uf SS — (Copyright, 1911, For three months Mart Meriden lived in a hut in the mountains with out seeing a soul. The mere thought of woman bred a nausea in him, and he frequently told himself that the hermits of the Old Testament had the right idea of things after all All of this would indicate that Meriden had collided head-on with the subtleness of woman-——disastrously. He had One Dolly Condon, Innocent-eyed blonde bad recently taught Meriden things about that his exalted would fused at accept Was an expert at Her fed up« exacted from noti Meriden was only ons fniy an her sex have re Dolly ideas one time to deceit heart love that she ers—and she gave the many but he of moth before took Z20nN¢ bitterly other sex change He ment by had seemed tial the city wit} of her became Into the mo Meriden this wisp of a woman 1hody all the ess points fdeal, and at last constant memories unbearable. He went ains Rockies as and his assort selected the his point solitude ment of guns and fishing tackle of the best that New York The gloomed affair thought of bu He had no bu had bulls ; at his death there his of was could be procured in Gothamite hunted, fished and disappointing content his love No fa is over } to his heart's iness entered ess. Meriden's battled Wall Was 1nd BHO of WOrs coming Now tomary pained self Gloomily marveling consistency of a have sworn must nd more i heart refused Meri den was shocked He was disappointed in him the he remain true forever, in would over heart that “The Haunting Strains of an Old French Love Song.” the young her: fully joined attached a A crystal st way past his In the very of the Rockie a steel rod to a BEWULR feet act of whipping his long line to scintillating ripples a good fifteen feet below, Meriden paused, a startled expression in his eyes. To him had come, on the clear wings of the morning, the haunting strains of an old French love song in a rich, girlish soprano. £ are ogether and line roving gaudy fly silk ream its the his feet In the direction from which the song had come As Meriden hurried on, glad that his long silence was at last to be ended, the song came to a thrilling clese. Though the young New Yorker sought through the golden morning and aft ernoon he could not find the owner of the volce. “A cultivated voice,” sald Meriden ms he sat before the fireplace in his up to dreams. “A cultivated voice, If 1 ever heard one-—and here in the mountains. It isn’t so bad, after all, to be able to hear a woman's volce again. Three months ago—" Merl den stilled his monologue In disgust. It was a blow to romance to have his heart assure him that the Dolly Con- don affair was only an epigbde and not a tragedy. Ostensibly Meriden, rifle in hand, went squirrel hunting the next day: in reality, be sought only the fair he was positive she was beautiful singer of the day before. The huntsman’s quest was futile, It another camy existed near that of the youth, {t was cleverly concealed, And yet the New Yorker was per. sistent. He searched day and night, and with a growing yearning in his heart. Literary Press.) A week later this yearning had be- come so strong that Meriden was seriously considering the advisability of packing up his traps and effects and returning to the city One morning he stood in a reverie by the banks of the very brook he had begun to fish when the mysterious singer had manifested her presence In the vicinity Crack! Bmash! Bang! Noisily, and of the brush at the mountain's ledge just above him, sprang a fright enced Diana, and with her dark bair over shoulders as she sd silently out capless her toward Meriden The keen eves of the youth summed is forest ad that behind orizzly he her open he heart of a came hefore the grot d 3 fired great brute wavered only for a ace full of shot told of torture artan-like and again rallied with a gas jashed by and pumped offering { Then Oi his took steady aim an te. Again a f; to the Sj ge, the brute y girl, youth the another animal blow face felt . and he knew the a crushing on no more . » » “Are ey " 54 ad you better e young hermit came to his strange be TY himself In a one fire opposite hung homelike on ap happened?” asked Meride laconi The you before it turned ally struck I had father te bear--you blinded {t to retreat t for while 1 went rong) q brought you o leave you we here are we?” came his touched his But where {from Meriden As he spoke invest igative fingers tenderly aching head. It ‘Not over § mie (Ton from wns bandaged your place zr girl “We are CAIMm« th The maid who concealed by a large ledge.’ all that Seen A woman She was WHS hadn't could de neat hunts aAccenta sire woman's ate her athletic suit ths to shoulders maid's I don't done.” hadn't been life Father herbs for a Oh, 1 the conventions! {is the Hon M Har He made his money in ti and turned I should 1 tes i iy. "#1 The eyes suddenly | serious Know what she said for has liniment for have simi You to saved my dig some your you gone head Father of Denver e hills—gold Year we two forgot eri mon, you know every live close to nature come out here to I am Daphne Har ‘You not seriously continued “You will a few days, but of here nurse have recovered” Meriden became a slowly.” non hurt,” she all right in course 1 shall keep you until are he you and you wily pessimist he sald "1 al from slokness he repeated T recover ways and recover slowly accident Slowly.” with peculiar emphasis The girl turned away her head In the heart of thought of Dolly biushed and suddenly Meriden Condon there was no Lincoln Liked Praise, Republican club Lincoln din William Barnes Jr. showed a letter whieh, he sald Abraham Lincoln sent to his grand father, Thurlow Weed. The letter dated from the executive mansion, Washington, March 15, 1865, and is as follows: “Every one likes a compliment Thank you for yours on my little noti- At the in the Waldorf, ner is | augural address. 1 expect the latter | to wear as well as—perhaps better Hr believe it is not immediately popu- { lar, “Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a differ ence between the Almighty and them. To deny it, however, in this case, is to deny that there is a God governing the world. It Is a truth which 1 thought others might afford for me to tell 1t.” Mr. Barnes sald the letter had never before been made public.—Ney York Times. Considering the Price of Mats. The Parson--And you say your wife was thinking of the women's hats all the time she was in church. Te Deacon—I'm afraid she was, par son. “Tm sorry. higher things. Great guns, parson! Are there any higher things than women's hats? A — Her mind should be on Power From Strange Source. Water flowing from subterranean streams of unknown depth is used for power in a novel hydro-electric plant in Arizona, EM i. - y * COLORS FOR SPRING EDICT OF FASHION IN CHILDREN'S GARMENTS. Should Be Combined With White to Have the Proper Effect—Long Bodice and Skirt Still Favored. all have an espe in spring ar a look of un d to this blithe ‘s fashions ‘fal charm when made up materials, and this ve unusual nd ite is 8 and ot On BHOwWS immense il Lif 4 pi [08 of marquisette, which lke a rag, and very needlework contain half a dozen A deep red, blue of the biack, orange, are that needlework, which the in heavy blocks rich colors most intense and this sort mahogany appear in hand machine made, {3 called Bulgarian em broldery il frocks as be green tints whether or Of course the sma to ng stand sn treated the vivid counted on to washtub need be dry-cleaned trimmi ised cannot the rigors of the Nevertheless many a little lawn and linen frock may show needlework in or of and if the garment comes from a first class place—perbaps a that makes a specialty of It Is pretty likely to washable With the bordered lawns ewisses and challies,—for challle is in cluded among the wash materfala-—the one three these rich colors, hon shop be musiins, ~~ a - er ~» he . sa —— of the apron cuts used by chefs. The little quantity of goods needed for thi neat appearance at home and who can. not afford too many changes of frocks, Then quite a gay and childish the use of a colored cotton with smail on a brown linen Effective Touch That Gives Rellef to Somber Garments Worn In Cold Weather. One sombre satin der TFOEs gearf we ©HS i up ove ETOW A woman came afternoon with a brillant pl gatin rose fox scarf Twenty women discussed it i the next day after that half later an the number for colored flow were ers On the succeeding days were flowers In ple wherever women were It was a color and brilliancs that women nLiy emall touch Wear tonhole, and better colored ribbon. although taken pay the ji ficial The 3 blossom {a charming effect at the bottom of little the cutout neck and at the edge of sleeves. All white frocks are seen In plenty and surely nothing could be sweeter for very young chil apt to appear if only in the form of rib bon knots and sashes As to design, the garments to show some of the lines of her mam ma's frocks, for kimono cuts are med for bodices and there are many iittle one-plece gowns almost identical in line with those for grown ups. The dif ference comes in an easy width of the skirt, In a decolletage of the neck and tinetly for summer wear showing these last points. Models for the tinfer children have the babyish features suited to pudgy Infantile figures, and with the dress. up wash frock It is pretty much the rage to have the child look as much like a French doll as possible. The long bodice and skirt—that {s no more than a tiny flounce with edge some. times falling short of the child's knees ~-gtill ‘comprise the favored model, but instead of the distinet sleeve the bodice portion of the smart garment is cut in one with these details. In fact, It Is well nigh Impossible to en cape the kimono Influence, and al though It may be run In the ground after awhile for the moment it 1s all powerful. Among the accessories for little girls are delightful aprons, which, sinee they are skirt length, may be used on a hot day In the house or country without a frock. These graceful and Important details may be of the plainest linens or ginghams, but mothers who like the neatness and coquetry of the apron often turn out cunning Iittle affairs of dotted swiss with lace edges for wear with quite fine frocks. The “cook's apron™ is the next style, the rear bands fastening at the shoul. ders being an exact imitation of some ! BAW I again on ey the Empire ito rococo gowns ning such the old das omething Bire«t thie CO.OMe served half when furs daytime affal rs except luncheons » USEFUL HANDBAG 1. Bhowing how to cut the material 2. Bhowing how to gather the mate rial over a wooden stick, which forms the top. 3. Bhowing how to make the inside neat by facing it with colored satin. 4. Useful bag of velvet; the top is made by gathering the velvet over tassels are fastened. ito LINGERIE THAT IS PRACTICAL Least Possible Fluffiness In Under garments Is Now the Order of the Day. ————“ Lingerie this season the corset cover to the matinee frock the frills and flounces which were usual when the skirts were full and waists permitted much more to be worn under them. Flat, ungathered walsta, petticoats that are nearly so, and matinee froeks which are finished without even se much as a frill at the neck or a col iar are the sort which all but the most unfashionable adopt. Two-thirds of the lingerie fs hand embroidered and In forms that the needlewoman can easily copy at home Many women with much leisure summer frocks which they previously purchased already embroidered. COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports. he Bradstreet's says: ATTOANEYS. w il ATTORNEY AT LAW PELLEFONTR we Ofos Mert of Court House does gradually, with still pand, but $0 ponversatism in evidence, and with small-lot buying for actual re- trade is larger than anf the ghow Over Bpring not As a the whole, like montin, per lod Lhe the but falls to irovement expected year dry ago is under which trade in yet I period a goods f ill headway, for unceriaginly as Lo pri« Easter season Retail date of Lae ag vet Wholesale Markets YORK Wheat Butter extra do, nearby Steady creamery, 27¢ p Pennsylvania firsts, £. c., mark; ipts, . 18¢ at marl at at fowls, ducks, spring Veen Steady ther nearhs 18¢ at do, current recs Western firsts, £ ¢., 18 i mark current receipts, f eo. 18¢ Firm; 12¢; Live ¢; old roosters, 14%; @17%c poultry + : 1840 19 Roone, 13 chickens ox choice, 167 : BALTIMORE Western, 813e; Wheat-No 2 contract, $14; red, 89% ¢c; steamer No. 2 No. 2 Western, 87%;¢ May, p18 G51%c; 49% 0; March, 507 @ 50% Oats No 2 tandard white, red, 80ii¢; steamer red spot mixed, 495, @498,¢; 1ite, 35¢; No. 4 white, 344c Hay-—Timothy, No. 1, $20 a 2 5 16 LOGE 20 No 3 166218 3. 19.60@820; ‘ 16@ 18; cholos clover $1850@ 19; $17.506 1850; do, No. 2, 1313.50: 506 2 mixed. do, 2149 1 clover, do, No. fancy, 26@27c; do, good. do, Butter do, cholee, 24@25¢; do, imitation, 18@2ic; @ 2%¢ Creamery, 208 23¢c; Cheege-——Jobbing lots, per Ih, 156 16¢c Egge-—Maryland, nearby firsts, 18; Ws Virginia firsts, 18¢; Southern firgta, 17@1 duck eggs suthern, 256@26« Pennsylvania and Western firste, 18: af . Tile; 27028; do, Bu LIVE POULTRY-0ld hens, per 1h, 16¢: do, small to medium, 16c: young, 18S@19%; rough and poor. 14@15¢; old roosters, 10¢; White Pekings, 18: Muscovey mongrel, 1660 17¢: puddle, 18e¢; gooss, nearby, 14@ 15¢c; Western and QSonthern, 12@ 12¢ —— CHICAGO.~ Cattle—Beeoves, $5250 7: Texas steers, $4 40@ 5.80; Western steers, $4.75@ 5.85; stockers and feed. heavy, choice, Live Stock @6; calves, $7@9.28 Hoga Light, $7@G 7.30; mixed, $6.90 @7.25; heavy, $6.75@7.20; rough, $6.75@6.90; good to choles, heavy, $6.90@ 7.20; pigs, $7.20007.35; bulk of sales, $707.20 Sheep--Market strong: native, $36 4.80; Western, $3.26@4.80; yearlings, $4.76@5.75; lambs, native, $506.20: Western, $5.2006.20. KANSAS CITY, MO.-<Cattle-—Mar ket steady; heavy steers weak; top, $6.75; dressed beef and export steers, $6606.75; fair to good, 35.5006: West. ern steers, $5.26@08.25; stockers and feeders, $4.65@05.90; Bouthern steers, $5.30@6; Southern cows, $365.25: na tive cows, $3.10@5.25; native heifers, $4.50006.25; bulls, $4.26@05.25; calves, $58. 1 Hogs—Market steady to Be higher; bulk of sales, $6.95@7.10; heavy, $6.90 @6.95; packers and butchers, $6950 F.10; Nght, $7.0607.15. ATTORNEY -ATLAW BELLEFONTR wa Fo 1% W. High Sweet All professions! business promptly stendat =» ” a psec i D Gre Jeo J. Bowes /HEITIO BOWER & ZERBY — ATTORNEYS AT LAM Escorts BLocs BELLEFONTE ra sooessors w Orvis, Bower & Orvis Cousuitation tn Englab and German a WU Iesow mans 8 B.BrasulLER ena ATTORBEY-AT Law BELLEYONT SR, & Coney, Atlin * vidiers Bx PW s Fractioss iu «il the cours English and German. Office Building LEMENT Dale w ATIORFEY AT-LAW BELL.EFONTR ra Office BN. W. corner Diamond, two doer ross First Natious) Bank. ree reans Talley ganking CENTRE MALL, Pa W. B. MINGLE, Receives Deposits . . Discounts Notes . . . aon gn VU was bey 50 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Trace Marks Desicns Copymiomts &cC. t Bese i ——— h £ “Scientific American, HNN £00 Vow Ti Jno. F. Gray & Son (GRANT Too: VEL) : CHEAPEST . No Mutuals No Amesernents Before {pewring life sce the contact of BE HOMB which in case of desth between the tenth and twentieth years re- turns all premiums paid in «4 dition to the face of the policy. Meomey to Loan om Fires MARBLE wo GRANITE Mowers H. GQ. STROHIEIER, PEMN. Manufacturer of and Dealer in MONUMENTAL WORK in all kinds of Marble am Qranite, De =a we mpm 3 cor: di mart LARGEST |NSURANGE LH.eency IN CENTRE COUNTY H. E. FENLON Agent Bellefonte, Penn’a.
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