Litchfield enquirer., 1880-05-20

l " pulled of, and thereafter to creep, heard a noise.. A delightful cheering, hearty noise, nothing silken and futteripg. about it. ran bout of my room, and from the broad landing
 where the staircase separated I saw my god mother receive ,CousinfFox. It was a thrilling picture in my eyes. He sknelt on one knee and kissed her hand She, pathetic and trem- l ulous imprinted 8 most decorous kiss on his
 bronzed forehead. iAg34 rae-5 ie t l....-.. l A friend of hers, Colonel Johnson, witness ed the scene, but he did not see through her dependent, pleading manner, as she said,
 '.You have come home this time to stay, Fox,
 haven't you? We need you sadly, Clara and 1 l." 1 gave cry of delight, which made dear Cousin Fox run up the stairs to greet me. %.
 ''Oh, bad little girl, to grow so tall and maidenly, '" he said, but hugged and kissed me as if l were yet little child i '' | 1 took his kisses back into my room, and
 have kept them ever, as one keeps the scent of rose leaves when the flower has gone.
 How gladly accepted the old child place in
 his affections! I felt that had champion in him. My joy that he had come home was too full and flowing to be repressed. nj ..s Cousin Fox said that night at tea to my godmother, "How pleasant it is to have this bright httle bird twittering about the old house y And although itlmade me shy to be noticed so openly by a very tall British regu-
 lar, was very happy--happier and of more importance in my own eyes than I had ever l been in my life. ja1aes 9f- r. Jns 4. a.t.... It was the year of the of 1763. The French colonies were ceded to England Cousin Fox resigned his commission, and made himself
 very busy in managing the property at home, and attending to the affairs of our late grand father that had never. been settled since his death. He went very often to New York and 1 Philadelphia. He was a'm man of fashion-a l prince, 1thought-and very interesting to my godmother, who used every art she possessed l to keep him always at home and to add him to her list of knights; but all in vain. His manner to her was deferential and courteous to the highest degree-n nothing more. He was never dazzled by her brilliancy, never piqued into any thing beyond scornful notice of her mode of life. - S"." +. -17F."a '-N
 When he was at home my godmother was
 very restless. Every day there were riding parties or pleasure parties to the houses of dis tant friends. Every night had it's amusement: parties, the theatre, rohts, country dances any thing but quiet evening at home. reflected that might be because in public, my Cousin Fox was generally on duty upon my l godmother; and often she made an occasion to tax his devotion, and enjoyed the interpreta- tion that the world put upon his fidelity. l Pickle and caprious, with no self-control, she | I confidence, more frequently because she disre- garded me altogether. l was not woman at thirteen. had, fear, accepted the lap-dog
 position of my mothers warming. When
 looked we'll ss an accompaniment, was the companion of my godmother Tn her pleasure seeking. ,sli" ss" 1Hl~Es 9d' %t5lvce s'sr
 One day we went to the woods, 8 large
 party on horseback-a fete, it was called. We spent long, fretful, weary day. Our com
 plexions and ternpers were the worse for it in
 the evening. We entered the house on Cousin
 Fox's side, and stopped to rest in his den,
 which was seldom invaded by the female DOT
 tion of the household. It was little low
 room on the ground floor, almost all hearth
 and fireplace, the walnscoting of pine wood painted black. It was verry attractive in
 winter when it was 'ablaze, but sonlbre in sum-
 mer, and smslled of damp. s5 vrre gs ~r+ l My godmother, standing on the red bricks
 of the hearth, her figure in relief against the l black mantel piece, and illumined by the light
 of candles, the green color of her riding dress heightened by, the coptrasts with black and
 red, an unusual, pensive expression in her 1 face, seemed to be some one else for moment l-psrhaps because I had never seen her in
 Cousin Fox's room before, and she may have
 been waiting for him to extend some hospital ity to her. ..,,.. .....,.,..,.... ~.. l. He merely said, however, "You have to-
 day several times reminded me of the chaste 1 goddess Diana-of the goddess of the chase, l
 mean, Mrs. Fox" ..r-
 "Or of a chased goddess, you might mean, :" she answered. T never had harder time l to keep of bores, and never a more unsuc- cessful. No thanks to you, my recreant | grandson Those Browns are not in our cir cle, Foxr' t1. ..fi ".,'.... # 'a r.
 ''I am glad to hear it." r2.'' aa ~' >- 7. Nevertheless, how devoted you were to them! l thought you looked annoyed when 1 ventured to ask you to hold my stirrup!"
 'The third time, madam, or the fourth ?" '1 don't remember. Do you wish me al-
 ways to ride with groom?" .-'a'f ;. '-a 'I have no wish on the subject" A
 ''Then you were not annoyed? Why did 1 you look SOP" 5., " a-Fs''- ..''
 Il was very much annoyed; indeed, was enraged." 't' 's .. n5ra .a. .Aa yH'#
 ''Enraged because you must leave the | Browns?" .~
 ''No; you mistake me. Birdie, did you | have a nice bay?" " - Ri" {" 1.a ~- | Fox, were you ina rage because was troubesome?" '' ss5J --~q .'~ t' .n
 Birdie, did you have a pleasant dayT p said Cousin Fox. : ge eh g. |. a-'' 1 Birdie is too well-bred to interrupt your l answer"
 II beg your pardon, madam Will you ex- | cuse my answer"
 l could not bear to hear my godmotherS taunting laugh. Therefore l left the room. Sson my godmother followed me, and stood l before small oval mirror in my rOOm look | ing at herself with smile of triumph. She ! kept her hair in braids close to her head that | night, and wore very simple muslin dress, but the Diana expression had been left in the l den Her sole ornament was a silver pofnan- | der attached to her girdle. r,.s. 'srsf l I hot I haH hofO ] "What is it?" asked. "A charm like a Canterbury brooch. godmother Where did l you get it.? What a delicious, spicy fra grancen'7 -a.t ..., 2. ......-. ..... ..-.,.'.5
 Your cousin Fox gave it to me before married. chiid It is a family relic. Your | uncle Fox gave it to his bride, and Fox gave 1 it to me; but your grandfather did not exactly approve, and so you have not seen it.7 sI r-.aj sgd sstslsf fz 7if} stf r. g,srf edI | Out of it's perforations come to me some | thing more than spicy odor. Not by asso- citation, but by intuition and sense of sym pathy, l perceived the story it tod. nea ef+F Cousin Fox, in hls young, mad devotion, | had layished upon her all his treasures - 1 his love, his faith, his hope, th1s bauble that l must have been sacred in his eyes, for it was l his mothers, who had it from his father when he was bachelorTall had been poured out upon her. '.'.' e-"' ''.'" ' z Ana why 0lo sne wear N now, anu why tnc | glttering triumphant look in her eye' Cousin Fox had betrayed himself. He was hers | again, as he had been when first he gave her his love and the silver pomander. Il felt 1 it before 1 heard his voice calling to her, 1 ''Come down Come down! 1 am hungry. Colne!
 There was no one else in the world to, him at that moment. The happiness in shisrv voice made his words love song. He might as | we'll have shouted:& Come to me, my be- l lovedi'@ L aln waiting and longing and hun gering for you! Come come p .s. ran down to him, and my gcdmother float I ed down moment after. One glance that he gave her caused his blissful heart to over ! flows He saw that she wore his lovers gift. 1 He saw her downcast eyes. her sweet, girish avoidance of hls admiration Much more he saw that lovers see; and all that lovers are l hind a hiddar, from hin,