THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOM3BURG, PA. m. .j. J ME AND MARY, -w-yu. Tb t lot o" Jojr In llfln', n lot o fan la When n l" er hit wcethnrt n" l thlnkln" o' An' thai kin.lef now reminds m that I 00 hn'tjr tmb . When Mrr did the militia' a-1 drore th otU h.'Uio. I a kindor hr n' bhful, W wht folk 'iil4 wy a "green ." An the inl u' In the bible put down XMty "OTHntwn." . . ,. I'd bn ihmhiu'of ihcltr-lxiin'muohlnollnedl to ruaru. , , But 1 wc,nd rl. If I left her, who would drtTe the oatlie hume T Bat tre wu'nt u much in farmln,, or la Uirln' cows 10 milt; It kept me down too Mau Jeui n' M7 from si t; Aa' to, tuouKu I waj up to go -f j lln' of the jj Aa I said before, I wondered, who would drtvt the oatlie uome f Ton . theT kinder knowed me-been vdrirln - of em tul I An' iim jr hd to milk m t certain time you inufft , ' Would they cntneuplnthe t light, wou'.d ttaer know tue nuie u tar? I An' wi.o, ile me, cm d mx em. aa' let down for em tn bun ? I remember. It was iprinrtime-'bout theaettln o tb sun; I An' I iir ve ti e cowl to Mary, an' themllkln' . had u.-un; I An' I Mid : Tin sorry, Mary, that the two of tt , nnwt pirt." Au' I kepi sm Li-tlin. care'.eu, like 'twould . brea noixsd a btxtri. But he l.okl acrt the tnvadowa, with hat blue an bfamm' eyes, I vThWh a .ik.- a .Ireaiu o' heaven, an" jest took lni tlieaaiea: An" then-an' thon I can't Wl how I couldn't tu lik or wv- I "Dj u In th iity liviu", or the cattle, more Ibau u.o?" Wam't nonillk In that ere farmhouse that ere- nl:i' no' a duty : The cowiifot in tue coruklil au' jmt eat up halt tue IT' i ; But t .- Jl h Hint I was fetdlu' from was iwoot Willi niit.ey-oimb From the rai.Mwi iijts o' Mary, as I kissed her goiu wouie ! 1 lost sight o' the city lire, whatever It might bt ; , lie ui re In the country at enough, an' more (r me : Au' I'm uia.l my mind up certain, an' I alnt iiK'iuitd to roiim. While JUry do..- I no mllkiu' an' I drive the cat tie home : - Frank L. btanton. "QUEEN ELEANOR.' "Is there very rum-li more of this cllniblnjr, Mr. Elveitun? I vlon't real ly think I can ktn-p cm much longer." And Ia'!:i Woliuvr loaned up against ft rock, and pantod for breath, as ah looked at lier compaulon, a haaddouia young man of five or six and twenty; wiiose sunburnt features txk on a deeper fluslt beneatb U!s broad-brim-med felt tat while- he answered peni tently: "Miss Walmer, I'm awfully sorry; but I thought tve should nave been oa the top an hour ago. I really did, I assure you; and I am beginning to be afraid I have altogether miscalculated the distance somehow." "Are you quite sure this dreadful mountain has a top?" asked Miss Wolmer. "For my part, I have Tery, considerable doubts on the subject Or perhaps" she went on. with & laugh "the trouble is that Mr. Elverton does not know how to find It? Come, Mr. Elverton, confess you have lost tha way. Your easy manner does not de ceive me In the )at, and I have been quite convinced for some time that you were off the track; so you may as well make an open disclosure of your er rors. What is the good of going on. up, and up, and up, and never appar ently getting any nearer tho end of our Journey?" The young plan tor looked somewhat abashed as he replied: "I have observ ed that as a general rule If one con tinues t go up a liill, one comes to the top B'me time or other, This mountain, however, I am bound to ad mit, seKtiis fated to prove the opposite. In fact, as you very neatly put It, either Hantnna has no top at all or ehse " Hi pau-d. and met tha mfrry sparkle in Miss Wolmer's eyea with a like twinkle in his own. "Yes. Mr. Elverton?" "Well, or t-lse I don't know how to got there. Now the vrtiole story Is out. Ml Lena, and It only remains for ya to crush m" with your scorn.'' "Then you have lost the road! Oh, this Is truly delicious!" cried Lena, clapping her hands. "What wilt Harry iay, when he hears? You re member how he scoffed last night when you proposed the expedition: 'Nonsense! Take a lady tlirouyh that Jungle. It can't be doni?; The tiling Is perfect' y preposterous, and not to ba thought of.' He will never let us hear the j of this morning's work, I am afraid, Mr. Elverton." "Me, you mean. He can't throw any contempt on your shoulders. Miss Lena. It Is all my fault you have not s-en the sun rise from the top of Han tnna: and I shall never cease to ba humiliated when I think of It How ever, d'ou't let us dwell on our Ignoble failure any longer. Suppose we throw the thing up now, and go no farther? I can ttee you are fatigued; and you have dono enough, anyway, already for the honor and glory of your sex; for I am quite sure no woman no English woman, at least was ever so far up the steep side of Hantana. Be sides, t'he sun Is growing hot, arid it will s ioii be almost dangerous for you to b) out In it. Even as It Is. we shall have a scorching going back to our hors.-s, unless I am much mistaken." "Well," assented .Miss Wolmer, "I should not have liked to make the pro posal myself, for I always bate to be the first to give in; but since you have owned to your sins so honently. I don't mind confessing on my side that I've had quite enough of Ceylon moun taineering to last me for tho rest of my life. Creepers and tree-fern are lovely to look at; but -when it comes to struggling up hill through the Jun gle, I think I prefer Che less pictur esque vegetation of my native land. I must really have a rest be-fore we be gin the descent, Mr. Elverton." "Are you so very t red. then?" ask ed Tom Elverton, looking at hor anx iously. "I siia.ll never forgive myself. Miss Lena, if you are the worse foo this mad exploit. I cannot forget It was I who proposed It. See here Is a stone that looks pretty comfortable. Do you think you could manage to get a little rest on It, while I go alin this ridge a bit, and If I can't tind .Vi.u an orange or two? I tHljik I can make uu'hs.nne native huts down In yon hol'ow, and there are always Ho of the land, too; there must be au yian's garden. I'll have a look at tha oraiu'es or plantains in the insult Mfler way down, you know, for I have evidently got off the track, somehow, coming up." "Very well." rT1'e1 Lma. "A, by all m?an. Mr. Elverton; and may every success att"iid you. I shall be glad If we can get b;iok without pass ing through that scarlet lantana again: for, though it is so beautiful, I shall not soon forget how It can scratch one's face and b.inls. Hut don't be vexed wirh yourself for bringing me here. I wanted to come Just as much you wanted to take mo. and though I am Just a little tired now, the wltole trip has been delightful so far. I d.m't Ivlieve. moreover, the sunrise could have possibly bec-n any grander fptn the tup than from the point we saw It. The view of those waves ot, mist rolling off these great peaks was iiiagnlfloent. and well worth all oar toil: so do not think for n moment I regret our expedition. Mr. Elverton, though In a certa'n sense it has been a failure." "It Is like yon to s.iy so." respond ed Tom. gratofully. "All th same, I feel I have disgraced myself. I was I fee! I have disgraced myself. I was so cck-uri I could find" the way, I wouldn't even bring a endie with us. If I had. we should never have got Into this mess. Hut." continued the young planter. In a lower tone, as he arranged Lena's shawl on the rock, and p.iki-d a!ut with Ills stick to make ure n hidden snake or venom ous spider would share her resting place, "you ruut remember what a N-mpUtion it was to me to have you all to myself for a few hours." Lena Wolmer's chtvk flushed, but sh made n reply; and Tom. after lingering for a moment or two, ns if expecting her to answer, went off, as he said." to exp'ore." The y cuing lady watched him disap pear r.,und the fiid if the next rock, and then turned to feast her eyes on the prop,vt before her. Away below lay Kandy. the lovely little mountain capital cf IVylon. its white houses and red-tilixl roofs already shining in the morning's sunbeams; and between her and them the waters of the lake gleamed through th- sago-palms and cocoanut trees; while, far away to the loft, she could catch a sparkle here and there of the broad Mahawelllgan ga flowing silently to Its ocean home, past the dark-gren coffee estates and the lighter-tinted paddy-fields. Nearer, the sun shone on mih-s of tea planta t'ons. with here an.l there the plctur i'sqne bungalow of a planter, or a row of native huts, which Lena had al ready learned to call "lines." Amongst them all. she casly recognized the clump of trees In the midst of which stood her brother's bungalow, and her own present home. Lena was a fresh arrival In Ceylon. A good many years younger than her only brother, the clever, long-headed proprietor of Duomalla estate, she had spent Eer orphan girlhood at a Lon don boarding se?iool. and hardly ever remembered that she and her brother, except when his annual letter, contain ing the draft to pay her fees, brought him to her mind. But there were Just these two left out of their family; he, the eldest, and she, the youngest; and when her scuxd days were done, there seemed nothing else for her to do but to go out and Join him In his far-off home, narry Wolmer was not great ly delighted. He had a poor opinion of women generally, and looked for ward to h!i sister's arrival as a dis agreeable event that could not be pre vented. However, wb.en she came he was very kind to her. and endured with wonderful patience the Invasion of his old bachelor privacy by all the young fellows round about, who came like bees to a sugar-bowl, as soon as rhe d'strict learn-Nl that Wouner's sis ter had appeared. The proprietor of Duemalla had real ly something to endure; his front ver anda was besieged by ardent youths, who came uninvited to breakfast, tif fin and dinner, and bung over the new mistress of the bun galo. listening to her conversation as If ue were Inspired, accompanying her fi'tigs on their violins, or bringing her the skins of all sorts of wild ani mals which they had shot, and snipe, which they Implored her to have cook ed for ber dinner; while rhe back ver anda was equal'y crowded with their horse-keepers, snoring comfortably in shady corners, or chewing the social beteluut In the intervals of discussing their master's character. However, Mr. Wolmer bore it all with great good nature, and only inquired now and then of Lena when the wedding was to be. and which of all her adorers was the man of her choice. Lena on her part enjoyed her posi tion Immensely. It was a new thing to her to be so courted and admired; and, though she was sorry for the un fortunates whom she was constantly rejecting, her head was perhaps Just a trifle turned by all rhe admiration she received. One very wealthy Scotchman paid her special attention, and she had determined to marry him. When he asked her. she would accept him, though she liked Tom Elverton best. Hut Tom was only a poor 8. D., or "little master," as the Tamils say. In other words, be was simply Mr. Wolmer's assistant, and had not a penny beyond bis salary. And Lena, who had been poor all her life, did not feel Inclined to go on In poverty, when luxury and r'uhes were within her reach. So Torn liad been rejected, like the other ten or eleven adorers who had offered themselves to Miss Wolmer; but lie still came alxmt he bunga'ow, though he bad no hope In his heart. He could not bear to stay away, somtihow; and yesterday, when Lena bad expressed a wish to see the sim rise from Hantaua, be had been lifted up Into the seveuth heaven of Joy when she accepted his offer of him self as a guide. ' To tell tho truth, Lena was specially sorry for Torn; and though she was quite resolved not to marry him, she could not resist making him as happy a she was able, in the (meantime, iler eyes (.ot dewy now, as sue thought of him mid bis tender care of her all the way up. "Poor Tom!" She mused. "I wonder why tho nicest people are al ways tho ones that have no money? Now, If I had money, or he had. been rich, we might have been happy to gether. Hut then it Is not to bo thought of, Lena, my dear. A girl with ten pounds a year to her fortune can't marry a man with nothing a year for bin. that's certain; and Harry says the same; so there's nothing for It but Mr. Alexander MucAlplne, thou ah Mrs. Alexander MaoAloins sounds dreadful compared with But Icna did not flnirt her thouifhts. Th long rest after xrtlon. cvrabinej witii the heat, was beginning to mak her drwsy. The rustle of the leaves of a palm-tre near, as they flapped backwards and forwards In the breese sounded In her ears like the distant wash of tbe ocean, and she fancied herself back on Hxard ship, lying In her lcrth. and listen'ng to the lapping of the water against the side of th vesse'. Then she was at school, and the governess was speaking to her, and t"lling her to wake up. "Ye; Miss Martin," she tried to say. sn4 strnggl.il to lift her heavy eyelids, while Miss Martin seemed to stare at her with a strangely stony look. At last, with A great effort, she open ed her eyes. There facing her, and! Just rearing its head to strike, sat a large snake. His beautiful glossy skin shone In the bright sun. and his eyes were fixed on her. Icna uttered a sound voice and tongue alike failed her; and helpless, almost paralyzed with terror, she sat looking at tha horrible creature, not daring even to breathe, lest he should make the fatal spring. Afterwards, she remembered thinking such strange beings are we how very exactly the two Shades of brown matched In the markings of hla skin. A moment passed thus; then sud denly there was a shout, and Tom Elverton crashing through rhe Jungle, caught the snake by the throat and strangled it. Quiet as lightning It was done. Tom Elverton had not spent hours watching the native snake charmers for nothing; but, la spite of his dexterity, the snake was swifter even than he, and. twisting Itself round in his hand, it bit him on the wrist ere it ilied. "Oh. thank (iod!" cried Lena, begin ning to tremble, now that the danger was over. "But it has bitten you. Mr. Elverton. oh. what shall we do?" "Never mind that," said Tom. look ing at the creature n iw lying on the ground. "I don't believe it was a dangerous snake, at all. Anyway, you're not hurt, and that Is the great thing. I dropped my stick coming back, else I could easily have knocked him over with that; but I might have struck you as well; so perhaps It wps a good thing I hadn't It. after all." Tom spoke lightly, but his face was visibly paling as h spoke. The pain was making fo'm faint, and he leaned against the rock. "Mr. Elverton, " said Lena, timidly, 'let me bind up your hand for you." He held It out without a word, and Iena looked at the mark of the bite. "Are you quite sure it was not a poi sonous snake?" she asked, falteringly. "Well, perhaps not quite "sure," be responded; "but I think not, Miss Lena." She prew suddenly very red. "Do yon remember the story about Queen Eleanor. Mr. Elverton?" "Queen Eleanor?" be answered, won daringly, looking !nto (her tearful eyes. "I am afraid I am rather hazy in my history. "Oh," he abruptly broke off, you mean about the polnson ed dagger?" And his face flushed as deeply as her own. "No, Miss Lena, that would never do, thank you. A' man might allow his wife to risk her life for him. perhaps; but this is dif ferent. I am not Mr. MacAlplne. re member." he concluded, ratlier bitter ly. "But f you will tie a handker chief round my wrist. I shall be grate ful to you for that; and then we must go down to our horses as fast as we can. I've found the road now, you'll be glad to hear." "Tom." said Lena, In a very low voice, "if you will let me be your Queen Eleanor now, I'll I'll -be your wife afterwards." There Is no need to record Mr. Elver ton's reply. Hut there Is a lady now In the assistant's bungalow at Due mallow, and the nppn who used to cheat his master In the most system atic and barefaced manner has fallen upon evil days, for he has to reckon, w'th a stern mistress for every pound of sugar and measure of rice he brings from the bazaar. Consequently, Tom finds, to his great surprise, that ha hardly spends any more money as a married man than he did as a bache lor; and his stores last out ever so much longer, now that "Queen Elea nor." as he calls his wife, keeps the godown keys. In the centre of their cheerful draw ing room, mounted on a handsome brass stand, there Is a splendid stuffed specimen of the snake tribe, which, Tom occasionally shows his visitors. "That fellow was the best friend ever I had," he says, "for through his help I got my wife." Mr. MacAlplne Is still unmarried; but It Is supposed In the district that he was lately "indented home'' for a young lady to come out; and Mrs. Tom Elverton Is particularly anxious to know what she will be like. "Though, Tom. my dear," she says, "I shall uever be too glad I learned sense in time, thanks to the snake." 3rown Paterson. The Cane Altered. ' nusband I am going to bring the young barrister home with me this evening. Wife (with a bevy ot marriageable daughters) Very good!" Ot'ngs tha bell; the cook appears.) "Marie, wa r-e having a visitor this evening; I si. all be glad If you will prepare us a nice claret cup." Husband He Is a most agreeable young fellow; a general favorite, In fact. Wife (rings) Marie, please make a few tarts as well. Husband I nm told his young wife Is Just as nice and amiable us he Is." Wife (rings) Marie, never mind tha tarts and the claret cup; we shall only require some beer this evening. Dorf barblvr. Miarlnff by tha Acre. It 1-s eald that a gentleman residing (n one of the large towns out West, whose face ratlier excoeilod the ordin ary dimensions, was waited on by a barber every day for twenty-one years without coming to a set tinmen t. Tha barber, thlnkln:; It about time to sct tk iii-psented lila 1)111, in which ha charged so much a day amounting in a"l ti over $130. The gentleman, stw infting au overcuarg-', refused to pay tho amount, but agreed to a proposal of the barber to pay at the rate of ll.ooi) an acre. TOio premiums wera accordingly .measured, and tho result wa that the ahaviug bill waa la creased to about $100. Blood Diseases such m Scrofula and Anirmia, Ftin Eruptions and Palo or Sallow Complexions, are ppecdiljr cured bjr Scott's s - 6 S.-nlJor fsmphUt en Sto.'t't Emuliien FKEE, Scott & Bowne, N. Y. All druggists. 50 cents and SI. ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IX gars, Totacco. Candies, Fmts and lints SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Maillard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. 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