Litchfield enquirer., 1877-11-01

solitude, when tlete was less eomiortJ about the lighthouse than now, when lt held nothing for him to look forward to on his retufiI from Che village: when he had not cared, very much, WhesUOhe live ed, nor hoWsi And nowsr-whysb b Lt9Haa another place; that was about the way to put. it. And what was it made 1t another place? Nothing was altered of what he had been usedtos before; onlyg tsomathmg had been added. . But Meene had brought {, little beside herself when she came Pyer | in the boat that first motnings yet, From that day there was moro b0f home 1n tho house than there ever s had been fbefore; more in his life and vastly more in hls little world than he had ever dreamed oi. l Yes. 1t was those two, Meena and katn-' ern. Rhoshad made the Lighthouse anothsd Apd pifV What had it been a't to thes What had | ha mAffss if tS 'MeenaR s He. remembered | her life inytheR village, full of the excitea mentl of seeing strangers come ana go the wide variety of every summer day ln the neiRhbofho0d of a fashionable water I ipg-placs sn He remembered other snit0rs besides himself, and he wondered If Meef De renaMSsFsd, tGp, dssa sas ESulq Ss. he would saS Go himself. .on'sAy but she'll never ask, fshe thinks you don't like it- H'- the opponent from within would reply, if s 1 d One day Meena was i'll, She struggled to rise in bed. but had to sit down, between l times. all through her wORk. 9aIt was bat a passing sickness. but itBupsef ellofthel victories of the past. and beat DaHld'l That night he said, d. "rr6 atraidi mgeba,. I've been poor sort O husband h to yOug q I've thought always o' my own pleasure. and neyer,o' your'n. And yet, I've known I had good wife. I've known that an angel wouldn't ha' suited me as you've suited me; but you've never had nothing your own way since I married you. 1nsav
 s'I've not wanted my own way, David, had everything else, and you've given it l me. IwouldnS beaf any one else say yoa hadn't been a good husband.'h mssg tsuidr l 'I don't care If you've not wanted your own way. I mean that you shall have it now. So you must ask me tonight for somethih'g I'm goin' to the village to- morrow. and I'll bring you anything you A'H DO Do you mean mean, David, that you've a mind that I shall ask you something out O the common, just to pleasure myselfl's
 "Pve just that mind" answered David
 ssThen5 will ask; but, remember, have not been thinking of it and wishin fort; but ask because you bid me, and be- cause'ts will pleass Kathsru; and 'tis phO great thing, after all, but only shat you will take of to the village some sunday, to go once to church. Kathern has never been, you know, and she's fairly wild to go." slf i0G lj baiIgn edi dtia sas q ,u'
 "Why, that's nothing to ask, Ton can l go any time."
 "Nsy: but tell us the day, and make us a promise; that will make 1t some. thing" .a..+ 7frrt. g.a 7.es
 ''Well say Sunday comin'. And to- morrow I'll bring you something to wear E- '''-. ..."
 '"Then let it be bonnet for me and Q hat for Kathern;for folks might laugh even in the holy place, if wore the one nsed to wear before came here.
 So David brought Ca smart hat" for
 Kathern, with gay ribbons and flower on 1 it, and her face grew radiant with delight; for Meena, also, Q neat bonnet that she felt she would be proud to wear. Then
 followed other preparations; and kathern
 exclaimed, as she passed the window, m a
 state bordering on ecstasy, 70 shining
 shore, shall see you close, at iastl O
 beautiful ladies, and shady trees. aud ht-
 tie white houses, and holy church, shall
 
 So the days passed. They seemed long
 until Saturday; but then there came in from the Gulf a white sailed schooner,
 and they all gathered at the pier.head to
 watch her approach. She was sure to come to the light, house, for 1t stood
 there to mark the channel. Delights were
 crowding that week. N'''l'
 k. 1t was just four o'clock whenshe reaCh-
 ed the pier. The sailors seeing little girl standing close to her mother, watch ing the vessel with eager interest threw
 some sweet oranges to her as they passed besides the customary roll of papers to David. There were more than would last
 her week. It was rare treat to have so many. The lamp was lighted early that evening, and David told them snatches of
 news, as he made 1t out from his papers.
 Decidedly that week was full of golden
 moments. rr. n 4df fo .s...-s ..I.4-... The papers proved unusually interest
 ing. One of them was rich in pictures
 and Meena and Kathern spread 1t out, O.
 pened to it's fullest extent, upon the table,
 and bent above 1t with absorbing interest,
 while David read. The package was
 large, too. There was about a months J work, at David's rate of reading, in those
 closely printed sheets. He sat at it late
 that night and he got at it early next
 morning He read till breakfast, and then Il only stopped for the neal He showed J no signs of getting ready for church; and
 when Meena went to remind him of his
 promise, he seemed tOshave quite forgot I ten that it had any particular reference
 to that especial day.
 .'Church?'' he said in dreamy sort of
 way. 'sYe want me to take ye to church, and I promised ye I know; but the
 church won't run away. It's there
 every Sunday. We can can go next,
 just as well as this. have just got
 into the midst of this paper, nov. There's
 great things in it. I couldn't listen to the 1 pfeacher;, I'd be, thinkin' of it all the
 while. You'll scarcely mind, and Kath- ern can wait. You can show your new
 bunnets as we'll next Sunday as this. It
 ain't often l git such 8 rare pack O pa. pers.' .s,s,., ., ., ......... ...... So .Meena told Kathern to ''bide a bit longer; they were not going just yet.
 but that, t'wouldn't be long, now that
 father had it on his mind.
 Had DavId been military man he would have known that his victory was
 lost for want of following it up; that all | the battles of his seven years war were ! to be fought over again. It was folly to ,sl hint at peace while that sturdy sense of justice Femained part of his nature,
 backed by an honest though somewhat feeble purpose to keep clean conscience. , wronging no one; for he had chosen his , own pleasure once again, as he had chos' ! en it from the beginning, as he always would choose it in the future, SO long as . he might like, unless, indeed some sharp ! experience should cure him.
 , But, happily for David and happily for .. us. 1t is not in the providence of God that any good man should be given over to a l the sin against which he strives, however . feeble be the stand he makes Help came
 from heaven, though not quite yet; day a tarrived-let me record it here, when the foe was completely routed. never to re-