Litchfield enquirer., 1849-09-06


a he fan Of ls48, / was travelling
eastwaad il q stage coach from PittsbufR
over Tie nkonntains MY felioH passens
Rers were two gentlemen 4na ladY.
The elder gensleman's appearance insers
ested ne exceedingly. IN years he SEEM
Ted about thirty ia cir and naafisf, ke
ives calm, digniksa and polished aid the
contour of his face was singplarly INTEL
1eetu6 He cofyersed freely on differ
ent topics until the road became more
abrupt and PERCEPTIONS; but On my di-
recting his attention to the greet altitude
fof the precipice, Oh the verge of which
our coach wheels were ieisurelg rolling,
there came marked change Of his q y.
tenance. His eyes, lately filled Nth I,e
light Of intelligence, beamod wild, test
less and anxious the mouth twitehad
spasmodicaIly and The forehead Was bead
ia With cold p4rsHiralion. With sharp
conxnlsive shuddeF he turned his gaze
from he gidd height. assd cant1Ainp nv
arm tiehtly With both hands, He hung to
me Ike drowning man.
Use this cologne. said The lady, hand
in8 ze bottle, With The Instinct i've good
ness III hef sex.
spsinkled d little ID Bis fIlee, and he
soon became more composed hui It was
not uAta We had entirely tfaversed Tie
mountain, did descended into The conn
| try beneath, that bis iine features relaxed
from their pertnbed look, and assumed
THE placid, qnies dignity, that ! had u
first noticed. s
ave Al apology y lie lady, said
he with bland smile and gentle inclina-
ton of the lretla II our fair companion,
and some explanation Ii Div fellow TIA,
vellers also and perhaps cannot better
acquit myself of The double debt, than by
lrecognting the cadse Of my recent agita-
ton.
Itnay pam your feelings delicately
urged the 1ady.
'On the contrary, # win relieve tlrem,'
was the respected repiy
/ Having signi6ed our several desires to
shear more, che traveller thus proceeded |;
1 Az the ARA of eighteen, was light III
heart, light % foot, and | fear. Che smi-
led) light of head. A iitie property on
The bank cf Me Ohio acknowledged me
sole owner was hastening home to en-.
JOY it, and delighted to get free from a
college life. The month was October,
the air braclslg, and mode Of conveyance
e stage coach Ike this only more cum
brous, The other passengers were few,
Ionly three in all-1one An Old grey-hspd-
ed planted Of louisiana, his daughter, a
Joyous, bewitching creature. about seven
teen, and his son, about ten years Of age.
4 They were Just returning from France
Of which country the young lady discour-
lsed n terms 50 eloquent, as 70 absorb my
attention.
The father was tacitnrn, but the daugh.
Ter yiyacious by nature, and we soon be-
came No mutually pleased with each 9TH
er she As q talker and / as i listener
that ii was not until 4 sudden fash 81
lightning and 4 heavy dash of rain against
i the windows elicitei An exclamation from
nv charlning companion, that ! knew
how the MIG passed us. Presently there
cHnne tVW aal w 1l ~ n11Aaus @asA sAsSsl
several peals Of thunder, accompanied
Eby successive flashes VI lighfnify8 The
rain descended III torrents, ard an angry
wind began u howl md aaoaa through
the Forest trees.
I looked from the window Of our We.
| hicIe. The night was as dark as ebony
Il but the sikhfhSnK showed tho danger 81
Tie road. we Were ID Tie edge of I
Ifsiehtful precipice. could sea II inter-
vals huge jutling rocks Car away down
is side. and the sight naade ne solicitous
for tho safety of my fair companion. ]
thought Of The mere hair breadths that
were between u and etenity single
little rock II The track q our coach
wheels = tiny billet IF WOOD y strss
root of i tennpesI torn Tree resfive hcr-
ses, n careless driver zany of these
might hlFl " frona 0i.E sablnnary exis-
Il &Gt3e& with fNH HueGa III G11NHM.it. FN