They Buried Her Under the Old
Elm Tree
Hire's ths psthhy the Inn* iln.tleil mill,
And the etresia by the old lirl l*e brulti-ii atlll.
And the golden willow lioimha bending low
To the *rs-n auny hsnka when, the vl-leU t.low.
Anil (he wild blrda nre alnnlng tlie me aw,i-l Uy|
Thsl chsrnieil me In ilresma of the >le*r oM Jtji
♦hen Lira, m> beautiful, tat with me
On tho Ui->*o-gruw n awit ninth the old elm tree
tt WW, here with the bright blue aky shore
I told her s Isle of my hmut'a true lore,
Ami ere the blossoms of •nmmer Ulisl
the whleperid the premise to ho ny bride.
And here fell the teem of our |.rtln* .re
Ah" Utile we dreamed we h >uhl meet no mors
An t thst ere I ceme from the tsr blue ,s
Th' y would uishe h *r s gr ire 'uealb iheo'd el in tie-v
Oh,cruel end felee were the teli-e they told
Tli *t my row were feWe, my i-ld tore tvld.
That niv truant hewrt neld sn other desr
forgetting the roee the! were wliUpi !• d here,
Th, s berehesh icsw (wis with the crnehed t.rei t ptn
And herhewntlfnl lips usSof Mn tint again.
And she bitterly wept w here none i-mtd see—
She wept fir tho pat 'uoatU the old elm tree
ghe died snd they par yd her annoy tisii
On (he ivdd psle hr.,w death had left an fair
And they Isld her to real where the aweet young
llowera
Would ws'lh by tier side (hi- egh the ton,; runny boors (
Oh! lors <leer loraf my hesrt'a l.wt lore.
Will ws meet In the sug-il home shovel
garth holde nut a trsneore ao dear to me
Ai thy lonely grave 'neath ths till elm tree
A ROMANCK OK HISTORY.
It was nutting time.
\ blooming hand of peasant children
had grsthCretl from fir ana near to hive
a mi rry day amid the rut trees and
lit dzes.
I say children—hut girls of K> and
lads, of 18 and 20 were scalte.rf'd through
the chattering group.
The nut harvest was a joyful time to
thetn.
The young arc always attractive in a
certain way. The undimmed brightness
of the eye—the satiny smoothnea* of
complexion—the happy smiles hover
ing around the rosy lips—each has a
beauty to itself; but add to the youth
ful face the charm of j>erfectly chisled
features, and of lustrous brown eyes,
looking out upon the world with an in
nocent wonder at tho changing scenes
of lovliness so constantly unfoliing
themselves before them—frame it in a
mw* of shining, wavy gold of nature's
own crimping—and j oise it upon a form
so lithe snd slender in its exquisite
grace that Praxiteles might have chosen
it for his model—and you can form an
idea of Rika Hreroer— the aeknowl
edged beauty of the whole surrounding
county.
And there was a romantic story about
her going the round*.
It was said that no less* a personage
than Prince Eric, the aon of the great i
and good liustavua, had teen standing
one morning by one of the palace win
dows to witness a rustic procession,
which had been gotten up in honor of
some important victory recently won
by bit famous father ; and a* he stood j
gating liatleaaly out, hia eye* brightened ,
suddenly, and he turned to an attend
ant and whispered e few worda which
caused him to ha-ten away. When he j
returned he was not atone—Kik wa- j
with him.
Prince Erie's beauty loving eyes had i
been attracted by her, as she stood amid I
a group of other maidens, looking at the
gaily dressed columns of her country
men filing by.
She, too, was, in holiday attire; and
the black velvet jacket, fitting closely
to her slender figure, and adorned with
silver-gilt buttons, brought out so viv
* idly the exquisite fairness of her skin,
with its rose-leaf tints of red upon lips
and cheek*, that she looked like a be
ing of different sphere as she stood
among her rn >tes.
Con ruse. 1 and blushing she now await
ed the prince's pleasure. Bhe dared
not raise her eyes to his face.
Had ahe done so she would have been
overpowered by the earnestness of the
gaze with which be regarded her.
From the moment his eye* rested
upon Rika's face the world held but one
peerless woman to him.
It mattered not that his younger
brother, Puke John, was even then in
another kingdom, wooing for him a
royal bride, upon whoee brow rested a
diadem, whoae splendor far exceeded
the one which he was to inherit uj-on
the death of hia father.
No. In that moment Elizabeth of
Bag land was forgotten. The peasant
maid who stood before him had became
the queen of hia fsnoy.
"Thy name, little one ?" he ask.si.
Rika raised her eyes to the handsome,
eerncst face, but dropped them timidly
as she met hia glance.
"I am Fredrika— theJfbrestcCs daugh.
tr— your n q nty.'
Nay, not yet crave I for that title,
raiden. Young blond must have its
vent, and lam glad to know that the
cares of government are not soon likely
to reet upon my shoulders, broad
though they may be."
With a smile he glanced at big atal.
wart frame, which was acknowledged to
be one of the finest specimens of phys
ical comelinesi in the ocuntry, as was
hi face called the hands >me*t of any
prince's in Europe.
Kika oourteaied rwpectfally, but did
sat reply.
If the gracious prince chose thus to
address n* an equal one of the humblest
of his father's subject*, ho knew well
her position, ami was to the lull a* proud
of her unsullied innocence and integri
ty as tlu> haughtiest maiden in the land-
Her shy modesty added to her beauty
in Krio'a eyes.
"Where livest thou, Froderiku ?'' lie
ssketl, sotily ; "for 1 would well like to
send thy father a commission to felj
some trees whieh much interfere with
the comfort of the king's hunting par
ties in the forest."
This he said knowing intuitively that
it would startle Rika to give her hi*
true reivott and say that he intended to
start out himself In qu< -t of fairer and
more prcci- us game, which must tie en
snared in tenderer toils than thn*e at
the command of the keenest -puri-muti
at hi" farlu r's court.
After a few words more he. MI tiered
ltika to go. Hut the sweet memory of
her presence w>nt not with her. It
nestled deep within his heart.
After this interview scarcely a week
passed that did not find Eric'" steps
turned in the direction of the for- *ter's
eotlqgc.
A gloss of milk from Itiko'* own
white hands was the draught pre'erred
by the royal hunter—although, out of
courtesy, he would sometimes accept a
mug of mend from the sturdy old
father.
Mutters were in thi, slate at the time
our story opens.
The nuts wero gathered, and the
tnerry group had disponed to their
homes, with the understanding thai
they should meet again the next day
and go together to the palace and dis
j>ose of their treasures.
The n< xt morning found tliein on
their way, drrwrd in their liest. as be
came o eventful an occasion in their
usually monotonous lives ; for royalty
had such a glamor to uninitiated ey.s
that the more sight of the walls which |
shut it in is eagerly covttrd.
It was pretty sight to any one who j
might have been stationed at the win
dow. to see that blooming procession of j
neatly dres-ed lads and las-en, as tbey j
wended their way along with many a
merry laugh ami jest, until at last they
balled in the great square before the
palace.
Rut to the watching eyes of the prince
—who had received a bint of the com
ing of the nut gatherers -there was but
one face worth looking at among th--
throng.
"Come,'' he said to the courtiers who
were standing near, "let u go down to
the square in a Ikklv and mat- the
hearts of yon merry rustic* even mer
rior to day by exchanging some coins
tor the nuts they have with them.''
A prince's suggest ion never lack* for
listener-, nor for follower-, and soon the
rich toilettes of the court people were
scattered al>out amidst the crowd in the
square.
Eric's atejw were turned at once to
wards Rika.
He soon possessed himo-lf of her nuts;
and after psying for them lavishly in
golden coin, he took from an inner
|>ocket a lockt and chain, which he
gave to her saving :
"Westr it for my sake. There is no
one who would look fkirer In It. You
ought to lei queen, little Rika, and 1
will yet make you one."
Before Kika h.wl time to rawl 110 aught
but that bis worda had filled her heart
with a hc-wilderirf sen # of happiness,
he had gone, his gift alone remaining to
prove she had not been dreaming.
But she soon came to her sober senses.
It was well known that King Quata
vui had be. n holding negotiation* with
the maiden queen of England, to indue*
her to bestow her jeweled hand upon
his elder son, and it had reached Rika's
ears.
Such * thing luvl known u •
maiden of low degree being word and
won by a royftl -uitor. The tale of Oria
el'i beppinea*, and of her wom a* well,
WIM a favorite one among the folkatoriaa
told aronnd the bumble hearth* of the
peasantry ; and if fate bad ordained for
it to happen to her alan, Rika would
have been aa glad and proud a maiden
M ever the aun had ahoneon. But ahe
would lUten to no worda of love from
one who- hand wae a good a* given to
another.
Tblfl alio thought it* -be walked (Jow
ly koiDMr<l.
Ho the uaxi <Uy a little bare footed
boy—the child of a neighboring farmer
—was MDt to the palace by Rika with
Prtnoe Eric't gift, carefully tied up in a
pioce of linon cloth, out from a corner
of a web, which ahe heraolf had woven
from flaa rawed from Ibe need, and pre*
i pared by her own deft hand*.
Could the uooooaoioua trinket lave
told Eric that Rika'a bright eye* bad
lingered lovingly end regretfully upon
it and that aha bad preaaed it to her rad
lip# again and again, it naigbt have
leaaened hla chagrin in reoaiving hi*
praaant heck again.
Aa it waa. it only kindled anew hie
determine on to win Kika (or hie own,
be the conaeqnenoea whet they might.
It ail MI Id not be mid of him thai a low
peasant girl bad given him, the crown
prince of Sweden, such a rebuff.
lie threw a large cloak o\er bis rich
court suit, atid thus disguised be mount
ed Ola f, his favorite hunter, and bastrtied
towards Kika's home.
Hot anger was contending with liis
love for the rustic beauty as he rode
along.
Hut when at last he reached the U-r.
ders of the cleared pitch of land in the
forest which hrid the little cottage, had
dismounted from bin horse and lied him
to a sapling, and found himself stand
ing at the door awaiting his answer to
hi < lap,all was forgotten hut the thought
that he was soon to gaze upon the beau
tiful face which had hnunted his fancy
so persistent ly since fit - had first
brought it before him.
Kiku opened the door and stood for
an instant in glad surprise, gazing up
into her lover's face in utter forgetful
to ss of the difference in their statious.
"Ah! little one, thy face for once
tell* me all that I wish to know. Thou
loves! me I 1 see it in those eyes.''
And before Bike had time to retreat
ho caught her to his heart and imprinted
passionate kisses upon Iter trembling
lips.
She drew herself from his encircling
arrna and stood punting like a frighten
ed fawn.
Then she threw herself .it his feet,
and clasping hrr hand- ectrcatiligly,
she said:
"< >h, most noble prince, It it not be
put against thy record (hat innoeency
>ii<i virtue received no respect at the
bends! Go, I entreat you I Khould my
father return and find thee here be
would aurcly first kill mo and then kill
himself, in shame and despair! Oh,
go!"
"I mean thee no harm, Rika, I lore
thee ; and when one lore', he hurta not
the object of that love. To win thee !
w.ll give up my heirship to the crown
to my brother Joho; and while he
wears the diadem upon his brow 1 will
content rmnlf with love and happiness
with thee."
"Not so, noble i*>ic," vaid Rika, firm
ly ; "if thou wouldst make such a aacri
lice I, for one. will not be a party to it.
After auch a marriage—entailing as it
would, so much loss love would prove
but a transient gueat within our hoc.
Reproaches would drive the fickle god
away."
"fell me the truth, Kika,'' inter
ruptrd F.ric, with passionate iaro-t
DM; Ho you love me?"
"So woll that I would rather die th in
know that barm would come to --no so
noble through an> influ-nre of mine."
"And yet you refuw to rusk* me
happy 1"
"I refuse to work yout ruin. u<hle
prince. The present i* not all of life
Hut see—-the sunlight bss already
reached the middle point of yout <f"tl '
in ten more nunnte* ov father will U
here. If them wooldet shield me from
hsrm. go. '
"I will obey now ; t.ut i will n-i pr.-ra
ie to give up the ho[<e which luted tne
hither. Farewell (or ■ tunc, most ob
durste maiden."
Then, with a long, lioget.og, tegi ettul
look, the prince turnesl *nd deptr-ed.
I>ays and weeks passed or.
At last oame a time which •- to
plunge the nation into mourning The
good and great fitsslevtt* str-cken
with a mortal illnew
lie died, and was Isid bt-ide ho king
ly progenitors, and Krio wa* th- reign
ing sovereign in Sweden.
Young, impulsive and hi* own master,
with his heart filled with but oar image,
is it to be wandered at that be suffered
no obstacle to delay bis union with the
maiden of his love, after the days of bis
mourning were fully accomplished, and
that tu pretty not girl of Kweden be
came its crowned <jueen ?
Search the annals of history, ood you
will find the romantic story of the
marriage oo record, adding still another
folk-tele to tboee the country msideot
tell over to each other at that witching
lime between daylight and starlight,
when all nature is going to rest and
young hearts attuood to sympathy with
all true lovers.
Id Sunday School.
"What's that*" asked a little boy of
his teacher, pointing to a picture of
Gabriel.
"That is an angel."
"What's be got iu bin hands?''
"Why, that's a trumpet.'
"What's tbnm things sticken' out of
his shoulders f
"Why, thaw are wings ''
"Well, if I could fcft.rd to wear
such oioe wings I wouldn't go 'round
blowin' such an nwfal lookin' trumpet
as that. I'd trade it ofT for a cornet."
"Did you give Johnny the medicine
madam f* asked thedoctor A "Ob, yw
doctor,'' replied the loving mother,
and then she added innocently, "and
it don't asem to have done him the
least harm."
An Old Pocketboclr.
WONI>ICKPUf. CHANOW SIJICE 1809 AH
SKKN IN AN ANCIENT HKLIC.
Jacob Miley, of the firm of Nor
heck A Miley, carriage builders ban
shown UH an old red morocco pocket
book which belonged to his grand
father Martin Mi ley, and to his father
David Miley, UH long ago as 1809. It
is in a pretty good state of preserva
tion though it is discolored by lime
and long cootinued service. On the
Hup is written "David Miley, Monor
township, Churlcslown, the lltli of
August, 181 B." Fastened to the centre
of' the pocket book, with a piece of
tape, is a copy of "Poor Will's Docket
Almanack for the year 1H09." Like
many modern almanacs, it contains
not only the calendar, the eclipses, the
astronomical phenomena, the tides, Ac.,
but the names of the president of the
United Kia'm (Tims. Jefferson) au-l
Itis cabinet, the senators and represen
tatives in Congress, the governor
(Simon Snyder) and Legislature of;
Pennsylvania, together with tlu-county
officers, the supreme, circuit and other
courts of the United States, the lime
of holding courts in Pennsylvania,
and other states, and much other use
ful information. But how different
was everything then front what we j
have now, though only a single "three
score years and ten" have pawn*)!
There were then no telephone, tele- j
graph, locomotives or even horse rail
roads. The wagon road from Phi la' 1
dclphia to Pittsburgh is not down at
296 miles, and parsed through Down"
ingtowti, Lancaster, Ilarrisburg, Car. j
lisle, (ireenhurg ami Bedford. The
other statious ou the road were nearly |
all county taverns, some of the names
being the Black Horse, Buck, Barley
Sheaf, Hat, Three Crowns, Pattersons-
Another Tavern, the Turk, Ac., Ac' !
The mails in those days were few ami j
far between. There was one mail
coach daily between Philadelphia and :
I-ancaster ; two a work between Phi la"
delphia and Beading, and one a week !
from Northumberland, Lycoming-
Centre, Ac. The rates of postage were j
for any place bv land not exceeding
40 miles 8 cents ; from 40 to 90 miles
10 cents ; from 90 to 150 miles 121
cents ; from 150 to .'SOO miles 17 cenu
from 300 to 500 miles 20 cents, and
over 500 miles 25 cents ! Now Utters '
arc carries) 3,000 and more for 2 coots.
In the good old days of Jefferson and
Simon Snyder Virginia was the boas
•tate and Pennsylvania was not far
behind, en h having over twenty rep
resentatives in Congress, while poor
little Oh-o had but one, and west of
< >hio there sere no stale*- hut merely
Indiana territory, Mississippi territory
huil Orleans territory. Oo the whole
it isn't worth while to groan much
i-ver the dejimrted day* of Jefferson
and Simon Suydcr. The world move*,
maybe in the right direction.— Kr.
Home Sensible "Dont'e."
Don't be afraid to put ot clothing
enough for comfort; don't go to Iwd
with cold feet; don't sleep in the
same undergarin<-nU which you have
worn during the day; doa't sleep in
a room that is not well ventilated
don't sit or sleep io a draught; doa't
lie oo the left side too much; doa't
try to get along with less than seven
or sight hours' sleep out of the tweoty.
four; don't jam pout of bed immediately
upon awakening in the morning; don't
forget to nib yourself all over with
crash towel or hands before dressing;
don't forget to take a good drink of
pure water before breakfast; don't take
long walks when the stomach is emp
ty; don't attempt to do a day's work
without fint eating a good break fasti
do not eat anything bat nutritious and
well-cooked food; don't eat what you
doo't want, just to save it; don't eat
between meals; don't eat the smallest
morsel unless hungry, If well; don't
try to keep up oo coffee and alcoholic
stimulents when yea should sleep or
rest; don't stand over hot air registers;
don't inhale hot air or fumes of any
acid; doo't wear thin stockings or light
soled sboee in cold or wet weather;
don't strain your cylw on a weak
stomach, or when ill; doo't ruin your
eyes by reading or scrwlog at dusk by a
dim light or a flickering candle or
when eery tired; don't sing or halloo
when your throat is sore or when you
are hoarse; doa't drink icod water
when you are eery warm; don't take
some other person s medicine became
you think yourself similarly afflicted:
doo't bathe in leas than two boon after
eating; don't eat in Icm than two
| hoars after bathing.
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