Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-04-28
THE THREE BRIDES.
a Thrilling and Painful stor,

relate. Look there, sir, on yonder bill yo
! observe little desolate house, with
! struggling fence IN front, q few stunte
apple trees. 1t is sadly out of repair now
| and the garden is OvergrOwu with weed
and brambIes, and the whole place has
( desoIate appearance.
IF the winds were high now, YOU nisb
hear crazy shutters Tapping against tn
SIDES, and the wind tearing the gray shinc
| les off the roof
Many years ago, there lived in thu
/ house au Did man and bis son, who cuI;i
waited the few arCes Of ground that belong
| ed to it. &
The father was a self made man. deerI,
| Versed in the mysteries of science. and a,
he could tell the name of every flower tina
| blosSomed in the wood or grew in the par.
! den, and Used to sit up late at night at hi,
books, or reading the mystic story of IN,
starry heavens, men thought he was erazed
/ or bewitched, and avoided him as the iono
rant ever shun the gifted and enligbtep.
! ed.
"A few there were, and among others
! the minister, the editor, AMI the pbysicion
/ OF the place who showed willingness to af-
| ford him countenance, for hey fonnd tho
mOrDSn
and moreover their pride and vanity was
wounded on discovering the extent of his
| knowledge.
10 the minister he wCud quote the
fathers and the scriptures il the original
tongue, and showed himself well armed
With the weapons Of polemit controversy.
lie astonished the editor with his knoWl-
edge OF politics and literatur. Aud the
| physician was surprised at he extent of
/ his medical knowledge.
| 80 all of them deserted hm, and tbe
minister from whom he differed in some
trliilng point of doctrine, spole very lieht
OF him, and by and by, Iookedon the self.
/ educated farmer with eyes Of aersion
! lie instructed his son in all his lore
the languages, literature, histoy, pblIoso.
! phy and science were uufgldeG one bv one
to the enthusiastic son of the slitary.
ears rolled away, and the old man
| dice. lie died when sudden,;orm CON
Vulsed the face of nature; wbeI the wind
howled around the sheltered dwllipg, and
the Lightning played above the roof and
! though he went to heaven in fam and nm.
rlty, the wi gar thOngtt and sal, that the
| Evil one had claimed his own lements
cannot paint to you the grief O. the son
OF this bereavement. lie was for ,mcment
| as enc distracted. The minister ame and
muttered few hollow phrases i1bis ear
and few neighbors, implied by uriositv
10 see the interior of bis dwelling.ame tn
his funeral
With proud and lofty look re SON
stood above the dust of the dead. in tho
midst OF the land of hypocritical mourn.
ers, with pang at his heart but ,reoi,v
on his brow. lie thanked his frie6s for
their kindness, acknowledged their,ourte
sey and then strobe away from the yrave
to bury his grief in tie privacy Of 70 de.
serted dwelling.
lie iound at last the solitude I the
mansion almost insupportable, and L nac.
ed the ebony floor from morning till iobt
IN all wo an desoieti0n, vain'y Importing
heaven for relief.
1T came to him in the guise of poet in
SEPARATION. lie wrote with wondprfuloso
and power. Page after fage came ON
MS prolific pom, almost without an etrt
ana there was time when be dra4e5
tvlan tooD Of Immortality. Some offs
productions came before the world. Tav
were praised and circulated and inouiss
set on foot in the hope Of discoverinoI,e
author. lie wrapped in tho veil Of imnfo.
trable 0bscurity. listed to the voice of
plause. more delicious because il was /
tanned by stealth. From the obscuritvr
yonder lone mansion, astOnished the wor
was indeed triumph to the Young a.
visionary bard.
His thirst for fame had been grati6e |
anu ne now began to yeaEn Cor the con
PanlonshlP of some sweet being of thi
other sex, to share with him the laurels hi
mad won, and to whisper consolation Il,
MN IN moments Of dependency, and sun.
ply the VOID which the death of his father
had occasioned. lie would picture 70 him
sell the felicity Ct a refined interconrse
with highly intellectual and beautiful
woman, and as be had chosen for his NOR.
TO- Whatever has been done NAV be done
he did not dispair Of success.
In this village lived three sisters. all
beautiful and accomplished. Mary. AIDE.
lalde and Madeline were their names I
am far enough past the age of enthusiasm
out never can forget the beauty of the
young girls. Mary was the YOUNGEST and
lalrer haired, more laughing eamseI new.
er danced upon the green. Adelaide who
was few years Older, was dark haired and
pensiVe but of the three, Madeline tbo
eldest, possessed the most fire. spirit cnI-
tIVatIon and intellectually. Their father
man OF tasCe and education, and heinz
somewhat above Vulgar prejudices, permit.
ted the visits of the eccentric hero of on,
story. Still be did not encourage the sc.
lection be found springing up between Ma
ry and the poet. When, however, he found
that her affections were engaged, he did
not withhold his consent from her marriage
and the recluse bore to his mansion the
young bride of his affections. Oh, sir. the
mouse assumed new appearance within
and without.
Roses bloomed in the garden, iesemines
Peeped through the lattices, ard the fields
about 1t smiled with the effects of cultiya,
ton. Lights were seen in the little par-
Tor In the evening and many q time would
the passenger pause by the garden gate to
listen to strains of the sweetest music bv
the choral voices from the cottage. If the
mysterious student and wife had been neg
lected by the neighbors, what cared thew ?
Their enduring mutual affection made
their home little paradise. But death
came to eden. Mary suddenIy fell sick,
and after Few hours illness died in the
orms OF her husband and her sister NADIA
line. This was the student secoud heavy
affection.
Days, months relied on, and the only
sclace OF the bereaved was to sit with the
sisters OF the deceased and talk of the lost
one. To Adelaide he offered bis widowe
heart. The bridal was not one ofrevelry
aud mirth. Yet they lived happily, and
the rose again blOssomed in the garden
When the rose withsred aud the leaf fell
IN the mellow autumn OF the year, Adelaide
too, sickeded and died like her sister, in
the arms of her husband and Madaline.-
Perhaps you will think it strange,
man, that after all, the wretched survivor
atnnh q cain Of tho ill.,