e 3rd, 193% T_——— THE CENTRE ss ——— ROB A LEGEND OF OLD McVEYTOWN From Legends Collected in Central Pennsylvania By HENRY W. SHOEMAKER ROY Along the old canal bank, below the picturesque vil- lage of McVeytown, for a full century stood a certain pub lic house, a tavern stand with a history Long before the building of the canal it had been a noted hostelry, a fav ored stopping place for travelers along the pike, a head- quarters for the hardy eitlers and hunters of the neigh- borhood. It had been in the hands of one family for near- ly the entire span of the century, a family of more than ordinary refinement and common sense, who had raised inn-keeping almost to the level of a prolession For that reason they attracted the best class of custom and many were the travelers who journeyed miles further enduring fatigue and cold, so that they could spend the night under this hospitable roof And many were the travelers who went off their ular roads purposely that they might be entertained there. Even the roughest customers from the Blue Ridge and Jack's Mountain maintained a re spectable demeanor within the heavy walls of the old stone tavern; the lew Indians who stopped there recalled that it had been built originally as a fort, as was evidenced by the thickness of the walls—the entire atmosphere Was one of genial charm. It reflected the English inns of romance in this wild mountainous section of the new world. The family who kept the stand were of English des- cent, of exceptionally good stock, being related to the nobility; the head of the family had been. a baronet’s younger son who emigrated to Pennsylvania there a beautiful girl of le#ser rank but ¢ 1 Ireland forbears. The first landlord had married est daughter this union, an attractive girl, who tained her dignity, vet left no detail of her hotel bu neglected. She was a favorite with all tre | gentlemen travelers from a distance, who detected qualities of mind and heart of no mean order these fine gentlemen tarried unber of days, aj pre- ciating the home atmosphere, questioned the regular patrons {rom the tracks and trails of the wildern I'he good nam the house was for gentlemen always “go to the stone tavern password assuring a kindl forts for the most exacting tourist, Among the visitors Scotchmen, Ulst made the Juniat svilvania. For there Lhe descended from tures found greals nam« customs and eler scienti were abroad, country, traveling any spot atbractive calling suited gentlemen were | were quite old It was Young landlady’'s marriage usual interest i { known as the Bounding F At first he to stop. but struck by the name, paused Uu ] meaning. He was met by the comely young landlady who smilingly informed him that It was named for a famed and probably mythical elk. which pursued by Indians in days gone by. had cleared Juniata with a single botind near where the tavern Evidently the stranger wa greatly pleased wi information near at ble boy, Patterson, and entered well received by the stalwar ing of the charming bette: cided to remain over ni strapped his saddle bag al home. He gave his caused the landlord to sons of that nami stranger shook his head in the Confederation reg- marrying north ol old- yf solid Lhe main- Ines of ye with in her Often iall Avelers especially for a n while they concerning Lh nountian Passe rect were many io er Cot and i a V valey heir own were numerous who were | %3) ne and prog in the earl eNnLsCOnCes lk inquire the tood anti hand, he turned his | and proces name a M inquire if he iding further that Ie vir aying He seemed to be qui to guess his correct age plexion which often was medium height aquiline nose, deep-set Cel lips were somewhat | shut and compressed had go« there was a slight curl to his auburn was sprightly, yet weath it all lousness which expressed if most ents of abstraction and si e. Polite classes of people, he had the gift of ily, vi of it a eves wd, though t his mouth t lor, good teeth, locks, His manner Was a vein r noticeably in mom- st reserved to all blu i ni alway 4 ull keg ight under? of ser- ita lend ye making friend Prolonging his stay at the Bounding Elk from day to day, he soon became a fixture about the premises. His chief interest seemed to be in listening to the Indian legends of the mountains which the pinoeers loved to retail in the tap room. Occasionally Indians stopped at the hotel and the stranger made a point to become acquainted with them He seemed possess the power of penetrating their stolidity and reserve, for they talked freely of the grand days when the Juniata and its sur- rounding regions was their earthly paradise From remarks dropped by one of the old Indians, he was led, late in October, to make a journey on horseback to the headwaters of Moose Run, a tributary of Bald Eagle Creek, although previously hardly a week had pass- ed but he had made some shorter pligrimage to others of the historic shrines in the Blue Ridge, or Fasick's Ridge, or Jack's Mountains But the ride across several ranges of mountains and valleys to the Snow Shoe region was his longest excur- sion; he was gone nearly two weeks. At times the young landlord and his wife feared that their visitor might never return; he had come mysteriously, he might depart in the same manner. But when almost given up as lost, he rode up unconcernedly, his face beaming with evident pleasure and satisfaction. He had been in a fierce snow storm, had almost perished in the impenetrable forest one cold windy night, but when that was passed and gone, he could only say that the trip had been well worth the effort The night of his return the stone tavern bid fair to re-establish its claim to the name of the “Bounding Elk.” Just before supper time a loud barking of dogs was heard a short distance down the river. A gigantic bull moose, on his southerly migration, had been driven into the water by a nondescript pack of hounds, which were yelping and leaping about his huge swart form. With his massive palmatéd antlers he defended himself as best he could, until, stepping into a deep hole, he was almost swept off his feet by the current. Just at this moment the land. lord, a couple of old hunters, and the stable boy arrived on the scene armed with flint-locks. The appearance of the Nimrods spurred the desperate moose to greater ef- forts, and he managed to reach the south shore at a spot where the bank was level, and with a mighty plunge took harbor in the forest. Dogs and men were after him, they could not allow such a superb quarry to escape. Black moose were practically extinct at that time, although the grey moose or elk were still fairly numerous in Jack's Mountains and in the Seven Brothers, The disappearance of the hunters on what might be an all-night's chase left the stranger and the young land- alone in the tavern. Had he not just returned from a long horseback journey he might have accompanied them, but as it was he preferred to enjoy a quiet supper with his hostess. That night blew up bitterly cold, the winds, “in their weary play,” hurled themselves against the gables and rvof with a ghostly woo, woo, woo. All Souls’ night was past, else the winds might have been mistaken for the old to —————— ———— —— RR. A — angry spirits aiter supper the young couple the huge open fireplace, watching the sparks (rom the great back log fly up the chimney, and listening to the unhappy wind. The stranger was stroking a large black cat, his favorite animal, which climbed on his lap and shoulders, arching its back and purring aflectionately After a while, when the man and girl felt in harmony with one another, the stranger reserve vanished, he be- gan talking his trip, of the legends he had heard while in the high mountains, Several weeks outeries of sat before about before Indian named Nicodemus had begged a meal the tavern. He said that he was over a hundred ye: old, and he certainly looked it. He claimed to have been one of the Pequot Indians converted by the Moravians at Shekomeko, in Dutchess County, New | York, who followed the missionaries into Pennsylvania after their persecutions at the hands of the New Yorkers. This Indian told of his accompanying the missionary Ettwein on his journey to the Ohio in 1772, and how they had camped for several days at Snow Shoe on the back- bone of the Alleghenies. While there another Pequot named Nathan, a member of the party, lell in with Paalochquen, a Shawnee maid of rare beauty, the daugh- ter of a hunter of that tribe camped in the neighborhood His ardor was reciprocated, and Ettwein was preparing to baptize the beautiful girl when the Pequot lover fell I'hough he had everyiuing to live for, the unfortun- Indian died in a few days and was buried at the foot jant mountain, the spot ever after being Known as Hill. Ettwein had uttered a the carved the deceased's name on beech was inconsolable, and by Valnly did her lather ry rn to hig camp at the he wii al A'S ove ill ate Of a Indian grave tre I'he maiden 1€¢ grave gries silence Crave rayer at and a NEArpy bercaved at ul of tream the OF - make her ret hu ad mmemorategd one his kills in Moose Run, but the row her mind Lhe Her brought her foc and drink WHOLE hunt name Ol great field girl was obdurate he florgot t equally grief-st all else except ricken relatives the next But YETI sagan but she {aste nti reason ¢ where aemi 1 and wens ck Irom tl tn t “@ : on further with hi ory thu Lraj } ty sit ity His name Campbell, had been randfather . Wa itlaw, Rob Roy. His Iather MacGregor Campbell, had escaped from Edinburgh Cas- tl had been imprisoned after the Baltie oft France, and there the younger Jame born His lite had run amoothly enough ral military experience inti when n northery ] along the Arno, much as Dante had Beatric i ariiaradin assumed by his in Scotland, who not other than the famous o James ie where he Pre Campbell ul tonpans ET on aK Ital he noticed one after er t rial beautiful « nan in biood f spent ; Bavari sr father aet All With youthfu » memorable fo the you Campbell VH LLWAY leaned against along toward Cascine Park 50 strong was the t! young lover could have no peace un charmer As acquaintances, both congenial the words of love were soon sj Then came the breaking of the news to t ian, whose rage knew no bounds. He had other the fair girl's he made it known. The warned away into the big world name for himself essful, he might ! addresses t time the girl again if by tha married someone else ression presented themselves most oken and on both He guard- plans for lover w eid We » ture AS and win sa bn come k and pay had not Not having a regula: at that moment, with with enemis there occupation his father, a pennile wis nothing to do but to away with a heavy heart, to seek surcease in some other part of the world. The social position of Countess An- giere Agnes made her too conspicuous a personage to fig- wre in an eclopement; at any rate she did not over such a proposition, though he made it to her. There fore, alone and sunk deep in hopelessness, the young man made his way to America, There he saw many opportun- ities to prosper, but his soul was filled with such a great unrest and emptiness that he could not concentrate his mind on any given task. He had been a wanderer, filled with many vague hopes and wild fancies until we found his ultimate islands in the hospitable walls of the Bound- ing Elk The beautiful Anglere Agnes had promised to write to him regularly in America and he gave her the addresses of family [riends in Philadelphia who would forward his mall to wherever he might be. He wrote her every day until he reached the ship, every day on shipboard, and dally for weeks after his arrival in the Quaker City When the time eagerly watched for had rolled around and he might expect letters from his beloved he was cast into the depths of despondency by the non-arrival of a sin- gle line, directly or indirectly. Though he kept on writ- Ing letters at intervals of every week or two for a period of over four years, silence wag profound as far as Anglere Agnes was concerned. Though he could not understand the girl's instability after s0 many protestations of love, he kept his faith through it all-—he never even looked at any other woman, His first ray of real hope came when old Paalochquen, the erstwhile “Half Moon Maid.” told him to return to the Bounding Elk and learn the true state of affairs. He hoped that this glimpse into the world of his dreams would set his soul's house In order, so that he might find his place in the world and cease the foolish career of “rolling stone.” He felt firmly convinced that Angiere Agnes loved him, that there was some cause for her si- lence, but It would have been useless to return to Eure ope before she came of age, which event had happened in the previous December, As he was speaking these final words of faith, the great clock in the corner of the room began striking twelve the sleeping black cat on his lap raised its head and curve ed its back, as such grimalking always do at the signal of the witching hour, When the last stroke had sounded. the young man put the cat down gently, and rising trom the settee, bade his hostess good-night, ghting | his rushlight. he passed out into the dark cold hall, to vee It said, had been married over two years to an not even a oommi exile turn enthuse | Keystone News Chi ps Over The ( Aged Brothers Badly Injured. Two aged brothers, Thomas H, My- ers, aged 79, and John Myers, aged 87 | ant in August, both of Ashville, were seriously injured | the 311th machine at 10 o'clock Sunday night in a head- | on collision between Coupon and Gals Mtzin. Thomas Myers Is sald to have been driving his machine west when it collided on a slight right turn with a | car operated by Joseph Zsviolski of | Gallitzin. The brothers were caught in the front seat of thelr machine, bx ing extricated by three youths from Coupon and taken to the Mercy Hos pital at Altoona John Myers, the most seriously injured, suffered possible in ternal injuries. a possible fracture the skull & a fractured nose and se- vere bruises above both eyes His brother. Thomas, suffered Iractures of the rihs on both sides and a severe lac- above the right eye, Mandi- | chak, an of Zsviolski's ma- | chine, received a severe laceration of the left cheek which required 14 sul- ures to close enlisted and was Willig in the morning Hur midnight Friday in cident on the | of Ansonia Hi skull, fractured right eyq The car a4 pPasseIg fatied 1 left the road chine wa cupant wa of Tyrone, a lege student boro. Hi have not eration Klock well 0 i 20, Laro ror of wrecked 8 #1 eration jurie occupant of and severe Lhe shock Former Juniata Man Killed. Ralph C. Musser, aged Battle | Creek Mich., formerly a resident of Juniata, was instantly killed about 6 o'clock Sunday morning in an automo- bile collision Battle Creek. ace | cording to word received by his Iather and mother, Mr, and Mrs. W, G. Mus- er Juniata, Sunday. Musser, who according to his aunt, eft Juniata where he had been living with his about IX YEARS I5 SUurviv- them. his wife and one . Billy. His left Al- . nday night for the BON Battle ( \ Ar- A three-day-old the upper brought enbuch at turned over farm at Lo fawn found, and w» tle during the protector had i J0 of lo game by near could no fs ol “go Bett parents May Mont Vail On, me W Hi A HUs A 1 I Ony toona Su home In rive there Lhey « the el Altoona reek. When (ae ’ will determ made ; Hand Graliu held body Col. Jones Wins Promotion. { Lo draft the ' : . \ . cutenant Colones ne 1 { this Rob Roy t belore; his he ever afterwards HEL Ihe me all others had his hopes for Lh il prayed might be J There was same! role about him that ads her admiration. And he pein + burned low p» with the cat on from any man ashe Above ire TE ET the . ' ue an hue fl fy re she awoke the Patter ar umpbel]l the Rob R aving that e ney were table al now the there where Campbell he 0 the huntiers grouped young we man WARS seemed inaica irmey ddeniy O8Ing interest uo remain NOOKe y the stabiey the Rob R had departed the WAS mount not in without revealing ii and if his faith had pros Dorcas hung her head. as if slights momen Rob Roy riding to his horse could travel the purpose h ged the faithful animal Philade he Lt a mt While ir he imparted France To a bull N¢ about the itt horse to be barn Was ng man his peep across the seas And the the [alr At t as fast as With blind he reached the to whom ret mm in t the wh over frosty vhere put the city he met severa information of his u of these friends he said bh the army. that was was brewing, but to Dorcas on the eve of departure real reason for the journey, a strange hap- in his room at the Bounding Elk jetter recited that after he left hi he repaired to his room, lighting the way with the single rushlight. As he opened the door, by the rich flickering light, he saw his beloved Angiere Agnes standing in the middle of the room. Her face was ghast- ly pale, of a greenish hue; ghe held her left hand, the long fingers greenish white, over her heart, and spread benealh her hand was a sheet of letter paper. As the surprised lover advanced toward her ghe extended her hand to him giving him the scrap of paper. As she moved her arm away from her breast he could see a gaping hole in the black silk bodice. and something that looked like black clotted blood. And #8 he took the paper in his hand which was in the form of an old-time letter with cracked red seals. there was a ragged hole In the center of it, the edges of which were much powder marked The young man's lips moved as if to speak, but he checked himself, knowing that jit was dangerous to ad- dress a ghost—the phantom was certain to fade away so he waited for the shadow of what was once the [air Anglere Agnes to speak. He could see her ful] lips twileh and curve. with the movement of cold clay, before the familiar tones were heard. The story which she related chilled his heart and made him bite his lips in rage It seemed that when he had gone way to seek his fortune in the New World she had resovied to be true to him. she had written him every day and expected to hear from him in return. Bul no answers came to her letlers The long silence almost broke her heart, She questioned her guardian, but he could tell her nothing. In her des- peration she wrote 10 a man of prominence in Philadel- phia, one of her guardian's friends, asking about the abe sent lover, whether he was alive or dead. Meanwhile the old Baron approached her with a pro- posal of marriage, Which she indignantly refused. The elderly guardian did Dot seem rebuffed, but passed the episode over, apparently continuing to be as polite and considerate as If nothing of a serious nature had happen- ed. One evening, she Was at the Baron's oastle In Mun- ich at the time, the old man asked her to accompany him to a reception at the royal armory or “Rust Kammer." where some distinguished savants from England and Spain, including a noble writer on armor, were to be en lertained, While dressing for the oconslon a letter covered with seals and postmarks was handed to her, Breaking it open she saw that it was headed “Philadelphia, April 27, 1701" But, alas, it was not In her lover's handwriting, but from the prominent Quaker whom her knew. Breath. lossly she read it; it contained news, James Camp- phia up a waterfr friends the itended Wa re oining ter posted at sca he confided his pening past midnig! The the inglenook ) landiady atl outbreak of the war in named 1917, gun which he served throughout the war, Youth Fatally Hurt, of Hospital un Roosevelt highway uffered a I aim and overturned The driver, F Penns who wa the extent ol been determined arm Three-Dayv-Old Fawn Cared For. | fawn end of Columbia county Protec Bloomsburg him AisOCK 101 tand fed on brief John MoCloskey, of Millheim superintendent at Rockview tentiary, was housed | week | Surgery was rd { | | 1017, Col. Jone: first lleuten- assigned to with | and battalion of last because orted 0 | member, th ther reeponding reatment Wellsboro, died oh of Saturday Rn Ol about | Of Centre automobile received al against a forearm o elbow, In west actured and tured which Klock was negotiate pun Cent five area a The other of Cooper, 20, State Col in Wells which include 1rve ma~ only be continued th Line f« he cantr 10% IVania visiting order jssued Becretary an of PF DECAINM and Mi of Aar IAC~ i Mr back Aa sprained nsburg an extended trip t in Illinols and Kansas < visit Lh Yel before miud Bervice Stall Aaronsburg and Sunday picked in War up tor Mark Hag- been game The 1p when it was milk from a bot- the game ald to the 407 has slate 4 y IL i five-year-old and Mrs. J. M. Malone inaer QuUAra rearing period Have Old Home Week. Amerioa the Legioy ve a ointed Arrangeme Travels 1.800 Miles for Reunion, iil f ( { q a fe eter F } her ipporied oy | ernmess and sent w maidserva men the caved tragedy from guardian she finished her sim} £4 i ii i with the old noble FRE feasted hi 14 were entra faintiy it by pped 10 conver Angicre Agnes recess old soldier st Saxe’s War of these shadowy On pistols of cumber me afler an ) ! MOOG Some a'm It ' expiode noticed into one vered, lay a nl Picking ¢ ine imber uj ther one that ave been experimenting with it HL ounag Was would the Ad Weanm ght to end her then there Phi heart laced the | cliunu y Ly t [54 : 1 a lot of smoke, a WAS Over 1 Linderum with his aged 1 an forward dim chapel Angiere Agnes, C beyond all mortal swept away Lhe placed the body admirable bier had first rushed letter lying over arrow and etier th Kne from over dea her Wi illed the here a sickening report crash stone floor the shot, and Lhe reached Garliardinl, was The Lols on heard When unless and all riend the aid armorer colieclion ancient pl and gently where it made an When the Baron seen the shot-tormnm had divined the meaning. It is well that his thoughts are unrecorded. When he viewed the body lying on’ the table. with the long white hands folded across the lacer- ated breast, the ljetler was gone He had charged of on the antique tabi the lovely corpse the spot he had girl's heart, he fon Lo t he - — - Ng — - — —————— e——— OGhROeR | Be the | oun ly Miss Louise Miller and Miss Helen Mrs. John E Hosterman, of Cunning - night lun- LAW room Miss 1 Ban Houe~ Slate Mi Co. lege Jean Margaret iro HOg n the qi oral { GeCOtav appropria Aun Driag CENTRE COUNTY HOSPITAL NOTES Monday of Tuesday of Last Werk M Dorothy Fi D Mr 8 lege: Patrick H Alex 3rd ge: Mrs. Robert Mills R D 1; Bellefonte: Mrs Pleasant Gap Mr. and Mrs avail Morris wie Eimer mie i tients were admitted were discharged Wednes- B Grassmier, Spring Marvin Fanning. Snow Stambaugh, Fieming Wednesday of last week Ardara Ro ut Master Kathryn cr ra J Campbell, Stale Scandrol, Belle- | 5 Hal Thursday of Last Week Admitied Master Pacifich Seitti Bellefonte, R. D. 1: Mrs. Ira W. Lingle M Spring Mills. R D. 1; Discharged: Mn lisp L. Cleven- Bellefonte, R. D. 3; Donald © State Coliege. R. D. 1; Mrs. J Ebbert and infant son, State Co | SLU Fortner Claly lege Thess were admitied Thuts- day and were discharged Friday: Lynn E. Blazer, Centre Hall, R. D. 1; Mrs John D. Lee, State College, palients armorers with concealing it, but could get no satisfaction | from them II that was mortal of his still-born romance was laid | to rest ie the family vault of his schloss, and he retired to a lite of solitude until he might be placed in death by her side, amid ancestors reaching back in unbroken line almost a thousand years where the soul goes after release Angiere Agnes could not tell. where the damning letter was walted to she was still less able to know, but at any rate she held it over her broken heart when she greeted her lover in hig des olate room at the Bounding Elk by the beautiful Jun- iata. And to prove that he was not dreaming, but that he really saw her, she handed it to him, her white fin- ger marks brushing away some of the powder stains And then she was gone-—to the unknown land that she. nor no other dweller in It, oan ever describe, that nether world which is not spiritual, not material, the no- man's land which is all we know of the universe we can- not see, that universe that is material enough to retain a scrap of paper for four or five sad years. Yel we know that 1s a land far from Nirvana or Valhalla How long after she had vanished Campbell kept stand- ing there clutching the bullet-rent paper he did not know, | except that when he heard the voloes of the returning | monse hunters and the barking of the dogs below, he folded the letler and put it in his pocket above his heart and slipping quietly down the stanrs—he wanioed lo see nobody, speak to nobody, be alone with his soul-