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

Polly sniekered at the truth, despite her
melancholy feelings.
MY idea is this. You say YOU expect
that the landlord. and the butcher, and
| grocer, and the rest of the old fools who
owe us-I mean that We owe-will be cali
ing after their pay before loug. Now III
tell you dodge which will come it over
them slick, il they've got any patriotism in
their bosom. When they come you Just
| sey that Pye enlisted-gone to the war
| against you consent, with tears in your
| eyes; but would 60 too patriotic to stay
! q. home, and see the flag of my country
| threatened and insulted, and the cause Of
| Freedom in danger. Would go; all you
could do. Love you; shed tears as if my
heart would break; spoke kindly Of my
| creditors; hoped to pay them sometime If
lived and if died, hoped they wouldn't
| be bard upon my wife and children 7"
"And children! But we haven't any
| They know it,"
mo they don't. You can say we've got
three little children up country-one boy,
I who may i1fE y ply - al prs 6sl5( and
that we couldn't afford to support them in
the city, and kept the thing secret: don't
you see ?"
Eyes, but they will see you
''Oh, no bless you. Polly! I'll be up
stairs all the time, and when they are
gone. I'll come down."
But how is that going to raise any
money!"
why, everybody is full of the warfever;
| very generous to volunteers and their fam
| lilies never known to be SO liberal before ::
| and feel certain that you can talk SYM
patty into them, and more credit. AID per
| haps some money out of them, if you put
your whole soul into it. You're good look
ing. Polly; eh ?" you know you are and
you've got the gift of CAB, extensive %
Mrs. Pusswinker looked in the glass
with an animated face, and Immediately
began to arrange her hair. (Odd-that
whenever a woman is praised for good looks
she feels of her hair the first thing)
You had better write letter, supposed
TO have come from the seat Of war;" sug-
| gested she.
"I'lI do that" said he. "And YOU had
better get up little petition to obtain sub
scriptiOns for other people. You might
collect fifty dollars or more, by going around
In that way. and /, Polly; l, uM be up
stairs all the time !"
The idea pleased Mrs Pusswinker. that
she kissed Lazarus several times, without
regard to the smell of gin.
Bet re noon that day, the petition and
letter were prepared-very affecting they
both were; and they bad got good sum Of
money together--if they got it-they would
g in the country, and he work on a farm.
which might prove profitable, as provisions
| we're expected to command enormus pri-
| ces.
There was knock at the door.
That's the landlord, Lag, Quick =
Run up stairs'
Put it to him strong-very affecting. ,
! Never fear me, Lazarus. I'm cum
ningp
Up went the model husband, muttering
as he went:
What dishonest creature she is, to be
surel'
(The lazy ingrate.)
The landlard was kind hearted man
ana uery IrtrIot lie was lame, or he
would have join the volunteers himself.
Was hobbling BY, Mrs. Pusswinker and
thought "a step in too see hcw Won get
along. You look very sorrowful. Is veur
husband at home p
He's gone" she exclaimed, wipinp her
eyes.
Gore? Not run away from you?-
Hasn't deserted you, has he, in these hard
times?'
Worse than that she said, in falter-
ing voice. Gone to the ,carsl Been gone
fortug ht.'
'Oh! Patriot, eh? God bless him i
lie couldn't have done nobller thing -
Stands by the glorious old flag, does he p
1t wasn't for this conf uEdcd leg, I-bu,
never mind. L may 60 yet, leg or no leg,
but what are you going to dO?'
The Lord only knows. Not n cent in
the world. And our three poor children
in the country
/ That's the STYLE said Lag, listening NJ
stairs.
Three children' didn't know vou
had any before. Never thought to ask
Here is letter just got, brought by 8
friend, would you like to read it
The landlord reads:
"DEAREsT Polly Shot in the THIGH
yesterday, in a little skimish-paipful to
write, but thought would because fear. +
leg cut off, might die, forgive me for leav
ing you and our poor children. | couldn'
stay when the country need me. Hop,
shall recover. Hope creditors won't be toc
hard. God help all who help you, remem
Der you poor Lazy. Goodbye. LAzAKu,
PUsswINkER."
The landlord brushed the tears from hi,
eyes.
Noble fellow Mrs Pusswinker, n
for the rent, don't trouble yourself. Sta,
here as long as you please. Here's fiy,
doilars-ail l can spare just now, but II
see you again. A woman who sacrifice
her husband for her country should peye
see want.
After few consoling words he with
drew.
Lazy Come. He's goue.'
Down come Lazy. and dancing iig a
he pocketed the five dollars.
Works like charm, Polly, don't it.?
Here another knock sent him up stair
again.
This time it was the butcher, to whom
they owed about thirty dollars.
He was handsome, forid young coun
. tryman. His left hand was lame or as h
said in an awkward but patriotic speech
= he would have Joined the volunteers tina
I went from that town.
I She showed the letter, told her story an
what the landlord had just done, aud hi
I eyes sparkled with sympathy, as he said
!, And SO he's gone, like a good fellow
Now I'll tell ye what l III do, Mrs. Puss
wiDker. III gin ye the amount of my bill
and though haven't got any money I
spare-it's awful skerse-Iil try and iais
subscription for We, when go hum
Your sitooatiOn is hard.-He's listed 70
. three years, and may die yeti
Having left liberal stock of provision,
! be left, and within three days bro ught he
i fifty dollars.
In the evering the grocer came, spoke {
), the scarcity Of money, the bill of forty on
dollars, hoped she'd be able to squeese ou
little didn't want to be hard asked fc
her husband and she told her story an
. showed the letter.
J, The result of the grocer's interview wa
that he thought it about the hardest cas-
: he had yet heard of; told her to tax, he