Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-22

'Inoe stay me d iiot.4 Nay gl . moi hold
 mo for ' Iam resolved 10 jump tbiS difch, lift were merely foeonaihce thee ofnny agilitg sssss l Accordingly Hazdlliall w6ht back feW yagds, in oFd6r thar lie might haxe a fsif run aud that the itnpuIse thereof might
 carry him over Having retreated far en- IOugh, he came forward with momentum l lpfoporticned to his weighfand his xeloei- 1 v, and found himself in the middle of tic ditch. The water splashed round on all.
 sides and bespattered the Sunday cIotIIes of Dorcas, who. could not, with all her
 Quaker sObriety and kind feeling, help
 bursting into loud laugh, There was
 Hezekiah showing lis agility, and iioDndsr- ing in the mud like a whale. The water was not so deep as to be dangerous; and the scene was too irresistibly comic cseven, fora saint to abstain from laughing, though it was the Sabbath day. gT k At length, when h0rsrisibilify would al- low her the power pfspeech Dorcas kind- l ly held out her hand. as she stood rod from the bank, and said Come hither, brother Hezekiah, and l III help thee out.' N N N We'll welt ]! returned the founderer,s in a tone of vexation, s thee does well, | Dorcas. to stand there and langh at me; as though il were mere sport. to stick in the mud and water mp to inysvery middle ' '
 Nay, nay, Hezakiah, thee has shown thy agility so marvelously, that I could not help being pleased for the life of me; and { ! now take shame to myself for having op- \ posed thee So strenuonsly, or for having moment doubted thy capacity for jumping. But iftRee's satisfied with thy exploit and is ready to come forth, I'll lend thee a k hand to help thee out. ssT
 Thus saying, Dorcas drew near to the edge of the ditch; but Hezekiah having got himself in by his, own unaidcd power. declared lie would get himself out in the same way. But the mud was deep and ad- E hesive and as fast as he got one foot out he got the other in; and thus he continu- ed to labor and plunge, till he was fully sat=- istied his own ability was better calculateds to help him in than out of the ditch. He l grew wroth he used hard words andso far forgot tho plain language that he ex- Gss gt. By ,he--'
 Don't thee swear, brother Hozskial, Dorcas.
 Swear. roared Hezekiah, thee'd swear 100, if thee was inshere.' @ K
 Swear not at all, Hezekial, 1; but even1 which saith ,' If thine OK or thineass shall l! fall into ditch oil tie Sabbath day
 sNow, sister Dorcas, tllee is too bad.- Verify thee would not make me 90 hoavy | as the former animal sor 70 stupid as the1 latter?' N W
 As to thy weight, returned Dorcass thee must 6e pretty well satisfied by this time and as for thy stupidity, it were in- deed unsistetly to liken thee tc the long { cared animal. But if thee is-satis6ed on those points, and will forthwith reach me thy hand, I'll do as much as sin me LetR tt bring thee safe to land. .s s Hezekiah was pretty well cohyinced by this lime that his own humble ability would never fetch him out, wherefore humbly reaching lis hand to Dorcas, he said, Yer fly, sister, I will accept thy aid, inasmnci' as my own ability hath grieyously deceiy- cd me- .f x is-s
 Dorcas kindly fsnt her assistance, and pulling vigorously, Hezekiah at lengthcame to land. Shaking of tic mud and water
 like a spaniel, he returned home , but charged his sister by tho way. never tc mention how he came to this catastrophe: Dorcas promised. of course; and as sue
 was girl of truth and kind feelings, she
 was as good as her word. But once or
 twice, when they were in company with
 sundry other quakers discoursing soberly
 about matters and thing, iDorcas, looking
 archly at another girl. merely said- Did ever tell thee. Rachael, how brother Hezekiall one Sunday-- ss z. .Hezekiah turncd an embarrassing and imploring look towards her, and sle sald---
 E: Nay, nay, Hczekiah, I'M not going to iell-bat merely 10 ask if ! ever had told
 how thee showed thy agility one Sunday and jumped into the middle. of ditch q I s' W. Y. Constellation. .s | THE POISONED VALLEY. M | s Fal.A 0NENA.