Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-04-30
HEAP GOALS or FIRE.


on his head--EoMAss Mi %
Humph! they needn't think they are so muc
better than we are" exclaimed Annie Montague
Il hate the whole tribe; and DONE care wha
they do" answered Eliza Montague.
II suppose they think we shall feel badly be
cause they did not invite us 10 their grand par
Ity."
They gave the party on purpose to cut us
Who cares for ihem?"
"Sure enough; | don't for one.
Yes you do interposed Mr.. Montague, whC
sat at the FIRE reading the evening paper.
''l'm sure, don't father replied Annie will
a toss of the head
"Why are you so petuant and angry, Them
asked Mr. Montague, with a smile, at the mani
fest inconsistency eff his daughter.
II am not. Why should l be angry with
theml''
II don't know why you should be; only that
iyop are.
"How absurd, father"
every absurd, but / am sure the Capulet fami.
" do not teel any more hardly towards us than
you towards them
Il think the Capulets are mean, contemplate
people; / am sure do not care a straw about
them" answered Annie, rather worked" find
that she had betrayed the feeling of enmity she
was anxious TO conceal.
You know they are the nabobs of the street;
that they are the leaders of fashion, and you
girls think great deal of such things"
IL think we are quite as respectable as they
are
$50 do I; but you know the Capulets are people
who receive the homage of the world; and to be
out with them is almost equivalent to be out
with society"
| II can't see why they should cut u.s. We
have done nothing to Offend
/ Perhaps you have; | met Capulet in TIE
street the other day, and he would not speak to
me, though, you know l used to do all his law
/ business
| II don't understand it, father"
| Haven't you said something about them that
you ought not to have said?'
81 am sure have not
| We'll we have this consciousness, that we
have done nothing to inure them, and if they
choose TO slight us, or even to i-treat us, it need
not be oar fault"
! But it was so mean, after we have been init
mate so long, to put such public insult on use'
replied Eliza, with spirit. II wish | had the
means of paying them off,
"No. no, child; try to cherish a Christian spir-
| it, Eliza. Love your enemies.
81 am sure l cannot love the Capulets, after
what they have done. They have already set
the whole neghboIhood to talking about u.s.
"No matter for that
cater we have done so much for them toof'
"What have We done?"
| Didn't mother watch with Mrs. Capulet
when she had the typhus fever? didn't Eliza
and watch with her too?"
"Those simple neighbory Offices; that should
not be regarded with too much complacency. /
dare say they have rendered US similar Offices a
hundred times.
"They never watched with U.S.
| eve have bad no occasion for their services in
that capacity. If we had, doubt not they wo'd
I have been Kind and ne;ghborly.'
/ az don't believe it,"
az IL. IL.
he would hardly nod at me, added Annie.
One might suppose from her downcast Look
! that there were a Romeo and Juliet in the case,
and that 9Th course Of true love never did run
smooth 1t must be confessed that Tom Cap
ulet was exceedingly good-looking, and Annie
would not have been much to blame if she had
consented to play Juliet to his Romeo
| Mr.. Montague was lawyer, residing in one
| of the suburban towns but few miles from Bos
/ ton, AS may have been inferred from his con-
Versation with his daughters, he was an honest
and just man, which may account for his being
no better off iii the possession of the goods of
! this world. The income of his profession ena-
bled him 70 live III good style, ana to associate
with the first families in b, which, every
body knows is rather an aristocratic place.
| Holey street was the West End " of the
place, and Montague and Capulet lived in oppo-
site ends Of Holey street. 1t is true, the man.
sion of the former could not vie in elegance and
stateincss with that of the latter, but in addition
to this, aud in spite of the fact that Capu!et was
the we@ithiest, and in every respect the most
distinguished man in B, the families lived
on terms of intimacy amounting to friendship to
within few weeks of their introduction to the
reader.
| Then, for some unexplained reason, the two
houses" were estrange9. The Capuiets firmly
and persistently avoided their late friends and
companions. The Montagucs were astonished
/ nd ;,,,l;, eha cho nt
conscious that they had in any manner injured
/ their neighbors, either by word or deed.
/ When the great party was given at the Capu-
4 let's, given apparently for the sole purpose OF
cutting them, the measure of their chagrin was
/ tul Annie and Eliza were very indignant; but
/ their father was scarcely Disconnected by the
Slight which had been put upon them. lie was
man Of good sense aud his experience taught
him that these things always correct themselves
when either party refrains from aggravating the
other.
When Mr.. Montague wen. home the following
evening, his daughters had matured notable
| plot for bringing the Capulets to their senses.
ave must have party, father" said Eliza
as soon as he had removed his overcoat.
/ "a party, Elizan'
"Yes, father; great party"
| "But / cannot afford any such extravaganza
! If you wish to invite your friends and neghbors
as we usually DO, of course have no objection "
! 81 don't mean that, father. We want TO have
A great party We want some music, a supper
and four black waiters-lhe Capulets only had
three"
"Pshaw shall have nothing of the kind.
cannot afford it,
eBut we must have one. father. We are go
ing to invite all the neighbors, every respectable
person in the vicinity, except the CGPHiets
Won't it be grand We shall pay them off in
/ their own coin, and teach them that they cannot
insult us with impunity."
:" have no desire to pay them off in their
own coin so l can permit no such party as you
mention, replied Mr.. Montague with mild firm
ness
"only think how they have treated us,
father"
That is no reason why we should treat them
badly
Both Of the young ladies teased him for tn
next week to carry cut their grand idea; bat
he persisted in living up to bis christian views
OF the matter.
Week after week and month after month
passed away, and still there were no indications
OF reconciliation. With the single exception
OF MIR Montague, who invariably treated the
Capulets with courteous respect when he met
any of them. none Of the parties recognized each
other The Capuiets could afford to be exceed
ingly independent, and they were so to the ut
. most of their capacity.
IL have got a letter." said Mr. Montague, one
; day, when he returned home much earlier than
usual.
From Mr Capulot, faihera" asked Annie,
who, for some reason other, was more desi
rous than tIe rest of the family for reconciha
) ton.
) mo. Annie. Ii is from NY uncIe's attorney
'Uncle Ruel ?"
f Yes"
a He lives in New Orleans an ugly old bach
: elor. have been told, replied Ehza, who has
: not much respect for old bachelors.
t +" lie did live in New Orleans he is deaC
now
D Dead p