Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-05-30
WON AND LOST.
BY ELLEN ASHTON.

"Look-there goes George Alcott, stri.
ding along like pair of stills; his arms,
as usual swinging up and down, as those
OF windmill, said Kate Edmonds, as she
sat at the window with her elder sister.
Agnes was the very opposite of the
witty Kate, and she could scarcely com
prehend how her sister could speak thus
for she knew Kate loved George Alcott
il she loved any one. But Kate had
reputation for wit, which she had won by
saying sarcastic things of her acquaintan.
ces; and, moreover. she enjoyed secret
pleasure in concealing her real opinions.
10 use her own phrase sit was nice to
quiz folks %
"How can you speak thus, Kate?" said
her sister. "Mr. AIcott, though tall, is
is not ungraceful, and. Pm afraid, if you
were to be criticised as severely as you
criticise him, even your immaculate self
would suffer-"
He dare not try it," said Kate, pouting
her pretty lip. "
"He arould not" replied Agnes, with
emphasis. ''RealIy, dear Kate. you do
yourself injustice by the sarcastic things
you say people think you much worse
tempered than you are -''
Sand what if they do? FIN sure am
perfectly Indifferent to their opinion"
$50 you may be now, but I'LL fnd,b
and Ivy, that these opinions have vafue.-
Besides You do not usually mean what you
say. know that George AIcott is your
Iavorite-nay you cannot deceive me-
yon need not point and shake your head
Is" ell then what if be is? Does not
that give me an especial right to abuse
him! tits one of the privileges -four sex
TO make fun of those we like hest"
"Ah Kate, that is fatal apprehen-
sion. 1t GU would think twice, you wo'd
see how foolish thing you had said for
ifyou abuse him befure those who know
your real opinion. they will laugh at your
vain attempt TO blind them, while il You
make fun of him before strangers, you
will lower him in their estimation"
''PSEa% Now you would play The 10.
gIclan," said Kate, jumping up and run
ming 10 the door. ''YOu know, sister, mine,
when you begin to lecture begin to move
so goodbye. my dear little preacher, :"
and with these words the gay girl skipped
down the entry. ..t''
Kate was always the careless, rafting
creature we have described her. Gifted
with high animal spirits, good heart,
warm impulses, and considerable brilian
cy of mind, she might have made fault.
less being but for the unhappy,faouty she
had ihbibed, for turning into fidicule
every person and thing she met WITH
Scarcely the members OF her own family
escaped her witty tongue. We have seen
that her favored lover suffered under its
lash. Indeed. as if to take revenge for
having lost her heart, Kate was especially
severe on him who had won it. The fact
Is, she was so fond of mystifying or quiz.
zing, as she called it-thae she made it a
point 10 say things of George, which no
LADY could be suspected Of saying against
the one she loved.
"Dear Kate" said Agnes to her, few
days after the preceding conversation,
''you really must curb your propensity to
satire. Did you notice how George COL
ored, last evening. when you made such
fun of him 20 his face; and. after bis back
was turned, you said things of him, that
will certainly offend him, ifthey ever come
TO his ears" afaa x. 6.
'.Let him get offended them" said Kate
tossing her head. "He is too sensitive
and ought to be cured"
''Yet you would not cure a flesh wound
| by irritating it where most sensitive, would
you ?''
"Oh logic again. Why really. sis.
you are quite an Aristotle. But you ought
10 know by this time that am a true wo.
man and can't be reasoned with &
elf sh' will, she will, Ii she won't, she won't,
And there's an end ont 20
So my sweet sister,keep your syllogisms
for some one else. and leave me to abuse
George Alcott, otherwise / shall take 10
quizzing you, and every body else, most
numerically. The fact is, he serves as
sort of safety valve 10 meas long as
can have him to ridicul6. you are all safe
/ hut. forbid this and there viii be gen.
eral explosion in which every one will
suffer- a1 asa ,s ass 50
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