Litchfield enquirer., 1878-05-23

entertain Mir. Field for me while Isee father?" | Greta said intrepid, for her ally was so relia- 1 ble. ''Mr. Field will excuse me for amnute 7"
 and she cast an appealing look at him, which | he understood.
 Jack, amazed, hesitated Mir. Field turned
 to him and spoke promptly.
 '1 have an explanation to make to you" he
 said. Perhaps you will listen to it, and then
 answer it, when your sister is gone" Greta waited for no more, but vanished. | Jack entered the room, affecting a half-sullen, 1 half-indifferent air.
 Ithink it manly to acknowledge mistake or a fault, !" said Mir. Field. t'I mistook you 1 and your brother for another sort ofboys when | you climbed that wall. am ready to apolo- gize for the mistake; and to believe, if you say | so, that you meant to do no mischief" '.We
 meant to get some orange blossoms, said Jack,
 carelessly. But we shouldn't have hurt the | trees"
 q would have given you some if you had l asked for them," said Christopher ''You took us into the clubhouse that day | for the asking didn't yeu !' said Jack, scorn- l fully.
 ';Eh." said Mir. Field, a light breaking in
 upon>him. Well, that day had just half
 minute to catch some friends who were going l to take me down to Matanzas. might have 1 taken fifteen of my thirty seconds to explain l to you why could not oblige; but didn't, and there was the trouble We are not to be bad friends for that, hope?' He held out
 his hand. Jack eyed him, and found the frank
 face rather pleasant. Reluctantly he moved forward.
 Not unless you really feel no objection" Christopher said, still holding out his hand At this moment, with whine and scuffie the disfgured Boz, which had been shut up at home before MT. Field left, rushed into the room, and with manifest delight fawned on his master. Jacks eye fell on the dog, and his face changed His hand came forth readily, and he said, in lowered tone
 .41 beg your pardon. 1 set the other fellows 1 on to fix the dog. Pm sorry did it."
 'Tm glad to have you say so. It's all right | now I rather think Time is revenging old | Professor Jenk's horse on me, anyway l 1 wasn't model boy, you know. One dark | night-down Boz steady, old fellow Ia lot I of us boys went over to his stable and got out | the old dapple gray. There were six of us"
 ''Mr. Field, my father would be very glad to meet you, if you can conveniently come in to see him now" Greta said, entering. Her face only slightly indicated her surprise at this amicable scene.
 T shall be very happy" MT. Field said, moving to join her. T must just order:Bez home, or"
 ''Ill keep him here" Jack exclaimed, with alacrity, catching his quondam victim in his arms Say! what did you do to the: horse, though '"
 ''Oh i've painted him, red and blue," Christopher answered, over his shoulder. "He looked fearfully. We were down on the pro lessor about our gymnasium. I'll tell you about our difficulty some other time ;" and Jack was left modified, interested, if not sub- dued.
 Christopher found Mir. Godfrey sitting in an sy-chair, wrapped in soft cashmere gown. He was pale feeble old man, with snow white beard, hail, and eyebrows his bald head was covered with close fitting black silk cap, which made him look ghostly and uncanny his hands were thin and yellow, and his blue eyes dim and watery. His voice. however, though low, was decided, and his speech fluent and graceful. He had heard of the chase, and of MT. Fields subsequent kindness on the day of the storm, though evidently net of the boys latest exploit He expressed his sense of Mir. Fields courtesy, and proceeding with the con- versation, observed that he had heard that Mir. Field was very fond of plants and flowers "Had he taken any interest in lnsectlvOrods plants? Had he seen any specimens of the Dr0serG rOtu1edifotG?
 Mir. Field had very fine specimen now in his room. He would bring it at once to Mir. Godfrey he said.
 II. l other day." he said, Eff you are passing, and it is convenient"
 The next day MT. Field called with his in sectivorous plant Wally was in his fathers room at the time, and came up to look at 1t with curious eyes and wonderingly listened to his fathers and MT. Fields remarks about it. He was an observant, Studious lad naturally far quieter and steadier than Jack, and never having disliked Mir. Field much, was easily l<, L fn;o o,11 offo iC l on many long walks after the early and curi- ous flowers and plants which grow in tine woods and marshes about St. Augustine.
 Jack, who teek no interest in these things, | did love shooting and sailing and though he was harder to win over-for he was too proud to accept pleasure from Mir. Field unless he liked him-he by-and-by was won over by the kind and ready young man, who had resolved to be his friend Greta had now no more anxiety about the boys out door life. Their devotion to Mir. Field and his to them had be- come jest to both the ''Hotel Jacobs" and it's rival, while she still regarded it with serious and uDselfish satisfaction, finding it not at all strange that such superior boys should, when known, be beloved, or that in turn the boys should like so charming, so gentle, so ready a companion as thsstrangely pleasant friend had proved to be.
 : Her deep blue eyes grew brighter with the OCCptiilil5 Spllllp, HCL o"CCG yOuAIS 1aCC llSA with lifted care and added joy; for her father was growing stronger, and the boys were oc- cupied and happy, and-what lovely place is antiquated little old St. Augustine and how heavenly sweet the airs that blow beneath it's sunny skies . It was Mir. Field who took her to see what was to be seen :; who took her and the inevitable boys-out sailing upon the dancing water, and walking through the mar row sandy streets or upon the old sea wall. It was Mir. Field who, standing with her in the shadow of the gray towers and walls of the ancient fort, while the moonlight lay shining on the softly plashing water that rippled pleas antly below them, told her in the warm fair night the love that thrilled him first in the wind and rain of that stormy morning few weeks past And there Greta's hand was clasped in his for life of love and helpful ness
 The boys his firmest friends were delighted that their father gave consent for Mir. Field to marry Greta.
 A QUEER OLD CoNTRACT.-The following agreement was made between the then pastor of the SOuth Farms INorris) Church and that