Litchfield enquirer., 1857-09-17

Hush hush !" said my murderess, ''E' I really took her to be be quiet, or yoa wi disturb the bandage" Are you going to kill mel I stammcret By no means, but your feverish state, |, real delitium, in which, as came into the roo! without knowing you were here 1 found yot led me to fear the worst 1 saw that nothin but instant bleeding could relieve you. Sc here for yourelf, how feyerish your blood is."
 But saw nothing, for my head sank bac upon the cushion and my eyes closed.
 "Orly a bleeding" sighed God ! tn. ways are wonderful" A fainting fit came t. my relief.
 In the course of an hour and half after wards, l was staggering, pretty we'll weaken ed by the cursed boodetting, at the Counsel lors side, over his beautiful estate. " Do 1 walk too fast for you 7" asked m, companion, observing the efforts 1 made tt keep up with him.
 "Yes, indeed," I replied, "I feel rathe weak"
 Junghauel stopped, and in kind and sym pathzlng tone, remarked:
 My poor fellow, you little dreamed, whel you set out on this pleasure excursion, that you would need to be bled"
 " That l confess," 1 answered.
 "I cannot conceive" continued the Counsel Tor, "what bloodthirsty spirit has got posses sioh of ny daughter l assure you that oth erwise she is one of the gentlest creatures il the world"
 Icould uot see it so. "But," said Junghauel, "you must really have been in danger. Emile has sharp eye i and would never have bled you, had it not been necessary"
 But what could have ailed me ?' I asked '' at the most was only a little deranged by the tooth-pulling"
 A little loss of blood" continued the Coun. sellor, excusing his daughter, ordered by a careful physician, and effected by all experen- ccd hand, never did any harm 1 am satisfied of that"
 l The singular man seemed to find some jus tification for all his daughters foes. be. lieve if they had cut my head off, he would have thought it all right. And as to the tooth,' said he, you ought to be right glad to get rid of it. have ex- amined it, and agree with Emile, don't be- lleve it would have held out a year"
 This consolation could help me little. If the tooth were not sound, 1 don't know what soundness is. And even if it were right to have the tooth out, one might wait till he was driven to it by, pain. My lost grinder had never given me the slightest trouble
 considered not without anxiety the whole state of my health, and reflected whether there might not be something out of the way with me, that could attract Dieffenbach's notice, ! for l was not sure that some new operation might not be impending.
 After we had wandered over good part of the estate, and had admired every thing, as the day was declining, we turned towards the house, where the tea-tabe stood ready The young ladies were again absent Hea. ven only knew where Nimrod. was hunting DiefTcnbach cutting off limbs, and Oxen pur. suing her Investigations.
 was indeed curious about Oken, and l must confess l longed to see the lovely maid en. IL. her case ouc would have nothing to fear was not beetle, butterfly or taran tula. The Counsellor seemed annoyed at the absence of his daughters. He must have felt the rudencss with which his worthy guest was treated He was hard put to it to find ex cuses for the maidenS
 "You must not take it i'll of these wild girls, said he (" confess it to my sorrow left to themselves, they have grown up with out restraint, and what with their odd tastes they have no idea of what passes in the world for politeness. see very well, it can't go or thus much longer They will grow perfectly wild l must take them in hand They al love me devotedy in this respect could not wish for better children. 1 am not without hope of getting them into order On the whole, had rather that they should grow ul thus, unsophisticated by city life, than that they should be mere fashionable ladies, in whom all nature and purity of heart are lost" l have never met with father who seemed to dote so on his children. He kept on talk ing about their manifold good qualities.
 was heartily glad that neither Louise nol Emile was present. My appetite would cer talnly have been spoiled
 The Counsellor stept to the window. Even ing was coming on. "We cannot wait ap, longer,' said he, Heaven only knows wher the girls are Let us be seated"
 We took our seats. The exercise had mad me right hungry although the remembrance o the amputated arm from time to time disturb ed my appetite.
 We had been at the table some fifteen min utes, the lights had been brought in, when tn door opened, and the long expected Oxen CT tered.
 1 Irose, made my bow, and my admiration o the beautiful maiden became rapturous. , Yes this Oken, the divine Ernestine, thi was the one for me- As beautiful as her siE ters, but gentle, amiable in the highest degret She did not, like Nimrod and Dieffenbach, ru rudely by me, without noticing my presence but modestly bowed to me. She excused he self prettily for being so late-had she know that so agreeable guest had arrived, tf , most interesting scientific investigations wouI . not have detained her.
 sat ill the third heaven, and had to guar 8 my heard with all my care against the swe' eyes of this charming maiden. Il Esnestine was dressed, although somewh'