Litchfield enquirer., 1829-05-07

1 y buried ln thought, ln an arm chalk whlcI
 occupied recUso MeaF tho Are Nlace, I'm
 stranger looked up, met her earnest paRe
 and started. Seventeen years had ho
 wrough. 50 great change In the landlNd,
 as might hAvO boen expected, for An lnnO
 cent and active llf6 had aided q cons,Itu tion naturally robust, and she Stlll nppeNr
 cd much tho same As Sho had fhNrtcel
 years buck .-Th0 stranger t6lt he hNt
 seen her before he pAsSed hs hand 0ve
 his flushed face, aud addressed to her som,
 trivial question. Tho tone of her voIe,
 in ansW ering seemed to ssrlkO upon hls eAI aS one remembered, but he said nothing,
 "We AGUe seen hlln before Josiah, 1" sNId the landlOdy to her husband, when alone, " He has not yet met the pUnlshment tluO to hh misdeeds. What shall we say something we we must do l"
 "Lt iS indeed him," returned JedAon , " what can have brought hlM hvreS it would kill Eva to see hlM---lucklly she h confined by n cold up slalrs--but to.mor. row Fanny returns. tle shall see Fanny 1, she ls the image of what hor mother was when wo first saw her if Inc ls the person we suppose, ho must Do struck with tho !ikenese. My mind mlsglvcs mo strangely, but think he has only come here Co dIe.W " ] hopo he will render justice before he goes to his grCal account" retbrHed tho SealouS matron.
 He will, wife, hs will l" replied her husband there ls that In his Mee which bespeaks broken spirit hO hus a con. trite hoart, depond upon lt, and ls slt ls him no will do justice as far as Ae ean."
 Tho next morning the stranger was much indlSposed, and Fanny, who had returned iiom an excursion, was sent by her grandmother as She called Mrs. edson, to his apartment, with some rslfevhmenL The guest started as sho entered, and ns she drew near ho became droadMlIy arll. ated. Fanny was alarmed, bul unwilling ,o leave him thus, remained rlvoMed Co Inc spot whore she stood. At length tho In. valid, cohqOoring hls emotion, made on effort to receive Inc retteShmen, from ,he hand of tho unconscious cause of hls aeI. tation. and aS lf lmpellod by some lrresISll. bio motive, inquired hor name. |" Fanny, 'ir, Fanny Je1Son," answered tho AeIlnt. ed glrl, as, bluShing, and courtssylng, she 
 "H is her very image |" murmUred the '1sst "who b this glrl4 how came she l lege 70 heaHtliNgNt .lG- nus sus.isiOtIsa he landlord who was prepared by Fanny's lrango agltatlon,. to hoar lnfeFfogasiens ,hick no was resolved to answer In hls own ,My. The gentleman requested Jedsen D Do seated, said ho was lonely ysahd should Iko little chat, and afler \ few prelln,. nary remarks, Inquired of his companion, f tho pretty girl he had Just leit was Ills | laughter or his granddaughter" ,,l
 e Sho is noEheF," answered the 0ld man !" but I love her as much as F she was."
 But sho bears your naue," resumed the stranger.
 l" because, poor thing sho has no. other. Howover. it 10 an honest name, and never wns coupled with lreacheFous deed 20 nerhaps 1t suits the child as well as ancth. er." ...,
 red tho invalid, in . humid voice.
 1" Why sir" replied Jsdson, I'll teil you tho story, and how ! came by tho glFl, 1and if YOU do not join mo In saying the. her father was villalD, you will Do the first who has differed from me In that 0. pinlon. Bu. as said before l1I tell you tho story.
 1" It was abou. tie slms the British were leaving Bosten--I dId not llye here then, slr-I kept on inn on the Boston road and somewhere about that tinie, one eve' hing, . chaise drove Into ouF yard, and an officer, sir, . British officer allgh'ed, and handed out young lady 1, . sweet pretty creature she appeared melancholy, and somehow my wlle end both thought that she did not look liko on ofhcer's lady, but iust like ono of own New England
 young women, SO modest and uDassumInig' Well tho officer called for room and I
 supper, and desired thu. his horse might be sakon care of, as they were to % ctl ctl
 directly. Curiosity, you know, sir, i' natural to women peOplo say, 70 Nsw England womcn 10 particular. However the young woman who went Into tue ssran' l gers room, to lay the cloth, and attend oi | the table said whom sho came out that sh'
 looked sharp at the lady, and that sh' | kept crying all the time, and never tassc' . rs,orsel of supper. My wife, who Is q
 stout as . lion in the cause of her ees could not rest minute sh0 vas affAl | .as, ..,.... .,svi ,vua unhannv. neFhnDa RDin