Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-07-30

working Rounds could lick the decendants
Of the lazy Cavaliers and gave her ten
dollars, and told her to keep up Q good
heart
Encouraged to follow up this good for
tune, Mrst Pusswinker, in asblack dress.
during the following week. By aid Of the
letter and the petition, ,sbtaliea many cons
tributions. which in ai11ahsbunted TO the
astonishing sum of two hundred and city.
ODD dollars, the greater part Of which she
nut, for a time, into little toy trunk, Of
which she kept the key.
In the meantime Lazerus was up stairs
celebrating good luck, by smoking. d.ink
ing, and when inebriated, singing which
caused great anxiety and trouble to keep
him in check, for fear of detection. Only
at dark would he dare to venture out for q
little fresh air.
One night, after she had seen him safe
in bed, quite overcome with drink, she
CHANGED TO notice two letters, which bad
drodped from one Of his pockets to the
floor.
One wss addressed o MIN IL : ytn,....
HAND the other was addressed by himself
to Miss Araminta Chickbroth, il distant
town.
Her curiosity-some women have eAIos-
ity-was aroused curiosity subdued deli
cacy, and she opened, and made discov
cry.
"DEAREsT Lazy, MY DovEY.-I am al
ready to go with you. Though it is six
weeks since parted with you in the city.
it seems like six years. My things are all
packed up. / shall be at home every day,
expecting yon. When you come away, you
may be in hurry; but don't for pity's
sake, leave the little box of money behind.
Good bye lovey, dewey. am sickeuing
for you. I are, truly,
ARANINTA"
Her husbands letter announced that be
should be with Aramiuts on the next day.
lie should bring the box of course. His
wife he was tired of, she was so deceitful
This letter he had evidently intended TO
put into the post Office that evening, but he
had drank too much aud had forgotten il.
or was unable.
o We wives who have been similarly be-
trayed imagine the thoughts of Mrs. Polly
Pusswinker, when she retored that night.
Her heart was lacerated, but her mind
WAS equal to the emergency.
No sign on her face, in the morning, re
vealed what she had learned from the let
tiers which she had restored to his pocket.
"LazZy, dear" she said, after breakfast.
holding up the little toy trunk, II will put
this box inside of your trunk, for fear of
some accident"
And she did so-reserving tho key how
ever. He smiled and praised her.
In the afternoon she complained of ia
tigue, and lay down as if to srore. She
even INDUCED in an uncustomary snore
Now, Lazarus was on his taps. Hastily
slowing what he could into carpet bag, in
Guiding that all important box, he took an
affectionate parting drink from the bottle
which he had filled tor him in the morning
and left for the cars, which soon bore him
hity miles away, and to the arms of the
yearning Araminta
1t wa very loving meeting-the meet
ing of this modified modern Helen and
Paris-and after the first exuberance Of
| feeling was over, Araminta softly whisper
ed:
Did you JotcA the little trunk,
We'll, didn't do anything else sweet
enlng! chuckled he, drawing it from the
carpet bag. But shall have to bust Z
omen"
Not having the key, he did bust it, and
eagerly started for the bank notes but
'uey uiu bot uleet MS WlIu glare. Oh, no
| All that he found was bunch of rags, to
| give it weight, and lie ter which ran as
follows:
My DEAR LAZY Lazy, AND LOST LovEY
DovEY Fearing you might forget me
while with your new friend, l have pre-
sented you with this little box to keep in
memory Of me. The money have taken
out, to deiray the expenses of a long jour.
neY, upon which shall ,tart this evening
i. too, have lovey dovey l hope you
will be happy with Araminta but if not
and you should finally choose to enlist
hope you will take care and not get hurt
but live to meet and pay our CREDITORS
Your devoted Ito another)
Polly"
What followed this perusal, is entirel,
lost to the authors memory. Whether
Lazarus returned bonneville Ararninta
was anxious still to go with him-wbat hi
did, or what Mrs. Pusswinker really did
are yelled in impenetrable obscurity fol
the present. There is remote hope, how
ever, that if he enlisted, his name may We
be found in the army list of the killed ant
wounded.
As to the creditors, we hope they will
see this account Of the affair, and consider
1t a partial excul patton of Mrs. Pusswinke
whatever she did.