Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1848-05-04

con. we shan all come. Of course tn the
great Signor Giuseppe,' said the old mar
looking scornfnl-. all cap in haD''.
NAV, nav returned Gia a.....,,
of propitiation, sI'il wait, .. ..... ia.
favor to look in some NOR, Ir .a.
way, and have a chat an a1s..
and perhaps added he, biz ....., e,....
bring Maria with YOU, as w.. asa, 70 4 h
and wont attempt 10 see he Z, messy
%, veil all come, of cosrse sair /, Anta-
MO, impatien,ly, scat, dog sod ~ all: and
when we do,' added he. "a ref n significant
tone, you may com. again srself'
Giuseppe tried = iaug' a q his lest, and
thus still propi.iale h,im e.a I'D man
Fastening to Hutf.thc dc0. .xu, led,
sAye,c dc .og, aud ali, and the cottage
besides with NaryS dowry a'oag with it :.
and then on may come again, and not tai
the
And - so saying, he bal aged the door, and
sivn i. furious LOOK at poor Maria, went
3nto another room 10 scrawl a note 10 the
Young C,N2eu, The young citizen came in
vain, and = l..onia grew sulkier and angrier
| every dag, till at last he turned his latter
Jest into vow, enchanting with an oath.
that Giuseppe should never have his daugh.
ter, tilIshe, THE father,) daughter, dog, cat,
cottage, bee>hives, and all with her dowry
of almond trees 10 boot, should set out some
fine morning to beg the Young vine dresser
to accept Them.
Poor Maria grew thin and pale, and Gut
seppe looked little better, turning all his
wonted jests into signs; and often inter.
rnpting his work to sit and look towards
the said almond trees, which formed
beautiful clump on an ascent upon the other
side of the, glen sheltering the best of An
ftonio's bee>hlves, and composing pretty
dowry for the pretty Maria, which the fa>
ther longed to see in possession ofthe fashy
young citizen. One morning after a very.
sultIy night, as the poor youth sat endeav>s
0ring TO catch a glimpse of her in this di.
Tection, he observed that the clouds gath.
cred in a very unusual manner over the
country, and then hung low in the air,
i heavy and immoveable. Towards Messina
the sky looked so redthat at first he thought
the city was on fire, till an unusual hea,
affecting him. and a smell of sulphur ari.
sing, and the liltle river at his feet assn.
ming tinge Of muddy ash Color, he
knew that some conyulsion of the earth
wa ~ hand. ~E1is hrst impulse was wish
70 cEoss Inc iord, ana witn mixed anguish
anu delight. 10 nnd himself again in the
cottage OF Antonio. giving the father and
daughter all the hslp IA his power. a
/ tremendous burst Of thunder and
IHghtn'ng startled nan for moment; hut
ne was proceeeing 70 cross, when hi. ears
nng'ed. his head turned giddy, and while
the earth heaved beneath his feet, he saw
the opposite side OF the glen lifted up with
horrible deafnIng noise, and when the cot>
| tage Itself, with all around DC, cast, as he
thonght, 70 the ground, and buried forever.
The sturdy youth, for the first time in his
lie, tainted away.
When his senses returned, he found him.
self pitched back into his own premises.
but not INFUSED, the blow having been bro
ken by the vines. But on looking in hOr-
ror towards the site of the cottage mp the
hill, what did he see there or rather. what
did he not see? And what did he see,
forming new mouad, fu,longs down the
gen. ana I'D ms own homestead1 Aptoni-
Oc COudSS, WIN inc almOuu Weee ana the