Bellefonte, Pa., May 7, 1920.
——
THE SONG OF A LASS.
sis Spring o’ the year—the whole world’s
a-bloom;
There’s n carpet of green from
Earth’s loom.
Granny
The curlew calls far—the rooks circle
high—
And the wisp of a moon hangs low in the
sky.
Oh, the fair things I see and the a
songs I hear!
For love wakes my heart at the Spring o’
the year.
Tis the Full o’ the
blown;
The lambs are full fleeced and the fledg-
lings are flown.
trostle’s note
winds croon,
And kisses hang ripe at the full of the
moon.
Oh, there's little I'm wanting—there’s lit-
tle I fear
For my heart is as full as the Full of the
year.
year—the roses are
The lingers, the summer
Tis the Dole o' the year—there’s naught
left of her giving;
Earth is bare of her yield, Life is drain-
ed of her living.
The turf smoke blows east and the turf
smoke blows west
But the breath of my longing knows little
of rest.
A moment I catch it—the better to hear
The song that was mine at the Spring o’
the year.
SOMEBODY’S MOTHER.
The figure of a woman sat crouched
forward on one of the lowermost steps !
of the brownstone dwelling which was |
keeping a domestic tradition in
al ians.
street mostly gone to shops and small |
restaurants and local express-offices. |
The house was black behind its closed | to 9 home,
shutters, and the woman remained sit- |
ting there because no one could have |
eome out of its door for a year past
to hunt her away. The neighborhood |
policeman faltered in going by, and |
then he kept on. The three people |
who came out of the large, old-fash- |
joned hotel, half a block off, on their
way for a dinner to a French table
d’hote which they had heard of, stop-
ped and looked at the woman. They
were a father and his son and daugh-
ter, and it was something like a fam-
ily instinct that controlled them, in
their pause before the woman crouch- |
ing on the steps.
It was the early dusk of a December
day, and the day was very cold. “She
seems to be sick or something,” the
father vaguely surmised. “Or asleep.”
The three looked at the woman, but |
they did nothing for a moment. They |
would rather have gone on, but they |
waited to see if anything would hap-
pen to release them from the spell
that they seemed to have laid upon
themselves. They were conditional
New-Yorkers of long sojourn, and it"
was from no apparent motive that
the son wore evening dress, which his
unbuttoned overcoat discovered, and
on opera-hat.
He would not have!
dressed so for that problematical
French table d’hote; probably he was
going on later to some society affair.
He now put in effect the father’s im- |
pulse to go closer and look at the
woman.
ed.
“Shouldn’t you think she would take
cold? She will get her death there.
Oughtn’t we to do something?” the
daughter asked, but she left it to the
father, and he said:
“Probably somebody will come by.”
“That we could leave her to?” the
daughter pursued.
“She seems to be asleep,” he report- |
“We could do that without waiting,”
the son commented.
“Well, yes,” the father assented;
but they did not go on. They waited,
helplessly, and then somebody came
by. It was a young girl, not very:
definite in the dusk, except that she
was unmistakably of the working
class; she was simply dressed, though
with the New York instinct for
clothes.
seemed to stay her involuntarily, and
after a glance in the direction of their
gaze, she asked the daughter.
Their having stopped there
“Is she sick, do you think?” |
“We don’t know what’s the matter.
But she oughtn’t to stay there.”
Something velvety in the girl’s
voice had made its racial quality sen-
sible to the ear; as she went up to the
crouching woman and bent forward
over her and then turned to them, a:
street lamp threw its light on her
face, and they saw that she was a
light shade of colored girl.
“She seems to be sleeping.”
“Perhaps,” the son began, “she’s
not quite—” But he did not go on.
The girl looked round at the others
and said, “She must be somebody’s
mother!”
The others all felt abashed in their
several sorts and degrees, but in their
several sorts and degrees they all de-
cided that there was something ro-.
mantic, sentimental, theatrical in the |
girl’s words, like something out of
some cheap story paper story.
The father wondered if that kind of
thing was current among that kind of
people.
|
|
He had a sort of aesthetic
pleasure in the character and condi-
tion expressed by the words.
“Well, yes,” he said, “if she has,
children, or has had.”
The girl look- |
ed at him uncertainly, and then he’
added, “But of course—"
The son went up to the woman
again, and asked: “Aren’t you well ?
Can we do anything for you? If
won't do to stay here, you know.” The
woman made only a low murmur, and
he said to his sister, “Suppose we get
her up.”
His sister did not_ come forward
promptly, and the cSlored girl said,
“711 help you.”
She took one arm of the woman and
the son took the other, and they lifted
her, without her connivance, to her
feet and kept her on them. Then they
walked her down the steps. On the
level below she showed taller than
either of them; she was bundled up in
different incoherent wraps; her head
was muffled, and she wore a battered
bonnet at an involuntary slant.
«T don’t know exactly what we shall
do with her,” the son said.
“We ought to get her home some-
how,” the daughter said.
sclf, but he enjoyed his son’s doing it | The father murmured to himself in their momentary relation to it pearance and disappearance of the - > :
in evening dress and opera-hat, with | the lines: | would naturally be without interest. kind colored girl, with her tag of sen- — Subscribe for the “Watchman.
REASURER’S SALE OF UNSEATED LANDS FOR NON-PAY- Acr. Per. Warrantee Name Owner's Name Taxes & Costs | Acr. Per. Warrantee Name Owner's Name Taxes & Costs
MENT OF TAXES FOR 1918 AND 1919. 400 Brown, Wm..... A. Burkott.........c...ee. ee. 19.72 | 433 Slough, James....... Eva ShArer............i 0.0:
m=g— 400 Patterson, Robt. A. Burkett........ceceeeessss 19.72 | 433 __ Slough, George...... Davis M. Ellis
Agreeable to the provisions of the law relating to the sale of un- 400 Patterson, Robt...... Realty Bstates............... 19.72 | 433 153 Slough, George...... CRIVIN BHATEr......isonresers
seated lands for the non-payment of taxes, notice is hereby given that OWARD T NSHID 433 153 Siddens, Eleanor.... Thos. H. Litz & Robert
there will be exposed to public sale or outcry the following tracts or HOWARD TOW ton 30.13
parts of tracts of unseated lands in Centre county, Pennsylvania, for 104 163 Brady, John......... Realty Estates............... 9.60 | 433 Smith, Mary......... J."W. Thomas...... 91.35
taxes due and unpaid thereon, at the Court House in the Borough of HUSTON TOWNSHIP 433 153 Turner, Daniel...... Brown & Dyer.............:: 39.13
Bellefonte, on Monday, Jume 14th, 1920, at 1 o'clock p. m, and to con- = Sil 6 Unknown ..... i. 0 4. R. Pringle & Eve Sharer.. 8.10
tinue from day to day, if necessary by adjournment, until all are sold: | 226 Unknown ......eses. J. A, Mattern... ..........c.. 70.36 a0 Wilson, William Ramey Water Cor renssvss 3293
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP arton, Kearney..F. P. Blair.................. /
BENNER TOWNSHIP 151 Hamilton, Archey...Sarah T. Gibbs.............. 7.34 SPRING TOWNSHIP
Acr. Per. Warrantee Name Owner's Name Taxes & Costs | 343 Hayes, Moiie inns Himer Peters, ... ieee 14.09 00 oa > a
50 Lingle, J. J...:....: J. Wells Smith $ 702 1H Hess, Geo, G........ Tato Coal Co. oti hae, 15.19 | 100 Wilson, William.....Mrs. May Brooks............ 9.87
150 UNKNOWN .....ee- ...H. C. Robinson.. 7.22 25 Jackson, John....... A Burkeif......c.vorencrres 1978 | 12 Wilson, William. ... William _Bilger.............. 6.50
reves : : arog | 20 Wilson, William..... Charles Bilger............... 4.26
NSHIP 400 Leach, Martha.......A. Burkett................... 27.261 2 q ; 0
BOGGS TOW an Parsons, Thos C...Sarah T. Gibbs.............. 614 | 27 Unknown ........... Charles Bilger............... RE
400 Carscadden, D.......A. Burkett................... 29.59 175 Quigley, Jas. A..... Yate Coal CO. cxirss viveras 1308) Unknown ........... J. Wells Smith Est.......... 21.52
5. 3 rr Martha.....A. DUrKeelL. sie v0 0eve0ss0000000 Ja
i 13 Godfrey, Martha. ...3. BUC oy i Farsi 1788 MARION TOWNSHIP SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP
431 40 Hood, Moses....... Y. 5 Tong & J.B. Purst.... 1774 J Allison. Wn......... Franklin Weight... 5.22 | 412 Carscadden, D....... Fred W. Thompson.......... 20.41
300 McCoy Frank....... F.P. Blair.......cicccissene 23.72 125 Jackson. Jeremiah...H. H. & W. F. Berr 13.62 | 412 44 Carscadden, D....... W. D: Zerby... ci ee nssinssii .60
50 Packer & Lucas..... A.D. Lueas.....covaricavrees 4.07 100 Laird, Myethey ee W. a: Sooke. g21 $2 44 Carsenaden, Dos ¥ Ds Zoey ny ae ed ry ah So
3 B88 McKinney, J. M..... 3. oyer. 5. alton. ugh... Lato Coa 3. seh ee
BURNSIDE TOWNSHIP 13 McKinney, J. M..... Geo. Kaufman.. 8.58 | 434 Dalton: Hugh. .... Kato. Coal €o....:cuursvress iT.
415 Baron, John......... Kato Coal Co........cevvenen 21.83 24 McKinney, J. M..... Samuel Eby Hst 5.22 | 434 Dobson, James...... Kato Coal Co........:...... 50.47
i 1; of 433 163 Barkelley, John..... H. 8. Taylor.......... ..... 12.93 60 Yeager. Simon....... W. L. Cooke. 6.27 | 434 Dobson, Samuel. .... Kato Coal Co. ...... ll... 50.47
f3 of 337 121 Bell, Willlam........H. 8. TaVIOL....ccoverrse-nss 11.79 60 Yeager, Simon....... W. 1. Cooke... vw 9.42 | 433 Eddy, George........ Rito 00a] C0. sirsnsois nes 54.78
415 Canby, Bl.... Kato Coal C.........ovcesrsnss 21.83 1-5 of 433 164 Fisker, James C....Mary Saylor Fearon...... 11.32
1, of 433 153 Donnelson, Jn ..H. 8. Taylor........ 12.93 MILES TOWNSHIP 1-5 of 433 163 Fisher, Sam’l W....Mary Saylor Fearon......... 11.32
i, of 433 163 Gray, William ..Realty Istates..... 8.08 200 Brady, John......... A Burkett Uh. Hale, James I....... EAto Coal Csr ir ia seine vole 46.17
433 163 Greaves, Alex. . Kato Coal Co....... 22.68 550 Cooper, Wm......... Mrs. BE. A. Manning. ..r....» Hale, James I....... Kato Coal C0..ss:rreesvsei 46.17
155 80 Guerney, Fran ..H. Perkins Meyer.. 6.96 195 Dorsey, John........ J. TR. ThomDRON... .-cere-ss Holt, Edgar......... Kato Coal CO............... 37.56
1-6 of 433 163 Hall, Henry.........A. Burkett................... 6.38 ag Deering, Christ...... Jas. Buckingham............ Jones, Richard...... Louise Hoy Clark........... 17.08
433 163 Hall, Nancy.. A. Burkett...........ocoeee 16.85 "12 Hall, Chas.......... VF BIR sn ih nie 153 Linn, Samuel........ Kato Coal Co 2.50.01 0.0, 40.49
140 Harris, Henry W. A. Thomas Bst.......... 943 5 a W. H. MUSSer: to nstecrvrve Lewis, Loewis....... A. Burkett ,.. cet revssinnses 49.57
9.3 of 433 163 Hall, Washington Realty BEstates........ccooee. 16.50 405 Yioutel. Wh... os ood TM. Heinle, and McManus. James... Kato Col CO......ccoonerrnrs 40.49
7, of 433 163 Irwin, John.........H. 8. Taylor.....ccooeeenenes 10.88 050 Jackson, Jeremiah...A. Burkett............cc..... Morgan, Benjamin...Kato Coal Co............... 40.49
i, of 433 163 Irwin, Matthi ..H.'S. Taylor..........c....- 10 88 7q0 Parker, Wm......... John R. THOmpSON.......... Mitchell, N. J....... Kato Coal CD... ro siasnsses 50.48
i; of 433 163 Johnson, Francis....H. 8. Taylor................ 10 88 “99 Shaeffer, Michael... W. F. Smith................. 153 Milliken, M. F...... Kate Coal Co............... 50.48
is, of 433 163 Jackson, Jeremiah... A. Burkett.............oe00nn 8.08 710 UNKNOWN oo veer nn B. F. Shaffer........ .x:ennvh Martin, Alex........A. Burkett...........ccoce0nn 37.56
i, of 433 163 Kerwin. Wm. D.....H. 8 TAYIOr. coceerrsrrsnses 10.40 195 Wharton, Moore. .... YR THOmMpPRON +s a vvsivies North, Joseph.......A. Burkett........ 40.49
314 Long, J. Z... Kato Coal Co......oovenveee 17.27 315 Williams, Daniel....T. G. Crownover............ 153 Parker. Wm......... Kato Coal Co (6.83
379% Lewis, David Kato Coal Co.........cconee 20.20 150 Young, Benjamin....A. Burkett..........-cceceess 81. Parker, Jeremiah... W. D. Zerby... ..cosseuesiane 40.14
1, of 130 153 Lenox, David.. H. S. Taylor.......coveevnnes 5.65 Parker, Jeremiah....F. P. Blair........coovvnenes 21.65
433 163 Morris, Joseph. Kato Coal Co.....oevveeeeens 22.67 PATTON TOWNSHIP 144 Riley, ‘John......... A Burkett. 63.39
1, of 433 153 McPherson. Wm.....}. S. Taylor.......co.voveeee 8.04 20 Diehl, Adam......... Y.P. Blair.........conitvss 163 Summers, Andrew...C. I. Confer................. 43.59
O'Brian, Michael H. S. Taylor............ cern. 895 18 100 Diehl, Nicholas Sr.W. T. McCormick. 163 Tellman, Benj....... Kato Col C0... .cvsririsnss 49.61
1 of 243 153 O'Brian, Michael H. 8. Taylor....... ...c.e.. 858 10 Diehl, Nicholas Sr.Dani 1 I. Johnson.. "Pompkins, Jas. P...W. C. Heinle Est............ 25.50
433 163 Panclost. Samuel Kato Coal Co........000eesee 22.67 108 Diehl, Nicholas Sr.Jno. I. Thompson Est vanDyke, Henry....S. P. Pringle & Eve Sharer.. 35.83
1, of 283 163 Pettit, Chas..... H. S. Taylor.......coeeveess 9.49 65 Diehl, Nicholas Sr..Jno. I. Thompson Est 163 Valentine, A. S..... Kato Coftl CO..ovs-srivrveves 49.61
216 163 Parker, Jeremiah 128 21 Diehl, Nicholas Sr..J. Thomas itchell 153 Wharton, Moore..... Kato Conl 00... cccsvevnass 86.80
433 163 Rugg, John.. 22.67 150 Diehl, Nicholas Sr..W. G. Runkle............... 153 Wharton. Eliz....... Kato Coa) €C0..v.-. iv. ns 40.49
415 Shymn. John. E08 PENN TOWNSHIP = 126 Yahns Poche. oro Mary Javier Fearon. ....s... iy
1 I , 3 . 3: srs, Robert..... BECO... veneers 4
a m 1 a ve 13.11 120 20 Hamilton, Thos..... David & Henry Stoner...... 5.64 | 443 153 Wotton, rR Coal Co. ii. 40.49
1% of 123 Wheeler, Henry..... 865 2-3 of 400 Swineford, Geo...... Auman & Alexander......... 14.62 | 433 153 Wahn, Rebecea...... Kato (GORE CO.svi- his iomsnives 77.67
CURTIN TOWNSHIP J POTTER TOWNSHIP 415 ‘Wahn, Richard...... A. Burkett... ......cconseensics 38.87
N.:L... J.» J. M. Heinle........cccovenes 28.54 400 Cogswell, D......... A. Burkett... cov. sivess crises oa 21.95 TAY
ie Svs ’ Hy SEE J. Ellis. HATVEY.. 1 r:seenssr 7.22 60 100 Felmlee, Mose W. FB Bradiord. os inven 15) Aosholt rox Tow mr Est 6.61
115 Brooks, Jesse........J. Ellis Harvey.............. 37.15 400 Forbes, James Realty Estates.......... eevee 2005100 AD By aT Ee 1 ti oma LST, vow raises 19.65
415 Brooks, Jesse........d. M. Heinle................. 37.15 400 Harrison, Wm A BUrkeIt. ..icvcnvrvrns one 21.95 | Jo EI meN. ie WI means 1%
119 Carscadden, D....... AD. Lucas... cosssliion 12.96 400 Levy, Daniel.. Peter Smith.................. 21.95 434 Nort Jom-} se via ee Nee Rt OR Li rie 339%
208 DeHaven, Peter..... Kato Coal CO..........cveees 28.70 42 Moore, Jame Charles Bilger............... 8.77 | 133 2 Pp he mer no RT Poa ag Sire vinags 5348
294 Bruce, Chas.......... LS NORATH. 2 ors an aud seinies 14.87 40 Unknown .... AL Auman... i... 5.00 | 9a 153 ETRner Be Tyree , JoPrunen Wake cveeneents 5s
311 Evans, Cadwallader. Kato Coal CO....o.eovuinee.. 42.07 100 Young, Samuel...... Wm. P. Woods.............. 5.57 | gag He Boaonos nT Thor OL re 2918
15 Elliot, Wm. Kato Com Co... 0. i... 56.42 3 signe, W.... 5. J. [Dhomas BSt.......0.s Das
i A i ee 55.05 RUSH TOWNSHIP {12s Thomas, Jno. W.. Joli W. Thomas oo... p01
115 Gilbert, Wm ..Centre Brick & Clay Co..... 56.42 40 10 Atherton Richard...David M. Ellis........ bars in 36.72 | 179 Tomas In OW Toe ali £60
433 163 Hale, Thoma cvdB. C. Confer.....ocoeceeneres 81.8¢ 390 110 Arthur, Ann.... Wm. C. Heinle Est.......... 35.47 | 100 Wilson. mn. SD. RIRir 12.65
202 Irwin, Robert. A BUrRett. seater ssid see 27.06 52 Bowman, Joseph. Chaney M. Thompson....... 11.75 | “go Wallace Thomas. ... Realty Estates Ferns nities 11.90
133 Kelso, Rebecca......Centre Brick & Clay Co..... 60.52 433 153 Brenner, Daniel..... Christ Sharer Est........... 39.131 °° 1 nN rr rrsilnerrnay :
403 Kelso, Rebecca......! J. Ellis Harvey............. . 5232 393 153 Chestnut, Samuel....Christ Sharer Est........... 35.90 UNION TOWNSHIP
480 Kelso, Joseph Ignatz Martin............... 62.16 40 Chestnut, Samuel Christ Sharer Bst............ 6.44 | or) Deal. A Wm. I Brow 1847
400 Long, B..... A Burkett. ico. seriinee sh vee. 3DO2 400 Copenhaver, Jno....A. Burkett................... 36.50 1 <0 Pr Wii: wo 00 Arover soren ans case ed
207% Lowns, Caleb........ Kato Coal CO........cc0vnt .. 29.36 433 153 Dentler, Jacob.......Christ Sharer Est........... 39.13 | 0 y ripen Wo. BP De i A 251
207 Longstreth, Isaac...Kato Coal Co............... 29.26 311 Eberman, Philip.....Clifford Barbee.............. 28.89 sher, Wm. Gh... OTA Js; (JUSKOT, . cvnives suissn as
“70 Mason, John S...... Kato Coal CO...oovvvviennnns 8.86 433 153 Rdwards, Thomas...Mrs. A. J. Steinman......... 74.95 WALKER TOWNSHIP
14 Mitchell, M. J....... Clement Gardner............. 4.20 433 163 Ehler, Daniel.... Christ Sharer Est........... 39.13 =
100 Smith, Peter........ Bowers & Leathers.......... 11.32 433 153 Fitzgerald, Daniel...Christ Sharer Est........... 39.13 | 190 159 Evans, Jesse......... Joseph H. Long Est........ 6.16
415 Taylor, Joseph...... RET Mani, c..cuvescoevies 37.15 50 ¥reneh, Edward.....S BR. Pringle................ 11.41 (211 98 Gilbert. Wm......... Realty Estates....... 6.51
¢ Wahn, Richard...... Kato Cot] CO..consrsvrrvenes 23.62 of 433 153 Graff, Sebastian.....James F. Stott.............. 03.84 | 69 Hahn, Peter.........Joseph H. Long 4.24
133 163 White, James....... J. Ellis Harvey.........ocunt 74.46 of 433 153 Graff, Sebastian.....John Smutzinge 93.84 | 100 McKee. Samuel...... B. F. Shaffer L501
160 Willis Jonathan 433 Gundaker, John.....David M. Ellis. 39.04 | 500 McEwen, Henry..... A. Burkett. . 20.05
(West_End)....... Centre Brick & Clay Co..... 29.36 216 156 Grant, Thomas...... David M. Ellis.. 21.27 | -92 Parker, Jeremiah....B. F. Shaffer 6.35
1.5 of 160 Willis Jonathan.....Mary S$. Tearon.............. 512 216 156 Hamilton. Thomas.. David M. Ellis. 21.27] 91 Parker. Richard Jains B. F. Shaffer 6.17
433 163 Harris. Wm. P...... E. J. Praper Est 74.95] 99 Swansey, Wm....... Arthur C. Dal 5.15
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP 433 153 Hamilton, Hugh.....A. Burkett........ 309.13 | 192 Warden. Jeremiah...B. F. Shaffer...... 9.61
100 Burchfield, Wm..... W. G. Runkle................ 6.56 431 100 Harris, John P...... W. C. Heinle Est. 309.13 | 88 Wickersham, Amos..Joseph H. Long Est... 6.10
100 Hall, John........... E. E. Ellenberger............ 9.02 433 153 Irvin, Robert........ Mrs. A. J. Steinma 74.95 ORTH TO SHI
36 47 McCullough, Thos... W. G. Runkle............... 5.71 % of 433 153 Irvin, Robert........ E. 57.04 Ww WN Ap
+ TOWNSHIP 33 153 Jordon. Owen....... Christ Sharer Est 30.13 23 Climer, Henry....... John I. Thompson........... 9.96
GRECO 433 153 Jenkins, W. R E. 7405 | 223 HH rnorn. Jaen, be © BUT os bess creer 0.04
141 11 Ackert, Wm......... J. F.Kline..........c.c..... 8.82 396 Jordon ’ Benjamin. ..A. 35.96 300 Hawthorn, James...John I. Thompson.... 20.93 |
17 Lnknows Ly 1.5. Crownoyer Ski tns Be aia 3% 100 King, Robert..... Realty Estates 11.41 | 776 Sonn, Cen & Math. Superior Sitfen Brick C Ba
50 nKNoOwn .......ce00 Samuel Decker........ce00000 hy 43° 162 Tice, JONM. os ovsesniss i 20.13 | 15 gird; A. B......;.. YI tse nn 02
300 Unknown ..... arevsoSamuel DeCRer...... es cxyy 184 Soe 147 Lathrop, Wm. A... W. C. Heinle Est 33.81 | 260 Lawson, Geo......... John I. Thompson.. 23458
50 Unknown ........... Brown Est..........coceeeeen 4 15 Lawrence Casper....Christ Sharer Est. 4.391330 Maryland, Jasper....John I. Thompson... 22.71
HAINES TOWNSHIP 433 153 Lowen, Richard..... Christ Sharer Est. 39.13 | 174 Miles, Samuel....... John I. Thompson 96.40
Black, J Spangler & Smith 15.03 418 153 Lawrence Casper....Christ Sharer Est. 37.37] 18 Mifflin, John.........J John I. Thompson. 13.80
286 Hae a AMES. coven 2p DE et men 11.32 Y% of 433 153 Morgan, R. B....... EB. rist..... 3 Ross, John........+ John I. Thompson. 8.22
16 I rane HB... Spangler & Smith 9.31 1 of 433 153 Musser, John........ BE. ’ 57. Swanswick, John....John I. Thompson 57.36
135 oer a 40 5 Eisenhuth. 11.32 294 163 Malone, Richard.....F. is | Singer, John........ John I. Thompson.. 4.90
200 Gratz, Simon........ ar de Tals sinieie "D4 163 Malone, Richard.....F. : 16. Shippen, Wm. J..... John I. Thompson.. 29.23
HALFMOON TOWNSHIP 433 i Mover, Jaeeh., aay. D H. Hastings & Orvis ¥ Ow aid seas Fiz P. 2
9 15. cCommond, Jno....F. 1: istar, Daniel.......d A son... 3.
a" Sie, Rona ar or LOMO ite gt 0 153 Pinkerton. Henry...Christ Sharer Est ; Wistar. Wm......... John I. Thompson....... 38.73
117 Thompson Jno. I...John I. Thompson.......... 17.16 117 Phillips, Hardman..David M. Ellis . Winning, Wilbur.... Wilbur Winning............. 7.93
131 Unknown Nie, J. Fowler... iiussens 482 1 of 133 153 Peters, Richard.....E. 8. Christ..... ! FRA
Jeli 433 153 Reed, Thomas.......Mrs. A, J. Steinman......... 39.13 L.. NK MAYES,
HARRIS TOWNSHIP 218 89 Rainey, Robert.... .F. P. Blair.................. 21.20
400 Andree, Absolom....A. Burkett................... 19.72 406 Snyder, Barbara.....Christ Sharer Est........... 36.79 | 65-19-6t County Treasurer.
= wal i 5.55| Harry Solt 4.31
REASURER’S SALE OF SEAT-|Jos. Green Bst.—Lot......... 22.92 Mrs. Pearl Shank—1.......... 8.71]. M. Houtz—Lot............. 25.78 J. 0. Robins—Lot............ 5.55 Solt...o.oveiiiieiienns :
| ED LANDS.—At the same|Susan Miles—Lot............. 13. COLLEGE TOWNSHIP John M. Robb—296........... 39.378. 8S. JOOS, 1 Sa 0 oun Ter tiiwirsaaanise =
time and place as given in MILLHEIM BORO. Rhoda Dillen—Lot 4 HOWARD TOWNSHIP, | Mrs. as. ngfor 35 * Melchiskey....... seers fg
the Treasurer's Sale of Unseated B BJ DORTT EO stein 100 Mary Confer—92.............. 23 40| Jake Solliman........ 7.9 TAYLOR TOWNSHIP
Lands will be sold the following Be, & Ms Ry 1190/3 D. Campbell—Lot.......... LY onee Bow Acker... “rsold; L. Whitehead IS g.28lChristine Stiner—28. ...
ahaa ate ea FESERPEY > aD. cyanate ¥ 8 Veo 9917" \W Est 3
Dates tte following PHILIPSBURG BORO. Lynn From—Lot............. 4.00 HUSTON TOWNSHIP _ Emma Fishert—Lot 1774 fi Shopies Jist—63,
districts respectively, for the years| Nellie Ziegler—Lot 5.45 Geo: Gummo—Lot............ 4.00/F. D. Byers..165............ . 2445 Harry Harper—I1.... 10433 ory Boyles—T76. . .
1918 and 1919, to the Commission-|Foste: NE aol ary 577 W. Grauer—Lot.............. 4.00| Martha Gill Est—House & Lot 5.46 Harry Hamilton—Lot 15.8 FREY Keunedy—68
of Centre county, for non-pay- RO Rha It. tinue. 3.11 Mrs. Elmer Graham—Lot..... 4.00|0liver Irwin—Lot............. 747 James Homer. ...... 12.85 Goldie Tong—50
or Off taxes, according to the pro-|Noble i BT ne Lt re 001k. R. Richardaseb, dare 5.46| Mercantile Realty C 5.04| Surah Rhoads—40
visions of the several Acts of As- John SrrachamTot, cerns. 144 re 4.00 sna LEIBERTY TOWNSHIY 29.30 Jaan De tu 24 io. Woomer Wst
sembly relative to the sale of seal-| gourH PHILIPSBURG BORO. [William Rickert—Lot......... 4.000ri" i Wes Bit—®.......-- 105.07 David Bailey 6 George Durns-63.
ed lands for taxes: Robert Hudson—Lot......... 4.85| Nellie Shirk—Lot............ 4.00 MARION TOWNSHIP {7. B. Beam.. 86.00] FY Cr PEEPRE RE R RE .
BELLEFONTE BORO Anna Tipton Est—House 25 ert Ah $00 Jind SAR ww iy 1" ao John Coors S55 UNION TOWNSHIP
, iv h Lots. our us . » 21s Reuben Frantz 2.37 por—190. ..... xs
Owner f zm ot Taxes noi oe CURTIN TOWNSHIP Bavid PATTON TOWNSHIP 3 Gotlett Furster. 71 Sra jlooyer ET
KPRLAE Hr OS BENNER TOWNSHIP J. Watson Lueas—38......... 20.3 Hs an ovo & Tot... A oiPred Gressamt. oy. rr 190 sThert Peters—b....«ssnansers
Poter Conway Bst—Lot...... 23.41|Klinger Bst.—Lot............ 3.67|Joseph Packer Bst—f 22.500. A. Ellis 19.26 SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP WALKER TOWNSHIP
Susan Fogleman Est._Lot... 14.78|John Bressler Est Lot... 52 Danie) gel I 16.69 POTTER TOWNSHIP (James Culver......veevininsss 26.30 Lizzie Grubb—House & Lot... 697
Ae es 205.88| 7 ¢°P a eniT: 35IN, J. Packer—3%.. 6.87|B. D. Brishin & Co.—140..... gop el Fee ue ee oh
J. Howard Lingle Est—Lots.. 2470 : sjHannah I. Packer 17.85idokn 'Y. Glasgow Hsioq. 0 6.51 robert Lucas Est... ......c.. 96.59 McCoy '& Tinn--Oré’ rights... 103774
CK, McCafferty Est—Lot... 25.27 Harry Quick—2........0000000 4.07|Rliza Foringer—6.... 17.4 RUSH TOWNSHIP | Torn Miller Est 531.30
hig Joseph Green Est.—100....... 17.12 Joseph Long Est—436. 18.99 wasn A a 120 L F k M :
MILESBURG BORO Raymond Jueas ot cesersediie So David JeCioskey Est 7 040 3 iE Postelmight halides iianie 2 35/E1an: ish Besidess. die, desi» go . Fran ayes,
3 ol ofl 8 8 Tost —-300......0000¢ ; ary McCloskey Es 5 04d 4 )§ BY erica resssnrernens GRY C bi to . :
A mi De Obs vs 10 Lay verdana 7.56 Clement Gardner........ 5.40|George Richards.............. 3.81 James C. Lucas 22.1 County Treasurer.
sment Dale—Lot,.....coees . |
Es
The father proposed nothing, but
the colored girl said, “If we keep
walking her along, we'll come to a po-
liceman and we can—"
A hoarse rumble of protest came
from the muffled head of the woman,
and the girl put her ear closer. “Want
to go home? Well, the policeman will
take you. We don’t know where you
live, and we haven’t the time.”
The woman seemed to have nothing
to say further, that they began walk-
ing her westward; the colored girl
supported on one hand and the son, in
his evening
the other.
The daughter followed in a vague
anxiety, but the father went along,
enjoying the anomaly, and happy in
his relish of that phrase, “She must
be somebody’s mother.” It now
sounded to him like a catch from one
of those New York songs, popular in
the order of life where the mother
represents what is best and holiest.
Heo recalled a vaudeville ballad with
the refrain of “A Boy’s Best Friend is
His Mother,” which, when he heard it
in a vaudeville theatre, threatened the
gallery floor under the applauding
feet of the frenzied audience. Prob-
ably this colored girl belonged to that
order of life; he wished he could know
her social circumstances and what hex
outlook on the greater world might
be. She seemed like a kind creature,
poor thing, and he respected her.
| «gomebody’s mother”—he liked that.
They all walked westward, aimless-
ly, except that the table d’hote where
they had meant to dine was in that di-
rection, they had heard of it as an
amusingly harmless French place, and
they were fond of such mild adven-
tures.
The old woman contributed nothing
to the definition of their progress. She
stumbled and mumbled along, but be-
tween Seventh Avenue and Eighth
che stubbornly arrested her guard-
i “She says’—the colored grl
translated some obscure avowal
across her back—“she says she wants
and she lives up in Har-
em.
“Oh, Well, that’s good,” the father
said, with an optimistic amiability.
«We'd better help her across to Ninth
Avenue and put her on a car, and tell
the conductor where to let her off.”
He was not helping walk her him-
|
|
i
dress and opera-hat, on
'
|
i
|
|
that kind colored girl on the other side
of the mother; the composition was
agreeably droll. The daughter did
not like it, and she cherished the ideal
of a passing policeman to take the old
woman in charge.
No policeman passed, though great
numbers of other people met them
without apparently finding anything
noticeable in the spectacle which their
group presented. Among the crowds
going and coming on the avenues
which they crossed scarcely any turn-
ed to look at them, or was moved by
the sense of anything odd in them.
The old woman herself did nothing
to attract public notice till they were
midway between Seventh and Eighth
avenues. She mumbled something
from time to time which the colored
girl interpreted to the rest as her
continued wish to go home. She was
now clearer about her street and num-
ber. The girl, as if after question of
her own generous spirit, said she did
not see how she could go with her;
she was expected at home herself.
“Qh, you won’t have to go with her;
we'll just put her aboard the Ninth
Avenue car,” the father encouraged
her. He would have encouraged any
one; he was enjoying the whole affair.
At a certain moment, for no appar-
ent reason, the mother decided to sit
down on a door-step. It proved to be
the door-step of a house where from
time to time colored people—some-
times of one sex, sometimes of anoth-
er—went in or came out. The door
seemed to open directly into a large
room where dancing and dining were
going on concurrently. At a long ta-
ble colored people sat eating, and be-
{ hind their chairs on both sides of the
room and at the ends of the table col-
ored couples were waltzing.
The effect was the more curious be-
cause, except for some almost inaudi-
ble music, the scene passed in silence. |
Those who were eating were not visi-
bly incommoded by those revolving at
their backs; the waltzers turned soft-
ly round and round, uninterrupted by
the table now before them now behind
them. When some of the diners or
dancers came out, they stumbled over
the old woman on the door-step with-
out minding or stopping to inquire.
Those outside, when they went in, fell
| over her with like equanimity and
joined the strange company within.
“yast forms that move fantastically
To a discordant melody—"
with a remote trouble of mind because
the words were at once so fitting and
yet so imperfectly applicable. The
son and daughter exchanged a silent
wonder as long as they could bear it;
then the daughter asked the colored
girl:
“What is it?”
“It’s a boarding house,” the giri
answered simply.
“Oh,” the daughter said.
Sounds of more decided character
than before now came from the figure
on the door-step.
“She seems to be saying some-
thing,” the daughter suggested in
general terms. “What is she say-
ing 7” she asked the colored girl.
The girl stooped over and listened.
Then she answered, “She’s swearing.”
“Swearing? What about? Whom
is she swearing at?”
“At me, I reckon. She says, why
don’t I take her home.”
“Well, why doesn’t she get up,
then?”
“She says she won’t.”
“We can’t carry her to the car,”
the daughter noted.
“Oh, why not?” the father merrily
demanded.
The daughter turned to her brother.
They were both very respectful to
their father, but the son agreed with
his sister when she said: “Papa
would joke about anything. But this
has passed a joke. We must get this
old thing up and start her off.”
Upon experiment they could not get
the old thing up, even with the help
| of the kind colored girl. They had to
let her be, and the colored girl report-
ed, after stooping over her again,
| “She says she can’t walk.”
“She walked here well enough,” the
daughter said.
Not very well,” the father amend-
ed.
| His daughter did not notice him.
| She said to her brother: “Well, now
you must go and find a policeman.
It’s strange none has gone by.”
, It was also strange that still their
, group remained without attracting the
! notice of the passers. Nobody stop-
| ped to speak or even stare; perhaps
the phenomena of that boarding house
| had ceased to have surprises for the
i public of the neighborhood, and they
ES Sr
The brother went away, leaving his
sister with their father and that kind
colored creature in charge of the old
woman, now more and more quiescent
on the door-step; she had ceased to
swear, or even to speak. The brother
came back after a time that seemed
long, and said that he could not find
a policeman anywhere, and at the
same moment, as if the officer had
been following at his heels, a police-
man crossed the street from just be-
hind him.
The daughter ran after him, and
asked if he would not come and look
at the old woman who had so stead-
fastly remained in their charge, and
she rapidly explained.
“Sure, lady,” the policeman said,
and he turned from crossing the street
and went up to the old woman. He
laid his hand on her shoulder, and his
touch seemed magical. “What’s' the
matter? Can’t you stand up?” She
stood up as if at something familiar
in the voice of authority. “Where do
you live?” She gave an address al-
together different from that she had
given before—a place on the next av-
enue, within a block or two. “You'd
better go home. You can walk, can’t
you?”
“] can walk well enough,” she
answered in a tone of vexation, and
she made her word good by walking
quite actively, away in the direction
she had given.
The kind colored girl became a part
. of the prevalent dark after refusing
the thanks of the others. The daugh-
ter then: fervently offered them to the
policeman.
“That's all right, lady,” he said, and
the incident had closed except for her
emotion at seeing him enter a police-
station precisely across the street,
where they could have got a dozen
policemen in a moment.
“Well,” the father said, “we might
as well go to our French table d’hote
now.”
minded him, “the place seems to be
shut.”
“Well, then, we might as well go
back to the hotel,” the father decided.
«I dare say we shall do quite as well
there.”
On the way the young people laugh-
ed over the affair and their escape
from it, especially at the strange ap-
“Oh,” the son said, as if that re- |
timent, and at the instant compliance
of the old woman with the suggestion
| of the policeman.
| The father followed, turning the
i matter over in his mind. Did mere
| motherhood hallow that old thing to
the colored girl and her sort and con-
dition? Was there a superstition of
motherhood among such people which
would endear this disreputable old
thing to their affection and rever-
ence? Did such people hold mothers
in tenderer regard than people of
larger means? Would a mother in
distress or merely embarrassment in-
stantly appeal to their better nature
as a case of want or sickness in the
neighborhood always appealed to their
compassion? Would her family now
welcome the old thing home from her
aberration more fondly than the
friends of one who had arrived in a
carriage among them in a good
street? Bat, after all, how little one
knew of other people! How little one
knew of one’s self, for that matter!
How next to nothing one knew of
Somebody’s Mother! It did not neces-
sarily follow from anything they knew
of her that she was a mother at all.
Her motherhood might be the mere
figment of that kind colored girl’s fan-
cy. She might be Nobody’s Mother.
When it came to this the father
laughed, too. Why, anyhow, were
mothers more sacred than fathers? If
they had found an old man in that oid
woman’s condition on those steps,
would that kind colored girl have ap-
pealed to them in his behalf as Some-
body’s Father?—By W. D. Howells,
in Harper's Monthly Magazine.
Depended.
Miss Oldgirl (very rich)—You love
me now but will your love ever
change?
Hunter (absently)—What are your
investments ?
— It’s all here and it’s all true.
Read it.
When Duns Cease Troubling.
Brown—So you look upon Sunday
as a day of rest.
Jones—Yes, and if you owed as
many people as I do you would see if
in the same light.
-