Litchfield enquirer., 1860-08-16

l was no fool, if l did pop off owing him four dollars. To the credit of human nature, let me here record that the boys were touched by this remark refecting upon my memory, and immediately made up purse and paid the bill-that is, they told the old man to charge it over to them. College boys are rich in credit and the possibilities of life.
 It is needless to dwell upon the days I passed at college during this probation. So far as could see, everything went on as if 1 were there, or had never been there. I could not even see the place where had dropped out of the ranks. Occasionally heard my name, but I must say that four weeks was quite long enough to stay in a world that had pretty much forgotten me. There is great satisfaction in being dragged up to light now and then like an old letter. The case was somewhat different with the people with whom l had boarded. They were relatives of mine, and often saw them weep, and they talked of me good deal at twilight and Sunday nights, especially the youngest one, Carrie, who was haudsomer than any one l kuew and not much older than 1. never used to imagine that she cared particularly for me, nor would she have done so if I had lived, but death brought with it sort of sentimental regret which, with the help of daguerreotype, she nurscd iuto quite little passion. spent most of my time there, for it was more con genial than the college
 But time hastened. Tine last sand of pro bation leaked out ot the glass. One day, while Carrie played (for me, though she knew it not,) ono of Mendelsshon's "songs without words," suddenly, yet gently, with out sclfeffort or voliton, moved from the house, foated in the air, rose higher, higher, by an easy, delicious, exultant, yet inconceiv- ably rapid motion. The ecstacy of that rapid flight Groves, trees, houses, tho landscape dimmed, faded, fled away beueath me. Upward, mounting as on angels wings, with no effort, till the earth hung beneath me a round black ball swinging remote, in tue universal cther Upward mounting, till the earth, no lougcr bathcd in tue suns rays, went out to my sight-disappcared iu the blank. Cancellations, before seen from afar, I suiled among. Stars, too remote for shniug on the earth, l uoared and found to be round globes flying through spa>e with Q velocity only equalled by our own.New worlds continually opened on my sight, new fields of everlasting space opened and closed be- hind me.
 For days aud days, it seemed mortal forever, mounted up the great heavens, whose everlasting doors swung wide. How the worlds and systems, stars, coustellatons ueared me, blazed and flushed in spleDdor aud fled away. At length-was it not thousand years ?-I saw before ue, yet afsr of, wal, the rocky bourue of that country whence travellers come not back, battle meut wider than could guess, the height of which could not see, tie depth of which /, could not sec, the breadth of which was in- fiuite. As approached, it shone with a spIendor uever yet beheId ou earth. Its sol i'd substance was built of jewels the rarest, and stones of priceless value. It seemed like one solid stone, and yet all the colors of the rainbow were contained in it. Tho ruby, the diamond, the emerald, the carbuncle, the topaz, the amethyst the sapphire; of them the wall was built up in harmonious combination So brilliant was it that all l the space floated was in full of the splen- dor. So mild was it and so translucent, that I could look for miles into it's clear depths.
 Rapidly nearing this heavenly battlement, an immense niche was disclosed in its solid face. The floor was one large ruby. Its sloping sides were of pearl. Before l was aware, l stood within the brilliant recess l say I stood there, for was there bodily, in my habit as 1 lived, how, I cannot explain Was it the resurrection of the body! Be- fore me rose a thousand feet in height wonderful gate of flashing diamond. Beside it sat venerable man, with long white beard robe of light gray, ancient sandals, and golden key hanging by cord from his waist. In the serene beauty of his no. ble features I saw justice and mercy had met and were reconced. l cannot describe the majesty of his bearing or the benighity of his appearance It is needless to say that stood before St. Peter, who sits at the Celestial Gate.
 I humbly approached and begged sdmis- sion. St. Peter arose and regarded me kindly, yet inquiringly
 "What is your name," asked he, and from what place do you come?"
 I answered, and wishing to give a name well known, said I was from Washington, United States. He looked doubtful, as if he had never heard tho name before.
 "Give me-" said he, Ia full account of your whole liic"
 felt instantaneously that there was no conceaIment possible; all disguise fell away, and an unknown power forced me to speak absolute and exact truth. detailed the events of my life as well as could, and tho good man was not little affected by the recital of my early trials. poverty and tempt ation It did not seem very good life when spread out in thnt presence, and l trembled as proceeded, but I plead youth, inoxperience and bad examples.
 Have you been accustomed" he broke in after time, rather sadly, |" to break the Sabbath?"
 told him frankly that I had been rather lax in that matter, especially at college. I often went to sleep in the chapel on Sunday, when was not reading some entertaining book. He then asked who the preacher was, and when I told him, he remarked that 1 I was not so much to blame as he had sup posed.
 "Hsve you," he went on, lever stolen or told lie ?"
 was able to say no, except admitting as to the first the usual college conveyances," :"
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