Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-12-19

ceived, his spirit rose in rebellion I'm
/ several Instances he gave wayto what
savOred, much more than he liked, of i'm.
| peueusness.
| Norma had just been brought out, and
received unprecedented favor. The news
papers were filled with its praises. and
the beauties. of the opera were spoken of
by every one.
| Not in the least doubling, however,
that Esther would be pleased to go TO the
opera, as she had more than once ex.
presseda wish to see andhear Norma, he
secured tickets and considered the mat.
ter settled.
! 1--WE are going TO see Norma to night
said Huntley, in gay voice, and with
broad smile on his face, as he sat down
beside Esther and took her hand.
ave 0re?''
The tone and look with which this
was said, chilled the warm feelings of
the young man.
Il am, at least," he said, III changed
voice.
land am not as promptly and Rauch
more decidedly, replied Esther,
ooh. yes you are" This was with a
suddenly assumed, half playful, ye: earn
est manner. 81 have bought tickets, and
! We will go to nigh."
The least you could have done was
to ask me before you bought tickets,''
returned Esther. ri wish to go some.
where else to. night"
''But as | have the tickets now, you
will go, of course. Tomorrow nj ht
will do as well for VISIT
IL wish to make it to. might"
] esther you are unreasonable" -
Huntley knit his brow, and compressed
his lips.
"We are quite even then. I believe
am your wife, not your slave to COM
mand.'
There was something so cutting in the
way this was said that Huntley could not
bear it. Without word he arose, and
taking his hat, he left the house. Ii a
fever of excitement he walked the street
Tor an hour and half and then, scarcely
rejecting upon what he did, went to the
opera. But the music was discerd IN his
ears, and he left before the performance
was hall over.
The moment Esther heard the street
door close upon her husband, she arose
aud went from the room where she was
sitting with her aunt, moving erect and
with firm ster. Mrs. Carlisle did not see
her aunt for two hours. The tea bell
rang. bat she did not come wn from her
chamber, where, as the aunt supposed.
she was bitterly repenting what she had
| In &c hNtr Il
ken. as was proved, when on Joining her
in her room for the purpose of consoIing
her. the conversation with which our story
opens took place.
When the fit Of weeping with which
Esther received the reproof her aunt felt
called upon to give, had sabsided, Mrs
Carlisle, said in most solemn and i'm
pressive manner:
"What has occurred this evening may
proge the saddest event of your whole
life. No matter whose fault, the conse
quences that follow, may alike be disas
'rious to the happiness OF both. Are you
prepared thus early for sundering of the
sacred bonds that have united you? And
yet even this may follow. 1t has followed
with others and may follow with you
Oh! the consequences Of first quarrel |!
Who can anticipate them?"
The voice of Mrs. Carlisle trembled,
and then sunk alruost with a sob. Her
: manner more than her words startled
Esther.
"What do you mean, aunt?" said she.
But her aunt was too much disturbed to
speak for some minutes.
esther" she said at length, speaking
in voice tina. trembled. IL knew a girl,
who at your age, married an excellent
but proud young Rlam-like Edward, The
lover yielded, too. and when the husband
he began TO be little less considerate.
and to act as if he had a will of bis own,
bis wife set herself against him ust as
you have against Edward. This chafed
him, although he strove to conceal his
feelings. But in an unguarded moment,
when his wife was more than usually
sell. willed, quarrel of no more serious
character than the one that has occurred
this evening between you and Edward,
took place. They parted in anger as you
parted, and
The aunt was unable for some time to
control her voice sufficiently to finish the
sentences.
Sand never met again !" she at length
said with such visible emotion, as betray.
ed more than she had wished to reveal.
'Never met again !"ejaculated Esther.
sudden fear trembling through her
heart, and causing her cheek to grow
lpale.. 80
s'Days passed, but no word came from
the unhappy wanderer from home and
love. A week, and still all was silence
and mystery. AZ the end of that time, a