Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-25

1HS A0bO GAIo COUMGky1 oAau AceA "@1N.-- to settle his account for the previous nights play, I paid his debt to the Col oneI also his debts to one or two others who happened to be present. In thls manner | paid away nearly slx hunoEeo pounds: and after passing half an hour chatting carelessly with them upon mdl1- ferent subjects, I excused myself rom joining in the afternoon rubber by plead ing an engagement, and left the club; never again to enter within it's hateful precincts. .....
 ,'T have dwelt so long upon the early part of poor Arthur's history that must compress what remains to be told into as brief space as possible. e
 "We went to Brighton that evening, and upon the following day I saw Mrs: Leslie, and broke to her, as gently as could, the position of Arthur's affairs, without, however, letting her know the full extent of the mischief-with which, indeed, was not at that time myself ac-
 "I will pass over the parting between the mother and the son which, however, lost much of it's bitterness from the be- lief, entertained by both, that his absence would not exceed year. I accompanied him to Germany, and at Dresden we part ed-never again to meet on this earth
 ssI returned to London in order to as- certain the extent of his debts, and to de- vote myself to the adjustment of his af- fairs. The sales of his commission in the Grenadier Guards gave me something in hand to start with but I found myself no match in diplomacy for the gripping Shylocks in whose meshes he was entan- gled. His debts were larger than ex- pected, or than he himself was aware of but the chief difficulty in dealing with them was that the Jews knew the position of his affairs just as we'll as did, and laughed at the idea of accepting the com promise for his debts which was able to offer. They were perfectly well aware that at Mrs. Leslie's death he would suc- ceed to 8 considerable sum, of which she enjoyed the interest during her lifetime l without being able to touch the principal. They would. abide patiently said they, with that keen insight into human nature which is .the distinguishing feature of their race, until MT. Leslie got tired of
 living abroad, or until Mrs. Leslie got ! wearied of his absence
 "Under these circumstances there was nothing for it but to preach patience to Arthur, with whom was in constant cor respondence. It was at this crisis that, I after having travelled for some time in Hungary, he chanced to omake the acquain- tance of General Guyon. They seem to | have taken fancy to each other at first sight and no wonder, for, according to | Arthur's report, Guyon must be 8 aglorious | fellow. He is, as you know, an English
 man by birth but he entered the Austri-
 an army, after having served with the
 British Legion in Portugal, and ended by
 marrying the daughter of noble Hunga-
 rian family. By Guyon's advice and as-
 slstance, Arthur, who pined for employ
 ment, entered the service of Austria, and
 attached himself to 8 Hungarian hussar
 regiment, in which Guyon then held the
 rank of major"
 Here paused for moment in my mar
 rative, and unlocked my private drawer the receptacle of all my choicest treasures.
 From it drew forth large packet of let
 ters, which placed in my wife's hand. 1 These" continued, are poor Ar
 thurs letters, commencing at the date of
 his entering the Austrian service, and con-
 tinued until within two months of the present time. Read them, and see wheth-
 CT have exaggerated the intellectual gifts of the writer, and judge for yourself wheth-
 CT they are the productions of an ordinary
 man. You will see with what earnestness
 he takes up the wrongs of Hungary in
 what words of fire he denounces the op-
 pression and dupicity of Austria. When
 the revolutionary war broke out he flung | off his allegiance to Austria, and, follow
 ing the example of Guyon, threw himself 1 heart and soul into the ranks of the pat
 riots. His long residence in Hungary had
 made him familiar with the Magyar ton- | gue-his personal qualities endeared him
 to all with whom he came in contact-his
 bravery in action made him conspicuous
 even in that army of heroes and patriots,
 whose gallant feats of arms have awaken
 ed proud sympathy in the hearts of brave
 and true men all over the world.
 'I have little heart, dearest Annie. to dwell longer on these memories, or to mar
 rate to you atspresent the details of my long interview with poor Mrs. Leslie this
 day. Suffice it to say that found her
 calmer and stronger than I dared to hope.
 Before her, as entered, lay the letter in
 which General Guyon announced to the
 now childless widow that the last link
 which bound her to earth was broken.
 "You will remember my reading to you
 from the newspapers, not long ago, the
 bloody details of the storming of Bnda by the Hungarians, under General Gorgey on the 21st of May. You can now under stand the deep interest which that story possessed for me. In all history I have read no passage of arms exhibiting valor more heroic, and enthusiasm more devot- ed, than those which the narrative of the storming of Buda supplies nor is it too much to say that to Arthur Leslie, more than to any other individual, Guyon, in his letter, represents the success of the final onslaught to have been attributable. l After many repulses and desperate loss ! A<kH a;5 Al 1ol
 sistless impetuosity, band of the Hon. veds, * with whom he had acted in concert since the beginning of the war. Animated | by his voice and gesture, the Honveds as- cended the ladders with such headlong fury that the ramparts were carried in Q rush, and terrible hand-to-hand fight ensued in the streets. In the thickest of the smoke-wherever the din of battle rose loudest-Arthur was to be seen un- til, on 8 sudden they who had so nobly supported him missed his inspiritin1 l cheer, and lost sight of that tall form which had so long lowered over the clos ing throng. Buda was won, but at how fearful cost
 ''Just within the breach, where the piles of mangled dead lay thickest, Arthur was found. His right arm was shattered by musket-baIl, and be had been bsyonefed ln seVeTal places 1s he lay on the ground. Life was not extinct he might, they thought, recover if the hemorrhage from a bayonet-stab, which had pierced the lungs could be arrested; but the exhaustion from the loss of blood was fearful. They carried him across the Danube to Pesth.; and, at his request, a letter to Guyon was at once dispatched. Guyon, with difficult ty absenting himself from his division in another part of Hungary, hurried to the bedside of his friend; and it was in his arms that, after months alternations of hope and fear-of rallying and declining strength-poor dear Arthur peacefully ex- pired, on the 20th of June his mothers name, mingled with occasional mention of Guyon's and my own, being gently breath ed forth from his dying lips It was from Guyon's pen that Mrs. Leslie learned the 1artic,,laIa of hon. ..xilod so,,,. l.,<;....