Litchfield enquirer., 1878-01-24

rock at the verge of the rapids Frank Hend- ley succeeded in getting to the rock and rescu- ing the dripping damsel, but Of course both the rcscuer and the rescued were in no condi- ton to enjoy ga stroll in the green grass, and were accordingly sent home post-haste, Mr. Stuyvesant engaging to take charge of Franks lady, ss Frank had relieved him Of his.
 When the picnic broke up, and Walter and Ar. Stuyvesant had gone to arrange the car Fiages. Marion drew me little aside and said, Prank, want you todo something for me- the greatest possible favor anyone could possi- ply confer upon me just now,-and I'll never forget it the longest day live!" s..a5 What is it?" said l.
 Ride home with Mir. Stuyvesant and let me have your place in the carriage"
 But how can I, when everything is all ar- rangedg"
 manage the rest ]"
 But never could have the face. What will he think of me, when it has all been set tied the other wayS"
 ''Oh. no man sees anything very criminal in admiring himself or his horse" said Marion, with smile: land if he comes in to spend the evening and you will entertain him, you have TO idea, Frank, what an abyss of misery you may save me from"
  went down to the carriages, feeling like a deep and desperate politician, and proceeded to admire Mr. Stuyvesant's horse. It is fine creature, only should never have thought of telling him So.
 You ought to ride after him fully to appre- ciate Selim," said Marion, drawing on her gloves. @ ''Oh, how wish could !" I exclaimed f 'sIf MT. Stuyvesant will excuse me, 1 will raIao my head aches badly, and the motion of the carriage is much easier" So of course Mir. Stuyvesant had to take me, and devoted my self to his entertainment most assiduouSly both during the ride and during the interval when he was waiting in the parlor to learn how Kit ty was.
 Just imagine mae, if you can, mother, select ed to help in deep and dangerous plots, and tremble at the result of sending.your daughter into society!
 After Stuyvesant had gone we went up- stairs together, and as stopped at door Mari on turned and took me in her arms. and kissed me passionately. Then she said, 'Tm coming into your room soop, if may, for have some thing to tell you"
 Then we separated. and 1 went in to see Kitty for a moment. 1 found her rather excit- ed, but very amiable,-a decided contrast, | must say, to what she has been for the last
 
 rion.
 Marion has gone to bed with a headache, my dear," said Mrs. Putnam, with look at us girls to keep us quiet land youreally must take this powder that the doctor left, and goto sleep, or you will be i'll. You shall see Marion in the morning"
 So Kitty submitted, kissed us all round, told us we were every one of us perfect angels and then resigned herself to the soothing effects of the medicine.
 In few minutes Marion knocked at my door for since her return, ill honor of her al- tered position as an heiress, another and more elegant room has been assigned to her. So you must imagine Marion sitting in her white dress ing-gown by the window, the moonbeams lighting up her golden hair and deepening the mysterious shadows of her dark eyes, with your daughter on a hassock beside her, listen ing intently to Marion's story
 ''To begin with" said she, 'I have no need to tell you that I am 80 different from mamma and Sue that on many subjects we cannot pos sibly comprehend each other. s motives, or ap- preciate them. This has made me very much alone when l have been at home, and some- times l have been very unhappy. My uncle Huntley used often to invite me to his house, and there 1 met Fred White. About six months ago promised to be his wife; but I asked him to let our engagement remain secret for the
 
 er because l was too cowardly to face my mother and Sue, but knew that the storm of rldlcule would come upon him, too,-and- Well 1t seems horrible to say such things of One'S own family, but knew that we should be far apart and something might happen where no explanations could be made, to keep us apart forever. If there was nothing to sev- er,then there could be no attempt thought" 'l think you were wise," 1 said.
 'Tm afraid not told my. uncle, and though he poohed at the idea of such long engagement, he promised to keep my secret, and, think, was the means of getting Fred's appointment, He was always kind to me. But now, when we might be so happy togeth- CT, comes the worst trouble of all Fred is very jealous,-I can't say that my previous ca- reer has been such as to make him anything else,-and has even been so crazy as to be con cerned about my friendship for poor Frank Hendley, who he knows is engaged to Kitty; so 1 have been continually in terror, either of attracting mammals suspicious by avoiding at- tentions, or of rousing Fred's ire by accepting the Il. had long talk with Kitty yesterday, at first about Frank but she grew Tery angry, accused me of drawing Frank away, and told me that every one knew had been flirting with Stuyvesant, that he had proposed to me- and great deal more that it makes me sick to think Of Now, have treated Mr. Stuyvesant
 
 manded?"
 Certainly not" said I.
 ''But if Fred hears the story, told as Kitty told 1t, 1t seems to me that 1 should die, Frank"
 'Iet us hope for the best," said l. eff Kit ty was angry when she said it, perhaps she ex- aggerated the report, and it will be very easy to contradict it. You are going away so soon, too."
 ''Yes, but Mir. Stuyvesant and his mother intend to make the grand tour with mamma, and 1 don't know what would happen to me off there by meself."
 kitty wants to see you in the morHing," said l. ''She asked for you tonight, but Mrs. Putnam wished her to go to sleep"
 Il hope she and Frank are at peace once more. It seems as though there must be some strange fatality about me that makes every one unhappy with whom have to do. of being my friend"
 And l am so little afraid of your warning that l am going to invite you to sleep with me tonight. Come, let me take down your hair. You know you won't sleep if you go off by yourself"
 ''I haven't for the last two nights "she said, with heavy sigh. Might before last wrote to Fred, and worried about his angry letter un- til morning and last night, what Kitty had told me haunted me like the ghost of mur- dered man. If could only cry,"-with a great, fearless sob -''but can't. I felt while Kitty was talking as though her words were slowly turning me to stone, and 1 should sit there, without power to escape from the tor ture, forever and ever And then, having to go down to dinner and talk to grinning idiot in white tie while my heart was breaking 1 was so afraid Fred would get tired of me find out how little there really. was of all that he fancied in me. And now"-
 She began to cry at last. If any one had told me that should see Marion care so much for any one, l should never have believed them. Marion, with all her wit and brilliancy, con- pletely slave to some one's jealous suspi- clons, while Kitty Caxton, with not half her powers, rides oyer her lover sheart trough 1hof
 ''You don't know how hard it has been, D said poor Marion, whenever I've gone to a party and come home with Fred, to have Sue