Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-04-27
From the Chr. Freeman.
THE TWO BRIDES.

'OOOQ evening, MISS GVSf0us L was
quite sure 1 should find you at home );
therefore ventured to call, as | wish to
have little cha. with you" said Gather
inc Anderson one evening, as she entered
.he parlor of Mr.. Everett's mansion and
addressed his only daughter, Mary, who
was seated on the sofa engaged in reading.
81 am happy to see you, Miss Anderson,
and If | may judge by your cheerful coun-
tenance, you are the harbinger of joyful
tidings."
"1hey are certainly so to me, Mary,
and l wish you to congratulate me on my
good fortune | am the affianced bride of
Walter Saunders"
II wish you much JOY, Kate, as am
in duty bound; but have you no fears, no
doubts, in thus placing your destiny in his
hands 2"
"None, Mary; but why that serious
question %
"Ca,harine, we have always been dear
friends, and you will, am sure, construe
my language as the expression offFiendli-
ness and love am fearful that Mr..
Saunders habits are bad; his counteuance
bespeaks an intimate connection with the
inebriating cup"
"Mary, it cannot be the noble, the
proud, the gifted Walter Saunders is not
an Incorporate man it is false, surely it
must be !'' :
''But my dear friend, rumor has long
since pronounced him to be fast descend
ing the road to ruin, and fear it is too
true"
''Kate Anderson will not be the girl to
be jealous of her dearest friend; and if it
should indeed be so, tear not but can
coax him to renounce the habit, when !
am his wife"
''Not so easily done, dear Kate, man
who will not refrain from bad habits be-
fore his marriage, will be far less likely to
do so afterward, for the sake of his wife J;
try your influence now, and see if it
avails."
"How melancholy you are. Mary, as if
mans occasionally quafing a little wine,
would certainly render him an inebriate,
and his wife miserable"
''Surely Kate, when we see 80 much
misery in our land, in consequences oflhis
sin, il behooves US to consider, before we
cast ourselves into the whirlpool, from
| whence death alone can extricate US"
''It is too late now to retfact, even if
wished. The wife OF Walter will be hap.
Ply, she cannot be otherwise therefore
away, dull care, BECOME"
kate, word to the wise is sufficient;
l wished you to understand the course
which your intended husband was pursu-
ing, so that in time to come, you might
not censure me for keeping from you the
truth"
80, no fear of that, assure you: but
you will be bridesmaid at my wedding;
should hardly consider my nuptials legal,
unless sanctioned by your presence; do
not hesitate, you must indeed"
"When is the wedding to take place
My answer will depend upon that"
"In two months Walter wished me to
name as early day as possible"
"Then, Kate, you will probably officiate
as my bridesmaid. prior to that day."
"Mary Everett. you going to be mar.
ried Impossible"
"Not SO why have not | as good q
reason to unite ia wedIock as Miss Cath.
] arine."
"But I never imagined such an event
who is to be the favored swain ? no SO.
creis."
81 do not wish it be secret; in five
weeks, if our lives are spared, George
Barnham viii be my lawful, welded hus
band"
"Well. JOY go with you no danger o
Barnham's ever being in bad habits"
II hope not he is a man of too higE
moral principle to knowingly transgress.
"Mary, he is poor, nothing bat his witt
to gain him livelihood.
$50 much the better; he has health
! and q disposition to attend to his employ.