Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-06-24
.Is Mr. Dean YOUR uncle in l inauire.

"There is lame girl living with him" Z
"Yes. Miss Walters"
"Ca1 trust you, George" inquired.
"You may. sir, if you want to help Miss
Walters without her kno wing who is doing
it," said he.
Well" said /, "this 3etter is intended
for Miss Walters, as you will perceive. u
is money letter. and if you can convey il
to her, that is all that is required. You
will keep the matter to yourself?" added
as andeavored to place q sovereign in bid
hand.
mo, sir-not that. Mr.. Clark. I only
wish could do twice as much for Mies
walters, exclaimed the fine fellow. q
shall put the letter where she will get III
and will never know where it came from
! am going ,here to night"
very well, George" replied, as lef1
him, feeling satisfied the note Was in safe
bands.
4 - G
That lady in blue 7" said my cousin.
mo, said l, ''that lady beside her"
"Have you not made her acquaintance
That is Miss Wright"
SIS she any relation to Miss Emma
Wright ?"
mo; they are quite intimate, however,
Let me present you"
fancied Miss Wright bestowed look
of more than ordinary curiosity upon me
as my cousin presented me; but IL had
the affrontery to meet her inquiriug look
as if unconscious Of the fact that had
met those eyes before, and had received
from those lips sisterly kiss. As seated
myself beside her, l overheard the words,
Taking everything into consideration,
think very little blame can be attached to
the gentleman" uttered in merry tore
BY person who was at my elbow, but
whose face was turned from me.
Pray have done, Ralphw said Miss
Wright, as she tapped his shoulders light
ly with her fan, faint blush suffusing her
cheeks.
"But the GOODNESS of the whole proceed
ing" continued the party addressed as
Ralph, "tbe fellow even gave her broth
erly kiss"
"Ralph !" exclaimed Miss Wright ener-
getically, as the blood mounted to her fore.
head. dyeing her face and Geek crimson.
Come. come, Wright. don't ask Us to
believe that 70 exclaimed one of the group.
well, she cannot deny it, having COM
planned to me the next day that he was ex
ceeding!y stupid. thinking / was the often
der all the while, and scarcely uttered a
woid that in fact, she had to do all the
talking"
1--WE viii! take that with considerable
allowance, too," replied one of the listen
ers.
II met the fellow on the road, ;" resumed
the gentleman; land l must say l never
encountered man SO like myself in all
my life"
''In truth, you are barbarian, Mr.
Wright, to tell such things about your sis
ter" exclaimed our hostess with a merry
laugh
''As if did not owe her ten times az
much % said the young man. Ever since
that evening she has been teasing me il
every conceivable manner" he added, turn
ing round suddenly towards her; and, il
doing so, encountering my steady gaze, BIZ
calculated, with q preceptible start, upor
facing me, There he is p
Miss Wright flashed Q meaning glance
upon him, then suddenly turned toward,
me, as if to observe the effect his exclama
ton and manner would produce upon me
but l was equal to the emergency, anC
maintained an unrufled cOmposure.
81 did not hear the first of that, Mis-
Wright" / said, as | cast a careless glanc,
over the wondering group, and another o
pretended astonishment upon Mr.. Wrigh
who evidently felt no little annoyance.
perhaps it is just as well,'' was tn,
reply, as she glanced at her BROTHER
Ralph really is numerically when he be
! gins. ] am glad you did not hear tn
whole; but now that it is out, may a
well give q correct version of the affair
Like an affective brother, he permitted
the crowd to separate Us al the close of tn
| Princess Strainervoyce's concert on Tues
day, and was so unfortunate as to mis-
| take a stranger for him, who accompanis,
me home without acquainting me with IN
error. Thinking that it was Ralph, an
that his headache prevented him from talk
ing. l did permit my tongue to perform
rather more than fair share"
| "Then all the blame must be laid upo
Mr.. Wright. He should be the last to men
ton it. His want OF proper feeling is yer
! much to be deprecated; but let up hop
that he will change for the BETTER" sal
our hostess. 81 think even now he exhit
its signs of repentance"
land have you no idea who the gentle
man was, Miss Wright" inquired.
Until lately" she replied, placing a
emphasis upon the word, Il had not th
slightest clue to the gentleman"
docs she know the truth ?" / aske
myself. Have l betrayed myself2
might have known that her woman's in
stinct would detect me-"
While these and similar thoughts occu
pied my mind became engaged in an ir
teresting conversation with Miss Wrigb
In the course of it allusiUn was made
the Princess Strainervoyce.
did attend her last copcert?"
"Really was it the last, or the one pre-
ceding it, or the second? Certainly l al
tended one of them, but which of them
NV memory was 80 treacbe-ousi PerhaE
it was the last at least, there was a suffl
eating crush ~
Aud the conversation went on as befor
The depression removed all doubts frol
her mind. / at least had known nothin
of her adventure prior to that evening
when her mischief loving brother made
public.
do not think I was romantic at thi
time, and yet must confess that, from tn
beginning of our acquaintance, ente
tanned the hope that Mics Wright woul
one day become my wife. was not dis
appointed.
1t was perhaps six months after we wei
married that l carried home in my pock
a newspaper containing fattering motto
of Lucy Walters. As Mrs. Clark emplo,
ed herself with her work, drew forth ii
paper and read to her the notice. LuC
was pursuing her studies, and has carrie
off the prize medal. AS she listened
the fattering comments paid to her prot
gee. my wife's face lit up with a glow {
pleasure.
Ralph used to laugh at me when tol
him that Lucy would one day make nan
for herself" che said, musingly. al ha'
go often wondered" she continued, as ct
resumed her work, who it was that gay
her that money"
"You mean the person that accompanie
you to your Uncle Graham's from the col