Litchfield enquirer., 1869-06-03

can imagine the chro nic state of excite
 ment in which we are kept by all sorts oi
 contradictory rumors. Ths troops he,
 seem confdent enough of victory By the by. young Siegelheim came in yesterday
 for minute; his high spirits were quite
 funny and infectious; he had just aon.
 home on leave, but had been recalled of course. The officers seem all delighted
 with the prospect of war: they only look at the bright side; for my part, thin k it IS very awful And cannot understand q
 how they can rid themselves of the thought that. though the campaign may be a sue
 cesstui one, yet to some among them, per haps to many, it will in all human proba- bility bring death; and who those som , will
 be ltls the question Icannnt help asking my seif which are the oues who are walking these Weil-known streets for tue last tune ; looking for the last time upon, the old fa.
 mlliar faces. who will in a few weeks, psr- haps in few days. be farther rem wed fron us than thousands of miles ,uta re-
 move them, wrapt in that sleep, upon which no roar of cannon. no shout of friend or foe, ever can break. I coufess to me it | seems very terrible. suppose it is W j. mans view of the case bat I must n 't write any more of thus sort of stuff. ,r I shall make you dismal. I dare say yua don't feel particularly lively now, bat vJu shall have any news that we hear, especluI- y of that regimsnt to whose uaifor,n voa nsed to be rather partial. lhete, h, ,w lr. rldiy have made you blusn. only as ther,, s nobody but me in the room 1t ,ioes Il n'5 u tu
 Ger. OA! there Is ons piece of scandal for you, Wnlch has, however, male less uolse than II It had h4ppeuel al any oth 'r ttm ,,
 tor walch suspect the partIes couceruet are very thankful Do you remember y,ur seeing, or rather not seeiug the youag Countess Arnhelm at a concert? Wei sue has actually gone otf. aal Il, olo kloss where to; but to begin at ths right eu of the story. for, as I happened to De an eye witness, aud I eau volcn for my versi ,n being the Correct one. We yere Ut |. bali at tile Nssselrolers, anl saa was looking most exquisite, thought, though son5 people III the room saiu shs lo,ksl not what she had been. Her husblul wa,
 there too, of course, but did n't seq hun go to her once the whole eveulus, thJuSl she was surrounded by good may gen- tleneu; there was Ole m tu, Freuchm ln,
 ln the Austrian service, who never left her. His attentions, I certainly thought were rather marked. but did Ut seq any return on her side. You know that room of tue. hall at tue Nesselroders. where oae takes off one's things We'll we happened to be there. putting on our cioaks;I was ready
 so go, and was standing at t lle door talk ing to Herr von Ltngen. Tue countess was standlng III the hail, waltlug for her husband, think, laughing and talklng with few gentlemen. Al at once the count strade out of one of the danciug- rlNn and TIT k, hor G n under the iaAlos that could see her face perfectly; and part of his; she gl suced up h bis face wl5n smiiiug look uf iuq llry iu hsr h-Antifut eyes, wsalssa asA. salswsrea Wasu uerCc SCUWI anu m,itturea os.sia. Of cou SC there was breatniess silence; no cue knew what to Say; no one ever uoes on such occasions. asFt1,ttgGo yg41g.fu&
 4 :" 't Leopold. sne half whispered, 'has anything happened? She spruug for ward eagerly. and laid her hand upon his arm. His face worked frightfuliy IS iie gazed up into 1t with beseecniug eyes. bat he turned 1t from her. 'H.ppenedr h. said III 2 loud, harsh voice., snaklng her on roughly, no nothing particular. By Heaven, no! nothing to you; I, fool that I have been. have found it mJte.'''' f.a s9a
 ."-'F0r God sake, Leopold, come away she whispered in an agony. She thought him mad or drunk, I believe. He did not shake her of this tlm., bub takiug both her slender white wrists in his iron grasp, be held her at half arms length; and then, before those men, looking straight into her face, he said most cruel tDings to her. I don't know she bore is--it Was cruel, horri- ble; if I had been one of those men, I tiiink. whether it were right or wrong, I must have struck him down. It took less tn nRuNr $nx.v vo~~ AG~- sA 1t. could not tear myself away from watching them; but sincerely trust 1t may never be ny lot to witness such see ne again.
 =tPoor thing! her eyelids never dropped: she looked him into his dark, angry eyes, with half amazed, half imploring look. I think she had a dim sense of how very awful 1t was before these people; but that was all swallowed up in the agony and as tonishment his words caused. Wnen hp had fnished speaking, he dashed ner hanl away and stroJs of, leaving her Standing there, a broken lily. but turuel again after he had gone two steps, Monsieur, he said, looking at the French, off ;ef, I rec ommend this la,ly to your protecGioa. Ht, whole. c0uatenancs was couvulsed with passion and deadly pale. That woke her tAess AASs Afs<<O HAAAyNAO0 f2sS sWASA Cs fl ssh of angnlsh, and she turaeI to a young beardless officer who had been standing good natufsdIy trying to shlel b T, from the many pitilsss prying eyes: .WiH yoa be kind enough to take me to my c,rrl- age?' He coald not look at her, but gave
 her his arm, and took her away almost ten- defiy. He was q merry. rough boy, aud I dare say they had had many a Iaugn to- gether; bat I don't think either of them
 Laughed then. She would have walkeI straight out into the cold, bitter night in her ball dress, had he not stoppei hsr au Il
 helped her ssrvant to wrap her up in her furs. That was all I saw of It., anu it Was indeed quite enough. The next day We heard she had gone, as I quite expected. l n st certainly wouid have gone too n her. place, and s'n sure you wOuli; but I iiin writing you the most uncoisciou sable: .tilaiat is the way when sit down to write to yofl !; | intend just to write ons sheet, au1 scfio- bie on and on till two clock sometimes. Lam glad Amt Margaret does not examine the candlesl If she ever should. I will teii her that I find Vienna candies delicious eating and cant resist the tsm pt4tion. Best love to your mamma and the girls fron all of ns; thsy'r all fast asleep. but of course they would send it If they were ine ossess-r ion of their faculties. Good night. dearest
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