Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-23

,1gnlfrkS1S U1 Int1nn. it fo s1sn8i. ssit 10 edo ,bZoi2 aS1!5}1 i AZ. fSEPT. n23.ali6694 a1od l =. ...., i. .s !. .. :. = =. . shaWhat cried I, s.Fred AlIfact' turning ta niiu dj Won defs will never cease. ' sa hAh, it's allIyefy we'll for yon to chaff, , ,Eetorted Fred rather, continuously; .syou think that because fellow knows how te take care of himself he's got no more i'm
 agination than codfsh but I've got 'as much az you anyhow. "'as5rgnoO d5e.- sidT ]
 rat' t.'My dear fellow" replied I ..I'n . con
 cede you tho imagination. of Shake kespeare.
 Eff you like; only go on with your story, fol
 I'm anxious to hear the denonement.' Il as1 Perhaps yon won't like it so much when you do hear it." said Fred gloomily; 'bui
 to continue:a a. The man looked up in 2 suspaciQn way as < got in, exposing pari
 coarsely dressed that I wondered how ht came to travel frst-class at all; but in thai
 moment I}caught glimpse of1a face which
 never belonged to one of the boarqeoi.
 since ths-Wsrld began s.n---.s-ee---a.A
 Miracle upon amiracle!" exclaimed I
 t'"'C Can this be Fred Allfact, whose fayorlte as another. D" ,-'- "- ,'-'''' '.
 ip''s Ah, you may laugh,,' responded n, my Efrienu,; ,;s'but wait till I get to the end of my
 story, and laugh if you can. Well, pres entlya the officer and lady got into the car fiage again and we resumed our con versa
 tion. Idon's know how it was, but some
 how our talk turned on murders. and one horrible story succeeded another,b till al
 last + got quite sick of it, and said rather
 excitedly, there is one thing to comfort one oyer these horrors-that the villains who cause them are certain to be found out 'afid' Dufiishe ei 'as@I- ,aF F2'21Gf2h" '8 AosSS II T had scarcely uttered these words when q hiow,s oohnckling hugh came from under the awrappings of the unknown, which made me start as if had been stung. There was something inl the sound so posi-
 lively internal, that really felt as if it had been the devil bimselfw But before Lcould speak the stranger ljoiaed in the conyersa- ton for the first time,"s ,san.,,) Q, 5a,l,.y4 oa
 Monsieur is of opinion, he said, in the
 most perfect French, "that 1t is impossible to commit a murder without being defeat
 no' Just SOL, said I, rather curtly, for there
 was a Intent sarcasm in his tone which
 made me thinkahe was laughing at me. though | could not tell how. nor why.aol9a .ol tEhen I afearoI must take the liberty of differing from Monsieur on that point. '1re- turned he, ina smooth slippery kind of
 voice, that gave me the, same feeling one has in looking at a snake. T have known
 many cases where all investigation proved
 ffnitless, and where the murderer is prob ably at large still" s'A# ''.@ '-'' II 1"'"Were those cases of which you speak in Russia ?" asked l. l1oal a--a.,S 7-s U -..s Russia and elsewhere. !" he reioined
 M But it strikes me that even in England
 murdelefs are not always brought to jus tice. haye some remembrance of a story called the Waterloo Bridge Murder, which seemed to end in nothing. Messieurs de l ls Police h q are very clever, but they are not III '.s They re cleverer than people think them, perhaps, said I, rather sharply, for l already felt an unaccountable aversion to the man, although I had hardly spoken with him for two minutes 9d1 ga tad Lid | u aPerhaps vhhe returned ,vith q slight sheer; sbut for all that I would not mind laying wager that you might sit opposite to d murderer, and talk with him--ay, just after the deed Was done-without finding him out. ",uao,a F; ss.-e. st.< ,,.5 s,a,. ,,-.'
 t...'He pronounced the last words in tone almost of triumph, which made me jingle from head to foot Had I followed my i'm j pulse, I should have collared him and cried out, seize this man, he's murderer. 'I'Sd
 ''And you d have been right, I suppose, :" interrupted I, beginning to feel interested 6ja1' Yod Il find out about that later on, 2 re- turned Fred. who never liked to, be hurri- ed in story, "I saw that my two compan ions had their suspicious of him likewise, aud no w6nder; for to hear a man dressed iikeIa eommon porter talking pure 1Frencn and expressing himself as this fellow had done, was enough to set any one thinking
 Whether they had anything wrong, or merely took him for some swell oa2 a frolic, I can t say; but just as I was going to him. my suspicious to- them, the, train stopped at'Volkoff and my two friends got out to eat as before. Directly they were gone the stranger got out tQ01 saying to me. very politely. Will yon kindly see no one takes my place while get some dinner p Of course I agreed. and away he went. You'd kardiy belieyeC that even I, I,:nnimaginatise as you call me, felta sort of horror at be- ing left alone there, just as If some evil were with me in the carriage; tthoughdexcspting EDur baggage and the stranger's bu9dIe) there, was nothing there 6ut myself And the feeling gained so up- onh me that at last got out and stood by the door. .oa .rt7oo4 ,eoloit1L
 "My two companions were soon back again, but when the train started the stran- ; ger was still missing I1noticed this to the officer, who replied that he had probably got to another carriage by mistake. and that we should sec him at the station. How. ever, he didn [ appear, and as station after station was passed without any siga1of him wa a astscalled tue 'gHsfd q l. forget what station it was) and told him the whole sto- ry. The guard. laughed, and said some thing i'd Russian and then got out when the officer turned to me and said, He tells me,that this man is probsbty a rogue who had left his package on purpose. intending by, and by to, claim some one else's luggage, instead of liiis; own and so, to make all safe, hs meansrtoJ oJopen the bandle ataonea apdsW are to go with him and see itdone. So we all vent into the guard room, and tic man nndid the bundle, which seemed to contain nothing but caa, fneiveIxeE cloak lightly rolled up. Hen nnrollsd it. and inr stantly, jumped back with 2 lond, '.'Ach r as if he had trodden upon Q serpent, and nohohdefI feraslsea stepped forward to lock- what should IIsee but ra woman's -R