Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-30
BORROWED BAGGAGE.

yfa a: BORROWED BAGGAGE.
 70 Cyrus Durham was very busy on cer.
 tain afternoon in making an omeiet At
 least he'called it an omelet, but in reality
 1t was nothing but scrambled eggs. ''Om-
 elet" sounded hetter, but it would not
 have tasted half as good, especially if Cy-
 rus had had to make one himself. @i
 In order to understand why this young
 man cooked his own eggs,it must be known
 that he was medical student in Ph1ladel-
 phia, and the son of very respectable
 and by DO means unge: erous physician in
 Maryland, who allowed him for his expen,
 ses quite enough to keep him very con-
 fortably. even in large city. But Cyrus,
 Street for about the first half of every
 month, had generally been accustomed
 from necessity to live in bachelor hall''
 style for the remaining portion of the
 month in his rooms on Sansom Street. He
 was very nicely situated in these rooms, and the high rent he paid for them con-
 tributed not little to his slimness of
 purse during those days which immediate
 iy preceded the arrival of his monthly re-
 mittances. His "study" was on the sec
 ond floor of what is known in the city of
 Brotherly Love as the "back- buildings, !,
 and was approached from the long entry
 by single short flight of stairs. This room looked out at the side on pleasant yard,
 was very we'll furnished, and was altogeth- er quite too good for young fellow who ought to have been satisfied with any gar ret where he could study unmolested. Back of tne large room was a small bed chamber generally tenanted not only by Cyrus him. self, but by any of his companions who might stay too late studying anatomy-or euchre a..
 Cyrus was bending over his little wood stove stirring his eggs rapidly lest they should burn. and keeping an eye at the same time on his coffee-pot, which, how ever, had given no signs of boiling. It was only four o'clock, but Cyrus had but a slight lunch, and SO wanted an early sup per. This power of having his meals when he chose was another advantage of this mode of living. His table was set with a small linen cloth (the clean side up), cup and saucer and plate. The omelet" was just done, and Cyrus had given it the last scrape around the pan, when there was knock at the door. >5 #a
 "Come in!" said he, and the door open ed and tho knocker entered. Cyrus look ed around, and dropped on the top of the stove the frying-pan which he was inst lifting off by the long handle. Iu tue doorway stood young lady, dressed in the loveilest possible travelling suit, with TO- ses m her cheeks far more glowing than pink lining of her parasol. -. II" MT. Durham" said she. ...
 "Why, Miss Birch," cried Cyrus (with ms lace redder than any silk lady would dare use to line her parasol), 1T had DO ldea-i am very glad to see you; take seat. You must excuse me-bachelor's aaii' you know. When did you come on?"
 Miss Fanny Birch was by no means un- She had hesitated about calling on Mir. Durham, and would cer- bainly have postponed her visit had she t ought she would have found him cook ing his dinner, supper, or whatever it Was. But she took 8 seat which Cyrus placed for her las far as possible from the stove, but facing it) and with little laugh, which was intended to have restored her elf-possession. and which had a partial success, asked him where he supposed she had 'come on" from; and then, without waiting for an answer, proceeded to in- form him that she had not come from home, put was just going there (she lived about half mlle from Dr. Durham's place) from her uncle Williams, where she had been for nearly 8 month. ..s-It.cae t-- ln I New Jersey, just little way out of Trenton" '' g. I Cyrus didn't know it, but he did not say so. but asked her if she had had pleasant time. She answered that It was at tirst, but she got tired as soon as her cousin Emily had been obliged to go back to ooardlng-school; and, he knew, those connecticut Schools always commence their terms right in the middle of. the fin est weather; and did all the students keep hall in this way?
 Cyrus said the most of them did; at any rate, those who liked better and fresher iood than they generally got at the board g-houses. Then Miss Fanny remarked that sne thought that it was a very good way If you only know how to cook; and didnt t he think that whatever was in the pan was all burning up? Cyrus turned round and said he thought it was; was; and 80 he took the frying pan full of blackened and smoking eggs, of the lire, and moved the coffee-pot a little back. a19~ ' - When he sat dowr again there was lit. tie silence. He knew she had not come to see him simply because they were old friends and nelghbors. and he thought it very probable that she had something p4r- ticular to say, and was wondering how she should say it. He was right. After look ing out of the window. and remarking that she should think the people in the next house could look right in here, she said: :. ,.l"Mr. Durham, I guess you wonder why came to see you Oh, yes, of course you are glad; but, you see, l left uncle's this morning by the boat, and sentmy trunks on home by express, and coming of the boat at Arch Street wharf, or somewhere I haven't the slightest idea .where-I had my pocket picked, or lost my port mon- naie; and | didn't know . soul in Phila- delphia who conld lend me enough to pay my fare in the cars, except you, and I thought I'd borrow some of you. |, knew you lived in Sansom Street, but had to ring at ever 90 many houses before found you ssaastale vsi.g 43s nf geoi 9io@'
 Now aa Cyrus had exactly forty-eight cents in his pocket, this was rather hard, on the young man. ,t7iJHsG is74fhu st
 4,'' You see," she continued, ss that if I take the six o'clock train for Baltimore, I will get there about ten. and. can stay with Mrs. Sinclair tonight The passen :, ger cars will take me right past the door. and father will send you the money"
 "Oh, don't mention that" said Cyrus. who looked exarfly aa if lho xvaa. ;v,st 10