Litchfield enquirer., 1869-06-03
WHOLE NO. 9. se

toned. began to doubt the truth of nv
 own snrmises; it seemed almost impossibia
 that she should have come to Epeland ln
 snae manner, and remained quietly for such length of time: she, the pstted Vi
 enna beauty, giving lessons in England 1 and ilvlpg h London lodgingsl No, it vas hardly credible; but there was one simple test which occurred to me; by copying q small portion of that letter, and putting it n some place where it would fall into her hands. at a time when I should have an op- : portunity of watching her. I did not doubt but that l might read in her face the truth. 1-.a 2 f't' e5fize IP7Is r And did copy it, translating it 1 into French. Ichose that part in which her name was mentioned; but when it was done, put 1t by. and delayed to use l 1t. l7,~' . f7'
 a.one day we were talking of Christian names. aud she then told me for the first tine, tut hers was Valerie, and asked me i to call her by It. Another time she show l ed ,ne lttte book, with Valerie" printed Tn, ahd somttuiug oyer tue name scratched out. wnich felt sure must have been a coronet. Enged t. kuow: and Yet too Ign 1 often thought of putting ner to stae Ge'sh W iG :A ltt t4si.al ny ilo4tt fail-
 
 Ter 'nysOery, an lay b Ire tue bltt secrets ot iicr us,tr.! 5, Io.eooIs aud waited. H3Vev'r, it Wts not destined that she shotlii $ TO u, she mad come. On tne Coi JLatry any m other ctme down to ofe'At tsG Witn ratuer t.oaUied face, aAu atCef htI read my own letters, sue passet one for III to real With ut d wor,l. 1G Wt' from my AIlt II Inora, a sister of my mosners wnase hu ,o tnL had house Ill on' ot tle hlAtlng cnuntles. Dear M trsa .et,' 1t began, am in great disresS Iuo mousse Is full of meu, and oh'y one laly Decides myself, young Mrs. Cl"rterls. D., beseecp you, come the titst Jay you eau. They are frozen up, aud there Is no hunting, ant some of them doi't even play billiards. Fraucis says ought t' do so.neChius to amuse them, but Wh4t eau do? It Is 50 miserable. Bling all the gir aud your Germ n friend aud -rtie 1 entreat you not to refuss Frau CHS wishes 1t also so much. Write at once anI let me know when l am to send to meet you. "Your affeetionate sister, 2"
 .aI ''HoNoRA 0. HERRrEs."
 This was the letter, written in q scram- bling, uncertain sDrG of hand, which my mntner gave me. l had scarcely finished it when Bertie said, from the other side of the ttbie, Whats the row R.t? shy it acfoss; so I snlel 1t across, as he. called it aud tns young gentlem .n was pleased to express his highest approval of the plan. . =.u.. ff ..--. C .-
 ''Be alive. now, girls, and pack up; the weatner Il break. you'll see, and then shall get sons nuutiug out of the old rascal .E -l.-. a0 e---.t .i
 H. settled on the spot, I believe, the hnr rs.a h ,k..,, l,i ~:. E.. a..- man propos Us. All the world knows there Was Ao ,tira ;, fur Utruse rirsU wsehs ,ef J.An irya Rls it wAsu't for his amusement tltt my n Jtlef detsrmined to g.; With t ',trs in Her eyes she re-read the letter wheu We were lions iu her room, whitner | sne il si called me after breakfast to consult l. about 1t. -z..t s...r... ..a.aiet. f- +5,.s..s P; Poor ,nora! poor Honora" she mur- mnrstl. "Y-s, my dear, think we must gu; tiere will probably be but little pleas- ure to any of us, bat I think it is right I eau leave Agnes in Eaton Square with your uncle. ~s.
 A looked at the feeble, shaky writing. l, % -j4cdiated from my heart, "Poor dolorul' $ Sle had married man who hal discovered her weakness, and had been d tyraut to her. It seemed as if he had all but stamped out her identity. It was not froA .y, that her letters were ill. formed aud trembling; hardly think she | had any hand writing in particular. So a npte Was dispatched to say we would come on the M >uday. We might have managed | to goi6efore, but after some consultation it was fixed for that day. ..........-.
 "Impossiblt! cannot spend Sunday there. my mother had said decidedly: and even Bertle, think, was glad when it was settled that We should spend that quietly at home.
 For tnyselfI did not much care whether We stayed or went. had not much hopes of the party likely to be assembled at Cnedaington. The only two people was sure of meeting were men whom partic- ularly dislike.l: but then 1t was also possi- bie that some of the others might be very pleasant; IS for Sir Francis Herries him. self, he could be as agreeable or as disa- greeable as he liksI, I,-under the present circumstances it was not unreasonable to to hope that he would be at least civil. From hlm, that was sufficient. After . great de, of persuasion, we succeeded in making Fraulein Dorn promise to accom- pany us; aud Mohday afternoon saw us all at the statioI, where the carriage from Cneduiugron was to meet us.
 t1 l. ,iIy O.fore we got to the end of our .lriye, tl.e We're so ffez n that we could zee Iothing of tn park or house, a;ld ws were .ll learriIy glad to fad ourselves in the vile oli ftsniou-d htli, where the fine oak carvlu4, seen by tue ligns of s Laaz.5g ire, for the vit,t,.f ts.lgut h,l sst tn, called fo tn V.nesie 5, warm admiratlol.
 Iiie.e were great many hats about, and IS we follow ,d the servant up the stairs, c1al hear the sharp crack of the billiard Oaiss, It was quite procession, aud in spite of her eAfuest invitation, I think we father overwhelmed my aunt when we in- yalk,tl her, sittiug room., 4, aay r,oE,. on. a r. She was looking tue same as she nal at- ways looked to ma, -a faded. worn out pic. ture, fr.is sile and helpless, with traces .of beauty nnt dimnsd Oy age, bat by unhap- piuess. Sue stretched out her hands kind " to us ali, ,ho wever, kissing us ,and welcoi1. tug Frauleiu Dorm sa ef1ta s.n5 swo.,s
 M .rsaret." she sail to my mother, sit ting down immediately again in her low cllalir by tue fire, ''you must take 1t quite .nto your hands, tue entertainment of the youlis p4opls,' and she tried to smile, a very withsred sml,e. ee.ts.sk .,s Ss
 II give you free leave to do exactly as you tlke. There are tue Hobarts; | thought of asking them before, but aI5 was afraid