Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, November 16, 1928, Image 7
EMMA’S ROSEWOOD (© by D. J Walsh.) T WAS close and hot in the little west corner bedroom with the slop- ing ceiling, where Emma Pearson © lay on her cot bed. The cot bed creaked and sagged and her sprained hip hurt her. But her heart hurt her more. “What’s the use of crying?” Emma thought over and over. “I couldn't help anything that happened. I can't help anything now. I've just got to make the bst of it.” - The window was open, but some- body had considerately put a screen in it, to keep out the flies. Kor the ¢rowd below drew the insects. Who- éver saw an auction without flies? The voice of the auctioneer came in through the open window—*“How much you givin' me for this table? Two dollars! Make it three! Three— three—three, make it four!” “That; the sitting room table,” Em: ma sighed. The dear old sitting room table! Emma tried to hear the name of the jerson who bought it, but she could not. Well! It was her own household gear thai was being auctioned off in the shade of the big elm—her chairs, her lamps, her carpets and, dearest of all, her rosewood sofa. She had wanted to keep that, but wha: could she do with it? There would be no room for it at Mrs. Shipway’s where she iniend- ed to live in the future, for the small room for which she was to pay $3 a weck was already furnished. Mrs. Shipway did not take mealers, only roomers, and Emma expected to get her meals out—that is, at Nelson's restaurant. The thought of food pre- pared by Mrs. Nelsen was somewhat distasteful te her, but she could not make any better arrangement. Be- sides, sle suspected that her new oc- cupation of working in Fletcher's stor: would be trying ut first, to say | the least. Her father’s death had taken place after au illness that had extended over a period of several years. Dur- ing that time she had nursed him faithfully and stinted him in nothing. A gentle, kindly old man he was, but gtill the long caring for him had told upon Emma. She had aged slightly; that is, a touch of silver began to show in the dark hair at each temple, end she had grown thinner, with a loss of vivacity., Such a pretty girl as she had been could not, however, be entirely effaced in a diflicult wom- anhoed. She was still wonderfully attractive, and Eugene Boyden would marry her in a minute if she would let him, and Eugene Boyden was a weulthy man. But she would work und keep on waiting for Dennis Steel to come buck, even though she knew that people laughed at her for clinging to the feolish romance of her girlhood. Dennis lad gone because there was nothing that he could de in Colchester—a straying, visionary young . f:llow he had been. Dut al- though he had roamed far, he had not found success—*“goes from one thing to another faster'n I can keep count,” old Mrs, Allison, his aunt, to wlom he wrote, said. “Well, it’s my opin- ion when he gets sick of runLing round | after notions he'll come home. und set- tle down on his father's old place like he should.” . Emma believed. as Mrs, Allison did, and so she continued te | wait. Her father’s sickness and death had used up all the money, the old house had been mortgaged and now Kmma was holding an auciion in order to provide herself with a rainy-day fund. And the morning of the auction she had fallen down stairs and wrenched her hip. So here she lay, waiting for the auction to be over before she was moved to Mrs. Shipway’s. And there was no prospect of ner being able to go to work for a week at least. “How much for this sofa?” heard the auctioneer say. Then stopped her ears to keep out sound. The door opened and Mrs. Hoy tered. “Things are going off fine, Emma,” she said. “Just think, that mess of old lamps brought $7! You've no rea- son to worry.” “No, I suppose not,” Emma smiled wanly. “Who got the sofa?’ she asked. “Why, I don’t know. A man in a car stopped and he’s bidding on fit now. Mrs. Banner wants it. She's willing to give $16 for it.” “It’s worth more than that.” “Well, you can't expect to get much more, tried them.” Emma looked at Mrs. Hoy’s tremen- dous proportions and smiled again. “Oh, well! I don't care,” she said, and looked fixedly at the faded ceil- ‘ing paper. “If you want,” said Mrs. Hoy, “we'll get you over to Mrs. Shipway’s now. Then this cot can be sold. I don’t know but what I'll take it—if it goes reasonable,” “Well, 1 don’t care,” peated. “I'l borrow Mrs. Brady's wheel chair, and I'll get my husband to carry ycu downstairs,” said Mrs. Hoy. “It’s drefful hot for you up here.” She went to the window and called loudly, and presently a big, panting man appeared. As soon a: his wife had explained what she wanted he picked Emma up and carried her dowr and placed her in the wheelehair. The pain and the queerness of thus leaving her old home for the last time made her faint and she closed she she the en- Emma re rather : The springs are awful weak, I | ! her &ves. She did not open them zgafn until she was at Mrs. Ship way's. “Well. you poor thing! You de have the worst luck,” Mrs. Shipway sald. “My, but you're pale! Lie down here in the porch-hammock, where it's cool. I'll bring you a drink of ice water. You going back. Mrs Hoy?” Mrs. Hoy nodded, intent on the cot bed from which she had just had Em- ma removed, The water revived Emma and she iny there in the perenh-hammock, sens- Ing the pain in her hip and trying to keep her face straight while Mrs. Shipway was with her. Then Mrs, Shipwway went back into the house and she was alone. “Oh, well,” she thought, “it's all in 2 lifetime. Some folks are made te be happy and some aren't. I'm one of the ones who aren't. But hurting my hip did seem like the last straw.” i An automobile came into the street, end stopped, It was a dusty road- ' ster, powerful and wbviously sccond- hand. Out of it stepped a man who iooked tired and excited. He came to the foot of the steps and paused, then he came up on the porch where Emma could see hin. They looked at each other a long minute. “Y“mual! I—" he began. “iI don’t know whether you want to sce me i but—" he choked. | She held out her hand with a smile, “I'm real glad to see you, Denis,’ she said. He came forward and sat down be- side the porch-hammock and wiped his face. {I just got back,” Le explained. “I! was driving into town when I saw, the auction and I stopped. 1-—-I'm going to stay. Guess I'll run a mar- ‘ ket-garden, 1 got the hang of it out in California. The old place looks ‘pretty seedy and the some work done on it.” “I'he trumpet-vine has ben reat pretty all summer,” Emma said in a low tone. “Yes, 1 noticed as 1 came by. Well, «might better have stayed right here in the first place.” His honest, hand- some eyes looked wistfully into KEm- “Why didn't you tell me to, ma’s. Em?’ | “Why, 1 didn’t have any business ‘0 tell you,” Emma answered. | “Yes, you did. You had all the , vusiness in the world. And you've , got it yet, Em,” He reached out and got hold of her hind. “I've bought ‘a few of your old things, that old -rosewvod sofa and—you know,” he breathed fast, “7 could just see you sitting on it under one of those gold- shaded lights. I thought the things would help furnish my house. I thought—" Suddenly he was red, stammering, boyish uguin, He gripped her hand. house needs | , 52-——Walks lamely © B3—Hastened “Em, if vou knew hew 1 | felt about you, you'd marry me,” he | suid. Ten minutes later Emma drew her- elf out of his arms with a glory on her face that made her beautiful to her lover's eyes. { “Oh, Dennis!” she said. “They're , putting up my old base-burner. We are going to need it for the sitting room this winter. If you hurry you can get there in time to bid it in your- self.” Times Hard for the | Ambitious Poe? Today “Times have changed,” grumbled ihe poet. “It isn’t as easy to find subjects you can write about as it once was. There's much too much law!” “Look at Scott. A wild young man ' .omes chasing out of the West and Scott makes a whole poem out of it What would happen if you tried that today? You'd get one stanza done and then you'd fetch up against this: “‘Reginald W. Lochinvar, scion of a , «well-known New Jersey family, was arrested early last night as he was coming out of the West Shore ferry in New York. He was held in $1,000 bail for speeding and assaulting an ofiicer. Hi: excuse that he had had a date at a wedding brought forth the sarcastic rejoinder from Magistrate Hoolihan that he ought to have been glad he hadn't kept a date with the undertaker.’ “Or take Longfellow. Longfellov shot an arrow and sang a song and got a poem out of them. Would he , get a poem today? He would not. He'd get something like this: “ ‘Supreme Court of Massachusetts Case of William Smith, aviator, vs. , Henry W. Longfellow, poet. Action for assault with arrow. Verdict for , plaintiff for $5,000.’ | “And this: ‘Supreme Court of Mas : aachusetts. Case of International i Composers’ Union vs. Henry W. Long- fellow. Action for injunction to pre- . vent defendant from broadcasting a | song. Verdict for the plaintiff, with | costs.’ “No wonder,” sald the poet, “that | poets are either writing about their feelings or going into advertising.” Reduces Rail Dangers Electrified fences are being tried in California to warn approaching trains of landslides in their path. These fences will be erected along the rail- road tracks near places where slides may be expected and if they are the signal block against the approach- ing train. Work on Big Air Liners fngland-Australia route is rushed to completion and it is hoped to start the service by next year. Work on the rudder skeleton, nearly 15 feet high, is nearly finished. The slips will be fitted with every modern convenience. broken the electrical impulses will set : ' certain tumes. 1 —— Work on the huge air liners for the . Small Sized Pa being | HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS-WORD PUZZLE When the correct letters are placed in the white spaces this puzzle will spell words both vertically and horizontally. Indicated by a number, which refers to Thus No. 1 under the column headed “horizontal” defines 8 word which will fill the white spaces up to the first black square to the right, and a number under “yertical” defines an word which will fill below. No letters go in the black spaces. All words used are dictionary words, except proper names. Abbreviations, siang, initials, technical terms and obso- lete forms are indicated In the definitions, CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 1. The first letter in erch word is the definition listed below the puzzle. the white squares to tke next black one 12 J3 a Pp [6 [7 Ie 310 11 12 li 13 ya 15 16 7 | 18 19 20 ([fMlaz 22 lies 24 of 26 27 23 2 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 | 40 41 42 422A 43 44 +A 45 4 47 48 I 49 | | 50 51 52 i rs (©, 1926, Western Newspaper Union.) Horizontal. 1—Native of Japan (short) 4—Killed 8—Distant 11—Metal 13—SIkill 14—Large bundle, as of cotton 15—Kind of verbal noun (pl) 17—-Festivals 18-—Alirplanes (coll) 19—Angry 21—Point of compass 22-—A trap 24— That thing 26—To choose 28—Flaky precipitation 80—Fabled bird 32—Archaic pret. of “swear” 284—To bring sult 35—Fanilly quarrel 87—To glve pleasure to 39—Note of scale {0—Whiskers 42——Intelligence 43—Repalirs socks 44—Rest for the foot 45—Doctrine of retribution 46—Welcomed 48—-Female sheep (pl) 49—To observe 50--To talk wildly b1—Insect Solution will appear in mext isvue. Vertical. 1—Kind of dance 2—Extent 8—Holes in skin b—Boys 6—Land measures 7—That thing 8—Adds weight to 9—Toward the lee side (nautical) 10—Thirg (Latin) 12—Attendant for a sick person 14—Grizzlies 16—Christmas songs 17—Brother of a religious order 19—Prefix meaning within 20—Original of anything 22—To burn with water 23—Sugary 25—Boy’'s plaything 27—Pitchers 29—Belonging to us 31—Cafe offering entertainment 83—Toilet case 38—Semesters 38—Kind of duck 41—Collection of information about one subject 42A—A Tartar 43—Daybreak 44—Preposition (abbr.) $A-—Monstary unit of Bulgaria (pl 456—New Zealand parrot 46—Jewel 47—Lalir 45—Note of scale Highway Officials Seek to Make So- | liciting of Free Rides Unlaw- J ful in State. | Hitech hikers are in for slim picking ; in Pennsylvania if the highway de- | partment has its way. The next ses- | sion of the Legislature probably will be asked by the department to place | restrictions on soliciting rides along the highways of the State. At present the highway department is without authority to place any curb on persons soliciting free rides from motorists. The custom which hal its inception among college students hiking to foot ball games will be a thing of the past if the Legislature concurs in the department’s wish. The department, it is understood, favors the passing of a law that. would make it unlawful to stand on the highway and solicit rides from the operators of private vehicles. Companies with investments in bus lines, trolley lines and even railroads will not fight any legislation of that nature. In recent years they have told the Public Service Commission that the increase in passenger auto- mobile travel is seriously affecting their revenue. Lately “hitch hiking” has increased to such an extent that trolley and railroad companies have threatened to curtail schedules on that account. The department also seeks to check the possibility of innocent motorists falling the victim of criminals by giv- ing them “lifts” along the highways. Fox Fur King in Paris Styles. The fox is king of the furs in Paris this autumn and this means practical- ly every ome of the fifty-seven vari- eties on the market. Fox hunting is now the most important sport for Ma- dame for she must suit her fox to her complexion as well as costume. The very smartest one of the sea- son is a slaty-blue fox which flatters a fair, fresh skin and looks very well with navy blue and black costumes. Jean Patou is showing them with chic state-grey tailleaurs which he makes to match. : Premet is showing some white foxes with tufts of black peppering them in a fascinating pattern. They gre ideal to wear with black or navy- blue. Blue ones which are a kind of mauve bois-de-rose tint are favorites with the brunette or rosy blond. They give a bright touch to black and dark red-brown costume. Cross foxes mingling tones of black and grey with fox-red give a great variety of choice. They are best with rich brown or black. Silver foxes are best on mature wo- men. Red foxes are reserved for the lucky auburn-haired and those with a golden tone in their skins. Turquoise-blue, green and beige foxes are the perfect complement to complexions, hair and cos- per Money Next July. The new issue of paper currency, which will consist of notes of smaller sizes than those now in circulation is being printed by the presses of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing at ie rate of several million dollars a ay. The notes are in denominations of Solution of Last Week's Puzzle. Cc A i L A R Vi F A WwW —TZ[=»[0 A smmUEI CR. =» CO wo rr» TE0 2D $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000. Approxi- mately 53 per cent. of the entire is- sue will be of $1 denomination. The present plan of the Department of the Treasury contemplates release of the new money for general circu- lation about July 1 of next year. Black Locust is in More Demand. Scattered stands of black locust are common throughout the forest areas of Pennsylvania, especially in farm- ers’ woodlots. The tree La always served a valuable purpose with the farmer for fence posts, but is coming into prominence in the Eastern mar- kets because of a recent demand for insulator pins manufactured from this wood, according to reports recently received by State Forester Joseph S. Illick, of the Pennsylvania Depart- ment of Forests and Waters. For more than 150 years black locust wood has been used extensive- ly in the building of ships, as it sup- plied the large pins which hold the timbers together. The modern tend- ency of wooden vessels lessened the demand, but even at the present time the demand is usually ahead of the supply. The method of lumbering and the process of manufacturing insulator pins is comparatively simple. After felling the tree it is cut into billets about fifty-seven inches in length. The wood is classified into two classes, first and second class. The first class comprises all sound material over six inches in diameter, the second class includes all sound material below six inches in diameter and partly sound material over six inches in diameter. The billets are cut into sections hav- ing the length of the desired pins, and then run through a rip saw, after which the pins are turned on a lathe to the desired form, together with the thread. The insulator pins are then placed in burlap bags and stored in a drying shed for about a week. Careful inspection of the pin is necessary before shipping. thin trace of bark, superficial boring, or a split are considered defects. Pins with major defects are scrapped, while pins with minor defects are worked into smaller pins. A full operating crew of six men can turn out about 6000 pins per day. Such a small industry may be a good source of revenue for owners of tim- berland which contains black locust. ——The Watchman gives all the 3 New Subjects for Conversation OW that the Election is over we shall have to find new subjects for conversa- tion — get down to real business. Let us talk about saving something each year and begin to do it now. This is the one safe rule that leads to material success. The man who does not save is doom- ed to failure. The First, National Bank BELLEFONTE, PA. LE ER EE CS ASA A AA AA < : XD J Ideals Like Stars co ees .) DEALS are like stars — you will not succeed in touching them with your hands — but you can choose them as your guides — and following them reach your destiny. Let an account with this bank be your guiding star to success. CAT IRIN NG 0 3 per cent. Interest Paid on Savings Accounts THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK STATE COLLEGE, PA. 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