Litchfield enquirer., 1875-04-29

6uEOn& ua1G6O-Gno uuS0 WA8 0oD43GAWaGs- "Bienvenu," said little White sll6nE shiyaree old Poquelin tonight hs's~s
 My fwang," said the gwaYing Hisgis somebody, eh? You sink bickause Tnaks little playfool wiz zis tin pan zat atn. l dhonk?" SD ss-s ! i.s 'sssis1ssqsal iss
 ''Oh, no, Bienvenu, old fellow, you're ! all right. I was afraid you might not know that old Poquelin was sick, vy0u know, but you're not going there. @ars you?'' f-s 1'7o1 h1a siEsss
 ''My fwang, Ivay soy to tail you 'ezas you ah dhonk as de dew. I am slseys of you. ham ze servan' of 70 pitbItQue. Zere citoyens goin' to wickwest Jean Po- quelin to give to the Ursuline' two hon dred fifty dolla'..'' ''1
 'He qSos" cried a listener, "Cfnq cent piastTeS, oasi!' ' assssa saI
 "Oui!" said Bienvenu, .'and if he wifi fuse we make him some lit n1usiQue; ta- ra-tap' He hoisted merry hand and foot them drowning, added: "Old PoqueIin got no bizniz drink s'much w'isky." "71s ss.sssa
 'But, gentlemen" said little White, around whom a circle had gathered, "the old man is very sick" 'a'e- '' .r sssa ai
 ''My faithT' cried tiny Creole, .'we did not make him to be sick. Wen we have say we going make Ie ch0Tfv6rf, do you want that we hall tell lie? My faithl 'sfools!'' .ia-aj1q I7sles
 ''But you can shivaree somebody else," said desperate little White.
 "Oui" cried Beinvenu, Set chGrivari Jean-ah Poquelin tomo'w!' aa5 Sa1Yu
 'Iet us go to Madame Schneidef!' vcri- cd two or three, and amid huzzahs aud confused cries, among which was heard stentorien Celtic call for drinks, the crowd again began to move. s-, v6 g'ircdtgs "Cent piGstres z hospital de charite!'s "Hurrah!'
 pitalp' 't. '''' "T t'Hfhh bos' l "Hurrah!" f-a aiI "a tasj
 ''Whang!'' went tin pan, the crowd yelled and Pandemonium gaped again They were off at right angle. '4r.Aa
 Nodding, Mrs. White looked at the mantel-clock. ..-E a,.af .fo..asg
 "Well, if it isn't after midnightr' The hideous noise down street was pass l ing beyond earshOt. She raised la) sash and listened. For moment there was si. | fence. Some one came to the door. Odl iO
 '.Is that you, White" ssd sa. 1ssla yab
 "Yes." He entered. '1 succeeded, Patty" E.1=t .ao a-.tl4 saia4oE
 'Did you" said Patty, joyfully. 7imoq
 'Yes. They've gone down to shivaEee the old Dutchwoman who married dheg step-daughther's sweetheart. They say she has got to pay $10O to the hospitalb be- fore they stop" ~E ..t-5 s.as H0 a.islim I The couple retired, and Mrs. White l slumbered. She was awakened by her husband snapping the lid of his watehssi | "What time?" she asked. C.; bsdsuq lbs
 "Half-past three. Patty, haven't slept wink. Those fellows are out yet. Don't you hear them!" D1f5-t aafTai .Za.nTon
 :'Yes. Why, Whitey they're coming this way!"
 "I know they are, " said White, sliding out of bed and drawing on his clothes, ''and they're coming fast. You'd better go away from that window, Patty.j Myl what clatterP' , }neets7 5om adi bd4
 "Here they are, ? said Mrs. White,dasat her husband was gone. Two or thReahum. dred men and boys passed tlAeplace ct a rapid walk straight down the broad, new street, toward the hated hOuse.of ghosts. The din was terrific. She sow little White at the head of the rabble brnndishing his arms and trying in vain to make himgelf heard; but they only shook their heads, laughing and hooting the louder, and so passed, bearing him on before them0isoa Swiftly they pass out from among from houses, away from the dim oil lamps of | the street, out into the broad starlit com. mons, ,and enter the willowy jungles of the | haunted ground Some hearts fail and 1 their owners lag behind and turn back, sud denly remembering how near morning it IS. But the most part push on, tearing the air with their clamor. '3+
 l. Down ahead of them in the long, thiClet- darkened way there is--singularly enough "a faint, dancing light. It must be very near the old house; it is. It has stopped now. It is lantern, and is under we'll know sapling which has grown up on the wayside since the canal was filed. Now 1t swings mysteriously to and fro. A good ly number of the more ghost-fearing give up the sport; but a full hundred move for ward at run, doubling their devilish 1 bowling and banging -.s-.. t.i.f., y.rg Yes; It IS lantern, and there are two persons under the tree. The crowd draws near-drops into walk; one of the two is the old African mute; he lifts the lantern up so that it shines on the other; the crowd recoils; there is hush of all clahg- or, and all at once, with cry of mingled fright and horror from every throat, the whole throng lushes back, dropping every | thing, sweeping past little White and hurrying on, never stopping until the l jungle IS left behind, and then to find that not one in ten has seen the cause of the stampede, and oot one of the tenth is ,cer- tain what it was. '. .s-'.- '..' "A 4-A'
 There is one huge fellow among them who looks capable of any villainyd He finds something to mount on, and in the Creole potois, calls general halt. Bien- yenu sinks down, and, vainly trying to re- cline gracefully, resigns the leadership. The herd gather round the speaker; heas- sures them that they have been outraged. Their right peaceably to traverse the pub llc streets has been trampled upon. Shall such encroachments be endured? It is now day break. Let them go now by the open light of day and force free passage l of the public highway .a-n0l'9 sgotzf7 A scattering consent was the response. and the crowd, thinned now and ,dFowsv. struggled quietly down toward the old house. Some pressed ahead, others saul- tered behind, but every one, as. hG again neared the tree, came to a stand still. Lit tie White sat upon bank of turf on the opposite side of the way loooling very stern and sad. To each newcomer he put the same question: l19aE na3isb sanm Sas
 "Did you come here to go to oold Poque- III tM S1 1, d' 10 Tso .oruas eh3 .1sa
 He's dead" And if the shocked Hear CT started away he would say ssDOneS go away. ?: ss9s ovsa nsms8tsis daisi1a s''Why not?" ,--,f at, ,T ,rt..,,,.,
 Y want you to go to the funeral pres ently." 2'iuo5 6 sid-'i1cft.nR If some Louisianian, too loyal to dear France or Spaiu to understand English, looked bewildered, some one would inter- pret for him; and presently they went. Little White led the vain, the crowd troop ing after him down tho middle of thewGy. The gate, that had never been seen before unclaimed, was open. Stern little White stopped short distance from it; the rab- ble stopped behind him. Something Was moving ont from under the verandM rRhe African mute came. very slowly towards the gate, leading by cord in the moose to 2 rude cart. On the fat body 6fA she