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

ne Jay at length arrived, but nothing
extraordinary happened to O'GunueL and
night approached without his HAVING re. :.
tceiveda any letter /; this excited in his
breast hope that the charm was broken.
Tiled with JOY, he returned towards his
dwelling when, wishing to cross lonely
bridge he met a man who seemed DESTROYS
to dispute the passage. 4 Face to face he
recognized him as a poor Catholic gentle
man, whose house he had burnt during
his last expedition against the insured.
tionists ID Wexford. O'Glnlfell request.
ed him to make way; but the other with.
out budging, stared him in the face, and
said, 81 have waited for YOU"
'.You wait for me !" replied O'Gunnell,
II have nothing to do with rebels and pa.
EPlsts,''9 EAli1 ,'ee ~. IL y,f4a 1913 70 fEsl3
a.: s''Seoundrel r cried the old gentleman,
have care what you say.'' ga. e..
The blood rushed to O'Gunnell's face.
mo man ever insuted me with itnpu.
nifty, ne exclaimed, ''choose one ofthese
two pistols and defend YOURSELF rlss7Eas (
Al that once formed my happiness, has
been rayished from me, ravished by you,
and although death seems to be prefera.
bic TO the existence | now lead, 1 will not
profit by the advantage ! have over you on
this OCCASION. The hand of an assassin
always lrembles."
docs my hand tremble /" shouted O..
Gnnneli, in Paroxysm ofrage.
g The old man smiling disdainfully, drew
a paper from his bosom, and presented it
TO O'Gunnell. .,...-.. .,.-...'... -
See what have been charged to con.
vey to YOU" said he with affected calm
ness. PES s45 f 90 ,e-EF ~
'Ha does your hand tremble nov 2"
OGunnelf had hardly taken the paper,
when his knees trembled and he tainted.
when ne recovered bis consciousnessthe
old gentleman had disappeared, but he
saw at some distance the sombre figure Of
o'Darcy gazing fixedly upon him.
IL would take too much time to narrate
st the attempts 0,Guanell made to escape
from his prosecutor, and discard the fore
bodings which necessarily beset him
tie travelled over nearly ell England, fly
ing from one place 10 another, without
being able to evade those fatal letters
which reached him regularly on, the first
OF every month, in spite of all the care he
took to conceal himself from every eye.
In this extremity, he resolved to expas
rate himself and GO over to Amsterdam
on a visit to relative who many years
previous had, established a commercial
house in that city, Accordingly he en-.
barked ona ship bound for Rotterdam
and when the shores Of England disap.
Peared from view, it seemed as though
| great weight bad been removed from his
heart, During the night. the sea ,rough.
ened' and soon q violent storm having
arisen, the vessel was in peril. O'Gun.
nell FASTENED on deck, and watched the
sailors lowering the mainsail, when the
| lightning 6ashed wildly. and he saw a.
mong them O'Darcy himself, who flung
letter sealed with black at his feet. and
4 instantly was shrouded in darkness. Ills
impossible to describe the anguish which
the unhappy man experienced at this sight
He felt that ii was all over with him,
hehcefoHh not a ray Of hope remained !;
his heart broke with grief sad despair
When he reached the residence of his
relative SO much was he changed they
could hardly recognise him. A livid palor
overspread his countenance, burning
| fever consumed him instead of the CAV
companion, the joyous guest whom they
had once known. they found man pre-.
maturely old. sad, morose; seldom speak
ing, and never smiling. His relative,
panied IS much az sstonished at this trans.
formation often questioned Or Gunnell; but
he always evaded reply.and many weeks
passed before he made the slighies, dis
| closure.
| Atlength, one day. as they promenaded
together alongthe canal which trayerses
the Heeren- Graft one of the principal
streets inl Amsterdam .the merchant urged
him more earnestly than usual TO reveal
the cause of his condition. O'Gunnell
maintained silence. aft il is remorse
that fortunes yop,",. said bis relative, "you
had better seek the consolation af reli.
gion." .cnIz * aEzl 1i
1l"Alas 7, said Q'Gunnell, with bitter
ness, 81 oannos pray. That consolation
is denied me-, have but day longer TO
live on earth, and cannot pray. My
prosecutor follows me step by step; this
evening. at five o'clock / shall be q corpse,
and yeti cannot pray! Behold him. even
now" he suddenly exclaimed, trembling
in every limb, and poifsing with HE, finger
at tallyoung man who marched slowly
along the other side oftho canal '@1
They were Obliged to carry o 'Gunnell
home TO the houselof bis relative be was
SO weak that he could sustain himself no
longer. The merchant, persuaded, that
his naiady was purely imaginary, had a
clock placed in trout Of the bed, having
previously put the hands forward half an
hour In proportion as the fatal moment
drew near, the state, of the disease grew