Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-09-02
True Love aud Coquelry.

There they go, the handsomest couple
IN the country-Chsrles ST Clair ard Miss
Allen Z exclaimed q gentleman. standing
IN the door way of the Cliffwood Hotel, as
a carriage dashed swiftly down the street.
Nv ont II be worth jnurneyIng a dozen
miles to see them stand together at the al
tar?p
When are they to be married ?" asked
MS companion, y quiet, elderly lady.
Next month. believe. What q mag.
niicent girl that Christene Allen isl"
How do you mean uagnificent?"
That's rather singular question, aunt;
| mean Juno like, royal beautifulI"
She - well enough to lock at" said
Miss Rachel Roqur, quietly, "but, James,
bave never liked that girl since she de-
liherately SET herself to work to win away
Fanny Brooke afianced husband And /
am much mistaken if ,he day does not vet
dawn VIXEN Charles St. Clair will discover
that he has made = poor bargain in ex-
changinz Fanny 3 simple truth aud integ-
rity icr 7hgizfioe = LEN : vsin beauty r.
There was another 81 ectator OF the care
less happiness of the gay young lovers as
they whirled along the quiet country road.
Fanny Bros stood at her vine Swallowed
easement. both hands clasped to her breast,
and an almost deadly pa lor on her oval
cheeks. She was not spIendidly beautiful
like Christine Allen-sbe had not those
dark flashing orbs of Oriental fire. nor vet
the scarlet ripeness Of those dewy lips
she was merely pale, sweet faced girl,
whose loneliness grew dim beside Chris.
tines beauty, just the white star sbrnks
from the path of the glorious bright sun
As the carriage shot past, Charles st.
Clair's face was turned full towards her, il
his animated conversation with bis com
paniOn-sbe saw the glossy chestnut rings
of curling hair blown back from the broad
white brow, by the wind-she noted the
smiles that gaily lowered around his lip
the very sparkle of his large black eyes
and in the same instant she shrunk back
as if serpent had stung her.
"No longer mine, she moaned, ''no long
er mine-yet how gladly would l resign
him, could but believe shat she loves him
as truly as have done !"
you might have known it." sparled the
village doctor Those fast horses never
were fit for a Christian to ride after ~
But doctor, surely she isn't burt 2" Gag
erly questioned Mrs Allen, who stood by
the ia where they had laid the insensibe
Christine, who pallid cheeks the crimson
tides of returning consciousness were just
beginning to flow through.
20, she's safe enough" jerked out the
doctor, "a few bruises won't hurt her, as
long as that pretty pink and white face is
uuinjured But poor ST. Clair-ke's pref
ty badly damaged!
'What do you mean, doctor ?" easped
Christine. who had recovered enough OF
her bewildered senses to catch the import
Of the few last words
81 mean, young lady. that he is manned
and dishgured for hfe-wIll probably lose
an arm, and, under the most favorable
circumstances, must carry scar across
that handsome face of his, to the very
graveW
Dear me, how dreadful" CALCULATED
Christine.
EYES," said the doctar, 81 supposed you
would feel it even more than an accident to
yourself, since you are to be married to him
so soon J"
"Yes, but DOCTOR" stammered the young
lady. "lf be is so terribly disfgured-"
~ ell said the..oit man, watching her.
with an expression in his eagle eye before
which even she, the selfish, heartless CO.
quettee. quailed a little
pect matters to 90 on as if nothing had
happened. 1t would be very unreasonable
to suppose l AN to be tied for life to a Grip
pie"
DR.. Jay turned away with q countenance
of intense disgust.
The wisest thing ever did," he men,
tally calculated, was when l remained
bachelor. Of all the selfish, sordid things
on earth, CONAN is the worst Talk Of
icomdn derotion-pshaw ]"
Two weeks had passed, and Charles St
Clair just recovered from the low deleriuus
fever which had followed the amputatiou
OF his arm, was sitting up in sort of NOV
able throne OF pillows and pink chintz,
while DR., Jay was pouring out medicines
and compnundiUg draughts for him.
well, Charley, my boy" gossiped the
kind hearted old Galen, "Yvu'se lost your
beauty, to be sure, but you We reason to be
thankful that life itself wasn't knocked out
of you. Confusion take those possessed
demons cf mad horses-if / had nv
wayl"
"But DOCTOR" eagerly interrupted the
young man, "where is my darling little
Christine hiding All, deIirious though !
have been, / still retain memories of a soft
hand that smoothed my pillow, and tender
touches on my fevered brow. Has she in
deed watched over me like guardian spir-
it p? and why is she not here to receive nv
thanks 2"
DR.. Jay shrugged his shoulders.
"She'S been particularly careful to keen
( away" said he, feeling in his pocket as il
for something. 'Ah, here it ia note
she wished me to give you some time ago,
but / have kept il back, deeming YOU hard.
ly strong enough to be agitated."
"a note ? Give it to me, doctor :" ex-
claimed ST. Clair, eagerly extending his
hand.
He read it through--at first with fever
ish, bewildsred hast-then with sort of
slow mecbonical exactness, rs a man may
peruse the bitter sentence of his own death
warrant.
To be given up-cast aside, in the hour
CT adversity-to learn that beautiful Chris
tine Aliens 1--we was given TO the stately,
strong man, not to the MANNED, sick inva-
lad. Alb. this was indeed butter draught,
but he drank it to the dregs
With gran he laid down the note and
closed his sickened eyes.
my dear boy" said the doctor, earnest
ly, sit may sound rough, but believe from
the very bottom of my heart, that this uc-
cideDt has been the best thing that could
possibly happen to you. 1t has taught you
the precise value of Miss Aliens Lvel'
81 know it, doctor" murmured the young
man, "but the blow falls very heavily, new
srtheless"
After moment of two's silence, he ask
| ed -
And who then, was the gentle nurse
whose footsteps echoed in the intervals Of
my delirum like the music of an angels
/ tread ?"
None other than Fanny BrOok-had it
not been for Hh1se loving care and tireless
watching You would not have been here to
dsy~ 1i
Fanny Brook! !" repeated the young
man.
You are not angry with me, Charles 2"
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