THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT,
ELLEFONTE. PA.
Thursday, December 12th, 1912.
by DalSY WRIGHT FELD.
@® 1912, by American Press Association.
NE, two, three, four,
geven,” Kathryn
twice on her slim brown fin
gers, and each time she sigh
ed a doleful sigh “Seven unlooked
for guests coming eat
dinner with us
Oo ve,
{fo
|
|
|
|
| about
| B
| come to make his home with them
[ from the woodshed,
| returned from boarding school dig
sending Httle boys on errands,” with
a magnificent disregard of the fact
that Tom was three years her senlor.
Tom obediently procured the lantern
and together they
explored the cellar. She had spent a
lot of time there when she had first
ging
hope of locating
money He had
n
few weeks previous to his death from
with the vain
andfather Kane's
{ old age only the year before, and once
{ they
had caught him playing with a
{ handful of gold pieces as a child would
| amuse itself with a lot of pebbles
six, |
counted |
| bled
|
Christmas
and not a sign of any |
Christmas dinner or of the wherewith. |
al to procure it. There isn't a
thing |
but bacon and potatoes and turnips in |
the house unless it is an onion or two.”
“You forget the squash,
mildly interposed her brother Tom,
swith mock serious visage and dancing |
eyes.
Kathryn,
bad attempted an elaborate and ultra-
scientific garden the summer
svith tangible
single well grown squash, drought,
management and various pests having
played havoc with the other things,
Kathryn's dreams of a tidy income
Kathryn,” |
| safe keeping.
fresh from boarding school, |
| stances,
before |
results in the form of al
fll |
from the sale of fresh vegetables and |
of a possible prize at the fall fair van
ished into thin air. But the squash
was tenderly borne to the cellar by
Tom and carefully guarded as a
mento of Kathryh's brave if futile at
tempt to stave off the evil day when
the dreaded mortgage, like a dark bird
of prey, should swoop down and carry
off the little home,
me- |
He
had quickly hidden them from sight,
however, with his nervous. childish
laugh, and though he sometimes bab
of his “treasure” and his “for
tune” no one ever saw them again,
Once Kathryn had surprised him
coming out of the cellar with a shovel
in his hand, the damp earth still eling-
ing to it, and he had slipped away
gulltily. After his death she remem
bered the incident and surmised that
he had buried his money in there for !
It could not be much, |
more than £100 or so,
of course, not
|
| healing pine elements,
but that would be a fortune to them |
in their present straitened
and she felt it no wrong to
the dead man, who had been but little
more than a child, to unearth the mon
one any good in its hiding place
But months of vain searching had
dispelled the hope of ever finding it,
if it had been concealed there, and
now she gazed a little disdainfully
circum- |
{the old
ey and put it to good use, for it did no | been equaled.
at |
the deep holes and heaps of dirt which |
marked her former efforts
she underwent a revulsion of feeling
The little excavations and correspond
ing mounds of earth to her
overwrought mind symbolical of her
constant effort and constant fallure to
seemed
| be of use to herself or those she loved
Kathryn was considered a very clev. |
er girl at boarding school and by all
her legion friends at home.
She could |
paint strange birds that a paturalist |
would have been at a loss to classify
and flowers unknown to the science of
botany, do fancy sewing and marvelous
embroidery and write charming verse, |
though,
ingly obtuse to the latter fact! Be
alas, the editors were surpris- |
wides which she was able to talk vol- |
ubly in French and could rattle off |
some lively two steps and schottisches |
on the piano—if she had possessed such
an instrument.
But none of these accomplishments |
were exchangeable for colin of
the |
realm in the little country village on |
the outskirts of which they lived, and |
as they had only Tom's meager salary
as a grocers clerk to fall back on,
it |
#oon came to pass that shabby gar |
ments and the plainest of plain fare |
were the
household
order of the day, in their
Kathryn's fingers
to help her brother bear the burden |
of support. She longed to add her mite
to the family income,
not struck her “niche.
know quite enough to teach,
was no vacancy in either of the two
village dry goods stores.
On this Christmas eve there was less
than a dollar in the house,
sides herself, her mother
they had received notice that
guests would be with them for the
Christmas holiday—distant relatives,
who had standing invitations to “come
up to our house for Christmas some
time,” and who by a coincidence had
chosen the same date to accept the in
vitation. There was Aunt Mattie and
her twin boys, Cousin Wilbur and his
new wife, Aunt Sue and Uncle Hiram
—quite a tableful at any time, and cer
tainly an enormous crowd to be provid
ed with Chrisiinas dainties with a fund
of less than a dollar
It began to look as If they must
break their rigid rule never tg go in
debt, even for the necessaries of life,
and ask the village grocer to trust
them, a very humiliating alternative
After Tom's brilliant remark, which
she had been expected to take as a
rarely homorous hit, Kathryn gazed
at him admiringly for a moment.
“You think you're funny, Tom
Wrennet, but you're not.” she told
him. “Squash ple will be a grateful
addition to our boiled potatoes and
turnips and onions and other Christ
mas dainties. Surely no one can
that 1 blistered my fingers and freck-
led my nose in vain over that gar
den, since its one and lonely product
is to feed the Christmas guest.”
“Never mind, children.” broke In
their mother, laying down the letter
that had just come from Aunt Mat
tle, announcing the arrival on the
but as yet
did
She not
be
and
and
itched |
[|
!
|
|
had |
ind there |
Tom. |
seven |
say |
“Oh, Tom!" she moaned,
face in his coatsleeve
smother her sobs,
something—anything—to help you.
a shame you and Betty have to put
off your wedding just because
burying her
and trying to
Suddenly |
| style suitable
| mixture
“1 wish I could do |
It's |
you |
have us to take care of, and me young |
a nant
oA Accra maw/
“MONEY!” SHR EXCLAIMED
and strong. Just as soon as Christmas
Is over I am golng to try to get a
place to do common housework. |
Just can't stand for you to have to
bear all the burden.”
“Hush, little sister! Tom drew her
close, with big brotherly sympathy
“It hasn't quite come to that yet, and
you mustn't think of leaving home
You are not strong enough for such
work.”
Drying her eyes as best she could
she began looking around for the
squash. She found It at last—-it had
only rolled Into one of the holes that
she had dug near the wall. Tom held
the lantern near and she pulled it out
| of the hole, in doing which she dislodg
morning train of herself and her twin |
boys, “we can at least do our best to
make our
to enjoy their visit
us in the past, but what can't be cured.
you know, must be endured.”
“Mother's a brick!” exclaimed impul
sive Tom. “And I move that we ten
der her a vote of thanks for her little
Christmas speech.” Whereupon he
gave her a rousing kiss and a bear
hug and went out into the yard and
down luto the cellar after the squash
When he came up from the depths of
the darksome cellar to where Kathryn
stood expectantly waiting, he dropped
Hmply on to an upturned box near by
and fanned himself weakly with his
old hat. He opened his mouth twice
in a vain and apparently desperate at.
tempt to speak and then subsided into
silence.
“Tom Wrennet,” demanded his sis
giving him an impatient shake,
“drop your nonsense and speak. What's
the matter?”
“It's—it's gone!” gasped Tom, quite
as if “it” had been a diamond neck
face Instead of a warty and pleblan
wegetable.
“Gone? echoed his sister Incredn
fously. “Who would steal a squash?
Eight the lantern and come with me
Et 18 never worth whi to waste time
guests feel at home and try |
It is hard not to | tune.
be able to entertain them as they have |
ed the earth from the wall above and
down came a rain of damp dirt. With
it came a small glass jar which had
evidently been imbedded in the wall
With a wild ery Kathryn seized it
and held it up to the light of the lan
tern
“Money!
"ee
she gasped.
and greenbacks., Grandfather's
Tom! Come upstairs,
Never mind the squash!”
for
quick:
“Gold pleces |
A moment later she poured the money |
into her astonished mother's lap and |
was counting it over, trembling with
| Joy and excitement.
“One, two, three, four, five, six, sev
en,” she counted as she had done ear
Her in the evening, only this time there
was no frown on her face. “Seven
hundred dollars—a hundred for each
guest! Burely that ought to feed ‘em’
Was there ever such luck? Why, Tom
It will pay the mortgage and give you
A nest egg In the bank, and we can
have mince ple, and now you can mar
ry Betty, and we ean have her to
dinner tomorrow and a big fat turkey
and we won't have to go In debt, and
we'll stuff the turkey with oystersand
put a pew carpet In Aunt Mattie's
room, ‘cause the old one's disgraceful
and have plum pudding and cranberry
sauce!”
And then she collapsed for want of
breath and hid her face on Tom's
shoulder and burst into tears. But a
moment later she looked up to smile
triumphantly through her tears and
say:
“There, now, Tom Wrennet!
i I hadn't raised that squash?
What
How to Make
Better Cough Syrup than
You Can Buy
A Family Supply, Saving $2 and
Fully Guaranteed,
EEE
A full pint of cough syrup-—as much
as you could buy for $2.60—can easily
be made at home, You will find nothin
that takes hold of an obstinate cough
more quickly, usually ending it inside of
24 hours. Excellent, too, for croup,
whooping cough, sore lungs, asthma,
hoarseness and other throat troubles,
Mix one pint of granulated sugar with
1, pint of warm water, and stir for 2
minutes, Put 214 ounces of Pinex (fifty
cents’ worth) in a pint bottle, then add
the Sugar Syrup. It keeps perfectly,
| Take a teaspoonful every one, two or
three hours,
This is just laxative enough to help
cure a cough. Also stimulates the appe-
tite, which is usually upset by a cough,
| The taste is pleasant.
The effect of pine and sugar syrup on
the inflamed membranes is well known,
Pinex is the most valuable concentrated
compound of Norway white pine extract,
rich in guaiacol and all the natura
Other prepara-
tions will not work in this formula,
The Pinex and Sugar Syrup recipe is
now used by thousands of housewives
throughout the United States and Can-
ada. The plan has been imitated, but
successful formula has never
A guaranty of absolute satisfaction, or
money promptly refunded, goes with this
recipe. Your drugeist has Pinex, or will
get it for vou, If not, send to The
Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Modish, Yet Very Simple
The cutaway coat Is 1
* the very
but the
is an ex eptior
English worsted in hrown and
"TOON
is and the
GIRLISH SUIT WITH CUTAWAY COAT.
cutaway ef on a slen
der young
gracefully
The skirt is,
to show the
boots of black patent
kid upper
oct
girl
- )
sry (
is Terry
who « rries
wt enough
ed walking
ither with Jd
of conrse
natty butt
EGZENA SPREAD
RAPIDLY OVER FACE
And Head. Raw and Red. Ears,
Legs and Hands Also Afflicted.
Thought Child Would Die, Cuti-
cura hm Completely Cured,
Btewartstown, Pa Cuticura Soap
and Ointment cured my little boy of that
awful disease eczema When about five
yoars old it started on the
loft wide of his face In a small
pimple forming yellow mate |
ter. It soon spread rapidly
over his face and head. It
got as raw and red as flannel.
= The yellow matter ran down
his face in big drops, | kept
a cloth on his neck and mite
tens of muslin on his hands to
keep him from scratching. The back of his
head got In big scabs and when he would
sleep the pillow would bo wet with the water
that would come out of the scabs. Then
these would soften and come off. His whole
hoad swelled; his head, face, ears, logs and
hands were afflicted but the bead and face
were worst, We or the child never got a
good sleep for a long time,
"We tried medicines and none did any |
good. We spent about one hundred dollars
on him. They thought my little boy would
die. Wo ware told about the Cuticura Soap
and Olntment and bought some, The Out
cura Soap I Iathered his face with and let |
it dry in, then applied the Cuticurs Olnte
mont, He was completely cured and It
never left a scar.” (Signed) Mrs, Ida
Jamison, March 12, 1012,
Cutieura Soap and Cuticura Ointment are
wold throughout the world. Liberal sample of
each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Dock. Ade
herself |
de sh wd awa dud ud w Each md ach wd waa
[J ADA ED WC
IF Sk ISAT SSS
CoE ERC
ED
Le eel “ae ee.
i»
Er ———
A ————
iS, SB. 1 Ee a ae ae ae ae
SANTA CLAUS
Rummage Sale
SA ———
Toys of all kinds. Post Cards our leader.
IMPERIAL STORE
ADA WED WDD Go o
SEC ABAD AD EDA A
One
It
married people
hat they
ert
COOK,
and
fi CAS
M
bed
the one
most men
can
civilize
| the ¢
Mi
i the
how
hear the
{ chan
hus
ot
at y
{ husl
| know
fifty
| con
{| muck
Ot
You
| to make a
| like
{ ont
| and
|
| vate;
| ang
| th in
DOMESTIC
Unhappy Cause
Estate Explained,
is undoubtedly a fact that
ay thin
would not dare
say t
who would
i
{
in
Kive notice
they woul ot dream of
acquaintance
irringe Is life with the poli
off wud many
1 in the wor
ual
Wi CHEE
reintio
that
dispense amenit
ation in which they
ourage of their rodeness
human b have
number i
they look
wit Igs
others unt
hortcor
8 candor by
to
litany of their
ted with relenties
wmnds or
her people
our pet
nd feels t
that the have heard It at
wives
laugh long
Your wife
ry or
a1 hat it is good for
tines your power
versational
18
praise your
her
rh
peor
isband feels free
to
of yourse f by
a sci
o forty:
silence 3
that you ta
it Is getting
1ks these thin
k 100 much,
to be a bore
know
Te
each other to
all
thelr
per
cust
It
thet
other
kno
themse!
nd
A
| abv
Jou
w
h and
ish out or
temper and
irritability
not
en ushands
f
ar Off
}
frrits
the {ll
systems
that they
pers or thelr se
and ill
dare show to
on rants
usually husbands and
each other
wt particnlarly
they are trying
is
tell
that to
ves to
¥
ho STM
there
the canse
re people w
of the
Infelicity,
it
estic
and lea
din w
anyi
INFELICITY.
of the Marital
most
~ to each oth
0 the
©
saying
sh rub
It is
hich
they
08 of
ve
they
ning
I=
their
r and Justily
your
you to
[|]
i“
As a
tell you
hoolgl: hen you are cid
and sweets
wa should cu
He
gs are good for yo
Wives
y each othe:
bility
tem
thie
wives
1"
many cases oj
Gold
The Fourteen
For Corn,
Ann 1 Meet
Aedal
t}
entry
Appalling Mistake "At
" ting the other 1 bit
Frida
™
a
I
igher Prices
for Cross Ties
During 1913 the New York
Central & Hudson River R. R.
Company will pay increased
prices for cross ties.
Red Oak ties will be advanced
7 cents per tie.
White and Rock Oak switch timber
will also be bought at $26.00 per
thousand feet, in sets.
or
of
A.
omplete particulars,
Su
tracts,
Track,
MURRAY,
neer, Jersey Shore,
Sep pervisor
or address W,
Division
Pa.
RI *
.
.
ORT
iat
Ew
3
JANUARY PRICES NOW
THIRTY DAYS AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS
The reason
endar and can not be governed by the freaks of unseasonable weather SO NOW IS THE TIME ABOVE
ALL OTHERS FOR BARGAINS.
There is plenty of cold weather ahead, and here ars the stylish, serviceable Claster
smartest winter apparel—The largest we rave ever carried, and their original valuation the lowest.
is plain—the backward season, due to the weather man.
Claster’s business is run by the cal-
assortment of the
Ladies’ Coats and Suits
AT ONE-THIRD TO ONE-HALF PRICE
90
Reduced from
$1000 and $12.50
Reduced from
$13.50 and $15.00
75
10°
Reduced from
$1650 and $18.00
13°
Reduced from
$20.00 and $22.50
15°
Reduced from
$25.00 and $30.00
136 MEN'S OVERCOATS
220 MEN'S SUITS AT
90
Reduced from
$10.00
$1850 and $15.00
12°
Reduced from
$16.50 and $18.00
0"
Reduced from
19°
Reduced from
$20.00 and $22.50
The briefest possible
est selling models,
description
materials and colorings we
that
brought
of this offering
have
in it embraces all the
out this season
most popular and fast.
Your own good judgment will tell you that these are unmatchable values
Winter Suits, and Overcoats, Men's Trousers, Girls’
in dependable, boys’
Coats, and Ladies’ Furs!
Boys' Suits
£ to 17 years,
...BOYS' SUITS
...BOYS' SUITS....
..BOYS' SUITS....
..BOYS' SUITS. ...
Boys’ Overcoats
4 to 16 years,
.OVERCOATS ...
,OVERCOATS ..
2 x
MEN'S TROUSERS
MEN'S TROUSERS,
MEN'S TROUSERS,
MEN'S TROUSERS,
Ladies’ Furs
Black Coney Muffs. .
Black Coney Muffs. .
Black or Brown Muffs
..BETS .
Girls’ Coats
6 to 14 yoars,
GIRLS’ COATS...
..GIRLS' COATS. .
..GIRLS' COATS...
,.GIRLS' COATS. ..
..GIRLS' COATS. ..
..GIRLS' COATS.
Men’ [ Trousers
1,50. MEN'S TROUSERS. . 08¢
00. MEN'S TROUSERS. $1.26
-—
srzzes
Crider's Exchange,
Bellefonte, Pa,
—
CLASTER’S
Eh EE EE EEE EE EERE
*
1