Litchfield enquirer., 1875-06-10

nFes mat Mel stood there IlnA @ a4EsRdanfE maze of grief and surprise And yet he, afgued with himself fn the ,caInar hood tat foll6Wed. what could ihs ksvee s.do1is never have dared to hint his: love in fthe midst of Cathie's grief. rr- ,... So Mel, who began to long for change, packed up his few effects the next dav. and left for Sorrento. There he faasted his eyes on the wonderful bay with it's golden air and purple laaguors. he pondered among grover of olive and Hex, but his heart was hungry still 1 ssi' fA I fsi e
 Cathie, who had walked up suddenly in 8 melancholy way to find her heart and hand returned to her again, could not help wondering, after the first shock, at the gentle thrill of content that. pervaded her Tn the thought. As for Paul, poor fellow, his lnfactuation was dreadful. and she thought of him with infinite pity: but for herself. a gentle light seemed to shine through the yistas of the future-a s'light that never was on sea or land. 2, l Mrs. Despards grief was even more permanent, for she looked at the thing in a worldly way. She had lived long enough to know that fortune of G50, ,OO0 was not to be picked up every day 1T don't see why he couldn't have been satis- | fled with being ritualist, ;" she said more than once; ''they go far enough, I should think, with their pray dos and pictures of the Virgin. - 7T"'Ra ! q f"f'f 'h'7l
 But Cathie was silent about him. She began to dismiss him from her thoughts, except now and then pitifal surmise about his state. She felt now that they had never been in accord, and another face came up in visions frank, genial face, with clear eyes in. which. no vagaries lurked.s -(i,,., aa, .f5eF~-- +r-roe-e | She was therefore hardly prepared one evening, as She Fingered in one of the bal comics in the moonlight, tofSee dark fig-I ure enveloped in 2 cloak steal out of the 1 shadows of the trees and approach, her. She rose to go in when a we'll -know VII voice arrested her. e .sI s7at-.,aqr 4roaag1o.1 1 "Cathie!''. .,,.. .;. sF-.,.f..s u- .i - .-,
 She trembled good deal at that voice, but managed to articulate, "Paul, you here?" ,.Gb .,-s s-Esog Ist-,D i. ,4-'l i 'Yesp I am here, he echoed, in, a wlld and gloomy way, '.You. are surprised: you thought you would never see my face again.nmAl --a.i hs:F .A7Fsst 7--' z' =
 Cathie was silent r- g..a.,.r,s
 sI cannot live in this way" Paul cried; ':I have tried it, and it is hell, Cathie. I will give hp the Church. cannot give yoHlupF 4Hs1t "a i,igsaor 7 ,--r- ,-.F
 Cathie's heart sank within her. "WiIf+ they release you. Paul?'' she asked. -..
 'Ah, yes! cenditionally. must forfeit my fortnnea T But what is that to freedom? I told you howl fought against convic- tion before, how it seemed that the Church demanded the sacrifice, that it was a fight between flesh and spirit. We'll, I won; and the victory has nearly killed me. Now IaWready to, give it up." F Ia. Cathle. .strove tO find some words to ut ter Could she send this soul back into the night of supetstitions could she say oneword to bring him oatof this worse 1 than Egyptian darkness, as she considered 1t, into which he had fallen?
 Paul." sine began, tremulously, 'sare you convinced you are in error? fbeIieve I do net underntandy you. Do yoa wish to leave the; Romish Church. ar only to | give up tlie priesth hood? sssf ss-s
 '1 wish to break the bonds that keep me from you. that IS all. I am not strong 1 enough to live without you"
 Only an exclamation escaped Cathie's lips. She found an unexpected task be-. fore her, to tell Paul that another barrier had grown up between them
 ''Cathie, have you nothing to say?'' he cried passionately sNo joy? no words of welcome? have pictured this meeting so many times, butt never like this. 1 thought the joy of it would pay me for the torments I have suffered, Cathie. am ready to risk my soul for you, and you have nothing to say"
 Cathie rallied all her forces. ''You must remember, Paul" she said, tremu- lously, ''that all this is very sudden to me. You have been meditating on this step some time, perhaps, but it has taken me by surprise. l can not understand such violent changes, and it is not so easy to bind together broken ties.''
 "AhI' exclaimed Paul, with a eroan: ''have lost your love?"
 ''I can not let you risk your soul, as you say, for me" ]" Cathie went on. Do you think could ever be happy with such thought to haunt me? And you, ifthese ideas still control you, would soon repent having bartered heavenly happiness for earthly. Of course do not understand the fanaticism that swaYs you, but think we must remain apart. can not think of anything else for a moment 4
 Panl grew perfectly Gghastly. as yone does when struck mortal blow. .'Is it, then, all over?" he gasped. .'You love some one else; that is the dnly> explana- tion." ...l @Hr--I Jf.f ~ ls ,,
 Cant you see why should not wish to link my life with one who has such frightful changes of opinion or action in so short timeY' Cathie said, eager to shelter herself from suspicion. .s-z i
 f'l only see this, answered Paul, gloom fly: eff you had loved me, you would have welcomed me back with joy. I know now you never loved me, cCathie' ia Y. .t
 The girl was silent, but shivered little Oh, how she longed to escape! ~.
 Confess, he said. you never loved F 'I believed that did, ," she faltered.
 'Enough. Twill not trouble you again. Fool that have been! I threw away the Church for my love, and have neither, periled my salvation for you, and you left for me now?" 31'
 And without another word, with no fare. well, he dashed away from her in sort of frenzy And she stood staring after him. her heart representing her that she could not respond, that she had said no kind or encouraging word to the man who was to have been her husband three months be- fore.
 Mel Stanly, wandering about among the orange groves of Sorre1to, looked over the blue bay oftentwith a sick longing for one face which haunted him forever. Some times he thought of writing, and then he dared not lose his trembling hope by test ing 1t. One night of storm he had lain awake all night, in 8 mental struggle as fierce as the elements. Worn and despond ing, he took his way to the beach in the morning, for he heard there had been many disasters, and he felt that the sight of real sorrow might perhaps sooth his own..' II. 4 e54 <. '1 @3's+a-h'i'. sa9.'f Itgwas a desolats sceLe on the beach. I Two or three fshermen's boats crushed like shell lay there, and the wives and families of the fishermen were wailing over them as if they were friends. l,Eiel had brought his sketching materials. and he sat on q rock near, and made a very effective sketch of one group. -
 "When that has color it will be a good