Litchfield enquirer., 1877-08-23
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clasp him, looking at him as il her soul aeii
would leave her body to gO.to him. He seia
put her by der ODD 10 aoinnsa isuaas Ell
ST win have no wheedlings and coax ~.
ings, Patty. Ifyou can give me good upI
reason why you will not marry me, I'll ..iii
leave you and never trouble you again. r
Do not tell me about dark hours and .-
voices. It's an insult to sense and reason. ..
You are not crazy. II you were. I'd for ,,.l.
give you. Now will moi" He waited
for her to speak and then added sharply ''
''Tel me at once why you will not mar. oFi
~ me tomorrow" ~ 'h'iHa
ST must not because I-I-dare not. IN
cannot tell you why" She fell over al-dJ
most fainting upon the settle. He put igliy
the pillow under her head and bent down oa
to kiss her, then he seemed to despise
himself for this tenderness and moved
away, sand this nonsense is all Jon deign
to tell me. Fool that am and yoa---s.
YOU" ~ a,t,...,5s s. ~. - -, u.
nStop, Amos, for Gods sake. Let us
| part IN peace. We can never meet in this
way on earth again. - - e's.1 80 - i2.''..
$50 much the better. IN 40 away GEisa -
very night where / hope I'll never see you '.,
again. I'll go now, this minute he said rr
passing her to reach the door, ra,r.v vl,..... .
She rose andseized his:hand. ''YOu shall
not leave me in this way You neyerlwinf ,,.
know, in this world, how love you.Y He
snatched his hand away and laughed
scornfully but she caught the other and
drew him to her, putting her arms around
his neck, kissing him many times. Then l'''
she said. ''''l ..1 a. ,''ai'
sour God bless and keep you. Let
His light shine upon Sou, and byand by
gladden. your heart with an earthly IoveoTc,
better than mine God give me ssteneth PEI
to take up my cross and bear il alOns, an 'u
alone. She sank back IN q dead faint. ros
Amos hurriedly called her mother. He 70
looked ct Patty intently. the long lashes
lay on her pallid cheeks and her mouth
was still cuVed with bitter anguish, he
waited just long enough, to see thai she, 4,
was reviving then he rushed ont into, the
| darkness, nearly as white as the suffering
| girl he had left. Madly he, rode home
and startled Aunty Faith out Of her Arss
nap by telling her to pack his valisa in.
stantly. Patty had Tilted him, he was GO.
ing to New Orleans, or to the devil, he
muttered under his breath. sfn is'''....' -
''But what will become of-of the cat.
tie and all the things here if yon go, and
Of me, she cried getting hystsricalaG thiS
exciting intelligence. "Patty put you OF 0n a
again. Landsake! what ails the girlG" snmois
| ''ASk her. She won't tell ms1'' Then i -
relentingly. please go 70 her tomorrow, a-,
Aunty FAITH; she is sick, her mother does
not understand her (nOt strange uthas)s l.sH
| You do, if any one can" .1aFo ss b.
| "Yes, yes. But you are not gDiRg. tori
nightP" 81 at.v.ts .-..olr .gsD rs ,g.or.. ..
"This minute. cannot forgive Patty
yet and I will not see her again" Then
| to himself, AS the beautiful white face rose Dol
before him, ''and yet she suffered 90
much. cannot make her ont" srai
Aunty Faith tried to comfort him, beg.
ging him to stay one day; that Patty
would relent.
"There's no relenting about il. She
is not angry, only something tells her, OF
somebody, Devil perhaps) that abe must
not be my wife. I'm going 10 Uncle ..l,
George. Get Hobson's wife here while D.,
you are with Patty, and write me just,
how she is. and-and write often, Aunty,""
Aunt Faith saw it was no use to argue
with him so she packed his vallso, promi-
sed to do the best she could and began 70 %
cry. Amos came back from the gate TO
kiss the wrinkled old cheek and then b q
strobe of to catch the night-cOach. De- 't.l ''i
[ooNoLUDED NEXT wREK.l "o.'"