The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-12-29
IN THE ARBOR.
'INKLE, tinkle, tinkle.

IN lllE AhDOle.
TINKLE, tinllle, tinkle.
"There comes the horse-car, Dick
hurry, if you arc going out to May
Street,
Dick jumped from his stool in the lit
tie Office, seized his hat, and pulled it
down over his eyes, and rushed out into
the street and into the crowded car.
Only Just room enough for him in one
corner, where he crushed in and almost
disappeared, except his head and should
ers, amid the great mass of crinoline
carried by the lady beside him. lie
thought to himself that he had grown
small very suddenly, and wondered if
he was really five feet nine with a
"manly breadth of shoulder" or not
Once he looked at his friend, Sam Dod-
ridge, who stood in the office door, just
to assure himself that he had not been
swallowed up by some awful monster,
but was still a denizen of this earth,
this world of woe, this vale of tears.
Yes, it was all right. sam was there (;
| but where was he? lie felt very much
like q chicken about to be gathered un.
der the wing of its mother" only more
So" he thought.
| When the conductor came into the
car, Dick began to tumble around for {
pocket which he knew must be some
where, and at last was successful
| though he wasn't positive whether thJ
pocket belonged to him or the lady he
side him. However, as it contained {
ticket, it answered every purpose, ant
so passing it to the conductor, he look
4 ed up out of his nest and-Wcll, he
whistled, very low, almost under his
breath; and then he said " "Jehun ~ in {
whisper, for right opposite him, cncaset
in one OF the ncateSt, sweetest blue bon
nets-only u tiny shell of blue silk ant
lace and fOwers--waS the most won
drously beautiful face that WAS eve
seen (yes, and Dick was willing to bet
on it, in hOrse-car since the tir5t tram
way was laid.
And so Dick sat looking at the beauti
ful face, and growing very much lnlov
with it, till the tender blue eyes that be
longed to the beautiful face did the SAM
when they both looked away, and h
nestled down further into the corner
lust stealing Il glance occasionally Whc
he thought she was looking the otho
way, only to become more and NOR
bewitched, until at last he was almos
tempted to rush out and cut away on
Of the car-horses, spring upon the bac
of the noble O. steed, implore the youn
lady to fly with him-which of cour7
she would do-when they would gallo
, off with the speed of the wind on
q calm day, to some bright little isle o
h their own.
@ But just then the lady beside Iii
!, arose, pulled the strap, the car stoppe'
the lady got out, followed by the ang'
o with the beautiful face and the tend'
= blue eyes, who wore the blue bonn
l. with the little white flowers in the ba(
- of 1t; and Dick, looking out after then
= saw that it was the corner of May stree
and remembering that his sister live
II on that street only five doors from Il
II corner, and also having faint idea til
!, was the place he started for, he arc
q and followed too.
III And he walked up May street benin
NJ them, noting the light, graceful form
/. the angel, her easy carriage, the ne
Il little fOot-ah! wasn't it Il beauty
- Dick couldn't help thinking so, thin
!, ing too that the soft pit-pat OF tho
III little boots on the pavement was t
10 sweetest music he ever hcard-a sort
~ bootee solo, suppose, far superior to
-. Swain Buckley on the bones but j
~ then she looked pacll at him, and Di
p got gush of loyeliness right in his ia
and eyes just before she disappeared
the steps of the tall brick house NJ
door to his sisters.
lie stood still just for q moment
recover himself from the aood of beat
that had almost swamped him, n
then remembering that it was tea tin
and that his sister always waited
him Saturday evenings, he hurried
!. and found her standing in the do'
.ly and little Jennie, his niece, came on
y the gate to meet him. So he took
ID, in his arms and gave her a kiss, salu
at his sister Mary and her "dear Joh
on as she always called him, who, accord
IA to her account, was one of the best i
ad bands that ever lived, patted the
or Bose just for a minute, and received
an welcome from that animal after
zen fashion OF dogs, and then, looking u