Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-03

n-zrA a sunshiny sort O day. as l zass1- tRsxs suxe of day when a man with a x-mwsRsnl eXbaw and little gal feels as if k~3 Eke q p1nne to sek in quiek
 Sa when I come along home, there e-zz.m um4 a man with a little slate in his kxn1
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 ssAnr er1exsg- szys he; and with that he kmrrs un his slate agin my d0Or-post l; h~ d flrxsn-l looking man, with a yeller E~~A sT have a Venus die Medicine, '' mxx s%whieh think would suit ye EwwRe a Cen. Grant of a most delicate whzs3n cf rsnks and Sister Madonna in Euy cazy. zys he
 sT ds4nr come after my sister," says I, sSxli as fsx Venus die Medicine, I buried hzx EvSalf under lumber pile of which the csmkr~c& was lost. to the wharves. But n take " wife and little gal, if it's all the EzZe t0 wa
 ssThrrxs s1boavis wife and gals here hzs zv owz. sxyS the furrin chap, "nor kzx heen thsn ten month. You're welcome sn mume O them. says he; ssFve got ten, xzr= ke- z31 with that he hangs mp his E.Ese xaxse, snd IS Of
 IGuk down rlgAt there on the sidewalk sa xxx Ex hrez2h xzi ny wits together, ESr ssRf @s If I'd been struck by a Min ssenu egzh1z1 have ehoked, for min ESA. mzre @aGoezkIzg-
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 We'll tAzk WAS nigh ten o'clock of the usnxmsnxs sn1 1t wzs seven of the night hn&zre found keR= if wzs owing to the fzrriR eA@P. all, ks turned ont of a little s11<E 2Auzg 2hgzk seven o'clock, plump zgTR me He ha1 q board across his kHml of them Etk1e yaIler sEatOos, and he zz1x as wx1 s& ke cozld beneath #. and s0z Es wSyxN So \ thinks to myself, why md tMxn down hsges for I'd tracked them in 90 far as that old woman three b1s~kz bark wUzl1nt take her oath tot hxk abe kh1a<hk she'd heeEn tell once of 2 Wu@za as t0ok 1t for neurzlgy very bad, answering to ny nzme, 20 up and down z4sz@ here so1ewhereS- So I turned dg1z the Et1le alley, and I met a sq1int eyed y1gngx4er which vent along with me, zn1 oEera1 to show mo the house for tweRve cents t0 Eun after the turin chap a0l green plaster purpy who had yell Lg< tall
 Ivzsts1 til the squint-eyed youngster w@s oz4 of xighk, hnlIering at the top of Us wind aru1nd the conner, before could EzkH np my mind to 20 in
 And then | couldn't make up my mind; and | felk kind of sickness, suddenly, and . bfnr about the eyes.
 R w4s . little house the squint-eyed yozng oaa had pointed out, a standing by itself. quite along by the water. l teE4 ny httie gal Tn decent place, and tAo1ghk please Col, I'd always have a dee@Rt place for her, and when I saw that no1Se. &S well as could see it through the dark. for it was a growing dark, e11ldnt tell you If I was to to try sir, how It eoae upon me.
 Maybe you don't know, sir what them htlng places are like along the shore. Living plaeess dying-places more like Maybe you vOuldn't feel acquainted with the smells and slime, and leavings of the be She is such gentle little gal, with sash pretty way.
 tw1S growing dark, told you, sir and ny eyes was blurred, and altogether eoaA hardly see my way. First I knew Twas ankle-peep in water
 s"Tts the tide, says I, ''and I've lost ny way. It was tho tide indeed, sir; but I hadn't lost my way;" the house stood dead ahead-
 The child will drown" says I. Nexi thing \ had the door smashed open, and another door, and another, and I come into little back room, and heard 8 lit tle scream, and I stood stock still, knee desp m the water, starring like one de@i
 Teere was ny little gal, sir. a sltting or the bed She had little candle on a table &zA she se& close up to it, and I see hel Pkxsl- It w1s . little room, and the spots sf uaom2 stood ont all over 1t All around tAe he4s legx. and the table legs, and tn, xegre. S23 all the niser'ble little furni taSr. the dirty tide come washing in.
 In a @Szats I'd sFlashed acrost it, twt ksss SesR 1na I'd got upon the bed, ant I1 gUe her m my arm, and she had he hE1Ae kz@1s ab01t my eyes, as If she't xAwx t&s ssgAk 0f her away from mo till essW3 u1ks ny mind up tot For $Assa&. ST. SIT. and felt cold, and I'm l: hszxy waa. and s'pose scart her.
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 And th~m says she again. .SOh father ez1ber fAkke< r tall I Thought my hearI !. wazA hrezk, she crsed and sObbed so ~Rs.A<x E&8A<r father
 II @Exxx th0zghk yOa'd come r sh, says ~OA father father father !'' til wE& szrs my heart would break.
 BGt yUz1 drOxa~ said I, a pullin, sg her 6GRse k&@3s down from about my eyes ks koo& sruznd
 uA 10T r says she, ssthe tide comes in ss the kSzse twSne & day, yOu know. g=S urs1 the bed It's never soaked tn, bed h=A twIne- I get upon the bed and MNE n T.. trsss tss kazgA. a locking rOund "I an very cazzfthes Oa the bed, I'm sure, szEx S@e- ~I can stay tln it goes down N9w Hs sa mzcA warmer don't mind tn, gUsmg @z& Doat y0a mind Why, faith CT 3au1r
 Er al coz1 do I just set shaking and m \ coal do | couldn't speak, fO ss tAznk of ny little g2l-ny little
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 How h2g have pOa lived in this hole?' s@yzL
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 Mn@kay aA11e. x1ys she, ssexcept fol the w1wz2 up-Sxasx7 She cooks for m, sa1aEtzms& She's vyry good. You hay, sn pag doEAzr'R a quarter for upstairs, zFs she s<NOw father dORf.'' say HzSzhn
 s:An4 shat was you doing up to tn tzkaey SzySL
 ezn szid Blithe, takin' up lot O hkt1e feathers from the table. al curl tt the sAsP @n day. and so bring iem hom 6szs1eS. whsa | ainf too tired. Nov fa tnsE. doat mind dsats Why, how shoult have ka7 soaething twice a day it i wA<z1 fog Ghzfg~ said she.
 And. ST, whea she turned her little fac aSz the 6ght. I could well believe her HSTSr sec S9ch . little old, old face. 1ESSr sec s7ch face never see such gEzSSs grOw0-ups Title thin old face. 1TSer see s1ch face on a childis .shoul aezz tat woz.1 have vent to tbe beart n guxny Q stone, like tho face of ina there little gal of mine the night I founi A--E a.-E-lzE ..G hz. lss&l. E..&l.a. L.. L... l:I