THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. A BONO . ctaT 7aueri at loving If you will, put no laughing Iove can kill! ' Brill he rolrns In maldena' eyes, Conquers with a sweet surprise, IA.nd still, though all the world is dnrk and sleeps, Iove like a sunbeam throufth tho shadow creeps, And gentla hearts In warmest passion steeps. Cities he will overskjp, For he loves a country Hp That no shame nor lying; sean. And an eye undlmmed by tears: flo oft you'll find him at the country fair. HV'here klrtled Trudenee sells her homely wares, Fresh crocks of butter or rlp Kathrlne pears. i . Laugh at loving as you may, Love will laugh another dayl ' If he laugh not, you shall weep For his favor ere you sleep! Bring to his alter, then In time be wise Bring Venus' apples, 4hat poor lover's prise. And pnnsles, softer than their mistress' eyes! F. B. Money-Coutts. She Wouldn't Tell. To this day I live In perpetual fear ol meeting him. Indeed I nm continually haunted with the belief that he 18 Booming the earth for flie, thirsting foi S-evenge, and that U why I shun tint haunts of men and live a solitary, se cluded life, only venturing out at dusk and wearing a beard (which doeen'l ult me) and blue glasses (which I don-! fceel) as a means of disguise. Of course It should never have hap pened. I admit that It began with a very simple mistake on my part. I wai lounging on the pier at Eastsea on morning In September, listening tc the "Grand Selection from the Bohem ian Girl" (Bhey play this every day at Kastsea) and watching the promenad ers, when my eyes fell on a young lady iwho was sitting In a quiet corner read ing a novel. I could not see her face, for It was hidden by a crimson parasol, but her general appearance at once told me that It was Flo Beresford, one of the prettiest girls I know. , 60 absorbed was she in her book that ehe did not hear me approach, and to attract her attention (I know her very (well I playfully tapped the sunshade (with my paper. She looked up in a roment. and then, to my horror, I saw had made a mistake It was not Flo, hut a stranger. I stood paralyzed, trying to frame an apology, but before I could get the ,Wrds out I was amazed to see a lovely smile of evident recognition, and a sill! lovelier blush overspread a charming face. "George!" ehe cried In a Joyous tone "This Is a surprise! When did you come? But there, eit down." Now I know that this was where 1 made the fatal error. I know I ought to have undeceived her, to have mur mured a few words of apology, raised my cap and gone away, but I did not do this. She drew her skirts aside and I sat down. "What made you come so so sud denly?" she said. "What?" then recovering mysolf, "Why you, of course." She blushed 4tvinely. "Couldn't you wait for my answer?'' Bhe murmured softly. I "No," I said, "I couldn't." I She turned over the pages of hei novel in abstracted fashion. On the fly leaf I caught sight of some writing. 'To Lucy from George," and the date, I Then a sudden inspiration struck ma I bent my head close to hers, so cloae that a stray tendril of her brown hail brushed my check. "Lucy," I whispered, almost putting my lipa to her shell-like little car, "what la your answer?" I She laughed. ' "Wouldn't you like to know?" she said, "I posted the letter this morn ing." "In in answer to my letter?" I put In, taking a step in the dark. I "Yes, In answer to your letter. And you'd have had It to-night." ; "And as it is I've missed It." ; , f "Yes, you've missed It." "But you'll tell me what what you said?" "I've half a mind not to Just to tease you," she murmured. "Do you want to drlveme distract ed?" I orled. 1A ripple of laughter came from her rosy Hps. . "You see If you'd only waited." "But I I couldn't wait. Lucy, you iwlll tell me?" , . "Not not now." 'ItfiS1 llrL-'' "When?" "To to-night perhaps." '"Cfr "Here?" WiW "Yes, here." Then I wondered what It was he had asked iher. It seemed to me that it could only be one thing, but Ah! 1 had it. J "Have you kept my letter?', I asked. I "Kept It? O, George yes. Why, J nave It here," putting her hand to her breast. .' "Just er let me have' a look at it a moment." Let you? O, so you want to draw pack, do you? Well, you can if you ' ' "My darling, I I only wanted to see If I had spelt necessary with one c or two." ' "Necessary?" she said. "Why, there's no such word In the letter." "Isn't there? ' I murmured. "Let me les, 1 read it, but I don't think It would be right to let any one else do so. My theory was correct, however. "I am wrong," I said, as 1 returned it 10 ner. "l didn't use the word." , "I knew you didn't." We talked of many things after that She told me about her mother, who wag an invana, it appeared. "And I shan't be able to come out this afternoon," she said, "hut you'll come up and see mama?" "Yes," I said, "but, do you know R very funny but, the fact Is, I've actually forgotten where you are stay lug. Ha! ha!" "O, you stupid boy! South Parade, 01 course. "Of course. Number?- 1 "Eleven," , I "To be sure." " , -mama win ue so pleased to see you." "I shall be pleased to see mama,' osuoDded. , . j . I had resolved to lt the matter fro , no further. Up to this point it had aim- j ply li: cn a very innocent Joke, But II cliould end. - llni'g it! you know. It wasn't right. In fart. It wna dishonorable. I well, ' then I thought of her answer and what It was likely to be, and well, at S o'clock 1 wns sitting In the front draw 111 groom at No. 11, slpp'ng tea and talk Ins to a very charming old lady who welcomed me as a son. ' Lucy accompanied me to the dooi when I took my leave. "What time shall I call for you?" J afliotl. "fieven." I w.i9 there at 7. She was ready. Shf , put her arm through mine quite con- IMlngly and we walked down the pier One corner was vacant and we sal i 11 fc.lV.ft nnrl ' i.uwn, ncr e.ves hvit vui uiigm, uv hrr checks were fiuehed. "Ha vp you forgotten?" I murmured as I took her hand. "Forgotten?" ' ft , "Your answer." Sho was silent. "Lucy, what Is it? Speak! Tnls thlf 8;i"ppnse Is killing me." 1 think I did It pretty well. Ther was a decided thrill of genuine passlot In my voice. The fact le, I believe 1 loved her. "It's It's a word of th three let ters," she murmured. "Of three" "Ccorge Is my hat on straight?" I saw her home, of course, and we lingered at the pnte another half hour Then I suddenly felt the pressure ol her Hps to mine, and the next momeni she had vanished. Alas! I never saw her again. I should have met her on the pier the next morning, but I did not do so. I don'l think I say I don't think I should have done so In any case but the rea reason why I dldn't'was this: As I came down the next morning ) met a gentleman on the stairs who wai so like me that we might have been tv.lns. What did I do? Why. promp:ly pack ed my portmanteau and took train tc a remote village in Scotland. I often wonder now If he ever found out. St Paul'a. Trosperity V. Crime. The Rev. Samuel G. 8mlth, of the Minnesota State University, who waj one of the speakers at the National I'rison Congress, held In Milwaukee, brought out the interesting fact that crime is more prevalent In times ol prosperity than during a time of busi ness depression. This, he added, wai in part explained by the fact that dur ing times of prosperity drunkness and dissipation led up to the committing of crimes. He said that the proposition to tho effect that crime Increased In the United States, while it had de creased in Europe, was entirely a falla ;y. Hl3 observation had shown him that the greatest number of crlmci were committed by the most advanced nnd morally most progressive nations For instance, the Englishman was much more addicted to crime than th East Indian. This was due to the fad that the East Indian was one of an old n?tlon, satisfied to go along in his 'es tablished way. He did not take tc drink, and as a result did not seek the pa'hs which led away from law and 0K'.er. One l'rrfect Woman. At a recent prayer gathering, al which a prominent banker was present laughable Incident took place. The minister, turning to the gentlemen present, asked: "Dear brethren, did any of you ever know or hoar of a per fect man?" The divine paused a tew moments, then repeated the question ;n1, receiving no answer, turned tc th'- females present and asked: "Deal sisters, did any of you ever hear of a pen'ect woman?" He repeated the question a second time, when a tall. lean, patient female arose and looked 'ho minister straight in the face. Foi a moment he was Incredulous, but, re covering his sang frold, he asked: "Did you ever hear of a perfect woman, sis ter?' He did not wait long for the answer: "I did. but only one. It wat my husband's first wife." In North Carolina. Tho speakers called each others liars with almost the alacrity that they would call each other gentlemen. One candidate charged the other with being helplessly drunk, while the othei rl nrged his adversary with having fall od three times and becoming wealthier on the occasion of each failure. A Gov ernor charged insurance agents with ''ilolng the tamo as stealing money." A senatorial candidate referred to hi p.Jvcrsary as being a Jumping Jack, a "torul," and unworthy to breathe the 'f.'Jr name' of a young lady," and final ly said of a Governor, "Watch him; he has been in a court room before and may yet be in tho dock." Charleston W.vs aud Courier. In l olnr r.cgions. Come curlov.3 details of life in the ro'.r.r regions have been obtained from inenihers of the Nansen expedition They all dwell on the feelings of de liEht which they experienced In once more seeing other human beings. They become so tired of seeing the same faces and hesrirg tVio samo voices, day af-.er day, that in the end a feeling ol Irrigation was produced. Finding It ai.i:oct impossible to endure the slghl of ore another, they would set off on long walks over the Ice, each man by liliiisel?. It was an astonishing thing, ouo nirm said, to see his comrades sfrHIn? away over the ice from the ship, tocli in a different direction and circAilly avoiding his fellows. A I'oper F11 Rout. Two French newspaper men whe x r.rted without a cent from Paris a ycr.r and a half ago to go around the vorld, earning their way by dispos- 01 tr ices and pictures to the news psyu'd of tho towns they visit, have f; ' ni far as Hong Kong. From time to lime they print a paper called En r...ute, gotten up entirely by them- .vcs. ine number made up at Bom -.ey was written in English, French j.i.a uujerau. The Denrtly Ilargaln. lie Shall we be able to economize? haa 1 think so. At any rate I pass. el 'wo bargain Bales to-day without t'.opplng. Detroit Free Frew. PELAT3 ARB DANGEROUS. Tha Young Girl Conld Not 1T.it Any Longer. "I nw it ail." r::iT. In tho richly appointed parlor of tlit Flankwater residence ft young mar paced rapidly to and fro, his dark, handsome- face ruffled with the great conflict that raged within. Tauslng at length in front of the divan when leaned with half-lndlfforent pose the form of a strikingly pretty girl, he Continued: "Yea, I saw it all. Listen, Mabel Plankwater. I loved you. When you the first time I looked into your eyes, full. It seemed t6 nie, of the frank In tensity of a young girl's nature, I felt that I could trust you. And so I gave you all the best love that wa in my heart, and during the long weeks thai I have called upon you, this lov caon day took on an added growth, a new development. And you? How did you respond to my attentions? By all tho signs whloh a woman knows so wen tc convey you taught me to believe thai my naesion had found an answering echo In your heart, and now I find thai the girl I have loved has deceh'ed mo Yes; for there Is no other word, I re gret to say, that I can fittingly usa Lot me explain. You may wonder why I did not come last night. I did, bul you did not know It. At half-past 8 I mounted the steps of this house. I wai about to ring, when through the half open curtain I saw you In the froni room with anofiher man. I saw hlra Mrs you, and then, overcome with th sudden shock, I turned and left tht house. Do you dare deny that what 1 saw Is so?" "Certainly not." nonchalantly rfr plied his companion, lifting the ltd from her bon-bon box. "But yov mustn't blame me1. It waa your owi fault." "My own fault," repeated the other "Why was it my own fault?" "Simply ibecause," replied the fan young creature, "you promised to b here at 8 o clock. You don t suppoeu I could wait any longer, do you?" World. Inflation, He starts In to inflate his tire, But glances at the window higher. He sees a face he must admire. And you see what happens to the tiro Not "Simla" After All. Two young fellows, partners In th lea. trade, were the best of friends, and their intimacy extended to personal at well as to business matters. One of them, a simple-minded fellow was a bachelor, and WB3 in the habit 3-1 reading to his partner extracts from letters of an ardent and affectionate nature from a lady In tin north of Eng land, who signed herself "Susie." The married one went to China foi twelve months, and returned Just in time to attend the wedding of his part ner. "I hardly feel like a stranger," he said, in his sweetest tones, addressing the bride. "In fact, I feel as though 1 ought to be well acquainted with my partner's wife, 6ince he has so often done me the honor to read to mo ex tracts of his dear Susie's letters." The faces of the husband and the speaker were studies, as the bride drew herself up, and said, emphatically and distinctly: "I beg your pardon iny name la fclen!" Jt Arrived on lime. "Are you the engineer?" astaed tht romantic young lady, as she walked un the platform to the locomotive and smiled on the num looking out of tht cab window. "Yes'm," was tho curt reply. "You hold tha lives of all the pas sen pers In your hands?" "Exactly, miss." ' ' "And you ietl the fearful responsi bility?" "1 do." -;"., , "And you will will?" "Just so. I've got a ?2 dog bach there In the bagsiiga car which I'm taking home, and I shall take the most sxtraordlnary precautious to run this train safely into Chicago." World. Forethought. Oooney Cohen Meln s-ohu, vhy did row guarantee dot overcoad to Insd Mr. Nixy as long as he lives? Young Cohen Fader, he has hearl fllseaso he dies any minute! Harlem Lifo. nnmeatlo Cruelty. "So Mts. Bilker has got a divorce?" "Yes; ehe discovered that Mr. Bllfcei And been hiding his small change ev ery night under a flower-pot In the back yard." Chicago Record. America In th Sklei. Ef Noay had lived In this great and ftWlous Republic of ourn the chance air thar wouldn't 'a' been any colore In the rainbow except red, whllte and blue-Truth. ; , Miam sr. Political Prophecy- JJurkc lias credit for political prophecy. No great foresight was re - j quired to surmise that anarchy would end m military despotism. 1 he example of Cromwell was suggestive. Burke fancied at one time that the military power of France would dc- nnrt f T finri-A lliit flio .tariff- I ments would become so many sepa rate republics and throw off the yoke of ths central government. lie fancied that there would be a domination of bankers. The sphere in which he is a real prophet is not the political, but the ethical. lie did discern moral tendencies and consequences discern ible by no ordinary eye. In a passage of his letters he traces with admirable skill and truth the connection be tween the loose sentimentality of Rousseauism and the 'indulgence of murderous passions in the reign of terror. That Burke, when he wrote the "Reflections on the French Revolu tion," though the victim of a temporary frenzy, was 111 no other sense mad is proved, if proof were needed, by the appearance two years after of the letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe on the removal of the disabilities of Irish Catholics, a production as sane, as liberal and as wise as anything he ever wrote. His conduct in champion ing the Catholic claims was the more chivalrous because his Catholic con nection had through life exposed him to calumny and suspicion. There is some reason for believing that his arguments at the time made a favora ble impression upon George III, whose mind perhaps was opened to them by his alliance with Catholic monarchies against the atheist republic. In the end other influences unhappily prevailed, and the country rues at the present hour the rejection of Burke's policy of Catholic emancipa tion. Cornhill Magazine. Clover of Three Leaves. The clover of three leaves is in Ireland considered an emblem of the Trinity, from the tradition that St. Patrick used it while preaching to confute the argument of a heathen. " How," said the man, " can there be three gods in one and one in three." St. Patrick stooped and pick ed up .shamrock growing at his feet. "Here," he said, "are three in one and one in three." Since that day the shamrock has been the national plant of the Emerald Isle. asy to Take asy to Operate Are features peculiar to Ilood's Tills. Small in size, tasteless, efficient, thorough. 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