THfc COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. SHAKESPEARE IN A COOL MOOD. There'a jrjoflly catch!tiR of cold, ! It !s K r. ing and p.n emter air, The ooli. white, virgin snow upon my henrt almtes the ardor of my liver. And aftr-r I'lmmff pvormore mipcei-ds' Darren wintr, with hia wrathful nipping col 1. This oil Ti r--r.Jc cn4lvl with Ice The nlr hit- y)irw11y: It l very coM, Wry coM: th wind is northerly Cclil, coll. my girl! Even l'ke thy c-hnMity. To hatho !n Pory floods or to ranlrla lit thrilling rt-uion of thlck-rlhbcd lea, Hot Ice and wotulrona strange snow, ChnM as the Ickln That's cur;l(d ly the frost from purest snow, Ard lmnjis on rlnna'a tpmple. Urlntr r.ie U.e fairest creature northward born Where Phoebus' fire acare thawa the Icicles, Eap-conumlr. winter's drlMled snow. Cold snow melts with the aun'a hot beams. As a little snow, Tumbled about, anon becomes a moun tain, The churlish chiding of the winter wind. The 111 wind which blows no man good. The human mortals want their wlntei here, Therefore my nee la aa a lusty winter. Frosty, but kindly. You and you are sure together . (.i As th winter to foul weather, A sad tale's best for winter, 'Tn As humorous as winter, Winter not gone yet, If the wild gees fly that way. Winter tames man, woman and beast, Six frozen winters spent, Return with welcome home from banish' ment Considering the v.-e'.her, a taller man than I will take cold. Tt'.tlnjr cold would never let grass grow. You will catch cold and curse me, AMONG" THE ANARCHISTS. "Markham," eald our cfolef, one morn ing, "here Is a chance for you at last." I looked up Inquiringly from my desk: !.i the Burt-au of Public Safety at th government offices In Parla, where I had for some days past been busy with pap ers concerning Che latest anarchist scare. "We want a man to go over to London to see what Is doing there," continued the head of our department. "The risk will be great; so, too, will the reward of success." "I thank you for the honor, Monsieur Chaumont," I hastened to reply; for ha had stopped, as If to see the effect of hla words; "I shall do my beat." "That Is r:'ht. I was not sure whether, with your want of experience, you would care to undertake such a task for the risk, as I have said, la by no means a slight one. Still, there are points In yiur favor that have influ enced our choice; you are young, are fairly prepossessing In appearance, and, thanks to your English parentage and French bringing up, you can pass for a native of either country at discretion." "But I have 'had no detective experi ence," I ventured to suggest. "That does not matter. You are to make your way to London at one, Join one or more of the anarcftilet cluba, and report to me fully by cable cipher, every second day. That la all; your famlll urlty with the desk work of our bureau will give you some Idea of what la ex pected of you." I now knew perfectly wll what was expected of me, and truth to tell, I did not like It, but It nan too late to draw back. Detective work I would not have minded Uelng employed upon, but to hive to becuiiie the associate of desper ate criminal, and all the while to ba engaged in betraying them, was some thing nnre l'.in 1 had bargained for. "It Is the llrst step of the ladder," said Monsieur Chaumont, cheerily, probably having noticed the mingled state of my feelings; "v.-ho Ua.uvs but you may yet rival the famous Vldocq." "And when must I set out, monsieur?" "To-nioriM.v at latest. You had better ri by way of Dieppe, and take the.se letters to the oitlcc-a we have there. It will give you a chance of becomlns Unjwn to each other. Report to us through the embassy at London, but In the event of any coup being likely to it. me off, you hid bctfr come straight to us here, (let all photographs you can and dun't fall In love with any of the lady consplr itors. They might become spies upon you In turn." "No fo-ar of that, sir," I sa'.J; and immediately set off to make the lew preparations necessary for my sojourn :u the English capital and for my first trip across the Channel. My mission to London was completely POiccssful. From November to March of one dreadful winter I wa3 an in habitant of that cheerlass town, an awful infliction to a native of sunny Uascogne, as I myself was. Still, I bore every disagreement, as Londoners spell It, with resignation, and I hope even manfully. Kvery soldier of la belle France Is said to carry a marshal's baton In his haversack. I cheered my self with the thought that in my carpet bag there mlsrht lurk the Cross of the Legion of Honor, or even the warrant of appointment as director of publlo safety, the sole marshalate of our pro fession. I had Joined a oJub In S ho, and also another In Tottenham Court Road neighborhood, and soon came to be looked upon as one of the most daring and energetic members of the brotiher hood. True, none of our ec'hemea came . off; but our want of success waa set rl.iwn to ill-luck, and as one was render ed abortive, my companions would set about concocting another, undeterred by the fact that several of their num ber had, one aftwr another, been arrest ed as soon as they set foot In France, on their way to carry them out. I neve ventured near the emhassy, of course, but my communications with my of flclil superiors were carried on without Hi s slightest hitch. "Any news yet of Desfargues?" I care lessly asked Rudolf Stahl, one of our leading spirits, as he hurriedly entered the Soho Club one evening late. "News?" ihe replied, with a muttered ejaculation which I forbear writing, "the very worst; there must be soma traitor among us. I can't Imagine, otherwise, how the police manage to get every one of our men as aoon aa they net foot In France. Desfargues and Kchmltz have both been aelsed at Bou logne, Mannonl hai been fool enoug-h to le trapped at Havre, and bo our preci ous aoheme is blown to the winds. It la now a question of a day or two, per iiapg only of hours, If we are to aave Coatadea from the guillotine. They may execute him any morning. We must ee about doing something to-nlffht, or (t niUl be too law." ..Air hour later, our executive com- mltt"e, of whlrh J toad been fleeted ft member, met to rJL-r.i.--. th situation. An air of distrust pci-vaded tlio meeting, eaoh man apparently puspectlns his fol low, and probably me a-n-in the rest. For my part, I susected nobody. I knew too well how all the arrests had ben brought about. Aa a result of our Vll'uMatlnns, It was resolved that n!IU another effort was to be made to strike terror into th? otn.cl.il world of Paris, In the h 'pe of saving the condemned man's life. The Bureau of Public Safety, th headquarters of the detective depart ment, waj to b the object of attack. If an explosion levelled those ofllces to the frrnund, the anarchist cause would be In a fair way of triumphing. Further, to guard effectually against th suspected treac-hery, our committee unanimously agreed to leave all ar ratiKementa In the hands of Stahl as to the time and manner of carrying out the sc heme, and the men to be Intrust ed with the dangerous task. It waa thre 1n the morning before our conclave broke up. By five o'clock I waa on my, way to Paris. I had an hour to watt In Newhaven ere the tide permitted the Dieppe boat to sail. It was a raw, cold morning, and the draughty waiting-room any thing but pleasant. I solaced myself, however, with the thought 1iow won derfully well I had carried out the on erous and dangerous mission that had been Intrusted to my hitherto untried hands. And this homeward Journey I was now engaged In making was to be the al of my successful work, the one effective countercheck to the last scheme of Stxhl and his brother plot ters, whatever it might prove to be. Henceforth my future was assured, only I felt It would be discreet to keep at a respectful distance from any of my late associated. I was Indulging In a day dream of my assured rise In my profes sion, when I felt a light touch on my arm. I am nothing If not gallant, so when I Ml my readers that It was a lady who waa Invoking my assistance, they will understand that for the mo ment I forgot all about the anarchists and their wicked pints and conspiracies. And the more so as my fair unknown was young, eighteen or nineteen sum mers at most, and very beautiful. &he wa pale, and her large dark eyes ahow ed signs of recent tears. "Monsieur Is going to Parts?" she as to ed me, In perfect French. "Yes, mademoiselle. Can I be of anj; service to you?" She looked so gratefully at me before replying, that her lustrous eyes made my heart throb, and I felt myself as If falling In love, and at first eight. Well, there was no reason why I shouldn't, for was not my future already assured? "I am In such trouble," ahe went on; "my brother was to come from Brighton to meet me here, and the train has Just come In without him." "Perhaps he will come by the next." "But it will be too late. We were going to rarlj together " "I shall be delighted, mademoiselle, to fill your brother's place, If you will allow me so much happiness." "You are very good, monsieur, I am sure; but I should only be pent back from Dieppe arrested, perhaps who knows? for my brother has the pass port for us both. And I must be In Paris to-rlght my mother Is dying. How stupid of Adolphe to nilds his train; and all this trouble upon us. Oh, dear! whatever shall I do?" She hid her face In her camDrlc hand kerchief, and sobbed convulsively. T had heard that pity was akin to love; now I began to realize how true the ad age might be, after all. While I waa still hesitating as to what I should say to comfort my fair companion in her manifest grief, the steamer's lell rang loudly a signal for all Intending pass engers to get on board at once. Sud denly, rhouKh with an evident effort, the lady rose from her half-crouching position, hurriedly dried her tears, and picked up a small black bag that lay be sMe her. M 5" own baggage was booked through to Paris direct. "Allow me. mud 'nnlselle," I said. "It Is very heavy, monsieur, for its rlze," she said, as I took It; "it belongs to my brother, and contains .i.irae of his otehinn.s on cupper. They are very valuable, and I dare not trust them to the baggage car. Fortipps monsieur has heard of hiin, Eiisjene Ouerin?" I had frequented the Parisian studios b'f re definitely coming to a decision on my own career, and Otierln's name v.as familiar l roe as that of a very promising young artist. By the time I had t old Mademoiselle Uuerln this, we were seated on board of the Ureta, and the sa'.l.irs were already beginning to cast off. Our voyage across was one of the pleasar.teit it haa bi-en my fortune to experience. A balmy morning in early spring, the sea smooth as glass, and a chatty, agreeable companion to while away the time, all that, and the fact that I was returning to my native country after a long absence, and after arduous and danererous work in her er vice, contributed .to a sum of enjoyment that falls but rarely to one's lot. Mademoiselle was occasionally lost in thought, as W13 natural considering hr mother's lllnTi. We exchanged many confidences with each other, and though I was careful not to Inform her exactly as to my profession, she was de lighted to learn that I waa In the ser vice of the State. "You will call upon us In Parts, cher Monsieur Marquln" it was thus she pronounced my name. "I am sure my brother will be delighted." "And any one else?" I ventured to tLBk. "Ah, there you want to know too much. I will tell you when we meet; but, oh, dear, we are close upon Dieppe, and how am I to get past all these horrid detectives? They won't Imprison me, will they?" "I hope not, mademoiselle, but they may end you back to Newhaven. "Oh, monsieur, I must get through, I must, Indeed!" By this time the passengers were crowding tha narrow gangway leading; on to the quay. At Hs end tood a num ber of detectives, with most of whom I was acquainted. My rug waa thrown over my rlyht arm, the hand attached, to It holding mademolselle'a black bag. Gently and timidly tthe laid hr gloved hand on my left arm. Our progress waa f low, for the passengers were numerous, and their passports and baggage were being subjected to a rigid scrutiny. At last It came to my turn. "Halloa, Markham!" saM Chollet, who had been specially detallej tnero from Pari. "We didn't expect you over. Anything fresh? "Yea, much," I whispered, "Wa that Use brought me over." "And madam! We never heard ot your marriage, you aly do." ,, . lere h bowed profoundly. Th o ny arm grw.cSo-usl returneu . faititatlun, and ra'.c'i: 1 .-.'i.'.I be deitghtc.I to rrCfl" y "f my i.usbsud's friends at our . w n. Mil- In Par'?. Come Albert, we are Co Jnyiii r the d'hi-rs." N 'At moment wp wer hurrying to the t: :::', while r,-.1mo!sol1e was profusely e: iKes.ilng th thanks that I could not r r my life ii.alte out how I had de- l I'VeJ. "Jlo nice It must be to be In the v'bUe service," sh.' s:i!d; "but for your ft i-'i d knowing J uu, I should never have tot throuirh." We reached Tarla without further ftd vi nttir", where I saw my fair fellow rrji'i:.r Into a flacre, promising ct the same time to call upon her on the mor ro v. I reported myself at headquarters, h.T.' my reception was of a very cor dial kind, for my efforts had been ap-ptv-Uted. I returned there again In the evening, provided with a detailed r"port In writing of the latent move on the part of the anarchists. 1 waa sitting; '.alkiog to our chief, when suddenly the room in w hich we wer seemed to rock, there- was a crash of breaking glass, and th-n a diMfenlng roar burnt upon our t;ar.. ani I remember no more. When I came to, I found myself In the hospital, terribly shaken, but fortu nat -ly without any loss of limb. Others nf our men had not been so fortunat. 1 l.-arned that a bomb had been explod ed on the Rivund floor of the offices of ihe Bureau of Public Safety, and that the whole place had been wrecked, and many of th" clerical staff woundd. A man had been captured Immediately afti-r the explosion, and the contents of a black bag found In his possession had ltd to further arrests. My own presence was urgently required at the prelim inary, or extra Judicial, examination of he prisoners, for one, If not more, had been tra-cd as mining from Lcndon, and It was thought I might be able to Five Important evidence as to thoir ld-nUty. And so. on the first day the doctors Jiidge.1 H v-.afe for me to leave my room, I was taken to the house of the magi strate intrusted with the Investigation. In an ante-chamber I found Chollet sit ting, hut h did not recognize me at all wlfti I nodded to him as I parsed. My he-id wa partly enveloped In bandagea, and no doubt my appearance was oth,r U very greatly altered. But that waa not the reason of the blan'.t stare he favored me with. I was unable to identify either of the first two prisoners brought forward, as, In fact, I had never tot eyt-s on them before, 'i hy were re moved, and then a third was brought In, a your.g w-onwn, followed by Chollet, vh) carried in his hand a black bag, which I had some dim recollection of having eeen before. "Remove your veil," said the magis trate to the prisoner. "Do you know this woman?" he then asked, address ing me. "Speak out, Al"rt, t 11 them tho truth," said the la-ay, briskly. And then I wished the explosion r.id Indeed killed me. It was Mademoiselle Gucrln whom I waa confronting. It would have gone hard with me at the trial which followed, and in which I had to take my place in the dock along witii the other thr.se, but for maden olslle'a confession, In which she described how she got nie to carry the fatal bomb, and "frank" h?- through Paris without being once asked for her papers. "We had found him out In London." she added, complacently, "and thought It wull he should be made to help us." They were sentenced to Ions terms of imprisonment. I got a year, a::d when I came out found that my occupation wus gone. And yet, what else could I have done, or even you, reader, who ara no doubt much wiser, In such circum stances aa I have narrated? From the French. The Natural Hmly. V"e are told vrrv wisely, siys Sir Tiei j.imln Ward Richardson, that there Is a natural body, and that there Is a rp'.ritual body; that the natural body comes first, and aftr,vard.i that which Is spiritual. If this be true, our part In life consists In so bulldlnpr up the physi cal construction as to make It a mould that shall firm the best type of that which is spiritual. It Is by this power Riven to us of mo.Pfy'.ns, beautifying, and perfecting the body that the soul t-hill have given to It qualities as pure and :riii tlff.l as tho boity. Theie are dirty bn-'.les and dirty souls; th"re are ugly bodies and uely souls; beautiful luclies and beautiful souls; pure bodies and pure souls; but in all tarts the natural l.oly comes first. f.ft rwarl tha rplrit'iil, and It is our business In th matter of education so to master construction as to make the most perfect acquirable health, both of body and of mind. The first the natural. arid afterward, as a sequence, the spir itual. All exercises which tend to the ratural development of the body, which f;lve to It perfection of shapa and qual ity of tisjue, Induce that happiness v.Iilch springs alone from health, and that mental balance which is least dis turbed by the sea of troubles In which we win to be always, but ought never tJ be, surrounded. .. Defrt vigils. Signs In the desert, Indicating the trails and Riving directions as to the nearest fprlnps and wells of fresh water, are to be erected by Arizona and CiliforuU In the desolate regions on ei.h'-r side of the Colorado river, where so many tragedies .have occurred through miners and others losing theJr way and dying from thirst. The slgna are high poles of gaa pipe, with big tquares of sheet Iron at the top, and are pvnted red, as that color can be seen the greatest distance In that ivjtion. The lettering will tell the dis tance from point to point, and the loca tion of tho nearest water holes. J.,t the Mother Out of the Wy. 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