Dewar 1 | daring yet—a mutiny. too, involving a i course of conduct most unusual in maidens of Puritan descent. She walked back into the kitchen to Bellefonte, Pa., October 9, 1914. | find her father sitting placidly in the ss - | rocking chair by the window. He had lighted his corncob pipe, in which he always smoked a mixture of dried sweet fern as being cheaper than to- bacco, and his face wore something re- sembling a smile—a foxy smile—as he watched his youngest born plowing down the hill through the deep snow, while the more obedient Waitstill moved about the room setting supper on the table. : | Conversation was not the deacon’s forte, but it seemed proper for some ° one to break the ice that seemed sud- | denly to be very thick in the immedi- | The Story of Waitstill Baxter [Continued from page 6, Col. 4] a son-in-law any true father would be ; proud to own!” i “Why are you set against this match, | father?” argued Waitstill, striving to : make him hear reason. “Patty has | married into one of the best families | In the village. Mark is gay and | thoughtless, but never has he been seen | the worse for liquor, and never has he | done a thing for which a wife need | hang her head. It is something for a | ate vicinity. i young fellow of four and twenty to be “That little Jill-go-over-the-ground able to provide for a wife and keep ! | will give the neighbors a pleasant even- | her in comfort, and when all is Suid | in’ tellin’ ’em ’bout me,” he chuckled. | and done it is a true love match. | “Aunt Abby Cole will run the streets | Patty seized this inopportune mo- | othe three villages by sunup tomorrer. | hood and her squirrel tippet. Hood’s Sarsapsarilla. “You are goin’ out, then. spite 0 what I said?’ the deacon inquired sternly. “Did you really think, father, that I would sleep urrder your roof after you bad turned my sister out into the snow to lodge with whoever might take her in—my seventeen-year-old sister that your wife left to my care; my little sister, the very light of my life?” Waitstill’s voice trembied a trifle, but otherwise she was quite calm and free from heroics of any sort. The deacon looked up in surprise. “I guess you're kind o° hystericky,” he said. “Set down—set down an’ talk things over. I ain't got nothin’ ag’in you, an’ I mean to treat you right. Set down.” Do you Suffer from Backache? When yourikidneys are weak and torpid they co not properly’perform their func- tions; your back aches and you do not feel like doing much of anything.. You are likely to be despondent’and to borrow trouble, just as if you hadn’t enough al- ready. Don’t be a victim any longer. The old reliable medicine, Hood's Sar- saparilla, gives strengthfand tone to the kidneys and builds up the whole system. Hood's Sarsaparilla is a peculiar combi- nation of roots, barks and herbs. No other medicine acts like it, because no other medicine has the same} formula or ingredients. Accept no substitute, but insist on having Hood’s;and get it today. ° 59-38 [Continued next week. ] —— ——Have your Job Work done here. EE i His Good Deed. “What good deed did you perform today?” the first class scout was i asked. “Mother had only enough cas- i tor oil for one dose, so I let my sister | take it,” replied the hero.—Buffalo Ex- | press. tear Sas sa— Must Report All Tuberculosis. In Great Britain physicians are obliged to report every case of tuber culosis to the local board of health. CASTORIA Bears thesignature of Chas.H. Fletcher. in use for over thirty years, and The Kind You Have Always Bought. ——The WATCHMAN erjoys the proud distinction of being the best and cleanest county paper published. ee ————————————————————— Little Hotel Wilmot. The Little Hotel Wilmot IN PENN SQUARE One minute from the Penna Ry. Station PHILADELPHIA We have quite a few customers from Bellefonte. We can take care of some more. They’ll like us. A good room for $1.” If you bring your wife, $2. Hot and cold running water in every room The Ryerson W. Jennings Co. 599-6m Shoes. ment to forget her father's presence | and the tragic nature of the occasion and, in her usual impetnons fashion, flung her arms around Waitstill's neck and gave her the bug of a young bear. “My own dear sister.” she said. *I don’t mind anything so long as you stand up for us.” “Don’t make her go tonight, father,” pleaded Waitstill. “Don’t send your own child out into the cold. Remem- ber her husband is away from home.” “She can find another up at the Mills 18 good as he is or better. Off with You, I say, you trumpery little baggage, you!” “Go, then, dear; it is better so. Un- cle Bart will keep You overnight. Run up and get your things;” and Waitstill sank into a chair. realizing the hope- | lessness of the situation. ! “She'll not take anything from my house. It's her husband’s business to find her in clothes.” “They’ll be better ones than ever you found me,” was Patty’s response. i No heroics for her: no fainting fits | at being disowned; no hysterics at be- | Ing turned out of house and home; no prayers for mercy, but a quick retort | for every gibe from her father, and her defiant attitude enraged the deacon the more. ! “I won't speak again.” he said, in a | tone that could not be mistaken. “Into ‘he street you go with the clothes you stand up in or I'll do what I said But nobedy pays any ’tenticn to a wo- man whose tongue is hung in the mid- | dle and wags at both ends. I wan't | intendin’ to use the whip on your sis- ter, Waitstill,” continued the deacon, with a crafty look at his silent daugh- ter, “though a trouncin’ would ’a’ done | her a sight 0’ good. But I was only | tryin’ to frighten her a little mite an’ pay her up for bringin’ disgrace on us | the way she’s done, makin’ us the talk : ’ the town. Well, she's gone, an’ | good riddance to bad rubbish say I!! One less mouth to feed an’ one less | body to clothe. You'll miss her jest at | first on account 0’ there bein® no other | women folks on the hill, but ‘twon't | last long. I'll have Bill Morrill do | some o' your outside chores so ’t you | can take on your sister's work, if she ; ever done any.” This was a most astoundingly gener- i ous proposition on the deacon's part, | and, to tell the truth, he did not him- | self fully understand his mental processes when he made it, but it! seemed to be drawn from him by a; kind of instinct that he was not stand- ! ing well in his elder daughter's books. | Tree | CHAPTER XXV. | Waitstill Speaks Her Mind. | HIOUGH the two girls had nev- | er made any demonstration of | their affection in his presence, Deacon Baxter had a fair idea | Medical. Not the Only One THERE ARE OTHER BELLEFONTE PEOPLE SIMILARLY SITUATED. Can there be any sironger proof offered than the evidence of Belle- fonte residents? After you have read the following, quietly answer the question. Joshua Folk, 119 E. High St., Belle- fonte, says: from weak kidneys, caused by an in- jury. I had swelling of my limbs, but the worst symptom was pain in my back. The kidney secretions were too frequent and painful in passage. Finally I began taking Doan’s Kidney Pills, which I got at Green's Pharmacy Co., and they helped me more than anything else I ever tried.” Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Clothing. mean. Hats and Caps. Excursion. “For years I suffered | Niagara Falls Personally-Conducted Excursions FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1914 Round $7.30 Trip FROM BELLEFONTE SPECIAL TRAIN of Pullman Parlor Cars Dining Car. and Coaches through the Picturesque Susquehanna Valley. Tickets good going an Special Train and con- necting trains, and returning on regular trains within FIFTEEN DAYS. Stop. off at Buffalo within limit on return trip. Illustrated Booklet and full information may be obtained from Ticket Agents. Pennsylvania R.R. Mr. Folk had. Foster-Milburn Co., 59-25-16t. Props., Buffalo, N. Y. 59-40-1t Hardware. I'd do.” “Go, Patty! It's the only thing to be lone. Don’t tremble, for nobody shall ‘ouch a hair of your head. I can trust ‘ou to find shelter tonight, and Mark vil take care of you tomorrow.” Patty buttoned her shabby coat and ied on her hood as she walked from he kitchen through the sitting room oward the side door, her heart heav- ng with shame and anger, and above Al, with a child’s sense of helpless- less at being parted from her sister. “Don’t tell the neighbors any more -8 than you can help,” called her fa- her after her retreating form, ‘*‘an’ if ny of ’em dare to come up here an’ ive me any of their imperdence they'll e treated same as you. Come back ere, Waitstill. and don’t go to slob. erin’ any goodbys over her. he in’t likely to get out o’ the viliage for ome time if she's expectin’ Mark Wil- on to take her away.” “I shall certainly go to the door with ly sister.” said Waitstill coldly, suit- 1g the action to the word. and follow- 1g Patty out on the steps, “Shall you ll Uncle Bart everything, dear, and sk him to let you sle~p at his house?" Both girls were trembling with ex- tement. Waitstill. pale as a ghost, atty flushed and tearful, with defi | at eyes and lips that quivered rebel ously. . “I s’pose 50.” she answered dolefully. ‘hough Aunt Abby hates me. on ac- unt of Cephas. I'd rather go to Dr. erry’s. but 1 don’t like to meet Phil. here doesn’t seem to be any good ace for me, but it’s only for a night. nd you'll not let father prevent your eing Mark and me tomorrow, will yu? Are you afraid to stay alone? | of their mutual dependence upon each j i other; not that he placed the slightest : | value on Waitstill's opinion of him or ! cared in the smallest degree what she | { Or any one else in the universe thought | appear to advantage when contrasted | with the pert little hussy who had i just left the premises; also Waitstill i loomed large in his household com- | forts and economies, having a clear head. a sure hand and being one of | the steady going, reliable sort that can | be counted on in emergencies, not, like Patty, going off at halt cock at the | smallest provocation. Yes, Waitstill, i 88 a product of his masterly training | for the last seven years, had settled ; down, not without some trouble and friction, into a tolerably dependable ' pack horse, and he intended in the fu- | ture to use some care in making per- | manent so valuable an aid and ally. | She did not pursue nor attract the on- | Dosite sex, as his younger daughter | apparently did; so by continuing his | policy of keeping all young men rigidly at a distance he could count confident- ly on having Waitstill serve his pur- poses for the next fifteen. or twenty years or as long as he himself should | continue to ornament and enrich the earth. He would go to Saco the very next day and cut Patty out of his will. ar- ranging his property so that Waitstill | should be the chief legatee as long as | she continued to live obediently under his roof. He intended to make the last point clear if he had to consult ev- ery lawyer in York county, for he wouldn’t take risks on any woman | of his conduct, but she certainly did. i | | alive. If he must leave his money anywhere—and it was with a bitter 1 ” 0% the steps all night if you say | pang that he faced the inexorable con- | e word. “N along. Father b ont viction that he could neither live for- {oo nes . 4) fin ever nor take his savings with him to v An in trouble God bless and. the realms of bliss prepared for mem- ve : y darhi Bun alona™ | bers of the orthodox church in good a ug ri Oe now, 20d regular standing—if he must leave ‘aity? You still love me? And youll | 1 Re honing Si. be would Sig A rgive Mark and come to stay with e g Ty had soon, soon, soon?” ; than let it go to any one who had an- “We'll see, dear, when all ghis un. 6fed him in his lifetime. DOCKASH. THIS LABEL stands for the best that is made. 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She felt! self a lucky girl, indeed, to achieve | erty and happiness for herself, but | 1bly lucky if she had chanced to, 'n a way of escape for her more ‘ile and dutiful sister. | he would have been a trifle aston- ed had she surmised the existence | certain mysterious waves that had! n sweeping along the coasts of dtstill’s mind that afternoon, break- | down all sorts of defenses and car- : ng her will along with them by | er force, but it is a truism that two’ nan beings can live beside each’ er for half a century and yet con-' le strangers. ‘atty’s elopement with the youth of ' choice, taking into account all its! endant risks, was indeed an exhibi- 1 of courage and initiative not com- n to girls of seventeen. But Wait- | was meditating a mutiny more | the neighbors for a few days, till all rare periods of rest. Presently he glanced at the clock. “It’s only quarter past 4,” he said. “I thought ’'t was later, but the snow makes it so light you can’t jedge the time. The moon fulls tonight, don’t it? Yes; come to think of it, I know it does. Ain’t you settin’ out supper a Litle mite early, Waitstill?” This was a longer and more amiable speech than he had made-in years, but Waitstill never glanced at him as she said: “It is a little early, but I want to get it ready before I leave.” “Be you goin’ out? Mind, I won't have you follerin’ Patience round. You'll only upset what I've done, an’ anyhow I want you to keep away from this blows over.” ! 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