Litchfield enquirer., 1870-01-27
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z E Kate, maliciously.s T" However, you've
 guessed rightly, And SC; terribly crippled as he is-he was most killed by an acci- dent. Dick Hall told me all about him: he's been over to see him. Ain'tit awful2 never could abide deformity of any kind. 1 I'd rather have died, if I was Geordie; 90
 proud as he used to be, too. Good morn- 1ng!" aud the selfish, shallow little beauty dnceremoniously departed. .3 .#
 | Hetty sat down and cried softly. Poor Geordie! r she whispered. It was useless to try to qneneli the old love-. 1t would not lie quietly down and suffer the sods to be .heaped upon it. If Hetty had thought the ghost laid, she Hound to her sorrow it had never been ghost at all. If it had for while suffered her to imagine it grow ing more shadowy, it claimed it's revenge
 forso doing. No one had ever imagined her conflict, the battles she had waged with self. If her Wearied father aDd the turbu- lent children had marked lately how ten. der was herfVoice. how gentle her smile, oW.unwearyiing her patience, they little rocked that through sorrow had her char acter been thus beautified.. That from the
 bitter she had plucked sweetness. and
 passing through, the valley. was able to as- cend the mountain top. Deep hidden was
 her noiseless grief, and no one compre-
 hended that the quiet girl, shrinking from no duty ever r2tenderly mindful of the hap.
 piness of those about her, had battled with
 an anguish which crushed her soul in it's
 grasp, until she looked beyond self to tha
 One who pltleth us, even as Father pitt.
 eth his children. ~- ft ..-- t....t Spring came balmy and bright The
 cruel winds abated their rigor, the snow
 melted from field and hilltop, the win.
 some violets nestled in. shady, hooks, the
 dandelionss blossomed goldenly-hardy,
 generous little adventurers,. scattering the
 brightness of their presence layishly--and
 evrrywhere earth teemed with rene we'd life and beauty. One bright afternoon in May there was quite 8 cornmotion in the Hoyt
 homestead, for Mrs Asher and Geordie had made their appsarance there. --s.-----
 "'Twas Geordie's doings, '.ssaid Mrs. 4 AshsE, smlllrn Nothing would suit friends looked. n0E sdt s0 ahasiaF9 pe8sa | eOficourse, Geordie was the hero of the day, and all were. eager for his comfort
 Hetty was kind, but very quiet Geordis sighed for a return of the old familiar friendship; he would never claim more. than that now. And yet, beneath all her Ficomposure, he wondered if the old, staiich
 enthusiastic heart was beating. ttsl heasoT9 2 Few words pass between them during the day, for household cares, claimed the girls attention; but in the evening, when the children had listened to reason and ' lsleepily wentZtos bed, and the old R folks were leisurely chatting,S Geordie, asked
 Hetty to help set him out on the stoop.
 where they had sat together many a time
 when ehildfen.i It was a still, clear night.
 the moon cast mellow radiance oyer the old earth, enhancing her beauties, yelling her defects. And over all rested Q spell, dream like and passion soothing. J.a a SA~ | 4The dayawas done; and peace camepWith the starry night The ls.ght of nature's hush and solitude brought calmness to fe- vered souls. Tn the holy 'qdfet GordiS told Hetty of his new faith, his lundying hopes. Then isilence had fallen upon them. But after a, while he broke it, saying: :" was nasty and unkihd when we parted last, and.
 Hetty,, if you would only overlook it and forgive me, and be my good0 true friend again."n vvsY od4 2o y,,s&,.,..os 4.,g.r ' Her voice failed her when she would have spoken, and he went on:a |" I came to you that night meaning to ask you quess tlong thatJhads long been, on my lips to ask,, meaning to tell you how dearly I loved you, But you know how differently it hap pened, " he. added with sad sigh. s6T owe to yal1 to tell tue truth, but, I forfeited, your esteem, I killed your Never mind, Hetty, crippled as I am now, you need never fear that I shall ask sweetef gift than your forgiveness and rfriendship.P' ',-ur,
 Hetty quivered with undefnable mental pain. Ste give Geordie only friendship, when her soul had Sone out to him with q force beyond her control,1 and she lonEed. toabefhis heip-mset, his friend, shlsi earthly,
 ' Geordie; sta qstattted tea as as h lie caught the ex said eagarlyyo yo'a that+-that you can loyesnns still, and take tmss mamed aass I an. lH7gsedt; Hst;;
 She looked in his eyes honestly. isTdo love you, Geordie. "5oi3w2neGD 35J sa rlam
 asHlsface Was lAumined. He, drew her anresistiAgly to him. {" Mine in life and delth, he whispered 'h52 eu5 aaul oTfi.-a l! Years 41,tvea passed since 4hensa q During
 which iHestet has walked rnobly as a wife, and inA the secret chambers of his soul,
 Geoldie reyerences and loves the pure,
 trls womdn withowhout his desti " is link. edso Fog thGr they tread life. brsvely, ma-
 klng of It 3 diaaem upon their browS, and their desire is, that, when -the final sum. mons comes to them, together they may1gd through thefope nI doorsc into the lpres6nce of that Heavenly love in which their earth Iy ,affgctlons are baptized. Godsy's Lady'S Book. 0' @' 914ot9a sW sa dsuS
 <taoao29 -12--na- --a----Ll4-Gda-s nidoiaw 9HIn the Superior Court at Pittsfsld, Mnsn held on the 18th, Adam Cole and Charles Klng Wese senteuced to State prison, for burglary. the former for sixteen years and
 the latter far twelve nyears. Henry A.
 Hurd was sentenced for ten years for horse ssss4'ss' 10 dosd9 adi ad ia9aa4s7oD edj
 The American Academy of Arts and Sci. ences 9t Boston, have presented gold and silver medals together, of the intrinsic val
 ue -of $500 the gift Of Count 'Rurhford,1 for thessmosG important discoveries in this country of useful improvements in heat
 and light, to George H. CorIiss,- of Provi-
 dence, for his improvements in the steam
 englne.A3 6te.ibi-i so30s4. sIl t1a ,g6ilh .#|,i '1' ." - -77--l ed3 T N