The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1868-03-06
for the Nouna FOLKS.
The Elm Grove.

CoNcLUDEp
ONE day, while Roscken was dress.
ing her little Elhc, she found piece of
gold hanging round her neck by Il silk
on thread and knewi to be the same
~ she had seen in the hands of the fairy
| dwarfs. Elhe seemed sorry at its be-
| ing seen, and said that she had found it
! in the garden. But Roscken watched
her, and soon found that she went every
afternoon to sit by herself in shady
place behind the house. So one day
she hid herself tu see what the child
did there, and to her great wonder
Gossamcr was sitting by her side" Dear
Ellie" she was saying, 'yOur mother
and used to sit thus when she was
young and lived among u. Oh, If you
could but come and do 80 too! But
sine. our queen came to us II cannot be;
yet will come and see you, and talk
to you whilst you are a child; when you
| grow up we must part for ever" Then
she plucked one of the roses that grew
around them, and brcathed gently up.
on it, and said, "1'ake this for my sake!
it will now keep fresh for whole
year"
| Then Roseken loved her little Ellie
more than ever; and when she found
she spent some hours Of almost every
day with the elf, she used to hide her
self and watch them without being
seen till one day, when Gossamer was
bearing her little friend through the
mir from tree to tree, her mother was so
! frightened less her child should fall,
that she could not help screaming out /;
and Gossamer set her gently on the
ground, and seemed angry, and flew
away. But still she used som etimes TO
come and play with her little friend /;
and woul soon, perhaps, have done so
| the same rs before, had not Rosekcn
one day told her husband the whole
| story for she could not bear to hear
| him always wondering and laughing at
| their little child's odd ways, and say
| ing he was sure there was something in
| the grove that brought them no good.
| So, to show him that all she said was
| true, she took him to see Ellie and the
| 'iiiry hut no sooner did Gossamer
know that he was there (which she did
in I'M instant than she changed herself
| into II raven, and flew off into the grove.
Roseken burst into tears, and so lid
Elfe, for she knew she should see her
| dear friend 30 more; but Martin was
restless and bent upon following up his
search after the fairies, so when night
came he stole away towards the grove.
When he came to ii nothing was to be
seen but the old oak, and the gloomy
rolled, and the wind whistled.. 1t
SCENE that all about him wa, angry,
40 lie turned homewards, frightened at
what he had done.
In the mornin. all the neighbo-s
focked around, asking one another
what the noise and hustle of the last
night could mean; and when the hooked
about them, their trees seemed blighted
and the meadows pnrched, the streams
were dried up, and everything seemed
troubled and sorrowful.
But yet they all thought that, some
how or other, the grove had not near so
forbidding look as 1t used to have.
Strange storie; were told: how one h ad
heard futtering in the air, another had
seen the grove rs il were alive with
little beings, that flew away from it.
Each neighbour told his tale, and all |
wondered what could have happened.
But Roseken and her husband knew !,
what was the matter, and bewailed /
their folly; for they foresaw that their |
kind neighbors, to whom they owed all
their luck, were gone for ever.
Among the bystandcrs none tcId o
wilder story than the old ferryman,
who piled across the river at the foot
Of the grove. He told how at midn light I
his boat was carried away, and how b
hundreds of little beings seemed TO
load 1t with treasures: how strange
piece of gold was left for him in the
boat as his fare; how the air seemed
full of fairy forms huttering around;
md how Mt last great train passed
over, that seemed TO be guarding their
leader to the meadows on the other
side and how he heard soft music float
ng around and how sweet voices sang
~ they lowered overhead
Fairy Queen!
Fairy Queen!
Mortal steps are on the green;
Come away!
Haste away!
Fairies guard your Queen
Hitber, hither, Fairy Queena
Lest thy silvery wing be sean
Ger the sky.
Fly, fly, fly!
Fairies guard your lady Queenl
Ger the sky.
Fly, fly, n.y..
Fairies, guard your Queen
Fairy Queen
Fairy Queenl
Mortal nteps no more ,pv'seen.
Now we may
Down and play
Der the daiseu green.
Lightly, Lightly, Fairy Queen'
Trip II gentty DER the green
Falrlesgay,
Trip away,
Round about your lady Queenl
FAIRIES gay,
Trip away,
Round about your Queen
Poor Ellie mourned the. r i0ss the .
most; and would spend VIII ole hours in
locking upon the rose that her playfel-
low had given her, and 81 nging over it
the pretty airs she he d taught her
TIL at length, when tie years charm
had passed away, and it began to fade,
she planted the stalk in her garden, and
there 1t grew and rev, Till she could