Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-08-01

Eb9o- '|'e-S y say S"s oH "a uISu9 StO0I near
the fire, regarding with. dry eyes. and a
vacant stare the preparations going on
around her. 9oi 10 s'S.'3 Nsol IN
aA'Is is an assassination you gu intend to
commit" said the priest with severity.
addressing himselfto the brother of Pat
rick O'Dsfcy, .......--s..
"fhey have killed my brother in cold
blood, my innocent brother" replied the
sailor still continuing to polish the rusty
weapon which he held in his hand. .itsg
aa: ~ bat r said thapfiesi.. sthoughs. Of
revenge In the heart ola Christian Does
not God forbid the shedding of blood -
Leave TO Him the punishment oftbe gull
ty,s terrible remOTse in this life. eternal
suffering in the other, will DO. Justice to the
crimes committed here below"
He continued 70 speak for long time
in this tone. The sailor sometimes nod
ded his head; sometimes hazarded
brief observation. At last the words of
The prlest seemed to make an impression
upon him; he interrupte the good man,
reflected moment and then said 81 be.
lieve, in tact,yon are right; tits his con-
science alone which shall avense me! 4
promise you thatL will not raise hand
agains, him.
On the evening Of the same day, while
the officer was in the chamber rejecting
bitterly upon the. event of the morning, the
sergeant rushed in. his face pale as death.
and his hair flowing 10. disorder. He
handed letter wish Black seal, contain
ing simply those words: " II 'Ha@
"Patrick O'Darcy died October LIST,
1882 ag es4 ar - ag s..s.-15 :. 80
Captain O'Gunnet soill die October
lst, 1799." .....s. ......-.. ...f
"Twelve n1onths!''
."Who gave you this letter ~ demanded
the officer. 10 s.-t a1 sfa. 7.:
''Pa,riokoDsrcy,' replied the ssrgean,
with trembling voice. -a ess
patrick O'Darcy is dead you fool"
81 assisted at his execution, and was
present when his corpse was thrown into
the lake." replied tho sergeant; but If
the words now pronounce were the last
which should ever issue from my mouth.
| would swear that it was he himself who
| brought that letter.
O'GunneH was not supersiitious : yet,
this mysterious letter inspired him with
! some uneasiness, but il soon vanished
five days afterwards he though. no more
of the matter The first Of November
found him at Dablifi. when tho hos,es. of
the house whore he put up. brought BIN
a letter which she said had been left Tor
him by an 1rishmsn Of uncommon height.
This letter was precisely like the first.
excepting that the number Of months was
reduced to. eteven- O'Gunneii, on read
ing this second billet felt his fears revive;
his remorse returned more poignant than
ever and the reproaches of his guilty con.
| science began to persuade him that there
. was something suPernaturalint this strange
occurrence. He had informed no one OF
his journey to Dublin, where he had ar
i rived only the evening before: what liv-
ing being, then, could have OWNED his
intentions and have discovered him SO
soon? A vague but unceasing restless
ness preyed upon him; appetite and sleep
both abandoned him. He strove to drown
his suffering, by plunging into. the .whirl-
pool ofpleastire, bus nothing could relieve
HE gloomy thoughts, the moral disease
under which he felt himself falling follow.
ed him every where. sas szeu sslt a,l ar
The first of December found him at ,he
table surrounded by numerous friends, and
on the point Of drinking toast, when a
servant handed him letter bearing a
black seal. He turned pale on receiving
il, and fell back in his chair without utter
ing word pretending sudden indisposi
ton, he soon left the apartment. Next
day he quilted Dublin, to go he said on a
hunting excursion among the mountains
of Wicklow !. a. single servant aceoirippa
MED HIM. -ase~ IS 9o---t.sy a., n.af
II was no idea CT pleasure or amuse,
ment that brought O. CuhneIl among the
mountains; be began to consider every
kind ofhappmess or joy as dream of the
past; all than he could hope for was par
tial relief moneniary forgstfulness of his
ills, and he sought it in bodily fatigue, and
the activity of 9 country life.. But the
recollection of the Island of the Virgin
never forsook him; look which way he
would. bloody phantom was necessarily
by his side. Thus passed the month of
| December.
One day, 0'Gunnssll;. returning from; a
long mountain excursion passed through
a narrow path which followed the COURSE
of q riyulet "A q turn in the road, he
suddenly perceived q man. who standing
on little knoll, pointed with his hand to.
wards huge rock near which he had TO
pass. O'Gunnell attsntively scratenized
this singular figure iI was o. Darcy =
His hair stood serecI, his blood curdledin
his veins, his hand mechanically grasped
a pistol which he constant. carried. and
he fired. 4 smile of derisiion CLEANED
athwart the visage of OF Darcy. who with,
out moving, continued 70 point at The rock.