Litchfield enquirer., 1861-07-04

termined not to be exercised, and it maintained its position during the entire morning, pertina ciously returning to the attack whenever dis placed for moment by assiduous application to the persual of Coke upon Lyttleton.' In the afternoon of the same day was pass ing slowly down T'remont-street. There had been warm sun for some days, and the snow I was disappearing. Now and then. when it was drifted OH the roofs. the dampening of the slates occasioned it to slip from it's position, and de. scend in miniature avalanches into the streets below, sometimes carrying with it fragments of ice, which from the last nights freezing, were cnging to the caves.
 Suddenly one of these slides deluged me with snow. and lady, who had been walking just before me for some distance, was knocked down by fragment of ice.
 Of course, my first impulse was to raise and carry her into the nearest shop the next, to in- qulre if she was at all injured. But the motion of carrying commenced the work of reanimation, and the le'torativcs produced by some ladies present in the shop. soon completed it, and the same eyes had seen at the theatre again met my own.
 It would be useless to detail to you how it happened that I called carriage and accom- panied her to her fathers house or how plea sant acquaintance sprung out of that chance ser wee or thousand other things you can as we'll imagine
 Let 1t be enough to tell you, what suppose you already anticipate, that friendship soon 1 grew between us, long before the blossoms of the following spring had ripeneI into fruit, had rpene't into acknowledged love- and that all un- , needing any obstacle which might be set up be- tween us' we were as happy as summer birds. For some years previous to this time, little nay, no'h'ng-- had been said by any party in regard to the contract long before entered into between the parents of Louis and Mary and the latter, whose gay heart had scarcely given it a thought until she met me, now began to hope that It hati been forgotten. or. at least. al,and- l oned by tacit consent. But causes which will briefly al!uJe to-, soon brought it to rrmemb- rance
 For several months Moth houses of Marshall and of Milton, in common with major part of the commercial community, had been dipping largely into extravagant speculation, and had been losers to an alarming extent, though neith- CT Knew ot the others danger, and both retained thelr reputation for wealth. Under these cir cumstances, each looked to the consummation of this contract of marriage as the most availa- ble means Of avoiding bankruptcy and accord 'ngiy Louis pressed his suit urgently, and Mar shall aided him with all his powers of persua- sion. l was poor, and Marshall was a-in WOulu nave been worse than useless for me to have spoken then.
 And so the time had gone forward into the summer, and one afternoon accident brought Mary and yselftogether in one of the city book, stores. While there, chatting over the books l purchased one of them, and gave it to her. pay. ing for 1t with bank-noto of some large deno- imitation.
 And now, let me hasten over portion of my life, which can give you little pleasure in the hearing, and is certainly bitter in memory. Tine next morning I was arrested, charged with having uttered cou ;terfeit money. need not tell you that was astonished. lknew not which way to turn, or what to say. There was the bill l had passed the day before, with the word Counterfeit written across the face by Lotus Milton, who, in entire ignorance of the fact that had passed it, had thrown it out when presented for deposit. I could not deny having gwen It, and, even if it could have been of any avail. Some old enmty against my father vindictive prosecution of the charge and bitter ly was he revenged {; for my conviction, which followed close upon my arrest, killed my mother
 The old mans voice trembled, and pausing he nervously knocked the ashes from his pipe l turned away my face, and in the sight of the stars only, brushed away the tears that would come in spite of me-
 Well, the trial came on. did all thought l could. but could not deny that had giver the note. It seemed that there could be no doubt of its spuriousness, and the prosecution was pressed with singular vindictiveness. Twas convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in tht States prison. To be an innocent map in tn. sight of God, shut out from all held dear il life deprived of that great birth-rieht of human ny, liberty; my name rendered infamous, as lthnn0hf is klckT I times prayed for death to terminate my suffer ing? He, utter hopelessness of agony unde that terrible trial, no human tongue can tell
 The old mans tones grew tremulous again, ant
 Mrs. Elmore, as had done before, turned he
 face toward the slow-marchIng stars.
 Meantime the great world outside my prison
 house, moved on unheeding. Pecuniary pres
 sure gradually frightened around both Marshal and Milton, until each felt that the last hone Ia,
 in the union of Louis and Mary How fallaciou was that hope. the sequel showed but too soon Mir. Marshall had long since ceased endeavorins
 to persuade bis daughter to this step, and hae tried commands. Both means failed entirely and he now resorted to entreaty. He faithful, represented to her the condition of his affairs and urged her to save him from ruin and disgrac
 by marrying the son of the rich banker. | Startled at the prospect of her fathers i'm penulnS penury, 50 Viviuly set peiOfe ner uttel iy desolate at heart; feeling keenly that all he hopes of happiness were wrecked entirely an
 forever, she finally yielded, martyr, as sh
 thought, to her fathers good and they wer married. Alas how vain the sacrifice! With in week after their marriage, mutual explans
 tions disclosed the truth, and both houses 'fai
 ed the same day. Twentyfour hours thereafte
 found Marshall dead. Poison, elfadministeret was suspected, but the truth is not known to thi gay. Louis Milton, giving away under the mag , nitude of the temptation to dishonesty, gathere l, together all he could of the scattered remnant of both fortunes nono. .alaaa ef h;a fa4ha. o. z