Litchfield enquirer., 1879-03-20

was stone house, an it had trees aroun 1t, an | there was a garden with a wall, an things seemed to suit first-rate so we made up our minds right off that we'd try this place.
 "'You wait under this tree' says be- 'an' I'll go an ask em ef they'll take us to board for awhile
 ''So 1 waits, an he goes in the gate, an pretty soon he comes out an says, All right, they'll take us, an they'll send man with a | wheelbarrer to the station for our trunk So in we goes. The man was country like lookin' man, an his wife was very pleasant woman. The house wasn't furnished very fine, but we didn't care for that, an they gave us a big room that had rafters instid of cell in, an big fireplace, an that, said was jus exactly what we wanted. The room was almost like donjon itself, which he reckoned had once been a kitchen, but I tole him that earl hadn't nothin to do with kitchins, an thet this was tapestry chamber, an I'd tell him all all about the strange fggers on the en- broidered hangin's, when the shadders begun to fall.
 ''It rained a little that afternoon, an we stayed in our room, ard hung our clothes an things about on nails an hooks an made be- lieve they was armor an ancient trophies an portraits of long line of ancestors. l did most of the -believin' but he agreed to ev'rything. The man who kept the houses wife brought us our supper about dark, be- cause she said she thought we might like to have it together cozy, an so we did, an was glad enough of it; an after supper we sat be- fore the fire place, where we made-believe the flames was a-roarin an cracklin' an a-lightin' up the bright places on the armOr a-hangin' aroun', while the storm-which we made-be- lieve-was ragin' an whirlin' outside. l told him a long story about lord an lady, which was two or three stories had read run to- gether, an we had a splendid time. It all seemed real real to me.
 ''The nex mornin was fine an nice, an af- ter our breakfast had been brought to us, we went out in the grounds to take walk. There was lots of trees back of the house, with walks among lem, an altogether it was SO ole-timey an castleish that was as happy as lark.
 :''Come along, Earl Miguel says; let us tread a measure meath these mantlin' trees.'
 "'All right says he. Your Jiguel attends you. An what might our noble second name be? What is we earl an earl-ess of?'
 "'Oh, anything, says l. Let's take any name at random
 "sAl right eays ne. Let it be random. Earl an Earl-ess Random. Come along
 ''So we walks about, feelin' mighty noble an springy, an afore long we sees another couple a-walkin' about under the trees.
 "'Whe's them" says l.
 "'Don't know,' says he, but l expect they're some O the other boarders The man said he had other boarders when I spoke to him about takin' us.'
 "Let's make-believe they're count an countess, says l. Count and Countess of--'
 Milwaukee, says he
 | ''l didn't think much of this for a noble name, but still it would do we'll enough. an SO we called 'em the Count and Countess of Mil waukee, an we kept on meanderin' Pretty soon he gets tired an says he was a-goin' back to the house to have a smoke because he | thought it was time to have little fun which weren't all maginations. an I says to him ego along but it would be the hardest thing in this world for me to imagine any fun in smokin.' He laughed an went back, while walked on, makin'-believe page. in blue puffed brooches, was a-holdin' up my train, which was of light green velvet trimmed with silver lace. Pretty soon, turnin little corner I meets the Count and Countess of Milwaukee She was a small lady, dressed in black, and he was big fat man about fifty years old, with a grayish beard. They both wore little straw hats, ex- 1 actly alike, an had on green carpet-slippers. l ''They stops when they sees me, an the lady she bows and says good mornin', an then she smiles, very pleasant, an asks if was a. Twin here, an when said was, she says she was l too, for the present, an what was my name 1 had half a mind to say the Earl-ess Random but she was so pleasant and sociable that 1 | didn't like to seem to be maxim fun, an so l said 1 was Mrs. DeHenderson. | An l, says she, am Mrs.. General An drew Jackson, widow of the ex-President of the United States. am staying here on bus mess connected with the United States Bank. This is my brother says sbe, pointin' to the l big man.
 How dye doY says he, a-puttin' his hands together, turnja' his toes out an maxim a funny little bow. I am General Tom Thumb he says in a deep, gruff voice, an' I've been before all the crown ed heads of Flu rope, Asia, Africa. America an Australia l all as but one,-an' Pm waitin' here for team of four little milk-white oxen, no bigger than tall cats which is to be hitched to little | hay wagon, which 1 am to ride in with a lit- | tie pitch-fork an real farmers clothes only | small. This will come tomorrow, when I will pay for it an ride away to exhibit It may be here now, an 1 will go an see. Good | bye
 "'Good-bye, likewise says the lady. I hope you'll have all you're thinkin' you're | havin, an more too, but less eff you'd like it. Farewell An away they goes. Well, you may be sure, I stood there amazed enough, an mad tso when heard her | talk about ny bein' all I was a-thinkin' was 1 was sure my husband-scarce two weeks | old, husband-had told all. It was toe bad 1 wish had jus said I was the Earl-ess of du UTdSSeO It out.
 '1 rushed back an foun' him smokin' apipe on back porch l charged him with his per | idy, but he vowed so earnest that he had not | told these people of our fancies, or ever had | spoke to lem, that had to believe him. expec',' says he, that they're jus mak- in'-beieve-as we are. There aint no patent on make-believes.
 '' This didn't satisfy me. an as he seemed | to be so careless about it walked away, an l lnftl n. h. l~1o- | walk along some of the country roads an think this thing over for myself. went aroun' to the front gate, where the woman of the house was a-standin'' talkin' to somebody, an | jus bowed ts her, fer I didn't feel likesayin anything to her, an walked past her.
 Hello! said she, jumpin' in front of me an shuttin' the gate. You can't go out here If you want to walk you can walk about in the grounds. There's lots of shady paths.
 Can't go out! says I. Can't go cut ] What do you mean by that ? | ''1 mean jus'what 1 say, said she, an she locked the gate.
 '1 was SO mad that I could have pushed her over an broke the gate. but thought that if there was anything of that kind to do I had a | husband whose business it was to attend to it. an 80 1 runs aroun to him totell him. He had gone in, but met Mrs Jackson an her | brother.
 l " Hat tuC udltcIs SdlQ S1G, eGClu WuaG a hurry was in.
 '''That woman at the gate, said, almost chokin' as spoke, wont let me out
 "'She wont% said Mrs. Jackson. Well that's way she has. Four times the Bank of | the United States has closed it's doors before I was able to get there, on account of that we- mans obstinacy about the gate. Indeed, I have not been to the Bank at all yet, for of course it is of no use to go after banking | hours
 "'An' believe, too, said her btother in his heavy voice, that she has kept cut my team of little oxen. Otherwise it would be here l now 1 II couldn't stand any more of this an ran into our room where my husband was. When l told him what had happened, he was real sorry.
 "I didn't know you thought of going out he said, 'or would have told you all about it. An now sit down an quiet yourself, an I'll tell you ius how thinrs ia . Ss down WA sits