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CHAPTER XIV 



IT was shortly after the events related in the 

 last chapter that we came to a final deci- 

 sion against the various business openings we 

 had been investigating in St. Augustine, and 

 concluded to go on to Jacksonville. We dis- 

 posed of the few things we had bought for our 

 little cottage, and when we again found our- 

 selves on the train with our household gods, I 

 gave us both a fit of merriment by quoting the 

 words of poor little Joe in "Bleak House," 



" Wisht I may die if I ain't a-movin' on." 



It was by this time mid-season, and Jackson- 

 ville was full of tourists. It was then very 

 popular as a winter resort, Southern Florida 

 was not much known ; so we had some difficulty 

 in finding a place to live. 



We decided to get just one room somewhere, 

 and board at a restaurant till the city emptied 

 so we could secure a cottage. 



The first room we found that would do, was 

 too far from the business part of town ; so we 

 took it for only a month, and kept on looking. 



