Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17

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 "a. k@ kz3 ESE s0EyzvSa; he could not s-zrSA In sHz. evil kozr Noel said hard sASzwz e sAs Ezke shzf had brought him kzsAgES tae Ez.e kR o1ce thought SO von- sSzxe-2r kzFwE- He did not fuIly know ,uSe me EHzxzne=s Cf the blow that had SzAEz Erz1 kZzs ke wzs Ike ucan stun zzsk xzz szsv A1Ef cc1scious: shrinking sEzn s@e s<zE=zzSoa iEto his hurt. which ySs sS w&s x-@re Zzs< come. He knew zsz1 ~Azz wxs thai xaos4ly resemblance zzSrA had ss tRuzh1e3 him at first. both in ESzraE &exSz& kczszreS. and afterwards m Ez<xx ears as xAe bent over the v;olets. 1s Sazs tAzsz<@k Mx. CxDexre spran0 up sa ksxre the wood uAScA he might never se& @gcsS h. vent &Eay along the path sa sAs e<s4re under which the stream ran szIzzn and &zEk, k,-skz<e he paused to look rzzzs1 az1 ke SxS3. w5sh his eyes far away sxru@2 CcrTe2 Wood. 'SSevsr again. aR<eEs
 Five yxzr< slzs& Noel CApeSne found JzNaz D@1k<x1x zzEe oa the bit of mu- si.ss fire yS<-s &nc@ ke lay on the grass, S<rT1zG tAe pAezSzzk Er<ic of the wood. S&AA@A& 9M@G&N& &sS@& A@&& &@GS2GN1 &Eku ES5 wax back &SxSzs Erzy amongst his hair, wgzxzm@zx n ksS k00& and Estless gait: hzn-& kezSae the hEzw1Ing Cor, wondering 1zz1vwAzkkz9 hr01<ht him there; stirred ts the vegy uoEHOza of his soul by the xzxxs and kSsse- memories that hung <kSu4 tAe Fkzs1. but Eigia as ever m the Fs=stpe tAz. k<3 written its lines by eASs Efzsa Tn EES fz-. He wsasiereIi about sA,e w0As1 aMs5 sEc evening deEx began to eaz1S th<z ke xzE tks fOggv signals rise ,sn tAs bcSzzx cf tssS CoZ, and remember ssE tAs v,sses t2xs uS2d to EaEn him of eazE< 1<z@E: WEzs oa earth had he sssm& kzrR Ezzg He crossed the bridge, and ks4zd the fxElEfzr wheel, without ~SsAf=sS ts krar F. He got away to the sa1 inn hy the rIxSz, and asked for iOdg- z. \. N<St tke E11szdy stared at him as she wG11 ak SsrK1@eR ia that quiet psaSss thez xzs33Szly, with . start, sine uezSe hSn2 tA8 ExEl courtesy. aud led the wxr sR hSs cl3 rooz- Nr. Capsrle paus- xi az the shEezhat1, and held back.
 Can't ya7 put ne somewhere clse?" hs <ai1, wi<A Hstse iap9tience. s.But ua, n<xer E1lads perhaps this Is best after zll-
 The lznffAay thought so too. She wzAeAed kir1 thr0w down his knapsack wem-Ily; sha tried in vain to tempt him Sa th@ nattZr cf xapper; and when his persSzkEne rspfieS that he wanted only rrse and qzl1s, sEd should remain but oze night. drove her to the last extremi- tr. she vent fo<xzrd with some hesita- tsan and unlocked the drawer which used t3 eoz.zia the artists mysterious paint lE[
 -H yoa please. ST." sAo said. ''the
 sSTEa pa=kEty'- repeated Mr. Caperne, v@S4ztiv. ssT lesf none flat am aware oE~
 ~<No. sSr,- she rspgied: .sbut the young hly-MSzs Dndley-Mlss Lucy. as she is called about hEre-"
 s@Wea, uhAs Ofhcr:" said Noel, tuun- izg sharply from the window.
 'sSc&hIag. ST, said the landlady: ''on- fy she b@fe tArzs its ye2Es ago now. We wese t8 forward It. but ve never could 1za out vAere- We've kept it safe, sir, aml Tn Sure-
 ~Thzzk<," interrupted Noel. "Leave tt, please Good night"
 When the Iansllasly was gone. Noel got up and locked his door. He struck his kznais together roughly as he sat down axafn, for they were trembling, and then ke Cpe1ed the little parcel which Lucy had l&Et. Noel laid 1t down upon the ta- hle beside him, and put his hands over k$S face. with a gasp. It was the little painting ha hAd done for her,-the bunch ef vsoa<kx. DSd ever flowers look at him GIth eyea like those before? For the 1o2szs whea the Eozaan first spoke, it Ead flashed across him that sine was go- Eag to tel him Lacy was dead. He sat t&Sre tEETog-$kx1c&en still as the shock. Ik Lad neve< occurred to hIm in all these ySG-s that kSe might suffer even as his Ektfe SSstex suffered Ills own misery. hls own pwSds and vengeance, left no r0o2 sor SEcA thOugat; but it came to hER now, Ss ke sat with her token before hiE. and rs2enbercd all What had he doa<s He never kneE how long he sat tsGEss the l&adlSdy declared that she ksari hE2 waking mp and down all night Ike a EadE2x1, O. some one who had SoZzEikted a great crime, as indeed who eszl azSzsr for It that he had nots But If wzS late h the morning when he left hss soo2. sane enough to all appearance, @rezse1 vexy Ench as he had been used s0 dress five years ago. and took the path eS~ar1S C1EvSa Wood, careless of the Sw-SsGx eyes tAzt w2sched him.
 1 wzs n tsze sxeet freshness of early S&ZEseT t@&F Noel C2peTne passed once E1nce lz1s tAe well-knOwn shr1bbery, and sszz1 Llsy amongst her flowers. She sseSd uP vAe1 she saw him, and then the es&sr tsEs her f2ce, and she drew back the A1@3s k< wozl have taken.
 Lzry. Lzryr he cried, wont you sPe.k to =es WCat yOu forgive mel"
 have nOthzEg tO forgive" said Lucy, eakAx- S@e had been stronger than the . Sa the AsA And then. seeing his altered ssskss sae aided Altering little, My @wueh@r-
 Whzk 1reE ne kither, Lacy? could G-s GEsx thAk SkoRii End nv poor little FS<z>zzsg w1zxlEg for me. rejected. You haSs es@4aered through your token: take Il axz2 fr0z Ee"
 \ Esfae wAsse they stood silent, Lucy } e<yEzG sp be calm. Mr. Cauerne ko read