Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05

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 meal, a2d hoped, moreover, to get a very de- cc.r oar There was the less reason, then
 for Abraham remarking to me with manner
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 ''Oh, by the way. old fellow, have you any objection to Jamrs sitting down with us to the tabe dk0te?" We had been informed tbat s ts5!e d'hote supper was 10 be served at sey
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 '.Wha, he dsllce 2 -2rI began unceremn
 uinnsly. when Abrsbsas stopped ne. Srh that genial, ia 1T .delfreaiiug manner ofahis it
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 '.Yes, 1 know whai you are going to say, aEd in other circumstancrs yon would be rig of course Bul l ask il now as etsoual fa- vDar ctns.. D; hs zee that he's ovcr- done. though to him justice. he says nothing about il and his s,,nach is delicate. aI.d the:a'is ,,,0si a0 iiir,h smell nf sauerk as:t and iGtpacc..-s m"kr in ti'a kichrn: and hc
 side, fnI VDIr sukP as w"ll Is.'n'. l waih him tn b up r. hS " TX tn ".-.'
 We'll gnal nature Was always my weaH point -,.t aii pys.nis, there is a thing d Test m re tif;ln tiiff r.' css of opi ion with m e'* solitary travelling c''unpa Iion. ansi arguments on the ~" of G'rnlan snp'rr llakr assa-. rance os indigestion, dnnolv crr ain. cu!! always lais- prcra'iiior iaret against iurnrg s1.s 1. Ioll. we wuuil meet nn CD HpaiiV wlo wprr likel,
 to be cri.icsl tn ir cohctres S, l gay" a reluclaut cons nj V iih indifferent. gsac. .,. and waa reva'dfti i,v Cox's T',.i ,'ra tt.tt.~
 Co If und the II ish of e GU nc temperament! Had inr mjrth toat tt~ bu q n,OIli,-nt ptr VI. sho ld ui'el sm "i our cpuniry psnpr al the cnnIIng meal. 1 should have made respIuc stand al once, and savcs
 subsequent aHnbyance The table in ihe great chamber was spread for nine: we found couple of local diSntarics with napkins knHis,d into their button holes. and Cox ami 1 had hardly taken our seats. when in walked a gentIeInanly hooking Englishnan with a pair of very pretty dIn sliers; while the party was ma ie up with well desc nde,l German Graf. who indeed, was less a personage than A scion pf tt' II 'I1. nf II .rrenhers. and who n n" II '<t ntrsitIhrd vilh 'v"rp 'yeri ng humility to th" place ai ilIe head If the tab C. Cox would have kept seat by us for Lnr- cher, who was lafe; hut that arrangement l calmly ignored. and mfngIvred que of the pretty E IgliSlI girls into ihr chair next to me, while her faflcr an sister W gre seated Oppn- site. I would willingly have ignored Mir. Lurcher likewise But that gooi natured Cox. seeing his protege i'll at ease, -and small blame t0 him.-wmIld insist identifying him as one of us. bv making some friendly remark tn him. Wherrup 'n could see quick glanc-s evchtnged in the E ,glsh family, as much as to say. ''Wh" can these good people possibly be 7" while the Graf, who had hither- to been cnndescendingIy atfable. stiffened wis ibly. Hnweve@' our country folk were peo- pie Of the world: we dropped into pleasant conversation with the father. and began to nuke the running dscreeily with my fair neighbour. She WAS clever. lively, and perfectly unaffected only t0n lively indeed For when that unlucky Lnrcher began n0isly spOoning down his soup in style that was dOubfless ihe fashion at Prnt0nh0nk, she was seiZe-f with what must call a fit of the gigles. Her sisrer's black eyes were dancing with mirfh. which seemed likely to brim nver at any moment. Till the mirth was changing to misery in the efforts she made ta keep it down. And the Count. wh' was evidently epris of the beautiful EngiandrrIn, ceased to he stiff and caught the inf-cIion until in my morti hcztiOn almost forgot l was hungry: and if ever sat n:pIn th0rns. most assurrdly it was them The girls were gnM nai,ired as well as welIbr-i a1i n4<e ere iitahie eff prts t, re- cover their gravity; yet every now and then they had threaiPnings of q fresh parnxysm at home new eaEcherie of James's. How he did sack and hew at his meat. and shovel down the sEHer haWt with the hlade of his knife. | and go hunting the prunes and the cherries l rnsInd his plaie. He was quick enough to | co-HTrehend the situation. and hecame less l aui less al his ease. fiatter myselfthatI ex l cried myself nnt altogether unsuccessfully to l overcome iiIe pr~jndices the cnmpaninnship 1 must have excited: and we shook ourselves free frDsu the inc'IbIs after supper. when we all adinnrDed in bmiy tn the garden fr cnf- fee But what might have been flIr m ,re of pleasure for iis beIng so entirely unexpected n was comparatively spoiled; and. in honour, cpuid give no explanations. My lips were sezIfsf as t0 Lurcher's cOnrectinn with us anf had srruplrs as to placing Cox in ri- | dicusHns light by saving that he had insisted 1 ou his servant dining with his