Litchfield enquirer., 1869-06-10

DAY. JUNE 10, 1869
 ! her eyes were wide and wild, but still shi f ming and fearless, This paroxysm, thong
 dreadful, seemed to mo, however, smor natural than the calmness with which ,sh 7thad told me her history. Suddenly sh stopped and turned upon me- afr eeoA2 hl You give me no comfort! !p she cried E half fercely. half imploringl but with Ij out giving me time to answer, she turne' again aud continued. saying in . tone 70 anguish, ssComfort! comfort! there none, why do I ask for it? o God! gran
 me forgetfulness; it is all ask"
 An, me! comfort there was none to give but my tears did give her freely, weep ing for this woman who could not weep fo herself has gfef f.9l Y -0s
 thought at one time that she was be coming delirious in her grief, for as sh, paced swiftly through the room she nut tered sometimes Italian, sometimes French
 Toute seulep' she moaned, wringinl her hands, il ma laisse il est morti j' T mai personne dams le monde seulemen 1 le remords pouktoujours !'' n
 1 At last she threw herself down upon ( sofa and seemed to fall into sort of stu DOT !: she must have been thoroughly ex
 hausted. For some remained quietly sit. ting by the fire, almost afraid to breathe, for fear of rousing her again. The silence was only broken at intervals by coal fall. ing out of the fire, or the clock at the stables striking the quarters. Half past two, quarter to three, and still she never moved: at last three struck. It was i'm possible for me to remain there any lon- ger. We had all agreed to breakfast earli. that she, for one, had agreed to skate, though hardly believed it possible that she could be up after this, much less equal to any exertion. However, I should have no excuse to offer for non appearance, so ]! determined to go to bed at once. At first I thought of stealing quietly. out of the room; then the thought of lying there m til the morning, perhaps, in the bitter cold, for the fire wonld soon be out, stop. ped me. and resolved to rouse her and try to persuade her to go to bed. As I moved across the room. she started up. said as gently as possible, ''You have been asleep, Valerie, I think" ,,r,2 o+ | She pushed back her hair and stared at me for an instant. 'L~
 "Ah Rachel P she said, then, in con- fused sort of way, '" had forgotten you !; 1t must be late; you are going to bed, ,mein Herzchen?" = e-s i. "Yes," I answered. "and you, you will go too?" ---..,.--..7...,.,...'.-',,-- -
 "Yes, O yes," she said; but from her manner doubted her doing it. 1'
 ."You promise to go now, immediately, :" I urged. 4a
 She looked at me inquiringly; and I l think the remembrance of what had passed only then fully flashed upon her. IL Y : Rachel!' she said eagerly, seizing my hands and bending towards me, :" have told you great deal tonight, more than to any other person living; trust you, you will never betray me?'' 4 ya5.Y !
 !" Never" answered solemnly. f, ,-
 There, there, I know you will not, |" she said, her eager manner suddenly van- ishing. Good night, dearest, good night" and she kissed me on both cheeks, and then almost pushed me from her.
 e don't know how she slept that night, or rather that morning, but lay tossing on my bed till six o'clock. in vain trying to get to sleep. At last I fell into an un- easy, dreaming doze, haunted by 8 vision mo in petticoats, and who kept necessarily
 
 two words, toute seule," while exhaust ed myself in fruitless endeavors to make the words and music suit each other. I
 In spite of our promises the night be- fore. it was half-past ten before T got down. Lord Cosmo. MT. Sartoris, and another man were eating their breakfast in moody silence. It was my private opinion that that the two former were waiting for Vale- rie. Aunt Honora was not down, and the others had already gone to the ponds" l.
 "Good mornin,' Miss Travers," said Lord Cosmo, with charming indistinct. ness, owing probably to his mouth being quite full of cold pie, which he continued munching, while he made inquiries after my health and outgoing intentions: he then kindly employed himself in lurching about the table collecting before me every thing within reach. .@ sj t.s- #E
 They've all been taking your name in vain, Miss Travers," said MT. Sartoris, who was opposite me; Fox and I only just came down in time to stop them. They've been abusing you and Fraulein Dorn frightfully, for being the only ones who had broken their getting-up vows There were some very hard words, can assure you; were mt there, Fox?' 8sc#
 "Pon honor," said Fox, 1T think it was you bein' hauled over the coals when came in; and after that they were chafin' at me; Miss Travers and her friend they were discussin' afterwards"
 He always called her my "friend." think he had some vague, uncomfortable misgiv1ngs If he ever had misgiving) that Frowlin," was not precisely the proper way of pronouncing the word. <,
 "It don't sound quite right; but I'll be ! shot if do know how to pronounce it now, Miss Travers," he said to me later in the day, with an I-know-you- -wont.believe. it sort of an air that was truly edifying. or I I did n't express myself as sceptical on that point, as he seemed to expect; sud directly afterwards he relieved me of his society, careening away to another part of the ponds like Dutch fshing-boat in . heavy sea. How I detest the nanl He was a born snobI think his grand name only made 1t worse. 5sfzuaad taa g6Es4aGT. ae I All that morning we were on the ice. Valerie was, as usual, the centre of attrac- tion :f her skating was certainly the perfee. ton of graceTa To me there wasia change in her from that night. It t1seemedr that in telling me her true name,r she felt it no longer incumbent on her to feign any sim ] plicity that was not natural to her.. One,