Litchfield enquirer., 1876-07-27
tFsoa Harper's Weekly.l A Little Case of PFgoriry.

tinement of it's people, the4ext eme con
 sideratiun with which culture and refine
 meut were treated, and the persistency and perseverance with which they were brought forth, and educated. Those who had culture and refinement cluDg to them l with desperate tenacity, and those who
 were lacking ill these qualities either pre- tended to the possession with pretense SO severely in earnest that it deceived themse.ves, or struggled and fought up- ward to the delectable heights their for tunate neighbors had gained
 This little preamble is necessary to ac- count for this excitement alluded to ir-the beginning of this sketch. If had simply remarked that concert troupe of respec- table celebrity had arrived that windy
 March evening and settled themselves comfortably in the hotel on the corner, people would have sai,l, ''Oh. pshawl this party can't persuade us, you know that concert tronpes of respectable celebrity ever settle themselves comfortably il hotels on a corner pretty well out west But now that have explained the folks in that town were given over to the bringing forth, educating, aud nOurishing of cul-
 ture and refinement, my story will readily be believed @ - fys
 And they did settle themselves comfor- tabiy too. The host of this Inn{olf the corner was at that time Colonel Masgrave 1 himself and for the benefit of those who l may not have heard of this distinguished man will mention that besides being an officer and a gentleman, he was pretty well up in the culinary, art, and would ramifcate down in the bowels of his ho- tel, with large spoon in his hand and an apron tied under his chin, with the same capability and dignity with which he had brandished sword ar the head of his reg iment in other days zy 2Ma#
 1 He was tenderly considerate too of the welfare of his guests. Nobody was Tn danger of an increased dyspepsia from partaking of the delicacies he provided
 His recipe for bran biscuits will probably die with him, for he is a reticent man: but while he survives. life may be comfortably sustained upon bran. es.t .as Then he knew all about unbolted wheat, and the amount of phosphorus good for the brain, and in what fishes, animals, and reptiles, the most of this material could be had at the least expense to his patrons. As to culture and refinement, Colonel | Musgrave was the party that negotiated l for this concert troupe, and every body knows that what thing of that kind will do for a small town pretty we'll out west. The Colonel was considered from that time forward first in peace. as he hadebeen before first in war and first in the diges- tion of his eountrymen. The engagement | WAS brief, from motives of prudence on both sides. The leader of these singers was, although one of the weaker sex, a la- dy of keen perception and an excellent mathmetician as far as number one was concerned. 4a,. aa.fy ra. a.sarf..i agf
 ''It looksh omiser-r-rable, " she said, rattling the, letter as she looked outlof the coach window on that windy March evening ttand it has Q cold that is like death. Pray God we may not per.rish here, Marguerite P r.a -ssef ,,s sy7 Isssfasrrs
 And MargueIitU, .liftinge-AaRseIf rom the Feather cushions raised her slender hands and cried, deyoutly "the saints for bid, madame"
 As for the colonel, who lad Eeen so amazed at the frightful manner in which contingent expenses amounted up, he had become quite willing that the p.ri0d of their stay should be tbrief@ @but delight full" He began to be afraid that it would result in too large 6 draft upon the. cul- ture and refinement of the people. --si Madame Vittorenzi had stipulated that all contingent expenses should be paid and the colonel had acquiesced with his usual gallantry but he had not been pre- pared for the remarkable amounts that were included in contingencies. Since that time the colonel has been elected to an honorable office by the people and he has learned to laugh at his foolish igno- rance in these trifing matters. ,o J Their stay, ill fact. was limited to seven nights, young physician on the opposite corner from the hotel became frantic when he found that the fifth night had gone and he had not been able once to attend the entertainments of the enchant- ing Madame Vittorenzi. :esl . The practice of our young medical man was of that obstreperous and unmanage- able character that he could not keep it in leading strings. It seemed to him that during the stay of these sweet singers every case on list took malevolent spite in battling against his passion. For the truth was, the young doctor had been foolish enough to fall in love with this songster that had fitted here from some soft cline, and with her brought all the warm, dreamy delights of those lotus lands. In the intervals between devotlng his talents to the relief of the various dis orders of that Western. country, he had devoted his whole being to watching and gloating upon those windows in the oppo- site chambers of the hotel. "When he | saw the dark sultana loosen her hair and bite her lips till they bloomed again." and heard '.the low .voluptuous s~oons of music" that were borne to his open case- ment by the .boiste, ous wind, it seemen to hlm that his very soul was filled with ec stacy. .E
 For heavens sake, Tom, shut down .;<>l IL out that noise !'ya5r -.Isib .4s1~
 Noise r cried the young doctor. ''Do you call that noise ?" seaes3 ..3 $ sl
 racket. I q rather have somebody beat q tattoo on my head with rolling pin than
 listen to that woman srceeching np. and
 '.Fred Blake," sad the doctor. ..thou art fit for treason, strategy, and spoils T
 And therefor tolerably good lawyer ," said Blake, who was an aspirant to legal honors 5z.-s :.
 But still the doctor hung halfway from the window, and the room was rapidly get ting down to zero. Fred wrapped a | blanket about him, put some cotton. in his ears, and resigned himself. when a pull at the bell summoned his companion l away. ,5se -asra ....
 Fred put away the blanket. and as the music had ceased. took the. cotton. from I his ears Then he stirred np the fire, and
 went over to the window. He put down the sash, but immediately took the chair the doctor had vacated. and glued his I eyes to the window :paAe,f ...g4 ss. gaseaestf | Thsn he began also to gloat and gaze upon those opposite windows of the hotel, His eyes began to glow and -hnrn upon
 the glass till it seemed as if their fire would shiver it to atoms They rested upon the form of 2 woman in that luxurious cham
 Der opposite. Her, face was immediately before him. It wasof an exquisite, oval. of divine pailor, with eyes opensto the full and shining brilliantly. with lips held something of heaven in it's tenderness and purity, Her hair unbonmd save. by | a simple fillat Inf oOld Hnma.1 damn o.fe -t,f