Litchfield enquirer., 1855-10-04

intercoufse with each other. though all hia daily life and srsion were part of mine, never IesTned his hisi0sy. heser dreamed
 she secret Of his life, never knew why he sought and hoped only for the Leshe ol fogges1uiness, ,tiil the incident occurred which nm now about to relate.
 II was portion of my Eeportorial dutiea ts 20 daily to the po.ice-offce. and fhAre gather and colIate, shat the curious world might know them. fhe aunals of crime. In l pursuance of this duty was ono day
 turning over tho pagrs of the police hook,
 when my eye was struck by the following 1.-TWO aoEDa1D DosLAss aswAsDr' " The above reward will he paid Iof the arrest. or any information which may lead in l h. of c. A M -, who is char0ed witl, the commission of forgery, four years
 since. and who has recently been seen in
 the city of New York. He may he known by the following descipiion
 And then followed an exact description of my poor friend. even noting peculiar hi1h mark, which he bore upon his neck. To say lhas was hosror-struck would poor lv convey sn idea of my feelings on reading and drinking in the contents of the damning page beiare me. ! read 1t and re-Sead ii. again and again, and impul-ively. mechani- cally. scsseeiy knowing what did, or why dsA ii, copied tho whole of is on my nosav book. vas still boring over it, in 1 state of utter fosg~tfulness 10 all else, when I was aroused from my sad revery by the grun voice of policeman, who wished b examine the book, and vho asked me in surly tone. if was !. going to keep it all days" 1 made some aippant reply to him. and handed him the hook. His eye rested at once on the glaring caption, 1.-Two hundred dollars reward!" and after reading is csr4fsiiy he turned tn me and said
 "If 1 aint very much mistaken. l saw that chap with you. Fourth of July"
 t was Hae--we had been together all. that day. and on that very day had together entered that same police-ofIice and con versed with that same disriple of Dogherry
 simply replied that :. guessed nos."" and as soon as could safely. and without creating suspicion. Jeff the office.
 With speed as rapid as .was capable Of. I started for th. of;rc of the Morniag
 A friend whom met on tlse way the next day langhingiy demanded an aPoiogy of ne for the rough manner ia which had jos,ied hin, aside, when he grasprd my hand and would have spoken with me. But remembered it not. The busy s,rees was all blank space 10 me that afternoon. The din of carts, and car fiages, and newsboys' csirs frll not upon my gar. But one thought filled me; hut one hope animated me, and that was 10 ses my poor friend G. in time to save him from the clutches ef the law.
 rushed madiy into the ottise and found c. qaistiy sitting athis desk, engaged in writing s~ixed him wildly. and bsde him aot to apeak. hat follow mo to my room. Arm in asm. we went together; putting hin along with safidi,y that must have alarmed him. Not a word was said till ny attic rhamher was reached; and thea, when hid hin b~ sraied. quilted ca, ny aose.book and told him to read the sranscrip, | ksd mad---t,,e record of his crime. He read it shmaah calmly and quietly, aud when he had reached the end- ing, the a"sr-hoos dropped from ou, hia haad, and he following t. fell upon the aear, where tears and sohs far . moment choksd his uitsrance as he tried to speak ,o me. bade him be calm, and whispered wos.ls of hope into his ear; aud when the frat gnsh cf sarsowfal despair had passed away, he ssa,~d himself upon thy bed and told me the sad secret oi his life; i; aud fos the frs. time 1 fully learned why il was he had so iong been hoping for the Lsths of forgrtfnlness.
 He was the oniy son of somewhat celebrated divine. In the State of -. and his mother was widow. His father. ere h. died. had intended him to follow n the footsteps of his sac,~d calling, and all that rat~snal fondn@ss eoald olI.r was lsvished m hia education. When eighteen years of age he entered college at =. and there his brilliant intellect aud the noble qualities of his heart. yoang as he was. drrw around him crowd cf admirers He was loved. and hr was Aatwred. Minyiing with the gay and reckless youths, who in college iifa are asnally made up of the most in- irllectsial, h~ ioinrd tlsem in their rrvels. and in an evil hous h~rame an ini,iatr al the gaming-,ahle. which was found at that time eveniath the Puritan city of -. From ihas iaonseni he hecame siclia. His lih- eral allowanca was squandrred always as the hell 10 which hc had been introduced, and after shfee constant years of torture. such As only the gansesses knows. he found him>elf aisgrxced with dehs. ff,m which h@ saw nc hope af isleas~. His father had in the mean li,ne died. and he had well- nigh exhausted his ponF mnlhef's patience and her purse hy his frequent demands upon the latter. During this .ilne his nesvaas intellect could nne bs slumhrrrd, rvea hy the deadrning indaence of gaming. and he became sipe schelar, but misesy had marked hin for victim. and already he began to long fnr slsc Leshs Of forgelfalness. At last. when in stxss sf stier despefa. ,iaa. sempsnlicn seixed him. aud ons day, after nighlss d~hauch as the gaming -sable.
 kn6wing that osse of the Protsss6Ss had . sun of money in thc bank. he proearra . cheek filled 1t wilh the snm cf two shoasa,,d
 dollasa. forxed the profrssos's signssare, and drew the money. UsieTly drspeFase,
 he ssass@d shal night for New Yolk. and twe days sfser. kading ship about 10 sail
 far CAllao. he took passage ia her. and in
 tour saopihs found hiMself in Lima.
 For thsce years and oses he was wan.
 derr-a wsndeser through the ci,ies aud wjlAs nf South Asnefica. lyis nepsous Lraiu