Litchfield enquirer., 1854-10-26
broke the mOnOtOnOus silence, by grufly

"" "htcu were thhtu tFOtn you
 Madame deigned no reply, and the question was repeated.
 Monsieur,' she said, : the yelae of them is more than Lean affMd to lose. Dependent upon my owa sxerlions for the supper. of my fathelless children, I am engaged in trade, and though, upon reflection. think I have done wrong, your conduct is most base. It was my fist it will be my lass offence. sajf5s 'What value, madame would the la, ces have been 10 you. had you carried the I'packsge safely to Paris Y n ' 'a E .I wish to hold no conversation win "a Guyefnment spy.s sheaepiied. E TIT Thk gentleman smiled and repeated his 'Tgave in Brussels i've thousand francs for them, and in Paris Tsiiouid have sold them for nearly eight thousand francs, , rnuuered madame ta @sty a
 H. quickly took out his pocket book and counted out ten bills of the Bank ol Frlnce. of one lhous md francs each. 'Thrre, said he. Y Is double the value Take the money, for it is not te,ldered as q compliment. but as an equivalents for services rendered. D. not ask me to ex, plain and in return I m.rely ask your cad
 The lady accepted the money. gave het card, and 1t Valenciennes I lett them There was singula,ity about the pro, ceeding which excited my curiosity, and on my arrival at Paris. three weeks afte,> wards, I called upon madame. who kept a very neat lace slore in Rue St Honore As l entered. she recognized me. and in her back parlor, where her two dsugh 5 te's were busily engaged in giving the finishing touches 10 me ar icles of nov clly. perused a letter which she had re. ceiyed few days previous:
 a PARIS. April. s5-.
 Ny Dear Malame As your com panion on recent i,ip from Brussels to Paris, l found myself obliged to turn in former. say obliged. and I will show you why. am largely engaged with a house in Paris. in impor ing laces. and by a system of bribery, I am some ines en-. ably to pass large quantities, duty flee On the occasion when met with you. l had in my different valsc*, t,aaks, and on my person laces valued in Brussels at two hundred Ihausand francs. expect ed to meet at the frontier a Custom Hnuse officer, with whom I had an unde, stand ing. but, on arriving, I found he had been located in a differen, section of the coun- try. As stated at the time, l saw the package of lace in your possession, and the idea at once occurred 10 mo that, by informing of you. I might so obtain the confidence of the officers as to allow my own trunks to pass without inspection. Finding my friend had been removed. l inquired for the officer in command, and tohha made the disclosure. I was right in .mg conclusions, for. when began to open my own trunks. he at once assured me 1t was useless. and affixed his official seal to my two hundred thousand francs oeleces. Imsdeyo restitution for your loss. and have now given you an explan- ati,n. My name and address 1 must still conceal. but I will sign myself, @
 eE Your lumble servant,
 # } 38s W .ttie A FRIExD. F X. left the store, and rotrd the ,adyen tuie down. to which l was knowing.
 Musr CoME TO tr.-Ma.rin,ony is m institution that man can'i get along w;ih> out. Spite of all advice or tie visible misfortun of others. Leld up as exam pies. he will run after delaine nntil Hv. men"'ma,ks him for is own.' You may point in vain to ile mis ries Of Simpkins with scolding wife and Il half dozen re- sponsibl ties, and Waddles who have to get upab5 o'clock A. M.i,o get break. fast. You can't persuade Perkins that snch fa;e would ever befaIl him and A,smin,a. He gets married. and k tran. scrnden'ly happy until the honeymoon sets. leaving lin in ihe son,bre light Of ,ealily. Hitherto be never conc. rnrd himself about the price of coal or proyi sons, and laughed "l,ard times" 10 scorn, but now depletion in the cor pulency of the por'monnaie. gives him an idea of what is meant by iigI,tness in the mo, uey market, and the duainished sixpenny loaf. illustrates a r SC in bseads,uffs; terms he never knew the full meaning of before When he boarded at Mrs. Toughsienks, . quarlcf dollar . week advance cove,td these deficiencies. but now iti quiie am other matter. Araminta no longer lives on love. or ice cream and sponge cake. but actually has an appetite for pork and beans---and is indicted to can.on>crapr shawls and loves of bonneis. the rrice of which the dealers have no conscience about. Perkins begins to open his cyer and look around lo SC what kiad of a country he has got inlo. studies economy. domestic and political. is down on land lords and igh rents. and coniemplales emigrali6s .lo Nebraska.