Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-08-19
ALansIlable Love story.

This experience in real life is from
correspondent in Illinois, and IL as good ds
ANYTHING we have recently read ::
"Your correspondent has an intimate
friend. Joe -, who was until recently
cashier Of -, Bank in the good old State
of Tennessee. Now to Soy that Joe was
handsome, accomplished, and withal enter
tanning, would be but to express the opiu-
ion entertained of him by nineteen TWEEN
tieths OF the fair sex with whom he came
In contact He was, TO use a Western ex-
preston, regular heart smasher among
the women" aud it may not be improper
20 stats just here, that no one had a more
exalted opinion of his capabilities in that
line than the aforesaid Joe himself. As
he and your correspondent were on the
most intimate terms imaginable, and &C.
eustommed, in the 'halcyon days of bov>
hooc, to unfold to each other all our plans
and purposes for the future-not emitting
even the delicate OF the heart-I was not
at all'surprised, about year since, to re
ceiye letter from him, in " hicb, after re-
ierring to our past friendship and the con-
fdence With which he had always consult
&c me on any important subject, he assured
me that he now needed my advice on n
matter that very yearly concerned him
self, and in which, perhaps, was involved
bis future happiness aud destiny j, Of
course, felt concerned for my friend at this ;
but was somewhat relieved after reading
the {, flowing: .And now, dear s., with.
out giving you time to imagine anything
very horrible, 1 will frankly tell you that
am in love. Perhaps you will say We'll,
what IL you are? that is nothing new
p.,f I Al u
see If it was common love-scrape. such
as we used to have when we were boys.
could get along with it we'll enough. But
this time it is a little complicated-a kind
of double affair. Come now, s.. dom
think am fool, but the fact is, Fanny
l. is the prettyest little creature in the
world. Young. beautiful. and affectionate
she is everything that could wish aud
in shQrC, 1--we her as | never losed Lefore
But then, alas ! she Is pour. Poverty is
her misfortune. Were | rich, this would
not weigh feather, bat then You know
am not. The other, Mary W, is beau
tiful, gay. accomIlished, and wealthy
The former / love. the lattar esteem and
admire. think may say, without being
liable to the charge Of vanity. that neither
Of them are Indifferent toward me, but al
offer of marriage on my part would bt
readily accepted by either. Now, s.
what shall do? Marry the girl l reall,
1--we, and be poor devil all my DAYS; or
by forming an alliance with the other, a
once acquire wealth and position? An
swer meP
did answer him. In my letter, which
pardon me, / do not intend to copy here
expatiated largely upon the blessings o
welded life,' 'coDnubial bllss, 'lovin!
hearts, and all the other sugar and honey
expressions l could remember; and CLOSED
by conjuring him, as he valued his happi-
ness, to marry the one he loved and a,
for the beautiful and accomplished anc
wealthy Mary W, would come in dut
time to marry her myself. | heard moth.
ing more from my love perplexed friend f..
abDut six months, when be wrote me a,
fullows:
Dear s.: courtod them both IN,
rich one first aud couldn't get either O
them +! Coed bye; Pm going to Kansas.