Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-08-30

Ieuge on OI0 cheSnut nut, ana looked uoWn
upon the water as ii tumbled over the mill
dam. Bell gazed at it, as if she saw ten
| thousand little naiads dancing niinuets up
| ON the bubbles. While she was looking /
| took her little paw, sO-then ], squeezed it
gently, so-and whispered in her ear, So
Bnt, uncle Obsd, NUNS the word-*s*
Bell and know who's who = s1s4 as .ss.s
1t was then uncle Obed spoke. 1T
won't do, Jedediah,' said he, aud his voice
| croaked with emotion as he spoke; sit
| won't do, / say! All this may be straw
berries and cream to such a crazy pate as
yours. 1t may. be fine fun TO win the
heart of such, an innocent thing as Bell
johnson, just to throw il away again, like
worthless orange, after you have squeez-
ed all the juice cut. Bat mark my words,
Jedediah. ] have seen mofe days than
you, and observed some What Of the ways
by which Providence bringseits righteous
ends about. Justice is sure Of foot, Jede-
diah,s though slow-mark that. And for
every idle word and deed of yours, there
will be a, day Of account, here or elsewhere.
1t is trac,s j have seen some precious
| scoundrels in my day, die quietly in their
beds, who deserved to die at the end Of
the halter. Andthe preacher says, 'there
is one event to all, both the righteous and
the WICKED But, observe, my pretty
fellow, | never knew graceless rogue
| that trifcd with a woman affections, who
did not, ever after, find a, bitter curse in
his cup. Judgment follows hard upon
such misdeeds. / believe there is a spe-
! cial woe denounced upon the wretch--and
I've might as we'll attempt 10 fly into the re-
gions of infinite space, as 70 try to escape il.
Leave off these wicked ways, then, Jed
ediah, If you would prosper. II you
| would live, to lie down without dreaming
| Of FIRE and birthstone, or would die with
out hearing the wall OF broken hearted
one knelling. in your ears. VI But let this
motto be your guide. when you go among
the sweet innocent flowers whom God has
raised up here,
Nepey s1ct expectations yo DO not intend 10 eratfyn
| Here uncle Obed's voice grew husky
He took a long and deep draught from his
mug Of cider, and then rose from the table
and walked out ofthe room. I'm, sg.
| !. As he, closed the door behind him, Jede-
diah, drew long breath, looked at me
| half mad and half ashamed, and then COM
temptuously whstled--so-h.e-0!!! s-
My foolish brother continued to flirt
with Isabel, until her whole being was
locked up in his. Her friends cautioned
her in vain she was blind to the sugges-
tons even of her better Judgment. AT
length, when he had completely triumphed
over her gentle heart, he left her, and
sought some other sweet flower to blight.
as he had done this. a4sa ~
Isabel bore his coldness awhile with APP
parent indifference. But the iustre grad
ually loft her eye, her cheeks grew pale
and thin, and her tine red lips took
; death-lke purple hue. She n,urmuret
not against him. She complained to nj
one. Her friends observed that she min
gled more, with the pious, and less witt
the gay 1t was evident, however, tina
4 the machinery of her existence was grad
/ ualiy running down and every day wat
4 expected to bring some story Of her sick
ness or death. At Iength she almost shun.
ned society, and spent her time, when the
weather would permit, in wandering among
the hills and the forests. .,.sstf Aka. Ia
One evening, Of pleasant day which
she had spent away from home in this
manner, her parents observed that she did
not return at her usual hour. They be-
came alarmed, and rousing party ofthcir
neighbors, they wentin pursuit Of her,.
They travelled the forest and thickcts fot
a long while in vain. They shouted hei
name through the, deep glens, and blew
their horns from the tops Of the hills. ! Bul
echo alone replied. s8 MI. ss X
At length, aabont midnight, one of the
4 ra -, h;a rot,.rn d;ucnvorad hoP the