Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-30

and his thanks with,an expre ssion of honest earnestness, which mademe ashamed of myself for having ip ths.remotest way entered into a conspiracy against him. could not have i'm Sgined Mfs H6niton so consurnmate an actress. sShe retnrned his warm grasp in the most i'm. ,pressive manner, and put on ran expression of delight and pleasure which it would have been Impossible to suspect. Bevington was holding Ion by the mante1 piece convulsed with suppress
 ed laughter Mrs. Honiton saw him and frown- ed gravely sustaining her part to perfection. When Bevington had managed fo control his laughter he went upito Perkins and whispered
 words of encouragement in his ear and all the evening he followed him about mnttering such things as Faint heart never won fair lady, Fortune favors the. brave, Go in and win, She loves you, Perkins. r4~-- .-
 s The moment came. It was after supper, ,and after the first quadrille, Mrs. Honiton who
 had been Perkins partner led him away out of
 the drawing-room to an adjoining apartment.
 Bevington gave the initiated the signal and we
 followed Mir. Perkins and Mrs Honiton were
 walking up and down the room arm in arm, talking soffly- Every now and then we could
 hear Perkins making mention of his heart,
 his 'deyotion,' his long attaehment,' his sun-
 alterable devotion Mrs. Honiton was silent and looked down modestly with admirable art
 Perkins handed her to chair. He sat down
 beside her he whispered more words of love F. he fell upon his knees at her feet 3'@ Y E Nov is the time, cried Begington,, and he
 rushed into the room, and burst into roar ef
 laughter. Perkins rose~in haste and confu- sion. Mrs, Honiton rose also but calm and serious. She turned coldly to Bevington, and
 said:
 ! i Pray, what are you laughing at sir?' 3a -< E 'Capital!. capital p said Bevington; how ad-
 mirah1v she acfa her mart 1, t- < s+a@f ft- t. sMr. .Bevington,' eaid Mrs HHoniton, in the
 same cold, earnest manner, the part am act ing is one in which I am prompted by my heart and my inclination, and not by your cruel and unmanly designs. Mr.rPerkinss has made me an offer of his hand, and accept it, confident
 thathe also sbestows upon mesa heart capable
 of love, capable of feeling, and capable of kind
 ness and generosity. 's~s aA' izss Eaa@3 3n a'J MT. BeviDgton was still trying to laugh, but tit was little on, the wrong side of bis mouth now. Mrs. Honiton's acting was too deep,teo profound for him. She continued i szs2;as I siY You must remember, Mir. Bevington, that
 am a widow, and that l have been privileged,
 while very young. to acquire experience oi
 your sex. That experience has not come toe
 late for my happiness. + have thought it pos tsuch- deliberate and wanton cruelty toward thu l most kindhearted and inoffensive of men, nigh
 at some future time feel no scruple in practis- ing that cruelty upon a. defeneeless woman I and l have thought it most probable that a mal l who has invariably, and under many trying
 circumstances, shown himself 10 possess al
 the qualities which make up the character of { true gentleman, will prove himself to be a kint { and devoted husband. Sir, I have made m, ] choice.'s 'se' aS 9S*.2i < ASaE pa'9sEa ss.i aAts l LAnd Mrs. 2Honitou gave her hand to Per
 kins, led him into the ballroom among tn, company, and there openly announced to hel guests that she had made choice of husband l sAnd so Mr. Perkins, instead of being mad,
 an April fool, was fl made the ,happiest mal dive. And the village wondered and refused
 to believe it's eyes, until it saw MT. and Mrs Perkins roll away in the bridal chariot. ss