Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-08-29
The Man who wouldn't answer his Wife
BY MRS. E. H. RUSSELL WILLIS.

''There is Laguire, said Helen. ''wHat
shall | do? He will be angry if tell
himthat DR.. Robinson has pulled my tooth.
II. itwere not so dreadful ]. would have an.
other extracted TO keep him in good hu-
mor.''
eve must make the best of it," said /;
''but hush he is here!
MIR. Laguire entered, and looked un.
commonly profes Observation-Disclosures NOR.
ming civilities, and commenced forthwith
making inquiries about the tooth in ques
ton.
"There has been some mistake" said
Helen; 81 did not know that my husband
had spoken to DR.. Robinson about my
tooth when sent for YOU"
"Did not know" said the little French
man, getting extremely. red in The face.
DO you take me for one simpleton, Ma
dame, dat walk one halfniIe and back
for nothihg?"
"You must excuse me-" said Helen,
"there was misunderstanding between
DR.. Lindell and myself"
81 no care for The misunderstood be-
tween man and wife. You tell your mis-
understand to somebody dat care. /
walk one half mile and back for noting"
Helen looked perpEe&ed, and tried to
explain how it was TO Laguire, but lc0uld
not make him understand that it was Just
for him to ''to walk one half mile and back
for noting"
In The midst OF this dilemma Ellis ar
rived, and Helen explained the circum.
stance to him. He seemed provoked at
first, saying, Helen might have known he
would send dentist, but when he looked
at the wo. begone countenance of the little
Frenchman, he could not help smiling.
''No insult was Intended, Mr.. Laguire, :"
he said, courteousIy. "My wife did not
know that | had gone for dentist"
81 cannot help dat; you walk one half
mile and back for noting yourself, and den
you feel like myself hey Z"
"Oh, am willing to pay you for your
Trouble if that is ALL" said Ellis, drawing
out his purse.
"The face ofthe FreHcbman brighten.
ed, and he said-"All right! Monsieur
Lindell, all right! charge you one dol.
lar-I canpot walk one half mile and back
for noting"
Ellis paid the sum demanded, aad as
some company was then announced, Mr..
Laguire departed and the subject was not
again alluded to.
The prosperity that shohee so brightly
around the family Of Cedar Hill was at
length darkened by the illness of little
Charley. For weeks and days his life
was deepaired Of. l never saw more
watchful and devoted nurse than Ellie
LindeiI. Charley was the pride of his
heart. and night after night, he sat By the
couch Of the little sufferer, watching the
varying symptoms Of the disease. He
would not relinquish his post even to his
mother, (who had been sent for at the be-
ginning OF the child's sickness1 until
change tor better was decided. Charley
had been i'll about two weeks, when the
anxiety fol- his recovery was allayed by
favorable turn of the malady, and hope
filed Ellis eye again with brightness and
Helen's step with elasticity.
It was a soft June morning. We had
drawn the bed of the childish invalid near
the door. where he could watch the birds,
and see the green trees and flowers that
studded the yard at Cedar Hill. Ellis
had left Us to visit patient several miles
off, and Helen and myself were cheerfully
eonversing. Our conversation was in
terrupted by the entrance of old Mrs. Liu-
dell. real bustIing. busy mother.in- law.
did Ellis give Charley bis medicine be.
fore he lett1' she inquired Of Helen.
81 doh'tknow,"' was tbs reply 81 ask
ed him before he started, bin be did not
answer ttie-perhaps," she added, look.
ing al me, s'he didn't hear me. . -
I'LL be bothd be heard you, and you
may be sute ffhs had given CHARLEY the
medicine be would have told YOU j. /
suppose be thought ! was here. aud