Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-09-01
RICHMOND wAYNE's COURAeE.
BY AMY RANDOLPH. I


e.tYou are are base. mean spirited cow
ard, Richmond Waynep i,rsr
The young soldier brought his clenched
hand angrily down upon the table. as he
uttered the singing taunt, while the burn
ing flush of passion dyed his handsome
forehead. .f,- .....r -.f s.a s-s-,
Richmond Wayne bit his lips until the
blood came-it was not in mans nature to
bear such insulting words unmoyed but
when he spoke it was in calm, measured
accents, k4e Ell -.44 tt-.-t.t. .--.
"A copard, Edgarl That is not pleas
ant VOID to hear, nor wise one to utter,
unless you are fully prepared to PROVE the
accusation 7 - m - ssh
None but q coward would stay skulking
at home when eyery brave man in the ma.
tioD IL going forth to fight the nations
battles y None bMt q mean spirited cur
would refuse his own brother in Law the
.paltry sum Of fltyl dollatsl -, &. 5e 5
Stop q moment. Edgar Bruce Nu
know as well as / do why I deem it nv
duty to remain at home even whilo nv
heart is in theIwar. You know that nv
three motherless children are dependent on
my sal ry for support you are perfectly
aware that cannot leave them. As for
the fifty dollars. Edgar, you should have
them, and welcome, did not know too
well that they will only be squandered at
the gaming table. l promised your sis
ter and my wife, on her dying bed to
watch over your future, and guard you
from all evil and temptation, to the best
of my ability. Lending you this money
would be but poor fulfiilment of my
solemn obligation. Yet, Edgar, l pray
you to believe that you are. as dear to me
as my own brother could be. would lay
down life to preserve you from harm, but
/ cannot give you this money
DO you mean to ihsinuate that am q
common gamblerP - -Es .s--.sa-s. ..-s
What else can think Edgar?' %.
The young mans eyes flashed fercely,
'Retract your words, this Instant
Wayne, or you shall suffer for tbem.'r
Il have only spoken the truth. l can
not and will not retract that, Edgar
| Bruce
Bruce raised his clenched hand with a
sudden toward movement, aud struck bis
brother -iD-law so fur;ousIy that the1atter
taken entirely hy surprise, staggered back
against the table with cheek which had
changed from white to scarlet, then set
tied back to palOr once more.
Edgar he said, in stihed accents, Il
would not take this insult at another
mans hand-but Helen's only brother is
sacred in my sight. The time may come
may / sm certain that it will come when
you will repent this rash act = ..
He left the room with a calm dignity
which for the moment oversawed even Ed
gar Bruce but the instant the door closed
the spell seemed dissolved.
The miseI able poltroon ? muttered the
hott headed young soldier. i will never
set eyes on his face more = ..- ...r
! Could he but have foreseen when and
! how he should look upon that face again.
He is here, boys-here, in this house t!
/ saw them carry him in! Break down
the doOr,-smash the windowns! ! tell
you we ioiu get in, The villain! he shot
down three of our best men. Are we to
be treated like dogs because be wears those
cursed shoulder straps? Come on, boys ;
/ that's right--stave IN the door. -
They crowded around the house, those
bowling rioters, maddened with their fam
cied wrongs, and all athirst for blood
| Woe to the United States soldier who
dared to brave their heailoDg fury. Ed
| gar Bruce had charged their midst at the
head of his little band as bold as a lion ::
but DOW, wounded and bleeding. he
shrunk from the sound of their demoniac
yels.
For Heavens sake. keep them outp be
shrieked. Richmond Wayne-is that
you? don't leave me! They will tear me
limb from limb
They shall not touch you as long as /
live Missed Wayne from between his set
teeth, as he sprang to defend the door,
which seemed literally bursting from the
hinges under the pressure of the infuriat-
edcrowd without. That's right Harvey
carry him into the inner room, and keen
the doors locked. Help must come, Soon
er or latter-untIl then will guard him
with my own life.' .....-
Even as he spoke the door fell with a
crashing of timber and Changing of bolts.
He turned to the sea offuriOus faces which
broke on his view. ... so 1852 BEL.
Men. what does this mean? What d.
you want hereP
We want the officer you have hidden
away ? was the answer, scarce distinguish
able through the uproar. He has shot
down our comrades. Give him up to us, .
That means that he has done his duty,
quietly answered Wayne, drawing his re.
volver, and pointing it full at the crowd
i will not give him up as-a
The mans mad = shouted one of the
ringleaders. Let US passive do moi
want to hurt you, if you will give up the
tyrant you have got hid
'NeverpIf .a..sH .i- 81
The word was Richmond WAYNE.
death warrant. In the same instant there
was toward movement, and he fell
struck by score of weapons, trampled
down beneath hundred hurrying and
quick feet. .., ..r-' -.
His own sentence hal come true--bt
bad laid down his life to preserve Edgar
Bruce from harm. the momentary delay
enabled the reinfoFcemeuts to arrive ID
time to rescue Bruce from the hands, o.
the maddened pppulsce-but all to late d
call back the noblest heart that ever still
ed into death. E" a- '.-
Dead o. God could he but rear my
voice once more 7 walled Edgar Bruce a.
be bent over the marble face in wild out
bursts of remorse. Dead. and for nv sake
4 Ito save my worthless life. Dead, and
called him coward-I struck him like
dog. 0, mercifuI Heaven, this punish
ment is more than can bearp
Too late ! alas, his repentane had com,
too late, For Riehmen nd Wayne had beer
steadfast 'to the DEATH Ala -. .-....,...si
,@Henry Ward BeecheF having cross
ed the Atlantic thus writes 7s5.
would not barter one foot of land fol
the fee simple of the whole Atlantic
Ocean! l had rather be Napoleon on He
lena than Nelson on bic Conquerorl-
Blessed be the land. and thrice blessed
and the reverse on the sea Amen He
was sea sick.
PECULIAR TAsTE,-Cosmo, of Medicis
took most pleasure in his ApenDine villa
because all that he commanded from his
windows was exclusively his own. How
unlike the wise Athsnian, who. when he