acquaint

father with the news and ask his ad-

vice¬

Ray advised as he took thereins in his own hands and urged thehorse onward

They found Mr Cameron at homein the library and proceeded to im-

port¬

to him the startling newsIt certainly a most inexplicable-

affair the gentleman said we willgo to Beaumont at once and try tofind a solution to this extraordinary-letter

When they reached there they call ¬

ed the family servants together andquestioned them closely All thatcould be elicited however was learn ¬

ed through the coachman who saidthat he had carried his mistress andher daughter who was so illthat shehad to be carried in the butlers armsto the carriage and into the cars tothe 330 morning train and thatGovernor Murriatte was not at homewhen Mrs Murriatte and Imogen-were taken to the depot The houseservant said however that the gov-

ernor¬

had arrived home early in the i

morning and left again at 12 oclockwithout having given the servantsany orders or speaking of his intend-ed

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movements to anyoneI More puzzled still Mrs Cameronsought Miss Bennetts room She

Ifound the young lady pale and wornreclining in a large chair I

It will never do to startle her withthis bad news it might cause her to

I have a relapse the good lady cau-

tioned¬

I herself when she stood in thepresence of the invalid

But Miss Bennett cried out as soonas the greetings were over

Mrs Cameron what has happen-ed

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Tell me I implore you and donot keep me in suspense Is Imogendead or what dreadful thing has hap¬

pened i

Then Mrs Cameron realizing thatit would be folly to try to keep MissBennett in ignorance of the troublewhich had befallen Beaumont toldher all she herself knew concerning-the disappearance of the family andgave her Governor Murriattes letterto read

To Be Continued

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BELLEVIEWS-

pecial Correspondence Ocala Banner

Dr Zerah Hoyt left Friday for his

Danbury Conn home Mr Hoythas been very busy all winter repair ¬

ing painting papering and plaster-ing

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the house owned by Mr J Stannis of Boston in fine shape as MrStannis expects to come down withhis family next fall to locate herepermanently-

Mr Hoyt has also painted his ownhouse in the Danbur section

Buckman Thomas formerly of thisplace now of Manatee returnedhome Sunday after a two weeksvisit to his uncle Mr Riley McClemmons

Mr Dan Sykes is again in townfor a few days

Mr Will Abshire and Mr WashHarrel came down last Saturday tomove the household goods of MrsAlvan Lucius as she expects to makethat place her future home as soon as-

her successor is appointed at thepostofllce her resignation havingbeen accepted the last of March DrAbshire who is the father of MrsLucius and who was formerly post-

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I master has been in charge of theoffice for several weeks

Mr Alvan Lucius has given up hist position at Wildwood and Mrs Lu ¬

cius is staying at her father inlavrsuntil they are ready to go to Connor

i Mrs Northey has been quite ill forr three weeks at her hom-

eAtthe annual election for town of¬

ficers the following named personswere elected viz Dr T K Slaugh-

ter¬

mayo Messrs T Mitchell and JT Haines members of the counci-lJ N Shedd reelected as assistantcollector Stephen Hopkins secretary-and treasurer-

Mr Dudly who has been seriouslyill at Dr JMareans in Oca a wasbrought to the home of his aunt MrsWashburn Saturday He is slowlyimproving and is able to sit up for ashort time

The weather has been very warmfor the past week although therewas very little rain in Belleviewfrequent showers are reported from

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other parts of the countyThe ten days services held by the I

Rev Mr Dunklin of Oxford assisst-

ed In Rev Leitner of Le55bur-closed last week I

Aunt Duck Mason has returnedto Belleview after an absence of I

about four weeks She is stayingI

with Mrs Kelsey I

The real estate market has been I

quite active this week several pieces-

of land having changed hands andthere are prospects of several newbuildings to be erected on same in

the near futureI

Letter of ThanksTo the Editor of the Ocala Banner I

Please allow me space in your val-

uable

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paper to express our heartfeltthanks and sincere appreciation of

the kindness of the good people hereand elsewhere who have been sogood to us since eur recent misfor ¬

tune by fire and assure them suchsympathy and kindly aid so gener ¬

ously expressed will not soon be for¬

gotten I

i In this connection kind and honor-

able

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mention should also be made ofour kind hearted colored neighbors-

who kindly rendered assistance inmany ways

Cordially yoursC R VEALjI

Cotton Plant Fla May 11th 1705

To the Public

From the wording of the recentgrand jurys presentment some havethought that there were irregular-

ities

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in the tax collectors office Iam assured by Mr W E Allen theforeman of this grand jury that noreflections were intended to be cast

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upon the tax collectors work oroffice in the presentment given to thepublic And I will take this oppor-

tunity¬

to say that the tax collectorsoffice as long as I have charge of itwill always be open to the inspec-

tion

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of any private or public citizen-E L CARNEY 1

Tax Collector 1

One Hundred Dollars Reward-

A reward of 100 has been offered-

for the recapture of Lee Howardwho escapted from the convict farmnear this city Monday Howard wasserving fifteen year sentence for as ¬

sault with attempt to murder

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MONDAYMAY 15thw

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VARIETYSTOREiWE Will PUT ON SALE SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS

EACH OF THE FOLLOWING j

5Sinch Bleached Table Damask per yard 21c-I 58inch Bleached Table Damask per yard 29c

GOinch Bleached Linen Table Damask per yard 39c

70inch Bleached Linen Table Damask per yard 5Sc

04inch Bleached Mercerized Table Damask per yard 49c

Mercerized Napkins to Match Above for Sic per dozen

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23 dozen Cotton Xapkins real value 3100 per dozen 40c 4p

I 2tS dozen Assorted Mercerized and Linen apkinsValue up to S200 per dozen Sc

iS dozen Assorted Mercerized and Linen NapkinsI

Value up to 3300 per dozen 51 OS to S164 4

We Cannot Do Justice to the Above in Print soWe Ask That You Kindly Call On Us y

MONDAY MAY 15TH i2

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EXAMINE EQUITABLE OFFICERS

State Superintendent of Insurance HasUndertaken This Work

Xew York May Prepaartionsfor the oral examination of officersand directors of the Equitable LifeAssurance Society of the United Stateswhich will be carried on under his per ¬

sonal direction have been completed-by State Superintendent of InsuranceFrancis Hendricks who is now in thiscity Congressman M E Driscollof Syracuse has been engaged by Su-perintendent

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Hemlricks to question themen and it is expected the examina-tion

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will continue at least one weekSuperintendent Hendricks will exam ¬

ine only the officers and directors whohave been directly caused in the re¬

cent bandying of charges over the so¬

cietys affairs but every director whoholds office by reason ofThe transfer-of stocks by James Hazen Hyde or hisfather H B Hyde

There will be nothing compulsory-about the proceeding which howeverwill be carried on largely in executivesession

Injunction Is DeniedNew York May It Justice McLean-

in the New York supreme court todaydenied the application of Herbert G

Tull of Philadelphia a policy holder-in the Equitable Life Assurance So-

ciety¬

or the United States of America-for an injunction restraining that so-

ciety¬

and the New York state superin¬

tendent of insurance from proceedingfurther with respect to the proposedamended charter of the Equitablewhich was sent to the superintendent-of insurance for his approval Theamended charter provides for the mutualization of the society-

To Attract Desirable EmigrantsAlbany N Y May II With the

view to attracting to this state desir-able immigrats the state departmentof agriculture is preparing to collectand dlseminate the farm and dairyadvantages which New York state of-fers One of the severest handicaps-with which the farmers of this statehave to contend is the scarcity offarm laborers For many years thestate agricultural department has ob-served that foreign farm hands andsmall farmers seldom settle in theeast but travel straight through tothe west In past years the great in¬

ducement there was given farm home-steads but now that such lands arealmost entirely settled an effort vilbe made to bring these desirable emicrauts to New York state

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