THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOWSBURG, PA. iriWTii..-i:iVMnu ARCADIA REDIVIVA. - Op Darby to me 1 well known, Wlio, ns the hearth . between them blazra, Bees the old moonlight ehlne on Joan, And float her youthward In Its hairs. ire rubs hi spectacles, he stares Tls the same face that witched him early I Me irropes for his remaining hairs Is this a fleece that feels so curly? 'Good heavens! but now 'twas winter (Tray, And I of years had more than plenty; The almanac's fool! 'Tls May! Hang family Ulhles I am twenty! "Come, Joan, your arm, we'll walk the room The lane, I mean do you rememberT How confident the roees bloom, As If It ne'er could be December! "Nor more It shall, while In your eyes My heart Its summer heat recovers, And you, howe'er your mirror lies, Find your old beauty In your lover's." James Kussell Lowell. The lecture was Just at an end, and Walter Dundas, M. A., Cantab, gath ered his papers together, while his audience, chiefly consisting of ladles, prepared to depart. The University Extension had but recently penetrated into the remote provincial town of Slumberleigh, and had there wet with Almost unprecedented success. Reaching the outer door before the whole assembly had dispersed, Dundas scanned each of hia students, exchang ing greetings and farewells with some whose acquaintance he had made dur ing his few weeks' residence In Slurn Verlelgh. As the last departed, he turned on his heel and heaving a slight sigh, betook himself to his hotel. "I must have mlysed Miss Clifford," he muttered; "she was certainly at the lecture. I wish I could have seen her tefore I left New York, Just to say good-by." Meanwhile, the subject of his reflec tions, a pretty, bright-faced girl of nineteen, had arrived at her home, a large, handnome house, In the principal street of the little town. In the hall she met her father. "Come Into the study" and shut the door," he said. "I have something rather serious to tell you." The daugh ter obeyed. "The fact Is, Mabel," said Mr. Clif ford, "I have been, as you may have noticed. In pecuniary difficulties for some time past. Some months ago, to meet my more pressing claims, I was obliged to mortgage the house and to get a bill of sale on the furniture. But things have gone from bad to worse, and I have Just found that, unless I oan raise 300 within two months, I shall be in a fair way to become bank rupt. Your Uncle George is such a miser that If he heard the faintest ru mor that I was In difficulties through extravagance he wouldn't leave me a farthing, far less give me anything! In fact, It is partly on his account that I am so anxious to raise this money ulckly, for if I am gazetted before he dies (the doctor says he hasn't two months to live) my name will be cut out of his will." After a pause he said: "I wish some rich fellow would coma and marry you, Mab; that would pro vide for you, at least, and you might be able to spare a few halfpence for your poor old father." Mabel laughed. "At least you could have the wedding presents in that case," she said. Clifford suddenly stopped short in the midst of his peregrinations. "The very thing!" he exclaimed. "What do you mean?" "Quite simple. Send out invitations to your wedding to some person, imagi nary, if you like. Then, when you have got a fine array of wedding presents well, the event can be postponed sud den illness of the bridegroom any thing. Meanwhile, the presents are converted into ready money. I am onoe more solvent; Uncle George dies; hey, presto! everything in a flourishing condition again!" "But, father, think of the deceit! iWhy, it would be like robbing people!" "Pshaw! We're desperate, and all Is fair In such cases. Besides, if every thing does turn out well and Uncle George's money comes to us all right, why, then we can get the presents out of pawn and return them engagement suddenly broken off, you know. What Objection can there be to that?" "But the whole scheme is so prepos terous! No, father, I really can't do It!" "So, you won't even do that little ser vice for me? Well, I might have ex pected it! Here am I, tolling and si a v. lng all these years" (Mabel looked slightly Incredulous) "denying myself, paying sweet guineas for your fees to local lectures, and this is all the thanks I get." "I was at the last to-day," said his 'daughter, coloring slightly. "The last! Then that lecturer fellow what's his name? Dundas, has gone? Look here, Mabel! Let him be the bridegroom. He'll never hear of it lie's not likely to ever come back again, and it will seem much more natural for you to be engaged to him than to a stranger. There! I flatter myself that I have made a really brilliant suggeS' tion." "Father, I must tell you plainly," said Mabel, flushing angrily. "I de cllne to have anything to do wfth the plan." "Now, Mabel dear," he said In a more wheedling tone, "you will be sen slble, won't you? Surely you can't see .me trembling on the brink of ruin like this, and not stretch out a hand to help me? Come, now!" Poor Mabel looked Irresolutely before her. "If I oould do anything else," she said entreatlngly. "But a deoeltful thing like that and think at the ex posure if it should come out!" "No fear of it oomlng out, if only you act your part properly," returned her father, quick to detect the signs o yielding in her tone. "And, after nil, It's only for a month or two at most, There, I knew you would be sensible." "But I don't like it at all." "Pooh! You'll soon get accustomed to It And now to set about prepara ttons for carrying It out. I think, as jra wat tU.e thing widely, known, ,w i non mm cannot do better than give a hint f Miss Worbolse, and let nature do its work." Mabel quite recognized the truth of this assertion, for Miss Cynthia Wor bolse, a nialdon lady of uncertain atje, and a near neighbor of theirs, had n well-merited reputation for gossip, and was frequently made use of by her friends as an easy means of spreading it. She, therefore, assented languidly to the proposal. "Then that's settled, and I'll drop In myself after dinner to-night and tell her. We'll fix the wedding for this day seven weeks, and who knows what may happen between this and then? There, my love, I knew you would soon get reconciled to the Idea." But Mabel was very far In reality from being reconciled to it, and as she left the study she felt her heart rise In bitter revolt against It. But what could she do? She had always been accus tomed to obey her father In everything, and she did not feel resolute enough to withstand him now. Nothing in the whole Bchemo had wounded her so much as the bringing Into it of Dundas's name. At the mere thought of it her cheeks were dyed with a deep blush of shame, and the idea of his ever getting wind of It made her nearlv frantic. However, she had agreed to the plan, and It was too late to draw back now. The only thing left for her to do was to prepare herself as well as she oould for the many unpleasant Interviews which, she foresaw, would have to be gone through. True to hia resolution, Clifford sallied forth that night to the gossip-monger, and returned in high glee at the man ner in which his plausible story had been received. "Miss Worbolse was delighted," he said, "and consulted me Immediately as to what I recommended for a pres ent. She Is coming round to-morrow morning to talk It over with you, so mind and prepare yourself for any emergency." Mr. Clifford had not miscalculated when he said that It would be quite un necessary to do more than tell the news to Miss Cynthia. In less than a week the whole town was discussing tne en gagement, and Mabel had received culls of congratulation from all hei friends. Her father, wishing to hurry up matters, had fixed a day some six weeks hence, and had sent out dainty, silver-written invitation cards to their whole circle. As he expected, on their being sent out a stream of presents, steady enough to realize his most sanguine hopes, be gan to How In, and he more than once congratulated himself and his daughter on the success that had met their scheme. Mabel, however, had often great dif ficulty In explaining away some dis crepancies which did arise In spite of her care. Time passed, till at last but one week remained before the date fixed for the eventful ceremony. Mr. Clifford had Just been consulting Mabel as to the propriety of announcing the sudden in disposition of the bridegroom, when Miss Worbolse paid her usual morning calL "Oh, Mab, darling, you didn't tell me, but I knew you would like to talk It over, bo I called In early. Naughty man! to combine business with pleas ure like this!" "What do you mean?" asked Mabel, with apprehension, "You know as well aj I. I really wonder you let him. It's hardly re spectable." "What Is hardly respectable?" the girl asked, a horrible fear seizing her. "Why, of course, letting him lecture here the very day before his marriage. Didn't you know? but of course you did lie has promised to give an extra lecture to supplement his course!" "Oh, yes I know," said, or rather gasped. Mabel. "Of course I have lather a headache this morning, and would you excuse me?" Miss Worbolse, of course, took the hint and left with many expressions of regret, while Mabel sought her father. "What shall we do?" she panted. "He Is coming here before he crosses the Atlantic actually here In five days he must hear of It and I I shall die of shame!" "It is deuced awkward," said Mr. Clifford, perplexed; "but never mind; I've brought you into this mess, and I'll set you out. Now, see here. I'll wire at once and get htm to dine and stay the night with us in fact, we'll keep him entirely to ourselves, and he won't get a hint of It. In the morning he'll leave by an early train we can say his mother has suddenly been tak en 111. There. Isn't that all right?" Mabel assented, doubtfully. Nothing could be done now except wait and hope for the best Mr. Dundas, duly Invited, wired his acceptance, and on the appointed day was met at the station and conveyed home by Mr. Clifford. Mabel awaited his arrival, with a beating heart, and could hardly hide her confusion on first meeting him. When 6 o'olock, the hour appointed for his lecture, arrived, she professed herself slightly unwell, and Dundas found himself, to his disgust, relegated to the care of her father, who received strict injunctions from Mabel not to allow the lecturer to Interchange greetings with any one. ."They might congratulate him!" she said. "How very awkward that would be!" Dinner passed off without mishap, Mabel was shy and constrained and spoke little; but as Clifford was in high spirits at the success with which every thing had passed off, and kept the con versation chiefly In his own hands, his guest did not notice the unusual pre occupation and silence of his daughter But, alas! the best laid scheme may fall' sometimes. No sooner were the three established in the drawing room than the door bell rang sharply, and a few moments later the servant an nounced "Miss Worbolse!" Poor Mabel gasped and turned pale, The had no time, however, to say any thing, for Miss Worbolse ran forward, exclaiming: "Oh, Mabel, my darling what do you think? My cook has had a tit positively a fit. I left her with her head In the kitchen coal box! The doctor Is expected every minute, but couldn't stay such a scene, you knowl I am so upset! Might I spent an hour or two with you?" Mabel, nearly distracted, managed at last to welcome the very unwelcome guest, and then sat down on thorns waiting In a kind of despair for what she might say. "I know," said Cynthia, archly, "that It Is rather an lnoonvenlent time to call Yu must be HQ very busy. uoh a lot or preparations ax you must linve t mnke before to-morrow, haven't you, Mr. Dundas?" "I? No," said Mr. Dundas, rather surprised. "I really have no parking to Fpeak of, and that's done nlreudy, n 1 uni leaving by an early train." "An early train! But surely you won't miss the reception?" "Good gracious!" thought the yonna man, "are they getting up a levee for me?" But aloud he only said: "Well. I'm afraid 1 shall, unless It's very early." "Which reminds me," said Miss Wor bolse. "Mabel, darling, you forgot tc say at what time we are expected to come," and then, to the girl's Infinite horror, she produced from her pocket her dainty Invitation card. "Confound that woman!" thought Clifford, savagely, and then, Jumping up, he exclaimed eagerly: "See here, Miss Cynthia; I must have your opin ion on some of Mabel's presents In tn next room," and, rather against her will, hurried out of the room, but not before he saw that the mischief was done, for Dundas had stooped politely to pick up the card which had fallen from Mabel's nervous hand, and In do ing so could not avoid, seeing what It was. His name on the card arrtmted his attention, and he read It through, scarcely rfnllzlng It's meaning. Then, too tirnnzod to ppeak, he looked toward Mabel for an explanation; but seeing her pale and speechless, sprang toward her, fearing she was about to faint His touch, however, recoiled her to her self; and, waving him back with an ef fort, she rrise and faced him. "You had better know the whole," she said, and then as Calmly and col lectively as Bhe could, she told the hu miliating story. , Half an hour later Mr. Clifford re entered the drawing room, a telegram In his hand. He stood for a moment on the threshold, and then, advancing, said: "I suppose my daughter hns told you nil, Mr. Dundas? She Is not to blann; In the matter, but I feel I owe you u deep apology for the unwarrantable liberty I have taken with your name. Mabel," he continued, turning to his daughter, "I can never repay you for the service you have rendered me and the suffering you have undergone. But this telegram tells me Uncle George Is dead, and as I am his heir we can now, at least, send back the wedding pres ents." "With y.our permission, sir," said Dundas, smiling, "Mabel and I have decided to keep them." London Tlt Blts. An Imllan l'nnipell. Nothing sadder or more beautiful ex ists In India than the deserted city of Fathput Sikrl. There it stands, some twenty-three miles from Agra, much as It stood 300 years ago, when Akbar decreed the stately pleasure-house. It was built to commemorate the blessing of the holy Sallm Chlshti, the hermit who dwelt among the wild beasts in his cave at Sikrl, and who had foretold that Akbar's son, born on that spot, should live to succeed him on his splen did throne. The Balnt did not foresee that the infant would grow up into that unmitigated debauchee Jehangir, whose orgies amazed Sir Thomas Roe and whose potent liquor caused that virtuous ambassador to sneeze Incon tinently, to the delight of the whole court. But the heroic toper did not defile his father's palace city, which must have been deserted soon after Its founder's death; for when William Finch visited it in lfilO he found it "ruinate, lying like a waste district, and very dangerouB to pass through at night" Ruinate it has remained ever since, desolate and abandoned. No later ruler of India has ever dared to live In Akbar's Versailles, Just as no ruler of India has ever climbed to the heights of Akbar's genius. In the emp ty palaces, the wonderful mosque, the eacred tomb, the baths, the lake, at every turn we recognize some memory of the greatest of Indian Emperors. We may even enter his bedroom the Khwabgah, or "Abode of Dreams" and see the very screens of beautiful stone tracery, the very Persian coup lets, the Identical decoration in gold and ultramarine, upon which Akbar feasted his eyes during the long sultry afternoons of the Indian plains. We may walk Into the houses of Falzl and Abu-1-Fazl, the laureate and the pre mier of his empire, who sang his glory and chronicled his rclgn. We may see that strange building, the Dlwan-1-Khas with its central pillar-throne and odd galleries, which some have sought to Identify with the famous hall where metaphysical debates took plaoe every Friday night under the Emperor's per sonal presidency, and philosopher and theologian, orthodox and sceptic, did furious battle for their creeds or doubts, till they ended, long after the "small hours," by bandying "pervert" and "atheist," to the disgust of an unwill ing witness the austere Badaoni. The associations of Father Sikrl, "City of Victory," are not its only claims to our Interest and respect. Its beauty in desolation excited the poetic Imagination of Heber and stirred the critical enthusiasm of FerguBson, who says of the "Turkish Sultana's house," which still overlooks the Pachlsl Court, where Akbar is fabled to have played his games of living ohess, that it I "Impossible to conceive anything bo picturesque in outline" or any building so richly and wonderfully carved with out the least exaggeration or bad taste, Equally exquisite Is the celebrated Bhlne of Saint Sallm Chlshti, built In 1580, with Its pure white marble ceno taph, Its red sandstone dome, and its veranda enclosed by delicately pierced fall screens of fair marble, like fine lace set In samite. And for grandeur what can compare to the stately "High ate," Bulaud Darawaza, of the mosque which crowns the rocky plateau, and which the historian of architecture cites as "noble beyond any portal in India, perhaps in the whole world?" St James's Gazette. To Outdo Vanderbllt. It Is said that John D. 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