Bellefonte, Pa., February 12, 1915. His Great Remorse. [By Mary Lloyd Evans.] Always the footsteps behind me, dull, hollow, but echoing—never be- fore. Did they but precede I might have had hope, for then they might guide me to some haven of rest, peace tor my tired heart. I was not a wicked man, nor a mean man, nor a dissipated man. I was on- ly a murderer—to the world never that, but to my own conscience, yes: A thousand deaths were in my heart and one poor victory—if I could call it that. “I consent to the marriage.” “Secret, of course?” “It must be that way under the cir cumstances.” Burned into my brain were these three sentences, for they started the train of circumstances that resulted in a terrible tragedy. It was six weeks since that I over- heard Huldah- Evans speak the first, Vane Telford made reply. Then her final words—“my love, my adored one!” She whom I worshiped was a party to a clandestine complication with a rival I had never feared, nor before that even suspected. He had come to the village, a stranger. He had made several calls on Huldah. I was curious, but she nev- er apprised me as to the personality of her new acquaintance nor his mo- tive in visiting her. That vividly re- membered afternoon I was lining a high hedge, surrounding the Evans place when I heard the brief colloquy noted. I had come to the spot with my heart full of hope and love. I left it venge- ful, embittered, my soul immersed in the blackest despair. I wandered towards the narrow but deep rolling stream at the edge of the town, my spirit dazed, my heart dis- tracted. This, then, was the end of it all. She loved another! I flung my- self on the grassy bank, watching the swift eddies just above the waterfall. It was an unfrequented spot for the present, for the old foot bridge had garden humming a low tune. 2 tore down the dim shore, calling madly the name. of the man I had— murdered. Only the sound of the waves, the roar of the falls below, the night bird’s thrill answered me. The void kad opened ‘up and swallowed my rival. Huldah was free, but I—tramp! tramp! tramp! ever the accusing foot- steps, and always behind me, pursu- ing, challenging, accusing! Looking back now I marvel how I passed those dreadful days, those wakeful nights of the two weeks suc- ceding. Twice I had called upon Hul- dah. I was amazed at the fact that she betrayed no anxiety, none of the suspense of a bride expectant whose object of devotion had mysteriously disappeared. My guilt drove me to make my visits brief and constrained, although Huldah seemed glad to see me. She had with her now a cousin, a pale-faced, hopeless-eyed girl, who seemed an invalid, Martha Dawes. No word of the fate of Telford had reached the newspapers. I had lined the river for miles, making cautious inquiries, but with no result. Then one evening those torturing footsteps drove me to a resolution: I would see Huldah once more, confess and leave the place forever. : It was twilight when I reached her home. She sat in a rustic chair in the Miss Dawes, near by, was gazing with sad, far-away eyes at the crescent moon. I leaned over the chair and said to Huldah: “lI wish to tell you something of Vance Telford.” She started, glanced quickly at her guest, and, her finger on her lip, led me to a distance. “What of Mr. Telford?” she chal- lenged, with a certain sternness that . chilled me. “He is dead, and I—am his mur- derer!” And then the words leaped over each other tumultuously as I told my story, i all of it, without reservation. been condemned, as all the regular ° townsmen knew, either side of the stream was block- aded some distance back. There signs were up, warning the approaching driver and pedestrian of peril. I sat in a daze, staring blankly at the rushing waters, madly tempted to plunge beneath their surface and My Manhood Cowered. Hatred, Cow- ardice, Guilt Held Me Spellbound. end’ all my misery. It was getting on toward dusk when a sharp, cheery whistle attracted my attention. There, not fifty yards distant, was Telford. He was warbling a care- less carol, swinging along like a man in love with life, as if he had just heard some joyful news. In a flash I pictured the situation. He, my hated rival, was beloved by Huldah. I was the despised one. A blur of blood passed before my eyes, and then— “He is headed for the bridge—he doesn’t know!” I uttered breathlessly. I started up in wild alarm. In a flash I saw that, making a short cut for the town by an unaccustomed route, Telford had struck into the road at a point ahead of the block- ade. He had missed the danger sign. He had no knowledge of the condition of the bridge. Two days previous a “horse and wagon had gone through the rotted plankway, a great hole gaped in the center of the bridge, and some of the stringers were hang- ing suspended by mere splinters. ’ “Stop—"’ The word died in my throat mean- ingless, for the devil had seized me. What was this wav to me, that I should not allow him to go headlong on his careless way? He had embit- tered my existence, why should I seek to save his life? My manhood cowered. Hatred, cowardice, guilt, held me spell- bound beyond the saving moment. Crash!—a shriek, a splash, a gur- gle, and all was over—all save the footsteps proceeding across the hol- low echoing plankway—tramp! tramp! tramp! ; But now all that was human within me was aroused. In horror I regarded my willful act of crime. I ran to the edge of the bridge, I shouted wildly. a new structure ; being proposed, and the roadway on | She grasped a tree for support, her face a white void. - “Go away!” she faltered, waving her hand distractedly. “I must think— think!” It was all over! She hated me, she despised me! I wandered about aim- lessly, but the influence of fatality drew me to the river. Ever, it seemed, calling to me, for miles I trod its banks, the footsteps—tramp! tramp! tramp!—beating incessantly on my agonized ears. I must have gone several miles, when I drew behind a bush near the shelving shore of the stream to avoid meeting a man progressing slowly with the aid of a cane. mood for companionship. I moved too far, my foot slipped, I went headlong, and was conscious of my head striking the water and a rock at the same time. Then I was insensible. My blood curdled as I regained con- sciousness, for I recognized that the man bending over me had dragged | me to safety, and that man, in form | and substance, Vance Telford! Within an hour I knew all the story of ‘his rescue down the stream, his convalescence, his hegira now to the Evans home. Dawes who loved him, and that Hul- dah had arranged for their clandes- tine marriage because her cousin could not live without him. Her family did not like Telford, nor did Huldah, but it was arranged that Tel- ford was to wed Miss Dawes secretly and then go away and make a man of himself, for he had been a sad profligate. But now I knew the man was in earnest when he told me how his nar- row graze of death had reformed him. Arm in arm we went to the Evans home, to make two anxious hearts happy, for Huldah really loved me. And then—the footsteps died out forever. (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) Napoleon and the Balloon. When Napoleon was a young cadet he went on one occasion to witness the ascent of a balloon in the Champs de Mars. He entered, unperceived, the inclosure which contained the bal- ! loon, which was then very nearly full and about to ascend, and requested the aeronaut to allow him to enter the car. The request however was refused, the reason given being that the feelings of the boy might embar- rass the aeronaut. “Though I am young, I fear neither the powers of earth nor of the air!” Bonaparte is reported to have ex- claimed. On being requested to retire, the little .cadet, enraged at the refusal, drew his sword and, slitting the bal- loon in several places, destroyed the apparatus which had been construct. ed with infinite labor and ingenuity. Such was Napoleon's first and last attempt to ascend in a balloon. Mons Born in Fighting. Mons began fighting, Caesar founded it as a camp and a short time later Cicero's brother sustained a siege by | Ambiorix. Its most famous siege was in 1572, delivered by Frederic of To- ledo, one of the distinguished generals of Alba. The siege lasted from the end of June to the middle of Septem- ber; sorties and relief were vain; the town capitulated under the most hon- orable conditions. In 1691 the Mare- chal de Luxembourg attacked the town, inflicted great damage and forced surrender. In 1709 Marlborough and Prince Eugene attacked and car- ried the town after a siege of 126 days. In 1746 the Prince de Conti laid suc- cessful siege. In 1792 Mons was the first fruit of the Republican victory at Jemmapes, and in 1791 the Austrians were subjected to 2 crushing defeat. I was in no | And then I learned | that it was the sad hearted Miss French, German and Austrian Ani mals Are Taxed More Than English and Russian. Cavalry are playing an unexpected I, large part in he war, andthe weight carried by cavalry horses ip the various armies s of interest. The : British cavalry is armed with the short Lee-Enfleld rifle, the magazine of which holds ten rounds; the sword. which is carried by .11 ranks xcept signalers; and the revolver, carried by warrant officers, staff sergeants. sergeants, trumpeters and ‘rivers Each trooper carries 100 rounds of ammunition in a bandelier aver the left shoulder. Lancer regiments carry the lance. Each cavalryman (like the infantryman) carries and the “iron” ration and a ration for his horse. Then .here is the kit. ‘Al together the British troop-horse car ries about. two hundred and eighty pounds. The regular Russian cavalry are armed with sword, rifle and bayonet. and each man carries 40 rounds of ammunition. There are the two days’ oats and hay ration, a cloak, and an entrenching tool. The cavalryman’s kit, two days’ rations, spare horse- shoes, horse blanket, canvas bucket, and a mess-tin go to form the com: plete equipment, and weigh altogether about one hundred and nineteen pounds. The Cossack pony carries about two hundred and thirty-eight pounds. The average weight carried by the Indian iroop horse when ready for war is about two hundred and six- ty-six pounds. The Austrian troopers carry a weight between two hundred and: eighty and two hundred and eighty-six pounds, and the average in the French and German armies is about the same.—Manchester Guard- 1an FIND CAUSE OF SOURNESS Giant Elephant at New York Zoo Is an Actor and Naturally Tem- peramental. At last Doctor Hornaday and Ray- mond L. Ditmams of the Bronx zoo have found out just why Gunda, in ad- dition to being the largest elephant in captivity, has steadily built up a reputation as the greatest section of elephant hide encasing the largest chunk of temperament in the known world. The answer is easy. Gunda’s tem- perament is due to the fact that Gunda has become an actor. Temperament simply oozed from every pore when Gunda was called forth at long range to pose for the series of moving pic- tures that are being taken of the zoo animals for Curator Ditmars. “Register sweetness and light, there's a good Gunda,” called the mo- vie director as Gunda was led out and the camera began to click. Gunda, missing the cue, instantly | tried to register murder, fire, and sud den death. Doctor Ditmars, who had been in the act of stepping up to Gunda and offering the elephant a loaf of bread, changed his mind and went away from there. The last heard of one of the movie men was in the form of a long yell retreating through Yonkers. But Doctor Ditmars got his pictures of Gunda in the act of being tempera: wental finally, and they are now being shown by Doctor Ditmars these days at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.—New York Sun. War Distances. War, besides being a great leveler, is also a great educator. Places we bad never even heard of previously are now becoming as “familiar in our mouths as household words.” The distances are apt to be somewhat con- fusing unless understood. It ought, however, to be quite easy to remember that a meter measures about one and one-twelfth yards, or more exactly, 39.37 inches. A decameter is 10 me- ters, a hectometer is 100 meters, and a kilometer is 1,000 meters, or a little more than three-fifths of a mile. The Russians express the length of their marches or the distance from place to place in versts. A verst is rather more than a kilometer, the exact dis- tance being 0.66288 of a mile, or be- tween three-fifths and four-fifths of that distance. An Americanized Embassy. The German embassy in Carlton House terrace in London has changed its name to suit the exigencies of the time. It is now labeled legibly “Amer- ican Embassy” on front and chancel- lery doors, and the Prussian black eagle has been removed. By the irony of fate and its lease, it has recently been repainted with the rest of the terrace, and this the Prussian govern- ment will have to pay for sooner or later, or lose the lease.—Pall Mall Ga- zette. Women Police for New Zealand. Women police may shortly be ap- pointed in New Zealand. It was re- cently decided that the government of New Zealand should communicate ' with the governments of countries in which women constables are employed, | and, after considering the information obtained from this source, decide if the fair sex should be appointed to the New Zealand force, I Stresamessenimasiams And No Oslerizing? Insurance authorities find that in the last 50 years the average man has increased his length of life by seven years. At this rate, as may easily be determined, the man of 2917 will live 140 years longer than the man of to- day, in spite of the war. - Sn emergency, t ical Discovery. Thousands have proven Every seventh year, so science teach- es, the vitality of the body is at its low- est. It is then most liable to be attack- ed by disease and less able to fight off such an attack. Just watch the record of deaths in your newspaper columns and note how many people die about forty-nine, the seventh recurring period of seven years. This is the climacteric period of human life. There is no doubt that the body may be fortified against disease, and physical vitality increased by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med- the truth of this statement and have de- clared that they owe their lives to Dr. Pierce’s wonderful “Discovery.” Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are very effect- ive in cleansing the body of foul accu- mulations which promote the develop- ment of disease. Small Soures of National Wealth. Brazil owes her wealth in coffee to a monk who planted two seeds in a monastery garden in Rio de Janeiro in 17564, whence the plauts spread throughout the country. Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Enrich the Blood HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA. A SPRING TONIC MEDICINE, IS NECESSARY. Everybody is troubled at this season with loss. of vitality, failure appetite, that tired feeling, or with bilious turns, dull headach indi- gestion and other stomach troubles, or with pimples and other eruptions on ‘the face and body. The reason is that the blood i is impure and impoverished. Hood's Sarsaparilla relieves all these ailments. It is the old reliable medicine that has stood the test of forty years,— that makes pure, rich, red blood—that strengthens every organ and builds up the whole system. Itis the all-the-year- round blood-purifier and health-giver. Nothing else acts like it, for nothing else _islikeit. Thereis no real subsitute; so be sure to get Hood's. Ask your drug- gist for it today. and begin taking it at once. 60-7 Coal and Wood. | | A. G. Morris, J T, DEALER IN HIGH GRADE | ANTHRACITE, BITUMINOUS | AND CANNEL | | | ! | | COAL} | Wood, Grain, Hay, Straw | and Sand. : ALSO | FEDERAL i STOCK AND POULTRY FOOD | BOTH PHONES. | Yard Opposite } P R.R. Depot. 58-23-1vy following brands of high grade flour: | can be secured. Also International Stock Food % CASTORIA : Bears the signature of Chas.H.Fletcher. In use for over thirty years, and The Kind You Have Always Bought. : a ; , WHAT THE HORSES CARRY Attorneys-at-Law. KLINE WOODRING—Attorney-at-Law, fonte, Pa. Practicesin -all courts - Room 18Crider’s Exchange. 51-1-1y. B. SPANGLER.-Attornev-at-Law. Practices in all the Courts. Consultation in English or German. Office in Crider’s Exchange, Bellefonte, Pa. S S. TAYLOR =Atlomsy and Counsellor at Imam — Law. Office in Temple Court, Belle- fonte, P; kinds usiness at- Meat Market. tended to era of legal b os . H. WETZEL— and Counsellor at Law (Get the Best Meats. Office No fi. Cn dors, Exsange, secu — to promptly. ptly. Consultation in English or German You save or gristly meats, Bp igprons LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE M. KEICHLINE—Attorney-at-La in all the courts. Consul a) Tr south of court house. All professional business will receive prompt _ab- Sul SupINY Hig. SOY amass With the fresh KENNEDY _JOHNSTON—Attorney-at-law BA Da: My prices ate no Bellefonte, 2, Prompt attention given ail higher than poorer meats are e ror 5 East Hivh street. 57-44, I alwavs have GR — DRESSED POULTRY — tation in English and Law. Consul. Game in season, and any kinds of good in Crider’s Exchange, Bellefonte. 58-5 meats you want. TRY MY SHOP. Physicians. P. L. BEEZER, S. gLeNn wD, Ph High Street. 34-34-ly. Bellefonte, Pa. We sae Collage, Centre county. ha * Siice Restaurant. Dentists. ESTAURANT. Bellefonte now has a First-Class Res- taurant where Meals are Served at All Hours Steaks, Cho oasts, Oysters on the hal? shell op any style desired, Sand- and anything eatable, can beled rhea vf bn me. Ts ad a com furnish Soft Drin % plant pr such ae POPS, SODAS, SARSAPARILLA, SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC., for pic-nics, families and the public gener- ally all of which are manuf out of the purest syrups and properly carbonated. C. MOERSCHBACHER, 50-32-1y. High St., Bellefonte, Pa. Flour and Feed. (CURTIS Y. WAGNER, BROCKERHOFF MILLS, BELLEFONTE, PA. Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of- Roller Flour Feed Corn Meal and Grain Manufactures and has on hand at all times the WHITE STAR OUR BEST HIGH GRADE VICTORY PATENT FANCY PATENT DE wheat Pat extra SPRAY and feed of all kinds. All kinds of Grain bought at the office Flour xchanged for wheat. OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET. BELLEFONTE, PA. 7-19 MILL AT ROOPBSURG. LIME AND LIMESTONE. LIME. Lime and Limestone for all purposes. H-O Lime Put up in 40 to 50 Pound Paper Bags. LIME. R. J. E. WARD, D. D., S., office D*! ¥. M,C. A. ioom, et Boat ing teeth. ing oth Scion Cow and Eres wok Pia R. EY ws JATE. 5 Su: Allo: Bush A 2 Pa. 2 years of work of Se. ity and Do Sxetience reasonable Plumbing. Good Health and Good Plumbing GO TOGETHER. When you have dripping steam pipes, leaky water-fixtures, foul sewe , Or escaping as, you can’t have good Health. The air you reathe is poisonous; your system becomes poisoned and invalidism is sure to come. SANITARY PLUMBING is the kind we do. It’s the only kind you ought to have. Wedon’t trustthis work to boys. Our workmen are Skilled Mechanics, no better anywhere, Our Material and Fixtures are the Best Not a cheap or inferior article in our entire establishment. And with good work and the finest material, our Prices are lower than many who give you Tok andl the lowest. grade of the Best Work trv Archibald Allison, Bellefonte, Pa 90% unsani finishings. For Opposite Bush House -- ¢ 56-14-1v. Insurance. JOHN F. GRAY & SON, (Successor to Grant Hoover) : Fire, Life Accident Insurance. This Azone represents the largest Fire Insurance Companies in the World. — NO ASSESSMENTS — Do not fail to give us a call before insuring your Life or Property as we are in position to write large lines at any time. ! Office in Crider’s Stone Building, 43-18-1y. BELLEFONTE. PA. American Lime & 58-28-6m for use with drills or spreader, is the econom- ical form most careful farmers are using. - High Calcium Central Pennsylvania I.ime Operations at Bellefonte, Tyrone, Union Furnace, Frankstown and Spring Meadows, Pa Stone Company., General Office: TYRONE, PA. . Groceries. Groceries. Fruits, Confectionery and FINE GROCERIES. | Oranges, Lemons and Bananas are standard all season fruits. We are now receiving new crop Florida and California Valencia varieties of sweet fruit at 30c, 40c, 50c and 60c per dozen. Lemons 30c and 40c per dozen. Bananas 15c, : 20c and 5c per dozen. Nice Grape Fruit at 5c each. New crop California Prunes 12c, 15¢ and 18c per pound. New Evap- orated Peaches 10c, 12c and 15c. Apricots 18c, 20 and 25¢. per pound. All fine fruit. Creamery’ Butter from the Fox. River (Illinois) Creameries. Finest Meadow Gold Brand 42c per pound. New California Walnuts and : Oysters omic from the shell—We do not handle any Baltimore tub Oysters SECHLER & Bush House Block, ' - - | “legal stands 57-1 Evaporated and Dried Corn, very fine, new goods, 15c and 25¢1b. We are always ready to fill orders for our own make of Mince Meat. It is the only goods on the market that has the full portion of beef in it and in general merit far - above any other brand. Cranberries, solid red fruit at 10 * and 12c. per quart. We use the dry” quart meas- ure—there is a difference. Buy some of our fine cheese and compare it with other goods. Our Olives are large and oF the the very finest flavor at 40c per Burnett’s and Knight's De Crosse & Blackwell’s Table Vinegar in bottles. Durkee’s Salad Dressing. If you want a fine, sweet, juicy Ham, let. us supply you. COMPANY, Bellefonte, Pa. The Preferred Accident Insurance es. THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY PREMIUM $12 PER YEAR, { pavable quarterly if desired. Larger or smallera amounts in ia proportion {EE Sin Years of a Sling house 0 under this policy. Fi ire Insurance H. E. FENLON, © 5021. Agent, Bellefonte, Pa, Fine Job Printing. ———— eet _ | FINE JOB PRINTING o0—A SPECIALTY——0 AT THE WATCHMAN OFFICE. Sina STI gpl te BOOK WORK, not do in most satis- - oman pa all on or
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