Litchfield enquirer., 1879-02-06
'3--" --E ItE- "i3V t-I-l ---.F| "Why, yes, Caligula; rather, just now.

s'Why, yes, Caligula; rather, just now. Anything wanted?"
 '.Nu sar tank you. sar.' "sa5'+ He moved away. His hands came together at the lean fnger-tips with 8 submissive n.e- ti n. t
 "Caligula! Come back :"
 q."Yes sar, tank you. sar." sa-- a..4.G .-s"s You have something tu say to me. What troubles you? What has Mari done now?'
 Nothing, sar, of no great Consequence; but the divose D Gasi,a -93l. osj r. Il. .a. .s
 Oh! The divorce" g....ts .. 'She done got the divOse, sar-she an de chillen. I didn't s'posed she'd done get a di vose for de chillen. She took lem with her, all gone, sar prl lef' to myself, sar; tank you. sar. thought I'd give you information of the fac That's all Mist Hub, the pail needs fllin' fresh. 1 call the wate turned mite sour. 1 will fill it. I'll go al Once sar."
 was too much of novice in human ex- perience tS be equahle in my treatment of hu man confidence and re ne nber to have saffer- many keen alterations of feeling about Cal gu la; but from this time think he advanc d upon my interest with sad and steady inroalis 1 did not call in the fellows to see him now. could not somehow. Callgula did not ccn- versesmuch with the rest or, if he did, it was on a superficial plane, carefully confined to the area of backing, broOms, and coal, ot soap or towels, of the weather or the wages
 There was senior opposite the ablest nIa;l in the seminary, and reported to he of singu- larv spiritual nature interested in the higher life. But Caligula had never mentioned Mari to thls good man. As though more about it, 1 became at first awed, them hunlbled, by tite confidence of the sweep. -aa #. l remember saying. one day: .a- "Caligula, I'm young fellow, and can't understand your troubles, 1 know. But I'd like to have you know Pm downright sorry for them and for you hope Mari is ashamed of herself before now." -. Caligula lifted his melancholy eyes to an- swer me; but spoke with difficulty, bringing out his patient Tank you, sar," without his usual distinctness.
 I'd take it kindly, Mist Hub" he added, ''bein' you've been SD good, sar, if you'd speak regardfully of my wife. Don't s'pose she done understood how lone o ne it woull make i;. 5ettin de diyose for de chilen too. She was sech handsome woman," signing, and & nigh sperited don't sweep up ID grudgin' feelin's against my wife"
 It was the second term of middle year. The examinations on Federal Headship in Adam were past. The snow had melted from the university Green; the ice was breaking on the Harmouth River; great freshets were gathering their forces Oar seminary win dows stood open Caligulas coal fires burned low. The Professor had got along as far as
 Justification by Faith. Sparrows twittered in the ba:e seminary el.ns. Sping was coming. So, it see ned, was CalignIs. with d definite haste i1 his shutfling step. Iheard it far down i tine stairs that day, and lstened idly over hr' notes on Eternal Punishment and the Natural Man.
 The year had come and gone, leaving Cali gnla as it found hin-a patient, melancholy nan, with siavish inborn manners and grand acquired Christian eyes. Calgila had ceased to talk sf his do nestle aff1cions. He honor rd me by silent assumption of my sympa- thy. v.nrrt .5 ~. .s-...-... - This day have in mind, he presented re- narkabe, though perfectly indetinable appear ance We call it nsdsuration in white peo pie. He came directly to my sde and saed :
 Mist Hub, sar. done got letter from her. got letter from my wife" "5he is not your wife !'l exclaimed, thought, lessly I was angry for Caligula. do not know but 1 was angry with him. l should have elighted a touch of masculine temper in this long suffering and long loving creature. CaliSula waved away my words Wilh a gestur, of much dignity.
 'Cnc WFiLcS tO say Ssit
 What business has sine to write to you at all ?' ... D.. ....., ,,,. ......-.e....
 1t is in reply said Calgula, with good ieal of manner 'T wrote de fust letter. Dis is in reply" .@
 'Oh! you have been writing to her, have yen?" - a-'t
 It is as unsafe, we find. for a superior na 'ure to assume that it has absorbed the conf
 lence of the inferior. as it would be to estab 'ish an elective affinity between the "walrus md the carpenter" (wth whose attempt to
 walk hand in hand" a cotemporary humoris; nas made us all faniliar.)
 What else had Caligula done, pray, which he had not cJndesc .nded to communicate to ne?
 T wrote to her." pursued Caligula, with in c easing independence, in a tole wllch, how ever, lost none of it's gentle anl appealing character Il wrote that had bout made ny mine, sar, to go to housekeepin' again I'd ved alone to3 loay. 1 sholl1 marry some ootlv, sar, as de law allow, an go to keepin' house dis year season. So 1 told her I'd give her de fust chance. /"
 Hem. Yon did, did your" .. :,
 ''Yes, sar. didn't scrinse to her, sar. She's hlgh spirited herself. 1 jest told her, in nigh spirited way, how it was, She could do jest as she done pleased. But 1 told her I'd give her de lust cnauoe-n
 And what under these unusual circum stances did the lady say :" #ah
 s'She said she'd come, and be tankful. sar But must send a $l50 to get her and de chil- len on from Nashville ...
 1t is large sum, Calisula."
 "A large sum, sar," repeated Caligula, cheerfully; ''but she says she's done glad to get home again and behave like lady, sar. She says she's had a very dull time in Nash vile. sar.
 q expect she would, added Caligula, mod es,ly ~fa1 3
 Justification ny Faith was struggling with the natural man in this model husband at that moment. Anybody but St. Caligula would have have said, II told her SD ''' R@'fSn t@s
 And how" asked suhmissively, "do you expect to raise $15O, Caligula ?'' 44sesg .
 ''rhe Lord will provide 7" said Calgt4a, religion ly. ''Fve laid up a tritie jest ri tie sar --sence she got the divose. l laid up against things took a turn in dis direction, sar. 1 neber wanted to marry no other wo nan. Mari was my wife. I expect she done come back to me. I aint gwine to let matter like S150 come between me and my wife, sar."
 Caliyula stood cofidently y-child like, serene and sweet but out of the dark mirror of his face, as out of the Claude LorranG. ilunina-
 ted landscapes looked and blinded me. The negro sweep was a radiant creature.
 l yielded the case without murmur. we took up asuhscription in Dcpravity Hall. Tine theological prof.tsspr himself subscribed B at .
 he close of his famous lecture on Imputed Sin. The eXegetical chair was generous The hon,letic department kindly headed a pa per. Several of tine fellows put down Sun days preaching. One of them was supplying mission pulpit at $2 75 Sabbath In three lays l had made up the amount necessary to relnstate Caligula in the perils and the pleas tres of domestic life. He requested me to write the letter which should explain to the absent fair the profound mysteries of money. orders, railways routes, the divorce laws, and his own unconditional forgiveness and un- swerving attachment. especially urging me to make it cl ar bout de money an de feelin's'
 involved in the complicated case. Humhly di1 my. Fea in both particulars adding, must confess one or tw, punyent suggestions in p ,stscript form and on my personal respon- sibilitv. which Caligula did not see. but am dad to remember that Mari did.
 sent the letter. And the freshets came; and the coal fires died quite out and the el.ns T AL II f al