Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-08-29

4 aOHotiOJ nnu DOtI6E Iako II
yet; as he seems quite comfortable"
81 tell you" said the old lady, looking
provoked, eff Fills had given the dose to
Charley he would have told you,'' and
she persisted in dropping the mixture.
"lndeed, mother" said Helen, laying
her hand upon Mrs Lindeips arm, 81
think you had better not give it (: Ellis is
sometimes in the habit of not answering
me when l speak to him, and-".
"lndeed - interrupted Mrs. Lindell,
looking quite indignant, ''you do Ellis in
justiceT7-recollect he is my son. and she
slipped her hand under the pillow TO raise
Charley's head. ra - ~
"Oh mother!" said Helen, anxious!y,
''do wait until Ellis returns. You don't
know the. nature Of the medicine, and
am afraid ....s..-.-,
"HeIen Lindell," said the old lady,
sharply. ''do you think have no sense at
all. There is nothing in this that can
hurt any body. / am several years older
than you, and ought to know what | am
about"
Helen saw that it was useless to re-
monstraie. land seating herself by Charley
(who few minutes after swallowed the
draught administered by his gra ndmother)
remained there until the sound of the
horses feet announced the return of her
husband. With troubled face she went
out to meet him.
Charley has been asleep so long that
L feel uneasy. Mother gave him dose
of the medicine you left, directly after you
started, and" -
"Good Heavens Helen % interrupted
her husband, as sudden paleness spread
over his face, 'tt6s medicine was a pow
erful narcotic, and he is lost to US foIey.
erm - ...... .. ...... ..
"Ellis Elis!" said Helen, stopping
him as he attempted to rush past her into
the house, eff this is true-if Charley is
dead J" and here she almost gasped for
breath-''do not let our mother know the
cause, for she administered the medicine
innocently."
never admired Helen Lindell more
than at this moment. knew her heart
was TOUCHED almost beyond endurance
| knew that life had lost to her one OF the
brightest charms, and even In this deep
affiiction, she was unselfish enough to re-
member Ellis's aged mother, and wished
to shield her from anything like remorse.
"Bless you Helen, | will do as you
Wish" said Ellis, in broken accent, as
he tore himself from the sinking form OF
his wife, and entered the room where his
child lay. A ray of hope stole over his
| heart, as his eyes rested on the calm an.
gelic countenance Of the beautiful boy,
for the expression there might we'll have
been taken for sleep. Physicians from
town were summoned, and every effort
made to rouse the little sleeper; but it
was of no avail-dea,h had too surely
done his work. "Heaven had gained
another angel ~ ems a5tf. j.. -7-a-a
sOh If could have been here but
one hour sooner" cried Ellis, as he hung
over the dead body of his child, II might
have saved him. But it is right am
justly punished"
Two days after this, we consigned the
coffin that contained the body OF little
Charley to the cold earth. / shall never
forget how desolate il. looked, at Cedar
Hill when we returned from burying him.
Ellis Eindell's grief knew no bounds.
He seemed as if he would never cease
upbraiding himself .
my son." said his mother,''it is a, dread.
fol aud unexpected blow, but it is the will
of God and you should be reconciled."
looked at the old lady as she said this
and wondered if she did not feel con.
dertined for the part she Had acted in this
unhappy affair; but, somehow, il never
seemed TO strike her that lhs administer
ing of the medicine by her hands had
done the work. How strange it is, that
the failing to see ourselves as others see
u.s. is so predomineHt over humanity.
Helen bore the bereavement with more
fortitude than her husband; the reason
was, her trust In the Divine Providence
was stronger, and she bowed with resig.
nation to the disBetsation of Providence,
After the first flush of grief had passed,
Ellis Linden seemed to review bis con-
duct, and would speak with more calm!
ness on the death Of his little Boy.
"Helen," said he in my presence,
few weeks after aCharley's death, s'you
have never reproaehed me for the un.
manly, and cruel manner in which have
treated you, and yet you know that the
death ofour child can well be attributed
to he.''
''Do not say so again, my husband
said Helen, Bursting into tears, and fold.
ing her arms fondly around his neck
SIT is too true, my angel wife, ;, said
Ellis, as he pressed her closer to his boz
som; off had given the medicine, to our
child, this calamity would NOT have befal-
len US. And now listen, Helen: l here
in the presence ofout mutual friend prom.
Use never again to be guilty of SO ungen-
Itlenanly and lll.bred an act, as not 10