the boys over there, how eager they were to get intn the real fighting, how they deserted rear lines and hospitals for the front, liut not a word about himself, except¬ ing that he had done what he set out for—and helped to make the Hun in¬ capable of hurting his little boy and girl waiting for him at Northport in far away Washington State, cs those vile soldiers of the Kaiser had done in Belgium and in France.
Another lad returned ofi the North¬ ern Pacific. He was limping from '.hrapnel in the heel and knee. He said he was one of the four who came bad. in his detachment and tho other three could net walk.
These arc the kind of boys who like to get down toWidths A, B, C and «tay in Weat Palm Beach a pleasure
es, gniavas and kumquats were grow¬ ing as apple and pear trees grow in our Northern ^ards.
Just to the east of him was a cot¬ tage owned by him and occupied for the present season by Will Rider and family, Mr. Magill's son-in-law. Mr. Rider is already occupied in building a cottage for another Freeporter.
Just next door west of the "Free- port Lodge" was Steve Pettit and his family, who arrived a few days ago to spend the Winter.
This makes four Freeporters to¬ gether on one street, including Mr. Hunt's place in the next block.
Over in Eucalyptus Park a real es¬ tate, development in th# north part of West Palm Beach, Capt. Will Ellison is building a