Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-07-01

s.'ne' WIN the cultivated iEtellectu.
it covered. 'e'' sure
The dinner bell raised her from her r.-
Verie. and Grace from her nan.
Why. Caro-! Still Studying that n;c-
ture Have you lost yorr hear, alr.adrS,
! There was no tell-tale blush on Caro,s
! cheek, as rhe closed the case and renIaeed
the picture in Grace's drawer but She an
swered quietly,
u was putting your account of him and
his picture together"
And they fit?"
Exactly !o
The large parlors Of Mrs. Lees house
were filled with company, when Warren
came 10 pay his respects to his uncle and
aunt, and receive his welcome to America.
Caroiine was standing near the fireplace.
chatting with some Of the guests, when the
name fell upon her ear. Without seeming
to take her attentions from Others. she
looked at the original of the beautiful min
isiasdfe Frssel and tise gentfe couftesjes
OF polished society had DESTROYED the SUI
percllious smile; and the eye kindled with
pleasure at his hearty welcome, Caro- echo
ed Grace's word, irresistible!
Warren is coming to STAY with usn
SAID Grace, as, few minutes later. she
came to her friends side. II am so glad
While you are here, am determined upon
a round OF gayst7. And he is a splendid
esc'rt All the freedom Of brother, with
the courteous bearing of stranger! |
think cousins are an institution. 1t Is nv
beauty, OF course. which attracts him to
this part of the room. / heard him ask
mother who that Juno-like girl in white
was"
BE not Juno-like. Toss p your head,
Caro-, and do the queenly and disdainful."
But Caro's queenly carriage was too un-
affected and simple thing to be in dagger
OF becoming absurd by headtossiag or dis
daiuful airs and the easy grace with
which she acknowledged Mr.. Lees bow
was quietly dignified and becoming. Her
simple dress suited her face and figure
| and the rich coils of her splendid hair.
unbroken by any ornament, made their
own becoming coronet for her fine face.
ALI Warren's admiration for beauty was
reused by the superb figure and face be-
fore him, while his vanity was tiuued by
the ease and dignity Of her manner. He
had been ceurted, had had little coquetisb
! AIRS played CH upon him. and seen an af-
tected GOODNESS assumed to lead him on
! All the little feminine acts were perfectly
familiar to him 4; but there was something
| new In this girls manner. 1t was not in
difference for she spoke of the family's
! desire for his return, and her own pleasure
/ in meeting Grace's cou in QUESTION: ed him
| about his travels and listened with evil
| dent interest to his vivid descriptions of
scenes and pleasures in the CID world
! spoke freely of his own desire to travel
and showed, unconsci u.ly in many allu-
si"ns to works of Travellers, how much the
subject interested her. Yet he felt, as
keenl' as a sensitive nature will feel, that
the calm, dark eye read him through and
through and he longed, with new in
terest, to show the best Of his nature only
to her, to let her see that his intellect and
education were peers to his face and figure.
1t had been the one aim of bis life to
please-anl do not judge him too hardly If
it was still his first thought to make fav-
OrsRaifR d aggression res.
drawing his cousin Into the library, who
is your visitor ?"
Zone of my scho Inmates Warren, in
the days Of a, Id lang syne. One. who sut
! of sore trouble, is at last resting, for
! while from her sorrows and burders. She
is noble and good, as she is teautifu. C u
| sin. A woman to respect and love. When
| she was but sixteen, her father married,
for the second time, and his choice fell
upon girl but little older than his eldest
daughter: giddy, pleasure seeking wo-
man, who was Jealous Of Caruline's beauty,
and ignorant of her duties to the young
children For three years Caro- filled the
most trying of all situations. the real head
of the family, without airy authority
Her fathers enmfort, the chldren's happi-
ness and education, and the direction of
the house. all were dependent upon her
care while her step mother sented every
semblance of usurpation of her right mis-
tress, conradicting all orders. and fret
fully cOmI laining to her husband at all
times. For the chiliren's sake Caroline
endured all this. Her two little sisters
were the argument which kept her at hcme,
through this daily torturing life, until she
was nineteen Then scarlet fever removed
both Ella and Clara to a better world, aud
brought Caro- herself TO the verge of the
grave. She nursed them faithfully, and
when they died. hid her own sore grief
under cheerful face for her fathers sake.
As she slowly recovered from the illness
which sorrow, over fatigue and contagion
had brought upon her, another blow came;
her father failed, and unable to endure the
trial of insolvency, committed suicide
Now came the most severe test of Caro-
|
pobIy she bore it. She opened school,
aud took the step-mother, who had tortured
her with petty tyranny into her home, sup
ported her, and tried, in every way, to show
how entirely she fOrgave the past, ard let
common sorrow make them one. The poor,
vain, weak woman lived for two years with
her noble step daughter, and then mar
ried again. When Caro- stood alone in the
world, an uncle Of her mothers died. leav
ing her his fortune. 1t is very little, just
enough to support one person in comfort !;
vet she contrives to do moro good with her
little income, than most persons could do
with double the money. She mas accepted
nv invitation to spend the winter in New
!, York, and / shall strive most earnestly to
make it pleasant resting place in her sor-
rowful life."
otis singular how with such trials,
wearing, daily Vexatons, she has preserved
her quiet, placid beauty. Great sorrows
, sometimes leave that seal but constant ir-
rita'ing trials rarelyW
| because they did not irritate her
Looking above and beyond them to the OBJ
iect of her patient endurance, she did not
feel the irritation of her daily life. twas
like a man Walking to his goal over nettles
/ who could not feel their sting on his feet,
, because his whole soul was absorbed in
, gaining the end of his journey. As child
this was Caro's temperament. Once see
ing the goal, all other objects were pressed
down and made secondary till that was
gained"
Warren shrugged his shoulders. as If be
!! thought such earnestDess must be rather q
bore, and sauntered over to the window to
| watch for Caroline's return from her
walk.
This station soon became a favorite one
with him if Caroline was out. He soon
found that it would require all his powers
to win the favor he coveted of.this queenly