The Misletoe Bough

The ladies of the Library Assooiation are activoly engaged iu the preparations for tho representation of tho boautiful pantomimo of tho " Misletoe Buugh," which wil] take place at tbo Opera House Deen ra I ;ih. following doa iription is taken from a Grand Rápida paper, where t3 samo entertainment hos boen givon by the young ladiea and g mtlemen of that city rith graat sucoess. May liko sucoe'ss attend it in Anu Arbor : ïearsand yoars ago, beneath an Italian sky, when the winds were passing through the orange grovas and over törrac8 that surrounded the pal ice of tho Donati, mingling Lte soft, . ba with the muran urkled in th , a inding Bhowers of Bpráy over the moving foliage, stood Ginevra, ! l tho old familiar . tiïl a teai I n har c. e, f?ive her hand in marriage to I . i, a son of ono of the noblest families oí' i i morrow carne, and sunlight and dew-dxops were weaving bright rainbow over shrub and flower, and the morning breezc blew bh'e vinos across the marble pillara of tho colonnade, which echoed with morry voices - the gay I and the lightstep of the proud i tiful assemblage, oollcctcd tograi i the wedding of Donati's lovely du And lovely indee I, did sho appear amoii" Italy's fairesl daughters. lier dr white cl i pod with en tho pt-nrl sbining among her dark curls added to her loveliness and made her appear the star of tlmt bright company. Gaily the houra passed by. Ginevre all gaiety, half wild with excitement. As she paseed Francesco sho whispered her intentian of hidiug, and ohallcnged hiiu and i iciatosto find her. Boon they wi treh of the fair bride, and merri'.y they pri icei Led 1 b.rough tho lofty hall i, the dark ckfci ts,aud apartments of that Bpacious palaco, which inded wilh voicea and lan Ijoiif; they looked, bilt vainly, and as the shade of evening stole over the sceno, wearied and alarmed, nearly all the dismayed guests retired to their h .1 for Ginevra was nowhori! to be found. i-'-ks. mpnths in i iway, but nothing was huai I oi :i ■ Usl one. Francesco, weary of life, wandorod in foreign land-, while l)jn::ti Btill lingered around that hom.', go oonnected v. i memory of her whom he idolized, now Lost to liim forever. Au 1 where was Ginévra ? Bhe hadfled to the old garret to hide, and trembling with joy and exmtement, she entered an old, oaken ohost. Tho chest was oon I, i'i greater socurity, with a . which focked as it was shut, and could only be opened by one on the outside toi ■ part of tho ourious workmanahip. Wit H hor hand held the cdver ajar to admit air, but iu her excitement, when her lover an i panions entered the garrei in soarch. of tur, her hitnft slipied, and the cover feil,