Litchfield enquirer., 1853-09-22

.....z-.--1a iitat par, Of the .Os,ru eppOsIte tue fireplace,
 while ia iIsP immediate vicinity all was briaIla as hefsFe. Lang they sat, now l thinking Of their homes they had lell, theif wives nnd children, aDw 0r their business, while outside the wind blew with great vi oence, causing them iE awale lf1sR iheie severes and listen tn iis huwIings; 1t length
 one of them spuke
 fsll's pleasant lo sit here and heaF she 1 wind this dreaTy cold night.
 "Aye." replied the other, shnughtflilys taking his pipe from iiia mouth @ ihe ep0hes E "la fiIe ni9at for the Abbey, man's cnur- I age cauld be well tested now hy wander ing about the ruins. have nO desire fo lrv il myself, for should even irem6le tO l hear the ivy shake over my heed, and
 should fancy saw some old Abhoss spirit
 rise from among the ruins and glide down the aisle. Heavens! this wind is enough 10 awaken the dead!" he exclaimed, as .
 sudden gust. .iniefrupiing his speechs swept by and seemed iO threaten destruction lo
 all befnre t.- .s
 i'll wager a diDner," cried the frat speaker. afier pauses ]" ihai Mafy would venture there 10 night"
 Then wager ond lose, his cOmpeni1n replied in sneering tone, si know she'd
 fancy she saws ghnst by her side. Or faint if che saw white cow" v, "Wil Mary permit this charge on her
 courage r his campanion exclaimed, sini. llingly. ]" am sure shall wiE. for LknOW
 she will venture there. and she shall be
 compensated wiih . pew bonnet fl she
 brings a bough from she alder thai grows
 ihere.1
 Mary upon hearing of the wager, fear essy compiled io perform the adventure, and throwing thick shawl around her and
 bonnet 0n her head. she s,aried faF the
 Abbey. The night was very dark. end
 the wind was high, and as it hOwled fears
 fully amid the whitening branches of the
 leaiiess trees she irembled aud sliivefed
 with the cold. She proceeded over the
 well known path aud alier considerable dif-
 ficuliy reached il,e ga.e>way, which she
 iearlessly entered, yet the ruins seemed
 more wild snd lonely. and ibeir shade rei1> dered the gh,0m oi ii,e place mOre dFGafy;
 still On she wended her way over loose
 stones sn,l through high weeds, and kept
 in the direction of the aisle: il was very difficult and aFtlUOus task on such nlghi--- now desth.hke stiffness regned. tie next ! moment the wind cane crashing and tear. Il W& GtAststbXUN NtbG NWtftg1 ttDNtbtk ttbG @8Ub hide0us with loud, HEearihly noises, and
 then suddenly changing so that as il whis- tied through the numerous cracks and ere. vices ii resembled the soit murmuriOgs sf a
 hundred flutes pIsying h discOrd.
 .I At length she arrived at the inpeFm0si ruin, and directing ter sieps iOwafds the alder tree, soon reached il and hasi.ly lsash- f cred . hDtgh@<wheM she was ssasiled by
 hearing . human voice. apparently about
 tte ruins. Ste paused and listened asseN- I lively, and her heart 6ultered within ter breast with tesF, fM she little expecied1iO hear huuian voice tiiert, end it Tiled hes
 with dread and alarm. Still she listeRed,
 but could hear nothing hat the wlnd co is
 blew h0sFselv through ti.e ivy over her
 head. and again all was still but hef ears
 were soon assailed hy tie sound af'filDisie2s, they came nesser ond neareF, aud hsir breaihtess with IraF she creps towards n
 wide column and c0nccaled herself behind I 1t, bmi scarcely had she done s0 when the
 clouds parted anc the n.OOn, which had hitherto been hidden from view. bOw slOne clear, and with h0eF0r she saw twa fGllians pass quietly by her, and between tiiCm they bore cOSpsel Is was sessihle sighs tor , p0os Mary. and ste tSenshled viulenlly i0 GVCVN WV OtsCOEsU sosssss& tees
 and she cIung lO ihe c0i.mB IE support 1; d all her f,rn,er seIf.passess,0n and courage \ were lprsakinQ her when most ehe needed 2 Il.em in ,tis hour Of peril. She was about i0 resign herself i0 fate. when another blast | of wind swep, by blowing 0fT ihe hat 0f one : 0f the ruliians, and ii ried cl0se tO Masy's !, feet; now she expected i0 die, n0w she 3 gave herself up as l0s'.
 | " Curse tie hst.n exclaimed le that hsd ; been sO suddenly deprived oft.
 ,l aNay," replied the other impatiently, , scnne on snd frs, hide the desd b0dy. 2 Wiih joy si,e asw shem psss on pnheed. inR the has. and glad iO escape from tisp place, she few through il.e Abbey, caFky- ina ihe hsi with her. wildly she Fan esd
 snon reached the du0r Ot the inn che en. tered snd gagged earnestly upOn all in the ro0m as t tO ascertain if she was really at her own home. her feelings aveFCane her, . aud unable .a cnals0l them she aank bseaah- less DpOn the n0os without ihe power to ; speak wasd. All wss hurry, husile anA
 cODIusinD now al the inn, lnF they th0unhl Mary had encountered snmething terrible, aud iley waited impaiienily for her tn se- < cnyer ihai they might hear the stnEy ffsgp ? her lips. Many d first feared she had met F with iui,iry, hni as her looks bei0keaed signs 0f flr,Qhi rather than injmrys iheir Ieara . were partially d'spelled. In few moinents z she began i0 show signs of rec0very--ws ] raised up, bnt hels,re she could speah, the . hat mel her sight. and ohl oh wl,as terri- :, hIe miseivings rushed ihrsHah her mind, ss in that hai she read che name 0f Richard 'I The terrible truth was now apparent io f her: in few snn,nen,s she s0 Gsr recover. VI A A.s. A. ~ U Al the shpck, ---hes seasnn iled. and slle0aris ] so effect cure pn,vsd uasvailinG.
 | Richard aud his c0npaniaa in crime were !, 1 subsequently sEpsehehded sRd tried Aat sAe <. l sahhesy and murder. stronger evideneE ee~ ,, | ing rendered shan shat winch patw s1afy