Litchfield enquirer., 1864-02-11

1 '-" ."'>htiS thetn sgiitf2tulZingig, Whist hs 10 "tom she owed both her being and her success fay senseiess in the arms of strangers
 Strangers conveyed him to bis hotel, laid hin, in bed "ith all gentIeness. and summoned q physician with sil despatch. But how to break the neHs to Aenachen? All the atranrers sifan< tso'n that. Envy herself 'ssntIi,i scarce have liked to whisper such news in the aars of a successful Gsbug08te. Now Gisay-eaa.!e hu- siness s ccaside'sd the perguisite of mana gers; on :se manager, therefore. tieyoIved the ! responsibility Of preparing our happy trio fer the shack which awaited their return.
 1 He was approaching thsm with the sidelonp gait of a bearer of iil-tidiHgs jntt as Adelai- ia hsd sail wonder what can detain the dear father he sbori have joined us long ago. Bu. he:e $ Herr Nickel. he can no doubt give Us information. Pray, Herr Nick | sI, lave YGu seen my father ?
 l | have :fnt this moment left him, mine 1 Franklin. s.ii he and was to tell You hot to wait fo- hIa'
 Not wait for him! Why, hs mast go home, and We h.d letter ali go together indeed, we have been expecting him this long whlle.' | ri" ha4 zone home, mein Frauiein, said tha n,4naesr sadly.
 | s5nns. sni without us!' exclaimed the tiio n . breath. How very shabbyI Did lie 1
 | He vas-snnavhat- iniisposai' renlici :ha manager with the air of a prevarcator l -er-s,lg giltiy-er-overcome.'
 | < Aaeis :ja snd her sister exchanged c!ances and grew raie, whilst Herrmann remarked E.0oEhy : U must hs more than a slight in- disposition which couiI prevent his coming
 ijen ;ie trIo took 2 melancholy farewell of 1 the n,anaGer, ard drove away home in silence n0t wori svas spoken, but each was thinking 9E Aenn"hea,s wor.!s: God grant the next saceeSs 1 Egye may find us ali as happy this. and they seeaa,; Ike the ravens crnak. | 1t ti,3 i!02- If t4ir hotel they were met by tlte hust. al unusual attention. boiing to good ae compi:asn!al men E!aucin in anything HIt a hearty, cay tao!,ion. and as he preceded tic party o the sitting room, lie shot continu-
 t' gllnces al thell over his shoulder which si1Nces seemed harh'n.ers oi H. When be oEaaf! .hs door tLere rose yn to greet them
 iot Herr TaH!rsuser, but gentleman whose profession they would have baen at no loss to guess eT.en If he hal not been introduced to ! :;lam as Herr Doctor Scii,garz. The doctor
 vas Of Course v:ry polite (for AierHe,hy was 9 rae-p!oviEg exceqtion), and compl;nenleA | Aenchea up3n her str2en'iuGS success 7 bat when ha was eatreate,; 10 ;iism,ss the subject, 1 ti tell them in:iy the condition of Herr Ian | laaset, h. grew short and oGa3d!ar. ii' diIi- gent qaes:iouirG. h1Y"eve", they eiic!!od that Herr ;anI.hauss,r ms: no5 .t present ba on any acc0.nt dIsturbnd that his daughter 5 scecess hsi h-en too ruucA for him : that he reqIfre! long rest a@} much watching; that Dr. ;chw!rz i.sd. in fact, been forced tn send for two coi!eagusS. bo.iI nt whom Mere q: tho moment in attendance on the patient a.l} @t !ast they wrested an acknowledgement irnn ;ha :.'uctlat doctor; they .i.3cure'eJ that Herr ianni&uSer Vas ,i4;.9egoi.,y ill, WIS il j h ,i fever, was eTsn d"iIc.-Us, 'tri required iolce to seep hn iD bed. Thy would at once have ruslet to the sica-rOuul. but the doctor r"- 1 strained them Their p"P5hnc0, he said. c0uil to no possible good, ant! wouid most likely to | haFol tne sight of Aennvhon VAS certain to urin3 on pacoIys:a. .:c promised 10 bring thesn hourly bulletins, afl tIey were forced tn ''e content. Liuie sleep was thcre that plight for the trio t,lat lad h"an 70 joyous. Iittio ex uttati1n the part of the successful gCug- stress, ii'to graduation from her sorrowng companions. All night !hey kept vigil; and | tbe hex. d.g thG violence was lii!ie abato'i, and -AIio.ai,ia was admitted as nurse. Bat Aelnchen must be kept carefully Out of sight. For days Herr iahIhauser struggled With death. Out Of doors. tie doctor he'd made caniious inquiries Of all t.ie Tarnhauxer circle 1 there tsere traces Of insanity in the family. So Herr Tanntausar escaped death. ba5 reason
 WAS forever Unaaa:ed Mean"ii,ie, Acnnchen had. twice week. fulGiieI hcr duties for tie public servant mist s.ihe private grief-the fataer mug. play Charles Sujface tboagh his ciid lie dying nt Lcme and ths daughter must warb!s her sweetest, though her ialher be rsFing in the padded roon.' So Aenn- chem essayed 10 sing her 3est on the very day when her father had been placed ia con tneu'nt; but her eyes We're dim, her heart Vas far away. and her voice Was husky with I@r moaning soba 5ao broke 1 WI.
 Now, tue public know not Ter troubles ; they had paid their noney to hs charmed ; they were anything but charmed, and grn0l- b:sd suiiby. She broke down again.
 l This was. from the public point of view, sheer cheating, of which they showed their proper sense Ly vigoron5 hiss. They didn't ;i1eaD any harm they merely meant to hint tO h. nanager that the entertainment was rot worth Latf 8 guEoa or whato"cr they might 1 Eiavs paid and that. if the young iady could not sing an7 better than that, 1t would be as well 10 drop the opera, and haye a partorlime They never observed how pale poor AGnnchen turned how she totterol as she hurried be- 1 hind .i.e sceDes bow she swoon"d in Her, iuaDh ! a!iU5, "EO WAS HuitlDS tO HSCDEt Dti home and they never dreamed, when the manager caine forward, shaking like z top heavy h!anc-mange, to apologize for Aenn, chet's ie2ispoattios, that they had wounded fellow creature to the death. But Aennchen ne7er sang again-excent once.
 Her nervous system had received shoc!; from which she never recovered from her bed she never rose again and for days and nights A4e;aiJa tended her through fever and dsirl- UEl.
 Poor Adela;da Hermann had been sum- moned hone by the death Of a near relative, just wLen ste needed more than ever consoa- tion, for the doctors lad told her that even should Aennchen recover, the hereditary plague would be upoa her-hec r:ind wouls: go as her fathers had gone. And yet this absence of H"rmanR's seemed to her afterwards most providential, fer it happened on day that AenncEen fell into teep sleep, and Adelaida sat by her, and poudereA what the doctors had ssid and as she pondered, her eyes were suddenly opened. and a horror fell upon her, as she reflected how painful thing it would ne should the hereditary plague descend through her to any children she might have by Hermann ard the mere she thought, tie inare she WAS convinced that woman witG such tant should never marry anI for g while she sat asiiast but suddenly her mjnd was made up, and pale witG the pa!eEea3 oi breaking heart, but a determination not ;o De 1 broken. she seized a per- and wrote