Litchfield enquirer., 1881-12-29
: And I followed in her. steps.

4 tHOT tuOutuS DaTTr auu uau uOC met, eA- cept on the stairs. One night, at brilliant eletric ,hght, the scientific principle of which I was busy explaining to some ladies, we sud denly confronted each other. 37he i'"''" ", 'hHowl on earth did you get here ?" he asked spontaneously. ttr.1 t...4y,8 ..i,flftI . ''I should rather think you had come by mistake, retorted 'syou look so bored"
 "I am," he owned. I don't know any of these people, "3Hl aneFgf ner-.ta saH toss aa 2
 One day he knocked at my room door. Ab- sorded on an experiment., did not hear. I had lately taken up "gnsts, and desirous of observing, by means of a powerful magni6er.. what went on during sting, was coaxing a mosquito to settle on my hand. They won't when you want them to. was just about to receive the solicited wound, when Barry's entrance put the insect the flight p#a] sd 01 5 'lk What the deuce are you doing ?" he asked. E ''What do you want ?" I said, vexed at the interruption. ''' ''~
 Sauntering carelessly forward, he stumbled over an object in the path. s~ds9g 90 sHaq :, "Confound It,. Apstruther! why do you keep. .slop-pails standing about ?" ' esSlop- -pailsi" indignshtly. It was bucket .of waterI keep for observing the agepesisp of gnats. A"Whys don't you, look where you tread ?" l returned, peering in anxi ously, to see that the ilarv8 had not been disturbed. "I want to know if you'll come down the river to-morrow."v .3l {sl ss9Egr7ss7 .45i4 tt
 Delighted, if""-taking out my engagement g tSorry T dine tomorrow at Richmond ltssfor the centenary of the discovery of the planet Uranus. 'ef ra.fr. fl; s~4.f ...#59 ..
 "Wednesday, then ?' ,... E "Wednesday, picnic at St. Albans with the Archaeological. Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Haller's last 'At Home." Dine there and go with them to the House. Friday, to the Zoo, with party, to see an undescribed spieces of cassowary just arrival Saturday, garden partysas Kew. Dine with Lady Crookshanks, and take her and daughters to the conuersG- gione at X-College. 1" .....-
 !, "Well, upon my word!" he calculated. ''How about to-nigh P" s|y'a s5-#- yn.
 'sOh. tonight" l blusbed-s bad habit friends at home, as they say'' Nl '.'
 ''Lady friends ?" he asked bantering. I re- aliated.as ss.i,1 .l,y44 g,gg9 staa3 bra ss8a z Exactly. Two from the opposition shop" the "Amazon's camp ladies of intellect and learaing. Short hair, Barry, my boy"- Beatrice's hair was short. Boomer costume and spectacles." s My, altered manner piqued his curosity.
 ''Have iyou been preparing your rooms for aIreception 2" he asked. sq'I don't know them again. What's the drawing there-where Adelina Paths portrait used to hang ?"
 '"Thars trocodiliani jaw from the Coral Rag at Weymouth. It's no use your looking for the pictures of Gladirateur and Mdlle rNa. dine. That Barry, representa- the inside of s starfstl that, fragment of bath-sponge magnified hundred times; that, the ideal section sf prawn. Don't lift that glass, it contains live pet wasp Pm keeping nnder observation. If it were to stlng you It would die" 8''' {A+ 3' | "You are a lunatlc," he said h'1 shall in- form your relations" ll e.4s4. 5dl Iu saa e ''On the contrary. Last season was 8 lunatic, pining for the world of fashion. Now I'm a philosopher, and have renounced it, as you see!n ssb sd b'aads 4 s41 !" 15atu .s3
 My gaiety, alas. left him fatally inquisitive. Iihad let my spirits ran away with me. for Beatrice had consented to come with Miss Hale and afew other friendsto my room this evening, to see valuable collection of leaf and stick insects, tropical beetles and spiders made by my deceased great uncle in the West Indies and Malaccas, and which I had found consigned to the lumbef-fooui at my parents home as rubbishL H brought Beatrice, to. my roof My. guests included some eminent men, who brought a mint of Information to tear on the 8feasures exposed. Beatrice en- chanted< wise aed nnlearned alike by her orig inal comments, her imaginative speculations. Sbe and Miss Hale fingered, and were the last to leave. Three ninntesf afterward enter Francis Barry. dressed for a ball.i zaiiiloa sss
 s..I say, Anstruther, who's your friend ?"'s.
 'sMiss Priscilla Hale, assistant astronomer to Sir John eOgie, F. R. s. etc. !" .ss9n'stia a2 s> .sNo, no 1; not the elderly lady, the other ?" Is"I. thought you knew the Arnes,' I said stiffly, ''Her name IS Beatrice"
 .Beatrice Arne'' he repeated amazed. l''So, that's Beatrice -the bluef She never appears. you know-uever goes out. Good Heavens, Anstrutheri Her three sisters, are all considered beauties but she leaves them nowhere" -zssa'aDo ''fia ''i si#8s Eia0o2 ei
 ..sWell, F said I oprovokingly; ''why don't yoll make haste, to your ball 2 Don't you wish, to engage her for the first dance W
 } "Such glorious creature as that to bury 'heFself alive in dusty books and fossils!' Hang it all! aSome onelshould tell her to. fling all that pensense to the devil I've ,l mind Isi to
 :iHulle. Romeo l's said I ;.s.'wlaPs lthiss Love at first sight Y'ss1saxa aae s2i la .a5 .ss 3 t:Not exactly, he said .s II was in love with all her sisters in rotation but see now it was Beatrice had in my fancy. Upon my life never knew what blue eyes were before. r 2 s'Do you now F I iaquired.g ''A blue eyeil as Miss Arne could tell you, is simply q tpr-s ! '.Her complexion would kin ali the reignl ingbeauties with jealousiyS'' asasli ai al3all 'sThe hue being caused by the extinction of acme of the solar rays by the coloring matter of the cheek, the residual color only being Raen Oh Francis Rarrvll think IF aAa sVOiI!F