Litchfield enquirer., 1865-01-05
LIToHFTELD, TI URsDAY. JANUAHY5 5. 1868.


 5. 1863.
 hui ysu know. Fred. ,honah don't car,
 aiait such things myself 1t terribly like beiui troifei out for shok
 Oh nohsense. Rose, drawled Fred liar
 ve, 2 far too good T fellow to have such ,disa- greeabie ideas. And they went into th, $ drawing room together. t l Certainly Rose Blaekett was very prati,
 girl. Tall. graceful, and yet with a c-ri.lil ] look of pessonal power about her. which some
 men like in women, though others repu Hate ;-- 1 with large dark eyes of nnc f,sin shade. a,ts
 thick, rich. glossy hair of the brown, that si.. next door 10 black small hands nov thrasl Unto dog skrn gani,iiet gloves small feet ans daihty ankles. winch the hopetl-up parpi. dress aud tuft red pettienat showed .o full ad vantag dangling her hat with it's swpepin. feather il one hand, while sticking the othel Into the pocket of her short acItt with the bis metal buttons, haiEbiushing and half deGan she was al ogeiheF "a gial Of the period af- ter ih. hest models of the kind i; just II intk l too jaunty. perhaps. and shade too ipdifrr Eent. but evidently Il fne-natlrfed, pire-iniaa.sl high. htstftsi creature. yet in iie i,luck. an lnnaWHkened. At glance Harvey read il al l She aoes.not love him. he said to himself and has never foved.' F -s+e4-->'
 The two young mn stayel to dinner, O, Mrs. Blacsett's invitation and. at first unused then surprised. Harvey einleti hY beifg ihdig- nant Ut the cavalier indifference with wiict 1 Fred treated his betruthed. lndeed, the wholt tlliug was re fly painful to him it seened tt be su little earnest, and so devtl o tho poe try and passion of love. And &ef 1huugh ! of marriage as of an earthly ileaslef And who l would have given all he had in the world to be loved by such u xiri Us Rosel
 is. How often t Is that people have what they don't prize. and that others would gire iheil lives forr he said to Fred as. they drove home
 Y Yss.' said Fred wearily. Som. men ike bye making and all that bethsri confess don't.
 You ,lo not give yourself too much trouble about it. said Harvey, secretly netlted. but at tempting .o laugh Of all tie indifferent lo,. ers tl,at eyer ilse.i should say you were the nest indifferent,
 l, suils Rose, said Fred sand I ani sure ,fo the best cau under the eircumst ailcess Il is such a cupid position for fellow to be ili, altogether and even Rose, though bot silly. and not.a bit sentimental, dlsiikes 1t as mucn las | do. Did you sec hoy she blushed when shs caule into the room to see your
 Il snw sle looked very beautiful and rosy. replied Harvey; but dI.s uot notice that she was particular " embarrassed or blushing.'
 No, not emsarrassed she is hot the kind ef girlstor that but she colored up. " inch seemed to have impressed the young man as something wonderful fJr he spoke. of it agaii, before they got ilonae. .4
 When they reached home they found that Mrs. Whi Id fad gone to bed. suffering iron, | slight ast,ck of lever; by the next morning silB was decidedly Ill: and ila shott time d.il- gerously sp. 1t was vi, attack of nervous fever. ssisss tss al ,as as lssss was ilss9arssi tA ess5srss h e,s Fsi..ga xss U sasx s8stslg Nss
 sNsess s v: csass u ~ HAstsss as21ff bias lsAsiea se Ntf$ sssvr ior iiie or death.
 And this was i,aw | seaiss ahass i!ss Ea sossk ipp i.ls anaritrs u tIle il.swse. atli by eollse duence, became acanaiutsd with Rose. Rose Was not nl .reiy the jolly girl, without any uonscllse about her that Fred proclaimed her. aud that sEe, o.tentstiausly proclaimed herself to be. in dre.c at I.ast. if nnt in word Harvey, who had no love fer fast girls, and who had the puwcrot truth to illicit truth ,suo found Her odt, aud told her plainly that sie
 Was acting Il part which neither becane her nor LriongeI to her. It was all Very we'll. he said, that she should like riding and be fond oi dogs and hdrses. and even eujoy firing ut \ inark--thongh he hoped ste might never dc
 veiup ill ca spoiiswonian, cievei at kiiliil i pheasants or harvs eliher but $as hutllns
 but nf-ctatloh her trying to make herself int' l the bad imitation of a man, as,d pretending t,
 be ashA.ned Of herself as a tru. wonAn. Wo
 men we're wotAen, he sai'i aud hdt all the bli
 bIttons or efsy going slah9 in the wo!lt coiitt Iulake th-m any thing etse; and, whatever th' l fast school might say, there Was grace Il
 sotiiiess. and n power in love. and 1n en0hlini influence ia enth iisI;ss;l, not to be had Tn sta : bies ani Hunting fields; and woman'y work { wonauiy glory Mss Blackett.' continued tn ,uug doc,or, warmly: 'dnl home Is not mere !! ly d place to sleep aud feed in, as You Say
 but the emblem an enclosure ot wo:nsns tru
 sst life. An1 all this you ought to feel ssrongI
 an enact st :adiIy, because you are strous au
 steadtast
 Tkis he said earnestly. for he was too thol ouyt manly hlmsslf to uphnlL 'as truly Vt
 manly nc lpab.e and imperfect wonien an
 the thing he liked the best ln Rose wns hr power and the dash of manliness in her, whic
 might bs turned to such aub.e account if sh
 wsuId.
 ! .Ahi when yon have made me all these fin things she sanl. her eyes kadling as sfl r SD ,ka, but not with enthusiasm. what will u the g,oi Ut Ii? Much Fred will Value me Mach the world vii understand ne ! One gel
 nu good by such suttlr,ies. Mir. Wynn; leupl
 do not cara for them; so what Is the good them !
 il am sorry you think se,' Harvay answered
 I should have expected from one so eatire | yourself inc r,-coniiun of good for its o~ s sake. quite independent of the sympathy or Ill ders, an,Iing Of the worid
 One must be understood by some one st answered; .sad tho more ones 8 nature IS caie , out, tic more need of q response. i, Then slie blushed- cheek. neck and brow all one burning criu.son-while her eyes dro ped. iull of thought and feelings batter lsit u'
 told.
 Harvey felt his own heart beat with strang : violence while he watched the lovely face b. fore hi.t,; but he was not a man tu show whs i, hs ouyll: to hide SD. with al, effort, lie dvo. , the b oud back to its caimer current again. ai < simply answered :: The response always cons some. time m life. Miss Biackstt.' She r..isei her eyes tu his. Is every or happy. then 2 she said is every marriage We , suited 7
 There are other means of happiness besid marriage, though tn Is the greatest. he said , r a wo,nan's hume has generally other loves au other duties beside the one of the tiusband; au | -Hz .f. .l.ap m 7 I