Litchfield enquirer., 1874-11-05


 had seen too many people die, not to know the lighting up for death. About mid night, when wes were both sitting by him, he asked to be raised up and have his head laid on my breast, and then he ask ed Zack to get him some fresh water from | the spring. When we were alone togeths CT, he looked mp in my face and says he,-
 ''Mammy, tell Georgine that I have never been unfaithful to her, and shall be faithful still. She must see me, alive or dead"
 Says I, 'Oh, Mr. Bogardus, my dear | boy, you musn't bear malice now"
 II don'tr' said he. R''I told Livingstone true when I said that all bitterness was washed away. But it is borne in on my mind, that for her own sake, alive or dead, Georgine must see me, and you must tell her so. Will you?"
 .'1 will!' says I. never mistrusted that he meant anything but that she should come and look at him after he was dead.
 ''That's all!" said he. "Kiss me, man. my. You've been more like mother to me than any woman was before, and you won't lose by it, know"
 Then l kissed him, and he just laid his head on my breast and with one sigh he was gone.
 Never mind me. Miss Bessy, honey! You see I loved him dearly, with all his faults, and dying on my breast and We laid him out, Zack and I, and though I've done the same for many a one, never saw a sweeter smile on the face of man. woman. or child, than rested on his. As soon as it was time in the morning, I went up to the house and told them as they sat at breakfast.
 ''So he is gone, poor soul!' says the Judge, wiping his eyes. ''Take no trouble about the funeral, Dolly; will arrange it all. Georgine, can you find some mourn ing for Dolly? I dare say she will like to wear it."
 'I should be much obliged if you would, Mrs. Livingstone" says I.
 She told me to come to her room and she would see. So I went up after break fast, and she pulled out couple of nice black dresses and black bonnet and crape veil which she had worn year be- fore in mourning for her grandma.
 ''There, you may have those!" said she, ln careless, contemptuous way, ''though l don't see why you should wear mourn ing: But l suppose you think it's gen. teel."
 She always riled me when she spoke in that way, but kept myself down, and af- ter | had thanked her for the things, I told her MT. Bogardus' message She winced little in spite of herself, and the scared look came into her eyes again. but It was gone in a minute, and she said coldly,-
 ''Dolly, there has been enough of this! If you mention that persons name to me again we shall quarrel!'
 | had no call to mention it again, for had cleared my conscience, and that was enough. MT. Bogardus was buried next day from the church, the weather being warm and our house small. Mir. Living | stone sent the carnage for Zack and me. and Zack and MT. Livingstone, and some gentlemen from the village, were the bear CTS. It was quite large funeral, and the coffin and everything was as nice as one could wish to see .-' H f The next morning Judge Cleaveland and MT. Livingstone went down to the l city to some convention, expecting to be l gone week. That very day the cook they had brought from New York took of- l fense at something, and she and the other ! woman packed up and went over to the village, leaving Miss Georgine alone. She sent down to ask if Zack and T would 1 come mp and stay, because she was ex- pectlng company; so we went, of course 1 found everything at sizes and sevens- no cake in the house fit to look at, all the summer fruit spelling to be done up, and so on. l sent for my niece Car'line to come and help, and we soon got things in order.
 The second night, I sent Zack and Car line of to bed, and sat up till late, at tending to some plum cake had in the great oven. It was fancy of m1ne when 1 had any special baking, to do it late in tine evening, when I had the kitchen to myself. Well, I got my cake done to my hking-I little knew what kind of party l was baking for-and then I thought I { would take look through the house and ! see that all was right, as used to do when lived there before
 The house was an odd one in it's shape. A long, wide hall ran through the front part. When it got to the back it turned 1 in an l.. as they say now, and went on to a side door, and in this side hall were the stairs. At the top of them was Miss Geor- zines own room, and at the foot door leading by a passage to the kitchen. Halfway from this door to the front was the library door, with narrow glass win dow over it.
 had opened the passage door, and had just turned down the lamp that always burned at the foot of the stairs, when I saw there was a light in the library. Thinks l, "What in the world is Miss Georgine doing in the library at th1s time of night?" Before I could move heard some ones hand on the lock, and stood still to see who it should be. Miss Bessy, as sure as you sit there, Saw the appearance of MT. Bogardus, just as he used to look when he was a young man and worked in that library for Judge Cleayeland. l wasn't scared, that know of, but couldn't move. He came straight toward me, but didn't look at me, and passing as close to me as am to you he walked rather slowly up the stairs to Miss Georgine's room. When he reached it, he turned and looked at me, holding up his hand in warning kind of way, and then he opened the door and went in.
 couldn't go upstairs held me back. sat down on the bottom stair and listened long time, but didn't hear sound, and by and by I crept away to bed, my teeth chattering as if had an ague fit.
 The next morning was in the dining room Wnen MISS deOfglne came down. Child. shouldnt't have known her! She was gray as ashes, only with a purple spot in each cheek, and her face was all drawn and sunken. She looked thirty years older than when she went to bed.
 Says I, "Mrs. Livingstone, are you sick?'' '1 l. sfs- =. II
 ''I have headache. but the air will drive it off" says she, proud to the last. ''1 think, Dolly, that as our friends have written to put off their visit, will go down to the city to Mir. Livingstone. I need little change, and l suppose you won't mind staying here few days with Car'line for company" says she. 'eYou won't be afraid without your husband, will you?" P We'll, scas,-a little,-after what had seen, there is no denying that; but I felt