Litchfield enquirer., 1871-01-12

E aHi- -hi-zhollo!" shrieked Stokes as ]
 prepared to obey MT. +Rowlsy's commands Don't run; come here and let me run, ol ibuTst must! do come and take a turn, l He'si not lso heavy when you're used to him l-he isn't indeed" a..4 .l sas4at s,s,s,iz. a,,. r I saw the necessity of advancing to the rescue at once, and so did MT. RoWfey.' ! Il was tall for my age and tolerably strong 5, land l. hasteued to take the place, of Mn. Stokes which did. With the greatest. eau. tion on all side. Behold me at last bear. I ing stbe guardian of Clara oif my shoulders
 and feeling, terribly the weight of my re I.sponsibility as he stood with his face tc ;l the tree, still exerci sing his ingenuity to 'Iget= his hand out of his hand out of the trap ssslEs ats,e,tt y,i fE t.sf7 },}f.,.i. s.> l.. f''I hope I'm not too heavy for you, Mas I ter Huslisson, /" he condescended to say, politely for the sight of mo even was pleas. j ant to witness. .'"i''f ''' +f~i>1fa'5-ia s.'t .s ''Notlat all" was. my cheerful answer.
 You'll make yourself as light .as. you can fto oblige me, perhaps?" E,i I'had not quite done growing, and man ,l is fragile during that process. MT. Rowley
 was very .heayy,; and Stokes was wrong in his assertion -wickedly wrong. ,..~,
 fThis is all your fault, mind you. Illus: kisson: This might have been my death, ' he said; .reproaeh fnlly. e=-4t,y.a ..s 7.. aea; 1 fsYes, Mir. Rowley, if L, hadn't been. in the way" was my happy rejoinder. .a sE.s s'Ah! the looked round with diff!
 culty, and found, Stokes still there, making
 every human effort to straighten his back
 before flying on his mission "Curse it, fStokes,e run for your life !-edon't stand there, you .Nretched lqnatie. another. in I stant!"
 stok es ran away and I was left as the one fsupport of MT. Rowley. Stokes had not
 been gone more than minute and half
 when ! wished that he had remained: and
 shared. the weight with me-, I tried to keep
 firm, but the difficulty was immense.
 i's t'Boy,T you're giving! Don't shake So:
 Keep. yoursslf more against the tkee,s' Mir RowIey called down., j., n ,r. a.. liz, fsA1l right. I'll do it for Clara's sake, if it's possible; but if I snap ap-'' '' SsS'''
 Then I remembered that he had called
 me g. whipper-snapper sand so did d'hey too,
 think, and was sorry. .... ..,.uI TOh, you'll keep up, he said. offering
 me every encouragement in his' power. E"You'rea big boy for seventeen, and I'm
 only nine stone tenl-7not a great. weight I've seen people in circus do this kind of thing for hours, you know. ','''''.'@'''4 ''' r. 1t was agress exaggeaation, and i felt it ltosbe one. Twas getting faint also l., I had undertaken too much and his language at tim mess was still violent, as he endea7ored to i'extricate his hand. '@ l. q If should dielsir," l. said feebly, twill
 you please give my love to Clara :? Tell her l did all could to bear up-and to bear you 1p.' Oli dear! Did you say nine stone
 ter? ?sl'-,oisi i4easis. t.>a >'" 'il'<s'$< 7''}'a E4,.: did,, te4ns ali IT. I,44,t,.s, a.5i ps.tl EaI T should t sll have thought you had been | ninety" murmered.
 |Hisf You're giving!" l1esroaretf again, with a lvehemence ,that revived me- ''Keep npr a
 E; tba ny atear hoy can hear tlem Which was aribtler falshood; but no mat mat ter, Rowltys was not a truthful man.. I set myself, firmly against the tree,. according to his instructions, but it was of no avail
 My heels, in a few minutes, would slide gracefully away from me, ! was certain |, and the guardian of my Clara would. be swinging about by one arm,; like, an early Christian martyr. His blood would be on my head, and so would lre.'i he came down with hisawhole weight-perhaps armaessA on the top of me- .,..-
 Keep up!' he cried.s ip. a great fright now, 'You shall see Clara when you like,
 my boy" T will not say a word against the match any ,more.I. You're a fine, strapping, brave Ii sfelllow, that you are-a yo9ng. Her : %Thank you, ME Ro@ley,'' I answered.; and hisWordsl did sustain mo little, and helped me. to sustain. him.. ysnsai4.ss
 /. Bat was, sliding slowly but surely, from. under his feet, when assistance arrived-men with ladders anu saws and chisels; and Cla- Ia tdo, wild. aWith fright, 4and with tears, streaming down her cheeks. .. ....,4.;...
 "Oh my poor gardy! she cried con, you wicked Aiphonse it's all your dreadful fault. "sa .l' rtIist",.. ussH4 a2rssia F.. a+.4a + This was the last feather on the camel's back, fell forward and grand rush of the. .sefvants at MT. Rowleys legs only say ed the guardian from suntmary .dislocation. on the spot. He, was get down Hith diff ticuity; and once down be was; pot .grate- = a. "A pretty fdol you have h1aae Of me'!" he said to Clara as The, walked away rubbing his wrist; ':and 2, pretty pair of fools you and that boy are, tool.
 k. Stll, after all, he was not so bad as I had expected to find him: He was'a man who kept his word, and for that have always I0Sp0CLCOs OiN; 1AOM1GJ. NAftIa H4A l. SaW each other in more rational manner. I went to the hall once oratwice, she was at my house onemy eighteenth =bifthday,a at g., lfttieparty which mamma .absurdly called juvenile in the Invitations; and there Jack Edwards was too attentive to sClara,,a and Iaised jealous dea,on in my breast!i I went. to London, shortly afterwards. Clara and I twere to be engaged when ! passed, if we were of the same mind, her guardian said. ,- But we were not. While. I was walking the hospitals 9 fellow in the tailow trade walked off with Clara. and I do not;think she resisted in the least. ''-'s' is It was an ezcellent'mateh, though he was forty lseyen,i and very stout. Iwenta down to the wedding, and returned than ks at the Il 3. breaH fast for the bridesmaids, one of whom has promised to De mine when Iset t:up ih business forsmy .ssfa eats zEAs... s,.'st.
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 THE GATT11 aDIsHA ssl. z. Faraiefs icannot exercise too mueh, cantion at the present |time in relation to their stock. From all directions we Hear reports Of the terrible cattle disease wliich seems ito have Been impofted from Europa.It has even reached
 as near as Bristol. where g large dealer has lnfecfed his whole herd by a steer purchased a few weeEs ago from the td dwt1' Of Sherman.
 II our State Board of agriculture had not