Litchfield enquirer., 1875-11-04
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The face which looked down upon her was l 90 benignant amid all it's sleepy auaZe-
 and s1,,I- - - ' . 1-l5s
 < s.I am left till called for on this island, | just Co play at Robinson CEugOe bus it is l quite to good to be true that have fpund
 Q man Friday also" .r
 He entered into the situation at Once,
 and without any troublesome fnsFoduc- tions or explanations. they were soon ab-
 sorbed in a botanical conference-they were both enthusiasts in this scieuccs and
 he an expert-mingled with Wordsworth
 ian sympashies, which continued until
 the leDgthening shadows reminded Miss
 Won Tassel that, although this was very romantic and quite congFuOuS withs the paradisaical simplicity of life among the
 Sarsnacs, yet it beloved her urbanea self | to return to camp. a- '4.s .s&
 But "what's his name, or whefe's his
 hame," it never occurred to MR. DKury's
 unconventional soul to tell; and, as for Leslie, she said she couldn't bear to Spoil
 the idyllic simplicity of the'scene by com | mOnplace formalities. Thus it happened
 that they had spent more than two hours | in eager conversation, blessedly ignorant | of any previous bond between them, nntII | each heard the others name announced after their arrival at Camp Gumption.
 spare you the recital Of Ny fdiscipIi-
 nary measures with the penitent. They
 were effectual in bringing her speedily to l the point of bathing her tear-stained, be- houred ,and be-sugared visage, smoothing
 her Ophelia-like locks, and appearing at
 the supper table in the guise of rational
 being. As for me, my self-possession was | I-1. IL k-..1 T -pz
 for there sat I, amicably eating salt with
 the self-accused perpetrator of an un- named crime against me, who, even while
 satisfying his noble hunger, gazed depre-
 catingly at me. To increase my discom- ! GOGSs PSp~O IsU~P1.-as..,, I:--r | became positively offensive. 7a't
 "Now, Mr. Winthrop, we will not take no for an answer. Here it'sis Saturday night, and what better can you and MT. Drury do than bring your tent and traps over to Camp Gumption, and at least spend Sunday with usT Your friend IS obviously not well man, and, l beg your pardonCbut, nv dear fellow, after to- | days experience you can hardly be re- ! garded as the most trustworthy of guard ians. The girls will like nothing better
 than to try their hand at nursing LiIn," 1 etc., etc etc.
 tried to touch papa warningly beHeath the table, and to catch his eye forbIdding
 ly above 1t l; but the guilefHl creature, | ignorant of the Drury complications, and | thinking only that was needIessly her vous about ''St. Mafk's" former fmpOsi- ton, skittishly avoided my every efOrt.
 Mir. Winthrop, looking at my anxious. knitted brows, could only parry pspa's Invitations, and at last, that being no longer possible, he said 'o' 'o~s I0
 sNothing could give me- greater pleas ure than to accept your h0spitalitys sDT. Draper but having once offended against | your daughters, must first have her pardon and permission. Miss Draper, if l understood you arights just ROsEs 5SOu know too much, and know too httIe,alOut the why and wherefore, of my debut as | preacher in your church last spring. Will you be so good as to take little walk with me, and give me opportunity to make full confession Y r..,.. .s....
 Leslie, in terror of being forsaken by
 me, cIutched my dress so beseechingly | that I was forced to say: s1 5l5 -E
 '1f you please, Mir. Winthrop, Miss VOn Tassel and I will take you to our fayorite rock, and there listen to your defense" Whereupon, up springs Mr. Drury, saying: s
 II can't understand what you mean by your preaching Winthrop so yOu bad best add me to the party as sbrift- father" It was too late then for poor Leslie to retreat. so on we went almost in silence until we reached the rock, and then the l crafty impOstOr said:
 Miss Von Tassel, cOnfide my friend
 MT. Drury to yOu, as he ought not to walk step further after the exposure of the day, and, between you and me [this was in a stage whisperl, it is the one aim of my life to keep from him the awful secret which now wish to impart alone to Miss Draper" And before the astonished Leslie could recover herself, he had hurried me away, and her knight of the sOrrowful cOunte- nance had seized the advantage afforded him, and was deep in his plea for suffer ance. a
 As for St. Mark, his story was told in very honest fashion, and the result was, that although am informed that the in l vitation was constrained to add to my fathers was of the chilliest, yet he accept ed with alacrity and such humility as I have never seen in him since. After the confession, Mir. Winthrop went on to say that his one pulpit effort proved to have demoralized him. physically at least ::
 ''No, thank you, not clerical sore throat, at all. but general debility, if YOu please. and istlessness and disgust at all the world and the inhabitants thereof, with one exceptiOn-aheml Then one day Drury appeared to me utterly run down and miserable what ailed the boy have never found out, although it IS the first secret he ever kept from me. I saw that he must be saved at once. if at all :; so interviewed the Mission people, and got his exile postponed for year, during which he is to get we'll. and hear medical lectures, and canvass the State for mis- sionary recruits [poor Leslie thought |, October will not bring you deliverance after all n and then l brought him up here. It was fooi-hardy tO come in with out guide, although spent two months here last year, and know the country thoroughly. We were such disconsoIate pair of ghosts that fancled we should get on more comfortably alone, but have proved myself a dangerous friend We rowed over to that island this morning, and were so charmed that we decided We would venture to camp out theFe q had been afraid to risk Drury at frat in his debihtated state) rather than spend aHOth- CT night in Richards .stifing hut So back went for our traps and, as luck would have it, found Richards just start Ing on on hunSIng excufSIOns thought it would be grand idea to surprise DEa- rY with deer of my own shooting for cur house-warming, so of went. I had ex- eellent luck, and we were just about re- turning when.w we encountered yoaE father, and this was at once 90 confusing and de- EghtfuI to me, and our sport vas so hs- cinating, that quite forgot poor Driiry till ouT faces were turned hOmeward, and then I was base enough to send Richards to his rescue. becaHse 1 could not resist, etc, etc, etc. And now it csrtaTDIy must be evident to you that common humanity demands that you should take pity on Drury at least, and deliver him from the peril of solitary confinement with such q harmful wretch as I. is If you will only be so goOd-natnred as to let Gs accept Dr.