Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-29
EATON, PREBLE COUNTY, O. JAN. 29, 1857

WAR" for how to m mage the wayward,
whimsical, saucy, loving, bewitching, and
imperious beauty to whom he had rashly
bound himself, was question that would
have puzzled more profound. philoso-
pher than our friend, Lieut.. George
Wilton, U. S. A.
Scarcely a day passed that they did
not buarrel, take an eternal farewell of
each other, separate, meet again, and
become for the next twenty-four hours,
more tenderly attached than ever.
One evening the lover accidentally
overheard bold and dashing young for
eigner propose driving Miss Juliet to
Laurel Hill the next afternoon. Her re-
ply was so low that it escaped him, but
he thought it sounded- ss-.ss..s. assent. and
4 I4e--rrs- Trretched and restless until the
gentleman took his departure. lie then
approached her, and said in a serious,
but affec tionate tone:
ssJuliet is it possible that L heard
Alright? Can you really have engaged
to drive with that young man?'
Coloring with surprise and anger at
his suspecting her of such levity, Juliet
threw back her graceful head, but deign-
ed no farther reply.
1T is true, then, said he in a hasty
tone Of vexation.
"And what, sir, ifit be true? I have
yet to learn that you have any right to
control my movements
Il pretend to no right, Miss Clyde. 1
can only say thatif you do take the drive
proposed, you will forfeit not only my
love but my respect.
ssDo YOU threaten, sir?' exclaimed the
wilful girl with aquivering lip, and tears
of passion in her beautiful eyes, ''then
hear me! | do intend to take the drive;
and your respects OF as little Importance
to me as your love. Leave me! [ would
be alone!'
Good God! has it come to this =
cried the incensed and unhappy lover, as
striking his clenched Land upon his
forehead, he rushed from the house.
He paused on the threshold a moment,
and gentler feelings came over him-'I
was very hasty! Perhaps she is sorry!
[ will try her once more!' he said to him
self, and with that impctuosity which
marked his quick but generous temper
ament, he ran up the stairs and entered
the room he had left. Juliet had buried
her face among the cushions and was
sobbing as if her heart would break; soft
encd still more by her grief, he sprang
TO her side. and -dfawt.sas-iiss--taa taaeieriy
toward him, waited for sos.c expression
of regret for her unkindness. A mo-
ment before the wayward girl would have
given worlds TO recall him and implore
his forgiveness, but now that he was
again, as she thought, in her power, her
pride, and love of empire resumed at
once their sway. Withdrawing herself
with assumed coidncss from his embrace,
she @azed at him moment in cool and
lofty astonishment, with out farther no
tice of his presence, indolently lay back
on the sofa, and began Il careless song:
| ..I.ore comes and goes
Like SEell-''
':Julict, listen to mel ir1plore
thee"
''How one knows,
Nor can tcll!''
''Hcartless! unfceling! Willyou hear
me?"
Glove should be rue
As the STAR"
"You will not! You will regret this
when it is
''Secn in tie blue
Sky aiar -
Farewell then, and forcverr'
''Now heIe-noH there
Like the lay
Of harps in the air,
Well a day!''
| lie heard her exquisite voice warbling
these last words as he again descended
the stairs, and he said to him ,elf-'.No
she never loved me, Will see her no
m9re!'
Juliet cried hcrsclfto sleep that night,
and awoke the next morning with 4 dull
weight on her heart, and an underlined
impression that something terrible had
occurred. However us the hours rolled
on, she recovered in some degree her
spirits in the hope Of reconciiing in
tcrvicw with her lover. She had made
up her mind to be good gentle and for
She had not once dreamed Of accepting
the foreigner invitation until he HIM
self had woun1ed her By supposing that
she had consented to it, and that even
now nothing would tempt her to GO
But the day passed and he came not; he
never came again. months and years
rolled on, and Juliet only heard Of her
lover twice, once as performing fGats Of
valor against the Mexicans, and again
as suffering from wounds and hardships
in hospital at New Orleans. She was
dying with the untold pangs at heart,
when this last news reached her ear
bust of uncomfortable anguish follow
ed its recital, and then suddenly a new
hope, a new life seemed to animate her;
the color returned to her cheek, and her
strength was rapidly restored.
! CHAPTER ".
One day as she was sitting in the
midst of preparations for a journey and
writing letter-the door of her cham
Der suddenly opened, and a beautiful
girl, tripping in with the lightness and
grace Of, sylph, threw her arms about
the neck of the ston:shed Juliet, and
gave her a loving kiss.
"You do not know me, dear Juliet
she exclaimed after moments pause,
l., o1illicb ,roi,.1 hich