Litchfield enquirer., 1875-11-18

1 DEAR SRs -Ths conninittee met and
 read your letter with great care. Mir.
 Potter said that he had seen you on Tues day, and that you expressed tue same view then. also laid before the commit tee Gen. G.-s letter to you, and the telegram you had received from Syracuse. If you can persuade your friends to-"
 Here the page ended. and Psyche had lto turnaosef. A As she tnrued. ths candle tshck tipped on her knee, fell bottom mp upon the floor, and Psyche was in dark ness.
 What noise it made And what a Macbeth nowi But she folded the letter land put it back in the letter-case She Lpq8 tlie letter-case in the pocket and fold ed fl1e coat She picked up thecandle and put it on the table. Then she slunk back into her bedroom. All this tune Edward was crying out
 Dear Psyche, are you ill !? What is it dear ?" ,rr~,-s
 He was out of bed, and was fumbling in the dark in Psyche's dressing-room. But the ways of the sea-shore home were not familiarr 70 him. E12n1 r
 When Psyche dared-that is, when she was at the foot of the bed-she cried out to Edward that nothing was wrong. She had had bad dream, and was frightened and had got up to strike a light, but she had not meant to call him. And he found her shivering Dn the bedside; and he coo- ed to her, and comforted her, and made | her promise to call him another time. And Psyche had just force enough to say, sad l ly, "Oall you yes, if you are here" And then he sang to her little grooming song, his mother sang to him when he was a child, and poor Psyche cried herself to sleep. w The next morning Psyche slept to heav- l out of bed. Then started like a guilty thing. But she did not dare go into his dressing-room. I
 And he brought in the -Four Sons of | Aymon," and read to her. Oh. she was as long as ever she could be about her dress. ing; but alasri the bgeakfast bell rang, and Edward ran into his room.
 Oae tninute-it seemed forever-then became in with his coat, and with look which tyied to be cOmical. but was, oh. so sad :! he pointed at the long swirl of sper- maceti which ran from one end to the oth- CT.
 Then he bent over the poor crying girl, and kissed her, and then .he kissed her again.
 sS.sHow can you Edward? I am so wick ed and ssch a fool. s 'R -sD
 Darling, you are not wicked at all and it is who am the fool"
 "Dear Edward, hear me. I was per fectly happy till they came"
 Sweetheart. you need not say so."
 Edward, hear me read what they write to me. Read this. Read where they sayyoR area forger, acounterfeiter, detective and gambler. :- -A -- -A--s-
 Really" said Edward as he read, "they 1 compliment me. The New York Observer [ could not treat man worse"
 Psyche was amazed, and she saw that Edward was more amused than angry.
 Dear Edward I am a fool. But I could not bear that Bloody Mary should know more of my own boy than did"
 "No. my darling" said he, stoutly. ''and there is reason why you should. But .l1ear that bell. Ellen IS crazy that we shall come to breakfast. Finish your hair. I will find another coat ; and at breakfast, as Miss Braddon says,I will tell you all.'
 And at breakfast he told her all. It was so little to tell that am ashamed to have wasted ten thousand words without relieving the readers anxiety. 7 As soon as Ellen had attended to the table and left the room, Edward said Dearest, all is that am a greater fool than Clarence Hervey himself I am the leading editor of the Daily Argus. That's all.'
 Psyche fairly laid down her fork. "What fool am! have read things I told you myself in the paper, yet nev- CT dreamed that you put them there. But why keep such secret from your poor
 .sWhy, my darling. B said he more seri- ously-"why but that wanted to have my butterfly to myself ?. You will see, dearest God grant it may not be as I fear. But if-I am afraid-if one person knows where you live he will know where I live. If one person knows, then tWo will know. If two know, then two hun- dred thousand will know. If they know, there is an end of breakfasts without door bells, an end to German together. an end to watsrcolors and music, an end to the wagons and the drives. This was my only reason for trying to protect you from the necessity of keeping 8 secret. I thought, Tn that new part of Boston, if we called on nobody. nobody would call on us So far was not wrong. took care at the office to have 1t understood that no messenger was to be sent to my house. bit off old Folger's head one day when he offered to send me proof sheet. Then 1 thought if we sent mo cards if could only make you happy without receiving my friends would not know where to find me, and so my enemies would never know nor the intermediate mass who are neither friends or enemies. A little skill in May was enough to keey my name out of the directory. excepting with the office ad- dress. Indeed, I thought if I did my six hohrs' work there between nine and three every night, 1t was all the world had a right to ask of me. But all this has made you wretched. so it has been all wrong, it shall now come to an end. You shall have a state dinner party here next Sat. uTday."
 her heart would break. And Edward cried little, too.
 'But why not go on SO now ?" said she. '1 can keep a secret" She said this proudly, though she blushed as she said it. "Wild horses shall not draw it from me-"
 "No," said Edward, sadly, 'I know wild horses could not drag it from my darling, but know they will try and I | do not choose to have her torn by wild | horses. She has sugered enough from the pulling and hauling of three wild as- ses." rHoff -a.
 And so 1t was all settled that they | should begin to zee people. All was as clear as light before them nov and the new | dynasty began. And for a month or two there was no great change. At first it was only that | Ross brought out one or two gentlemen, with him to spend Sunday. They made | the house very pleasant, and dear little l Psyche did the honors beautifully. Then | home it was. And the Beverly people, | some of whom are very nice persons, found 1 ont whom are very nice persons, found out what pretty neighbor they::had and that it was Ross of the Argus, and they callad and askad to taa And Psxoha and