Litchfield enquirer., 1875-01-07
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bliss of welded life, and an interchange ofs fsthongllt and sentiment T - What does Uat mean?" said George
 However, here goes for the lady! And
 he opened hss letter, which was on pink paper, highly perfumed. -.--- "More disguise!'' he remarked, at a glance. ''This is evidently written with the left hand, and looks like ones first copy-book. @ "t'svery round, and easy to read, though. observed Nina, who was on tip
 toe behind her consin, the better to pe-
 ruse it's contents. This letter was in much the same style as the other rAriadne," as the lady subscribed her self, freely admitted the attractiveness ot the advertisement signed ''Adonis," and felt lmpelled likewise to answer 1t from an idea that she could meet all it's require ments. She was 'aot thirty, she wrote, but she did not say what her age precisely was. nor did she allude to her income. But in compensation for this she filed three pages crossed with information as to her beauty and vivacity, which, if cor rect, would have rendered her a sort of amalgamation of Madame de Stael and the Venus de Medici. Her portrait had been painted by O'Flannigan, of the Hibernian Royal Academy, and had been exhibited | ct the Exhibition, where it had enjoyed E the distinguished consideration of notice and remark from his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and Countess of Mangelwur- ezeishire. Her cOnVersaziones had been attended by sthe celebrated wits of the Irish Bar, and ''by men distinguished in science, literature, and art. She s'dis- claimed the character of & blue-stocking. karxk 1fAfIo f1~f G-E suited only to school girls and chatter boxes. ? 'sAriadne'' wound up with a hint Shat if ssAdonis' named suitable time and place she might contriyss to see and be seen without affronting the1 conyenx hOnalities of good society" s.faT F
 Well, what do you think of that?'' ask cd George, folding the letter, which he put in his pocket. 'sThe thing now is to bring them together l..
 sBut there may be more coming, George, said Nina hopefully.
 So there may, but in the mean time why separate these two fond hearts?"
 'Oh, decidedly not! should give any thing to witness the meeting. Would the Geological Gasdens do?', --a .--ff 8
 Capital! A happy thoughtp' exclaimed Fitzgerald. ''And we will make the tryst- mg-place the bears den, eh?'
 Oh, George! Such q place for lOv- I Tut! Don't you twig that there is plenty of cover in the neighborhood; lots Of trees and bushes, behind which we can see all that goes on, and it's easily man. aged-the ambuscade-By the bye, Nina, 4eqr mare wants exercise, and we might wel give her gallop over the fifteen ssscreS some day this week" ..sa ali gl Very well. George, I shall be very glad to go with you any day; only do not bring any of your brother officers, for I should not care that they knew that was mixed in hoax of this kind-you understand g
 Fltzgerald promised as required, and e the consins often rode together in the Phoenix Park, wherein the Dublin Zoo logical Gardens are situated. they suppos- cd that they should have no difficulty in witnessing unObserved the meeting of AAonis and Ariadne conducted under sAeir HusIice1, =-r==== =s = f5z-aa7zs=
 In accordance with this arrangement letters were written to these heathenish dlvlnlties appointing three o'clock in the afternoon of the following Friday as the time. and the wooden bench nearest to the brown bears den on the right hand side facing the lake as the place of assigna- ton. Both letters were deposited by George Fitzgerald with the boot maker and milliner aforementioned, from whom George endeavored to extract some infor- nation regarding his correspondents. But they had none to give. Crispin could only say that Ariadne's note had been left by a small boy who said he had received shilling from lady to take it to that address and to say that she would send again in the course of few days TOT reply. The milliner's explanation was that commissioner brought the letter of Adonis from military club, but he dld not see the gentleman who sent 1t, as 1t had beendelivered to him by the club porter.
 Funny thist' thought George. ssThev are determined to keep the affair. dark but we will let light in on 1t presently. Patience till Friday, patience.
 The milliner was, on her part. very en- rlous to learn all she could from Fitzger- aid about what was going on, but did not obtain much satisfaction from that oay young officer. a +
 '1 am sure, Captain Fitzgerald" said she, tits not marriage in joke, but mar riage in earnest we've Eeen all looking for between you and Miss Nina, the hand somest, sweetest, charmingest young lady In all Dublin at thIs minnit
 Although the milliner called herself Madame, she spoke no French or English, but, in fact, Irish. '- i'5 s
 s'You compliment us both, madame said George.
 "Whisht now, captain, and be aisy wid ye. Shure they all say that Miss Nina will have an illgant fine fortune from Mrs Villiers.'
 ''I am not that ladys lawyer, so can not say. GOod-by, madame, and gayIy re- sisting her entreaties to stay 'an chat Fitzgerald made his escape into the street and, hailing car, drove off to the bar racks in rather moody disposition that day. Perhaps he was fonder of his con- sin than he cared to acknowledge. for re- marks aIluding to Nina marriage always jared upon him unpleasantly. True. he always spoke of her rather f1ippantly as his little cousin, and affected to treat her as mere child: nevertheless they had been thrown much together owing to the circumstances of tie loss of Nina's parents and her adoption by such gad,about sort fof woman as was Mrs. Villiers. Some times. too, well meaning people had .sug- gested to the latter lady the perils that might ensue from allowing the young people SO much liberty, to which Mrs. vHilers would always reply that Nina and George were we'll able to take care of themselves, and that there was no danger. of their making an imprudent match. for they could not afford 1t. 'sAH Nina has. or will have, must come from me, and ali that George can hope for must come from his father, she would often say, and was well satisfied in her own selfish creed that Love could not exist without Money. Mrs. Vllliers continued to permit the cousins to do very much as. they liked, provided they did not often ask her tos loin their riding parties, which she hated. being but an indifferent horsewoman.s -. The bears den Tn the Irish Zooloeical Gardens is erected in the slope of ter. race .ao sass exsends from the upper part of terrace. or slope, is thickly planted with trees and evergreens, and has winding walks running through it's cool shades very pleasant to stroll in on a fine snn, mer day. The brown bear is, or was. @ .. very fine animal. ssand seemed to regard