Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-12-04

ed by closeness OF reasoning or presence of
mind, reflected as It were by a fash of inspi-
ration, that the bonnet might hate been given
away Curious to see to whom, she quickened
her steps, and deserted beneath it, an ancient
lady Of an iron-bound presenee, in whom TOR
my Susannah has an eye, she instantly tecog
nized the lineaments of the Commissioner -
Eagerly pursuing this discovery, she, that very
afternoon, tracked down an ancient gentleman
in one of the Commissioners hats. Next day
she came upon the trail of four stony maidens
decorated with artificial flowers out of the
Commissioners epergne aud thus We dug up
the Commissioners father and mother and four
sisters, who had been for some years secreted
in lodgings round the corner, and never entered
the Commissioners house save in the dawn Of
morning and the shades of evening. From that
time forth, whenever my Susannah made call
at the Commissioners, she always listened on
the doorstep for any slight preliminary scufaing
in the hall, and hearing it, was delighted to re-
mark, The family are here, and they ore hi
ding them |" '': ..s'
l have never been personally acquainted
with any gentleman who kept his mother-in-law
in the kitchen, in the useful capacity of Cook
but have heard of such case on good au-
thority. I once lodged in the house of gen.
teel lady claiming to be a widow, who had four
pretty children. and might be occasionally over
heard coercing an obscure man in q sleeved
waistcoat, who appeared to be confined in
some pit below the foundations Of the house,
where he was condemned to be always clean
ing knives. One day, the smallest Of the chill
dren crept into my room, and said, pointing
downward with a little chubby finger, " Don't
tell | It's Pa p and vanished on tIptoe.
One other branch of the smuggling trade
demands word of mention before conclude
My friend of friends in my bachelor days. be-
came the friend of the house when got mar
ried He is our Amelia's godfather Amelia
being the eldest of our cherubs. Through up
wards ct ten years he was backwards and for
wards at our house three or four times week,
and always found his knife and fork ready for
him. What was my establishment on coming
ol-cloth in the hall, holding her brow with both
hands, and meeting my gaze when l admitted
myself with my latch-key in a distracted man
ner Susannah p exclaimed, what has
happened 2" She merely calculated, "Larver"
that being the name Of the friend in ques-
ton. "Susannah y said l, "what of Lar
ver2 Speak Has he met with any acei-
dent /! Is he i'll I Susaunah replied faintly.
81 Married--married before we were !" aud
would have gonei into Mysteries but that make
a rule Of never permitting that disorder under
my roof
For upwards of ten years, my bosom friend
Larver, in close communication with me every
day, had Struggled q wife | He had at last
coufded the truth to Susannah, and had pre-
scented Mrs. Larver. There wss no kind of
reason for this, that We could ever find out
Even Susannah had doubt of things being
all correct He had run" Mr. Larver into a
little cottage In Hertfordshre, and nobody ev-
er knew why, or ever will know In fact, !
believe there was no why in it,
The most astonishing part Of the matter is,
that have known other men do exactly the
same thing. could give the names Of doz-
en- in footnote, if thought it right.