Litchfield enquirer., 1862-08-07

ii y5 h5zs8a afi b'uVh6 .gGl2Og S, -. - = J yfminiatdfe just beside it! Perhaps of d, Tfott+-takeu out for the lasttime. Vel l. --Helll sHewass sav very respectable maj pd, and had been sen very kind t0 her .i nos 2-a AhemIp' said I;sasteppinga overthI sill, :" Fidslia I" iShestarted and turned
 and certainly looked surprised. eaI
 Mir. e. G---- !" said. she. ssii @l ] sIt is long since we 9paftedp' I sais
 helping myself to a chair. snret slli gt ,aas Quite long !" said ,Fidelia. bs ea So long that you have forgotten the name of e. -2.fH I asked tremulodsly.1 1s \ ot"'ohno w she replied. covering ap the \ .niniasuss on the tabishy q carslsss move "And may I hops that S.as name ha. not grcwn distasteful to you !" I summon.
 cd courage to say,i ? ,i ~yr -ia9l4 IL NltE,no. NJ, ae nes kAaow' thasis has MT.
 The blood returned to my faaD,ins hsart. felt as in days of yore. j.liIo. l Fidslia r said l, ,;H let me not waste 1 the precious moments. Xou loved me at twenty--nay hope that I may stand 1 to you in nearer relationsf May ven.
 ture to think that our family is hot un-
 worthy union with the Balchesl?-that
 as Mrs. G-, you could be happy 2h. ',
 Fidelia looked -hesitated-took up the
 miniature, and clasped it to her breast. I {" Do l understand you rightly. Mir.
 G-?' she tremulously exclaimed. But I think I do! I remember welIl what I you were at twenty ,This picture is like
 what you were then-with, differences, it
 is true, but still like! Dear picture !" l she exclaimed again kissing it with ,rap.7 ture. .'''',' ''''' ''' ''o' -.'
 How could she have got my miniatures but no matter-taken by stealth, pre-
 sume.-Sweet and eager anticipation ! "And Robert has returned from col. lege, then ?" she said, inquiringly.
 "Not that l knew of said I. h''".'a "Indeed-then he has written to you!"
 .sa" Not recentlyr' s, g.,. ....~,
 An, poor boy he anticipated! We'll Mfr. G. A-! l will not effect to be coy
 where my heart has been so long interes.
 ted.'' .,t .,5. .., },..a!.,. .,..-- ! .a sall.Q stood ready to clasp her to. my bo- 9"Tell Robert my mou rning is over- tell him his name (the name OfG- of course) "is the music of my life, and that l will marry whenever he pleasesv P
 A horrid suspicion crossed my mind. '" Pardon me l" said I i; soheneuer he pleases, did you saYs Why particularly, ,chen he pleases ?' ',.f
 "Lar This not being of ageis is no im- pediment hopep said Mrs. Irott, in some surprise. Look at his miniature, Mir. G--! It has boyish look, it's 'true-but so had you-at twentyp'
 Hope sank within me! I would have given worlds to be away. The truth was apparent, to me-perfectly apparent. She loved that boy Bob-that child that mere child-and meant to marry him l! Yet how could it be possible! I 1 might be--yes-I must be mistaken. Fidelia Balch who was woman when he | was an urch;n in petticoats She to think of marrying that boy! I wonged her! But. worst come to worse, there was no harm in having it pefectly unders stood. A ..,y, I; ! Pardon me !" said I putting on allook as if I expected shout of laughter for the mere supposition, {" should gather, (categorically, mind you! only categori.. I cally) should gather from what you said sl just now, (had 1 been Q third person lis- ! tening that is to say. with no knowledge of the parties I should really have gath that Bob, little Bob, was the happy man and notI! Now don't laugh at mew I
 "Kou the happy man Oh, MT. G-!, you are joking! Oh, no! pardon me if I T have unintentionlY nlisled you, but mar ry again, Mir. G--, t ,oiA be e young nnan!!! In, short not to mince the matter Mir. c ,7----,. your nephew is to become my husband (nothing unforeseen turning up) in course of the next weeki We shall have the pleasure ofseeing you at the wedding of Of course! Oh, no q Hoa! | should fancy that no woman would make t,uo unequal marriages. Mr.
 ,77-Tz 7. Good morning, Mir. G-+--a-zw l was left alone, and to return as pleas. sd,b by the vegitabie garden or the front loor. Il chosei the latter, being somo- what, piqued as we'll as inexpfessiblyi yrieved and disappointed. But philoso- ohy came to my aid, and soon fell into ] mood of speculation. mo9] ':saf -patR Fl ' Fidelia is constant r said I to myself after all She made up her hind for me at twenty. But I did not 'say tssentya Oh. no I unadsisedly nd without Preparasiysly cultisating her aste for thirty.6vs, became thirty five And now what was she to dol Her t asts was not at all embarked in Passa. ii 'ls Tsott, and it had stayed just as it was waiting to be called up and used. She 1 !. ocks it up decently till old Trott dies, md then re.produces s-what! Why, just ft what she has locked up, a taste for a , 'oung man at twenty, and just such q { ,oung man as she loved when she was ;wenty! Bob of course! Bob is like nc, at twenty, Bob is twenty! Be Bob i fer husband! ''' ''.' # styrI( I But Iicannot say'I quite like such con tancy! #f .a.is;543a7s oe. lt
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