Litchfield enquirer., 1878-01-24
From The Atlantic Monthly. WHAT THEY SAID.

From The Atlantic Monthly.
 WHAT THEY SAID.
 (Rstty CdGtOse to her H0ther.) IDALIA June 10, 18-.
 My DEAREST BELLE,-I received your letter three days ago. and it's perfect shame that havn't answered it before; but the time is so much occupied with parties and pleasure ex- urslons of various kinds that I really havn't found moment to myself until this after noon.
 We are having aperfectly time Every thing is perfectly ssegant around the house and inside, and Mrs. Putnam is just as stylish as she can be!
 Then at little distance from the Putnams lives the Adonis of the place, Mir. Edgar Stuy- vesant, and as luck will have it Mr. Frank Hendley is visiting him at this very time. Isn't itfunny how things will happen? When Frank bade me such mournful adieu month ago. who could have said that we should come to the same place to visit?
 We'll, 1t wasn't of my seeking at any rate I can manage to exist without the young gen. tleman, and hope he'll find it out after 8 while
 1 had quite an adventure coming here You know that when started from your house it was so hot that packed my thick shawl in my trunk, supposing, of course, 1 wouldn't need it before reached Idalia; but that night it was so cold that really suffered.
 AS had to change cars at four, l did not take sleeping berth, and endeavored to make myself comfortable in the corner of the seat, without much success. At last I dropped asleep, shivering and walked up when the cars stopped at station to find to my surprise that some one had spread heavy shawl over me. It was gentleman's gray travelling shawl, ev- idently; and after short inspection of the nodding heads around me decided that no one of them was the owner, and dropped off again. About three o'clock 1 felt some one taking it very carefully, and looking I saw a handsome young gentleman .just nag tde0h, Belle-folding it up. I should have thanked him, but he didn't perceive that I was awake and just then the train stopped and every one s,lshed from their seats, and somehow l lost
 Perhaps it was quite as well Inat nt.pt,v-- ed so, for it never improves my looks to lose my rest, and besides, Belle, the mysterious stranger came straight on to ldalia, and is at present stopping at this very house. What do you think of that? And he's perfectly splen- did, and ever so smart, they say; but please don't say anything about the adventure of the shawl, for think our friend Angie is turning languishing eyes in that direction. What she wants him for, 1 can't see; he's not particular ly well off, and Angie never; is satisfied unless she has everything little larger and better than anyone else But it's a clear case of ''smite," and she isn't smart enough to doany- thing but purr around all the time in a way that's perfectly disgusting.I never could see how girls could go on so. It's ''Oh Mir. Ray mond, are you fond of this?" and Walter, are you fond of that?" and Don't you enjoy hovr ityo ty she is to enjoy them) without giving any one else chance to say anything at all. fan cy understand the duties of hostess better than that.
 But the joke of it is to see the poor fellow escape when he gets chance. And as that happens whenever Frank or Mir. Ed. Stuvey- sant comes over, it's not seldom that we go down with Frank and Frank Seabury for a row on the river or a walk in the shrubberry, while Angie and Marion are singing with Stuy- veysant or lounging on the steps.
 Oh, we're having delightful time, and you may be sure l shall tell you everything that happens. It's such fun to have these little TO- mances occur in real life. FranRs just as hateful as he can be.
 Do write soon. Pm positively pining to hear from you. Yours ever,
 KITTY CANTON.
 (Frank Sea6ury to her mother.
 1DAL1A, July 1,-.
 DEAR MOTHER, here we are at last, safe and sound after our journey, and not at all tired, enjoying ourselves every moment of the time.
 Angie lives in al large, handsome house stand ing in kind of park, with other houses near it. and the grounds are lovely! 1 can't give you any idea of how beautiful they were the | first night we were here; and we girls sat out on the steps in the moonlight and talked until Mir. Putnam called down stairs and said we must come in and go to bed. He is very pleas ant: like him rather better than Mrs. Put | nam; but you know I always had fancy for old gentlemen. The house is furnishd very handsomely, and Marion Hallett and I sleer l together, while Kitty Caxton rooms with An | gie, and the way we cut up is caution. You | would think it was seminary days come back again. and all the teachers struck dumb. Well, to begin at the beginning: on the first day after breakfast we all went for drive in Angles phaeton, and Marion rides we'll, a. she does everything else, and looks very hand some on horseback.
 Somebody else perceived that fact-a gen | tleman who was lettering along the path il the shrubbery. His name is Stuveysant, ano his mother owns the next house to the Put nams, so that Angie knows him quite we'll l He is quite like a hero-tall, and SO hand some-and they made a very pretty picture a: he stopped to fix Angie's saddle, the two girls both so fair, in their beautiful riding dresses I with this dark stranger, who looks like an Ital Ian prince, stepping before themso gracefully the variegated colors of the parterre beside | them, the green trees waving in the baci ground, and the blue sky stretching overhead Oh, mother, what art can reproduce the sub ime thing it is to 6e,-to live with every pulse thrilling with glad young life. to be beautiful and gracious and have every one look IHease' to see you, as though you brought gladness il I your very presence, just as they do at Mario1 l Hallet 5sg. .te4.-rt. sr .~~sf l. I'm getting very well acquainted with her and like her more than I thought should There's considerable twisting and turning don by fashionable people, imagine, as well a by us who don't make any pretensions. l No one would ever think, to look at the ele gant Miss Hallet as she sweeps into the draw I ing-room in her handsome black silk, that has been made over three times turned upSld down, ripped andturned wrong side out spone ed with l0gwood, and finally made up Wit black velvet where the silk didn't hold ou1 Yet such is the case, as she confessed to m ius a moment of confidence when was takln down her back hair for her last night. Il :. Oh, Il must tell you what good deed sll did for me the second night after our arriva Il Angie had invited little company for us, l dozen couples, perhaps: and remembering ho' asstrang1 is always looked at and criticised went with great thankfulness to my new grer adine, fresh from the hands ofthe dressmake q 5seEsst tEs fv H E.