Litchfield enquirer., 1874-08-06

were repeated. We clapped our hands
 and l think jumped up and down; then
 somebody began to run towards the spot
 Somebody pulled upon my arm. It was
 the marchioness. Then the duchess be-
 gan to dash off, then so did I. Then WIG
 all ran, princess, countesses, ladies ir
 waiting, dukes, and all. Oh what mad
 race that was! You should have seen me,
 l ran the fastest. It was so much like a
 flock of silk geese of all colors. They
 screamed and laughed like children, and
 bent their heads down and fourished
 their skirts in the air as if they were just
 out of school There was an old abbe
 with gold cane, and two generals of oul
 army; and they ran too. You should
 have seen the birds fly out of the shrubs
 1n clouds as we rushed by. The grass
 hoppers jumped up i'll our faces and
 ailghted on our dresses, and the Iocusts
 made terrible hum. When we came to
 the end all red and painting, we found
 that 1t was true enough. The fountain
 had been discovered. and that WAS creat
 glory. There was great stone basin.
 and an iron dipper still fastened with a
 rusty chain. Then We had splendid cere-
 monies; we had our little banquet served
 Ill the excavation they had made, and each of us dug spade-full of earth from off the Iong-hldden treasure. And now.' said Madame, bending her eyes upon her hearers face, ''and now tell me, should I not have been happy on such day as that?"
 ''Yes, you should be happee!" replied the other, fervently.
 Madame raised her hands to her mouth for an instant. and then swept one of them over her head. She transformed herself into withered and haggard centinarian. She had robbed her mouth of it's mock | glOries and her temples of the silyered rolls of hair. Her lips rctreated, the lines of her cheeks became deep, the pro- tuberances of her head became prominent. and in place of the cap, that graceful screen of deformity which always excltes 1 Veneration, there was skull which was red Gas if it blushed) and which was thin ! ly covered with Q few white hairs, which l tell on either side and which were gath l cred into ball as small as nut, behind.
 The lady turned her eyes tranquilly up- on the distressed and astonished counte. 1 nance of her friend.
 claimed the other, burying her face in her hands.
 "Look at me again." responded Ma dame in the sharp and unmelodious voice which was compelled by her condition. The other obeyed, and then sadly shak- Ing her head she burst into tears, Ma dame called her maid, and in moment or two she was restored to her usual ap- pearance.
 "l did that to show you what had been begun when l was the happy baroness who Av6d at FOntainebleau." said she whispering in the ear of the weeping girl.
 And dld 1t also to warn you You may be attacked with fierce heartburn which may wlther you as it has withered me, and chose to show what such & heart burn can do."
 What do you mean? do yon spsailk5 ailk5sttfal ta mee?" asked tho "'H---- '''' si''''ea
 
 ssYes," was the response.
 Madame caressed her with her hands; and with the undefnable manner of ono who is about to administer blow. "DO you love me?" she asked.
 'tWeeth mye whole hcartr' passionate renlial the Cuban, nrAasino her check against that or neT companion.
 Madame produced a letter from her bosom an unfolded it carefully.
 'This," said she before exhibiting it, ''cOmes from the Baron R., who is my husband. It announces to me that he has recently fought a duel with political enc, my, and that he will require twenty thous- and francs to procure immunity from inn prisonment. have sent 1t to him and he will escape. He wrote this letter after our separation. After he has made an alien, after he has robbed mo of my peace and filled me with sorrow, ho becomes an ex- tOrtiOner. After he has starved my spirit he begins to starve my body. Look at this letter; remember, 1t is from my hus- band"
 Madame exhibited the paper, and at tue same time she'placed her arm about the Cuban's neck and pressed her lips to her hair. She enoircled her Tn an attitude of sympathy and protection.
 No sooner had the Cuban's eyes fairly rested upon the closely written page than she uttered a piercing scream and fell for ward into Madame's lap, trembling in every limb. The other bent over her as if she were mourning for her. There passed Q moment of supreme si- lence; one of those calm periods which seem to be occupied by the entering of the new grief into the various chambers of the heart.
 Presently the sufferer withdraw from beneath the hands of her friend and rose to her feet. She was pallid She walked with an erect head towards the door. Gradually her pace increased. Then she hurried; she passed out into the hall and then she ran. Madame heard her fly up the stairs crying the name of her boy with increased wildness, until both the steps and the voice were lost ln the distance. For five hours Madame sat rigidly up- right in her chair, gazing towards her lit tie fire, but with eyes that saw nothing. Her hands were clasped upon her lap, her lips were immovably closed, and there had settled upon her featuresa pla- cidity which, in the eccentric and varying light of the flames. seemed dreadful. Her maid, impelled by increasing fear, finally disturbed her.
 She aroused herself and said,- Tomorrow you may dress me in the ] clothing you have laid aside; have been told that the ship will arrive tonight. If 1t does, he will come to see me at once. i" There came an interval of twenty hours ! The two women eonversed in whispers, as people do in cases where it is imagined that even a voice may disturb the boise of matters. The sweet-voiced bell of the clock transfxed them when 1t struck, and l they gaZed upon the tell-tale with star tied eyes. They paused an hundred times at innocent noises from the street. Tho rumble of the hueksters' carts made them tremble; the steps of children filled them with terror. \ At night-fall the baron arrived. He was ] announced. The maid. lighted severais candles, closed the broad shutters of the windows, and placed seat beside tho door; not a chair for friend, but chair | for 0 stranger. . 1 The Cuban uttered long drawn sigh and approached Madame, who was seated before the fire, calmly surveying the mo tions of the girl; she seated herself at Mad ame's feet and fixed her eyes upon the door.
 Madame adjusted the nearest candles with her own hand, carefully arranged the pillows which supported her, and drew the folds of her dress so that 1t en- bellshed her figure to it's best degree. During these preparations it seemed as if the fire of youth had again descended up on her; her head arose, her eyes burned, T A<S, 1xnH,