Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-23

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 From the Churchman's Magazinsaof Jaly.eE
 THE STORY (oETHHE HHE MOSCOW RAIL WAY ..2 TT, ioiIwXs atMoacoM in. the winter of 1862
 and had ee9hapsted the programme oo4
 .'sights" which every true believer s,in2 thE British system of travelling is bound to egt 'througb! slhad srarefsed tKs tiglitterinl
 hills of the imperial palace and maded:fhs
 circuitsef the red aturret-crewned wall whicl
 gird1es the kremlin; I had looked down oI the frozen Mosk "a from the sntntnit Of thu
 Ivan Veliki tower, and marveled nat thf fsntastie coloring)o the pineapple shaded
 church of Vassin the Blessed, had stooi 9wwitlin the voiceless lips of the nam moth
 bel, ,and peered into themazsle of the mons
 ter cannon:I Lad bought photographs in thi
 Kouznet Most. and had slipped tea in tht 4foit,kf Trak teer,, and F was now awaiting the arrival of a friend from St. Petersburg;
 in whose company l. spqrposed extending my travels eastward as far as Mini ..., lAn eminent authority has said,o s'fn travi cling aAroagh afomantie oeantfH9 select s
 practical companien izin det,coaatrY,ea Y,e asei ,llect 2 rppantie, one" e Strictly speak44g
 the sceipry of central Russia ,cad. hardly be cai led roihantic, the Best way to form .sns idea of itsbeing to hmnlnply eae billiard
 board by five millionss Q aud subtract tAe
 cushions; but my proposed ,companionr was one who would nave Nnentralized the effect
 of tropical sunset or 8 mooAlighs view fromcMahpte Oiyetss Ahmore thoroughly
 practical s nap t99a Frsd Allf4ct nsyeI oEy prescrfbea eaAiiA asta cetfectivefso an' n'5intsgi.
 nation ssauxiiriant,as that .oflYictor Hugo
 or t4e 4nthor 9f RFhantasies. Fhan No, place 1.oi
 fancy had mOmepts ch ance with that reI
 mefseless' MI nctester intellect and we had a joke against him ton shat score att Rugby, which js haFHy forgotten b5Q Qae, of the inmates of oHra dpfmitorya WAS telling story thorresco rs1,'ssrshsJ of pKantom' ship
 the crew whereof had perishsd ,iu7 mutual conflict, and. were thenceforth q doomed to remain ifsless,on the deck during the day,
 willie at midnight they, acted again the butchety which had been the closing scene
 of theiromortat career Just at this mo-
 ment while the ill,drawn breath of the rsu- dience testified their emotion, Fred's slow,
 sententious tones were heard d-sWeli, l really don't see why the poor fellows mightn' 't hayeT gone aads amused ethem- selves during the day and then come
 back in time for the fight in the even- incl" y-< ,'&Tl oj o2& aGol'la;2 9a1 0Ts h s-TJ4
 i had gota good, breakfast ready for Fred, for the practical man had, a practil cal appetite,g likely to be doubled after such a Journey. To go from St. Petefsbnrg to Moscow in winter is no light matter; in
 the first class you are stewed alive, in the second you are frozen to death and in both smothered with smoke by your fellow pas sengers, and although in point of speed sa great advance has already baen made fthe time of transit having been 9reduced from twenty hours to nineteen and half yet this. under such circumstances is quite long enough. .6Ten3aa m. being the usual hour for arriving, had a plentiful repast on the table at halfrgast ten, including that las the train stops only nine times for reffeshments) F my trend would probably stand in need Of itS aE The half-hour struck and he did not appear. sIwent to- the,win- dow in the hope of speedily .beholding a sledge come jolting ilto the snow-heaped court yard. baaling Fred and all; his for tunes, but nothing was to be. seen. Tue three quarters struck, then the hour-and was Beginning to feel surprised, for these creeping trafnsare usually pHnctualL when the long expected guest made his q ppear j ance. But instead of, bursting into the room room f with a1 ioJand laugh and boisteroous greeting. according to castetns Hhe entered with the snn snncertaln sten of q sleep walker, and without nttering sound. It needed bfditt" dit"o "one glance at hts face to tell mesthat somsthiag hiag1e3tfsordinasy inass haves bsfa1 l len him. Tue ipYiab csableaad yisagei was now. deadly pale; the firm lip quivered con l snlsfvsly: tke 'cleaf bright eye was diiated horror. .as Few mehewilu had seen Fred eAHl fact on the brink qf an Alplae precipice or in the midst'o an Atlantl Hurricane would have recoghi7ed him now. s'i s:2dsmmo9
 .'What on earth's the matter with you sss SsP sssiH ssasa ss5s. :&4y ysss look ss fl you ae ss1' sezsssni iV6rss, "1rspllsahe in sesrern. ulous volce. "Good heavens! I've .oftenI heard of such things, but I have never be- 'ieved in thenCbsfyges Fl BsIovs! it's too
 1s.sNkas is? ioWhat's itialla aGbout?di tA
 ssHsG Give ne seme breakhastsand then sIllI tell you. Perhaps I'll be able to eat, now. haven't touched a morsef coming an the Way."i .I esiraaO t.s1ueRezl sa58oh .d s...s'Whaf, notsior twenty rhoursas1 You ought to hs huagW thsnn sWelig eat Asst but bn it was 6 miserable r rptetehse. Toa m ne, wlio Yelaeinbeae3 his ebFeakfast abeforey as ] (MountoB BtAacsRdIh his supper tsftsrI aer9ss the Vistula. there awasI Something portentous in this sudden, loss 5f appst,ts And IT eagerly awaited the Affeci l tak of dhis adTentdreswhichahec !comimeneed
 sssWe left Petersburg at the, usual. time yssterday. and T, wishing to make myself somfostshie ;tfor oits WAS desperately aceidl got into fE.l7class; eom mpartmen nts tWAsrsol found an oficer 2 lady, and 2 man, who mIght have besn ah ything, for his far cof- lsE and his cap hid ,!hisi face tcompietelt. Ehestrdn was inst going to stsrk andithatI was, perhaps the reason why 10 more got in; though, indeed, there would not have Beear en61Sn for tiienn 'anyhow,9 for sach of usshaaGa good deal of baggage,z ex l cept, to be sure, the wrapped up man, who seemed to have nothing with him but a .ab Wstl,I offswsntitAe train, and for tAe first fifteenversts Iasyas aas sailent oasI poor Albert Smith ,psed te say tho English alvays are in foreign society; but by and by r got to exchanging few words with the