Litchfield enquirer., 1877-01-25

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 But the girl only shook her head inbred. ulously. Y. Y e~
 .It is different, I suppose. with you, J she said; ''you are man, and Tam only Nennphar l" -.e - as--s t... . I He made no answer to her strange words, but suddenly remembering he was on his way home, said "Good night" and lefl her. ge' aa.saase 5e s,gt ,s... She did not reply to his parting saluta- tloD did not even seem to notice his de- parture. When he had gone some few I steps, he turned back for one farewell glance. She was still seated as he had left her, looking upwards, and in the weird, chill moonlight she locked very white and ghostly. And was it fancy. he wondered, but as he looked it seemed to him that the border of her white dress waved softly to and fro; yet there certain lY was no breeze to stir it..
 I With smile at his fancies, he contin- uOO AAS WhtA tOWAEuS HIS OWH 1Ou0Ay home. When he had arrived there, and was seated in the empty hall, he indulged in waking dream-an amusement he was rather given to; but when he shut his eyes, so as to give greater scope to hls imagination, the vision he conjured up was not that of woman with soft golden hair and wide blue eyes, which seemed always looking beyond the things around them. but that of slim, graceful maiden, with rough brown locks and honest sweet eyes; and the last words he seemed to hear before he really passed through the ivory gates, were the echo of those which had reached his ears not so very long ago, -"I am so glad you have come back; l do hope that now you are going to stay," while small hand was placed in his. Some time after Mir. Longs departure, Heather was awakened by sound in her room, and on looking mp she discovered Nenuphar seated by the open window, batbed from head to foot in broad sheet of moonlight The looked very white and lovely as she sat thus gazing out the moons beams just turning her golden hair and white dress to silver; but, nev- ertheless, there was something in her calm, motionless attitude which sent little shiver, almost of terror, to feathers heart. But then it is enough to terrify any one to be awakened suddenly out of a | first sleep.
 "Nenuphar, what are you doing?" she I questioned, after second spent in watch ing her.
 doing nothing-only wondering how you can spend such glorious night in bed. l came in here because the moon does not shine into my room, and you know how fond I am of moonlight. think I was very nearly asleep when you spoke"
 Have you been here long?"
 ''No. not very long. stayed out of been shut out altogether; then I came here; and ever since, till began to get sleepy. have been thinking and dream ing over--love;-I knew you would laugh"
 "No; I am only laughing at the serious way you said i'. But you should be care- full, Nenuphar. for you know that they say moonlight causes madness"
 Another name for the same thing, perhaps. But what I was thinking of was, what Is love? Heather" she said, rising, and speaking almost excitedly, at least for her, "what is it? Why is it that cannot care for any one?"
 II do not understand you. You have never, perhaps, cared very much for any one as yet, because the right person has not come; but that is, after all, only one kind of love. You love us, do you not? hope so; and that, of course, is the same kind of thing-at least it seems SO to me-" tzaF na fr
 .'But do love you?" questioned the other. =
 "Oh, Nenupharl how can you grieve me by speaking like thatS" and Heather got out of bed, and crept to her friends side. r...
 ''Tell me-" said Nenuphar, ''what it feels like, tLis love that every one talks of. You say you care for me. do you not? We'll, supposing some morning you came into my room and found me lying there dead, what difference would it make in your life?"
 'Oh, do not even suppose such an aw- fnl thing" and there was sob in the girls voice as she spoke.
 ''What should do?" cried tender, inn pulsive Heather. "I should die toor'
 She, not yet having learnt to uuder- stand that death is the great reward be- slowed on those who have fought and struggled; not like the Lethe of old, a river in which we can bathe and forget our pain, but the opening of the gates that have shut us out so long from the sight of our beloved ones,-the entrance to the eternal rest after the pain h as been suffered and conquered.
 Do you remember" said Nenuphar after pause. ''young MT. Vivian?"
 ''Yes, certainly do."
 Well, that was exactly what he said, when told him did not care for him. That it would kill him But he is still alive; so you see, Heather, you are not right As said before, I cannot under stand it. ~
 II think Mr. Vivian was right, all the same, Nenuphar," said Heather, softly; flor though he is, as you say, alive-and of course his saying it would kill him was nonsense still do not think he has ever been quite the same man since. He loves you, you see; and therefore; as you do not love him, the world must seem darker to him than it did Cannot you see the loneliness of it, Nenuphar?
 But Nenuphar did not answer; her ttR2'aas3yghta- saemsd to have wapdered far turned to Heather and the subject in hand. ''You ask me if do not see the loneliness. and pity it, Isnppose you mean? No, cannot say that do; am lonely, but do not pity myself.
 sAh, Nenuphar! how can you say that? Are you not happy? You have nearly all my love. surely I have some of yours?" 7
 'Bnt you forget-I cannot love; and that brings us back to the beginning of the argument-back all the way to where my thoughts were before you woke up. What is it that do not possess? What is it that makes me so different to every one else? For am different, Heather, as even you, with your eyes, blinded by affection, must acknowledge.
 You are only different" said Heather, putting her arm around her, ''in that you are thousand times more lovely than any one ever saw. And that being the case" she concluded somewhat timdly, ''you should not be too kind, until you have found some one really worthy of your love, and then you will fnd out | opouUI, kho roaopinu of tho