The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1878-05-17
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A TERRIBLE NIGHT.
by Jove, Dick, Tm nearly done up
so am +. Did any one ever sec such a

wine TO wash it oown
Charley, beware Take care how you
coniur4 np such visions IN my mind. am
already nearly starving, and if yon increase
my npr'ute much more 1t will 90 hard with |
me if don t dine off you You are young,
and Bertha says you're tender
Hearted, she meant. Well. 50 am, if
loving Bertha be any proof of it. Do you
KNOW bick' have often wondered that you
"o" love your sister so raSsl"nateIy, were
not Jealous ot her attachment to me.
So | was, my dear fellow. ut tirst-lur-
ouslv Jealous But then / reflected that
Bertha must one day or other marry. and
must lose my syster; 50 thought it better that
she should marry my old college chum and
early friend, Charles Costarre. than any one
in my calculation, Charley
Dick. we were friend. at school and
friends at college and tboucht at both of
these places that nothing could shorten the
link that hound us together bpt 7 was mis-.
taken Since nv love for and encacemont
70 vour sister. 7 fee, as if Won were fiftv
times the friend that Won were before Dick
we three will never part =,
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horndo rtos of Es.ox and W.rron Counties
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day break, and had great faith in our pedes-
train qualities. We expected to reach the
nearest of the Eckford lakes by niahtfall
The forest through which we Travelled was oi
the densest description. Overhead the
branches of spruce and pine shut out the
day, while beneath our feet lay trightiu
soil, composed principally OF Jagged shingie
cunningy concealed by an almost impene
trable brush. AS the day wore on our hope
OF reaching osr destination became fainte
and fainter, and could almost fancy IRON
the anxious glances that Dick cast arouno
him, that in spite OF his boa'ted knowledge
VI 'ne "oous lie n"u ios' MS way
iio'' h'"e'e'' un.'' n's.' "'.u"''y 'e'' l" ""'
''|' we were wv" ''"N'"s ',on' n'"s'l ""'
exhaustion" tn"' cou'u s'' n'"' u "oN''o"'
'os' IT,
Were in nice pickle, Master DICK,
said ], rather GROSSLY Tor an empty stomach
does much to destroy man natural anna
b''ity. 'Con'ound your assurances 'Nst lee
you to set up as GUIDE. vi all men, painter
are the most concerted
Come. Charley answered Dick, good
humoredly, there's no use in growing )
louGly. You'll bring the bears and panther
on us if you do. We must make the bes
OF bad job and sleep in a tree
It's easy to talk, my good fellow. I'm NJ
a partridge. and don't know how to roo,t O
bough.'
Nyou vouul have TO learn then for
, Won sIeen on the cround the chances are te
. to one that Won will have the wolves nibblin
: at vour toes be fore DAYLIGHT
4 am hanged if do either, said I. despe
, otelv .rm going to walk all night. and l.
: dron before TN lie down