Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-04-27

| menI. 90 not feaI but we shall be CON-
Portable and happy"
"Give me for husband man who has
wealth, and | shall be contented it seems
you differ widely from me in this respect,
Mary"
"Yes, Kate; but We will not discuss
this topic longer; fortune has favored US
both; we have each chosen for partner,
one agreeable to our own mind and if
we are satisfied, that is all, taking it for
granted that the gentlemen are of the
same mind, as of course they should be. :"
Gin half a dozen years we will compare
notes and see which is the happiest wife;
our friendship will of course remain I'm.
changed"
Cathsrine Andersen and Mary Everett
were both daughters of wealthy and res.
pectable men they had been nurlured
kindly and tenderly. and ms far as exter-
nails are regarded, there was no difference
in their circumstances. Both were ami
able, gay and well educated; but their
principles were widely different. Kate
never cared for the future if the present
was sunny and bright, the future might be
clouded with thick darkness, but it would
not cast shadow upon her happy soul.
Wealth and happiness were synonymous
terms, in her dictionary of human life
Mary cared for the present and provid-
ed for the future. She enjoyed life as
rational being. She knew that happiness
resided in the cottage, as we'll as in the
mansion of wealth, and that love will beau.
tify the plsinest and hnmblest residence.
Walter Saunders, the intended husband Of
Miss Anderson, inherited splendid es-
tate at the decease of his father. Reared
in idleness, he had contracted habits of
dissipation which many beside the gentle
Mary feared would prove his destruction.
Kate knew no fear, George Barnham
was a young man who inherited from his
parents, the patrimony of virtue and pow
erty unaided and alone he had risen
from obscurity to station of honor and
responsibility. No enterprise of benevo-
lence arose, but what found young lawyer
Barnhan an active agent in its support.
No wonder that he was the accepted suit
or of Miss Everett. She poured out the
whole store of her garnered affections,
and loved him with wOman's confidence
and trust.
* x x
Three months passed on, and the young
happy brides are located in their new
homes.
Let US pay them visit of congratula-
ton. Here, in this little cottage, resides
our gentle Mary, now Mrs. Barnham.-
How tidy and clean every thing appears !;
even the gravelled walk is characterized
with nestness. All there is Mary come
to welcome us! How cAarmingly she
looks with her white dress, her face radi-
ant with smiles and beaming with health.
Let US enter her beautiful home. The
pleasant little parlor is furnished with
every convenience. How comfortable
and cosy What a bright fire on the
hearth and just run your eyes over this
library what fine collection of vslua-
BILE books. See those beautiful exotics in
the window: the dining room, kitchen &
chambers are in exact keeping every
thing is SO orderly and nice any man
would be happy in such home, and with
/ such charming bride. All there is the
happy husband; see the glad smile which
decks the pleasant face Of Mrs. Barnham;
1 yes. no tongue is needed to tell the tale
of their love. God bless their loving
hearts and they are blessed, truly bles-
sed. But we must hasten, our time is
4 precious. There in that princely man
sion resides Mr.. and Mrs. Saunders bot
why are the window blinds so closely Sc
cured? Sure, they are not sick, trust.
Ay, there, the sleepy porter has just begun
to open them; ine time to let in the glo-
4 rious light Of day. Why Mrs. Everett's
cottage was all swept and busted, ana the
breakfast table long since cleared away.
| fear Mrs. Saunders is not as early q
!, riser as even Miss Anderson used to be.
Well we will continue our walk round the
square before We call. Here we are
1 again: think we may venture to ring
at this late hour, for see, j: is near eleven
! o'clock.
"Good morning, Mrs. Saunders you
are surely i'll; how languid you look. The
marriage life has baniShsd the roses from
your cheeks"
81 have q severe headache this mora.
ing l was broken of my rest last night
/ Mr.. Saunders was very sick throughout
the night"
81 trust he 10 better this morning"
"Why yes. these sick turns do not con-
tinue q long while"
''Do you call physician, when he is
unwell?"
"Cenerally; I never was much of a
nurse, and do not know what is best for
him, when" and thought she sighed,
l-didn't yeu
"Really, Mrs. Saunders, you have a
splendid residence. suppose you are in
a perfect elysium, are you not e