Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-02-17
SOBER SECOND THOUGHT.
BY rs Arthur.

] must have It Charles, said the hand
some little wife of Whitman. 50 don't
put on that sober face
Did put on sober face?' saked the
husband, With an attempt to smile that
was anything but suceesp.
Yes, sober rs man on trial fer life
Why 'jt's rs long as the moral law. There
dear, clear il up, snd luuk like a. If you
had at least one friend in she world. What
money lovers you mon are.'
How much will it costr inquired Mr..
Whituan There was m other effort to
luck cheerful and Acquiescent
About fcrty dollars,' was answered,
With just little faItering in the lndy's
voice, tor sLe knew the sum would sound
exravagant.
Forty dUllarsi Why, Ada, DE- you
think am made Of money? Mr. Whit
mans cuuntenaHee underwent Q remarka-
BILE change Of expression.
Il declare. Charles,' said bic wife, . lit
tie impatIen;ly, you look ct me as if |
were an object Of fear instead of affection
| don'T think this kind of you. I've only
had three silk dresses since re were mar
ried, while Amy Blight has had six or
seven during the came period. and every
one of hers cost more than mine. know
ylu think me extrSVagant, but I wish you
had wife like some women could name
rather think you would End. you would
find out the difference before long,
There. there. pet, don't talk to me after
this fashion! III bring you the money ct
dinner time, that is, if"
mo IFS or butte, i! you please. The SEN
tence IL complete without them. Thank
you, dear! III go this afternoon and buy
the elk. So don't fail to bring the money.
was in at Silkskin's yesterday, and saw
one of the aweeteSt pattern ever laid my
| eyes on. just suits my style and COM
| plexion. ] shall be inconsuIable if it's
gone. You won't dissPpoint meF
! Aud Mrs. Whitman laid he: soft, white
hand on the a:m Uf her busba, d, and
smiled with sweet percussion 10 bic face.
o. m. You sbalI have the money said
| Mr.. Whitman, turning of from bis wife. as
she thought little abruptly. and hurry
| irg fTum her presence. In his precipita
tiOu, he had forgotten the usual parting
| kiss.
That's the way it is aIwsyev said Mrs
! Whitman. her whole manner changing, as
Earring upon her ear. just say money to
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I sky
| She sat down. pouting and half angry.
| Forty dollars for new dress = mental
i ly,ejsculsted the husband of vain, pretty,
thoughtless Mrs. Whitman, as be shut the
door after him. 81 promised to settle
ThOmpson's coal bill to day-thirty.t hree
dollars-hut don't know where the money
is to come from. The coal is all burnt mp
and mure must be ordered. o, dear am
discouraged. Every year fall behind
hand. This winter, / did hope to get G
little in advance, but If forty dollar sill
dresses are the order Of the day, there's an
end to that devOutly to be wished for cir
cumstauce. Debt--debs! How always
have shrunk from it; but steadily, now
il is closing it's Briarian arms Ground me-
and my constructing chest Lahore in Fespir'
alton. Oh, i'll could bus disentaugIsd my
self now, while have stresgth Of esrly
manhood and the bonds that hold me ere
weak II Ada could zee o. eaA-ii onlI
/ SGpld make her understand rightly ny
l.pOsition. Alasi that is hopeless, FEAR
i And MIR. Whitmau hurried bic steps
because bis heart beat quicker, and BIZ
thought was unduly excited.
i Not long while after Mr.. Whitman lef
home, the city postmaster delivered let
ter n his address. His wife examined Eht
Eriting on the envelope, which wss in
bold, masculine hand, and said 10 herself
% she did 60,
HWOnder who this can be from
Something more than curiosity mosei
her. There intrnded on her mind yaRu.
feeling Of disquiet, as il the missiVe bOr
unpleasant news for her husband. TIL
stamp showed it to be . city letter. A sey
i times, Of late, such letters bed come 20 hi
j address. and she had noticed that be rea'
them hurriedly, thrust them without re
mark into his pocket, end became Silen
and sober faced. 1.s.s.ei ......
Mrs. Whitman turned the letter owe
! and over again in her hand, in Q though
full way, and % she did %, the image Q
her husband, sober faced aDd silent as b
had become for most Of the time Of late
presented itself with unusual viVidneoO,
Awakened sympathy in her heart.
poor Charles ? she said, 90 the feelin
increased I'm afraid something 10 goin
wrong with him.
Placing he'letter on the mantle-pieO'
. where be could Gee e when be came il
Mrs. Whitman entered upon some hOus'
hold duties, but stFsDge impression, q
4 ufWeight. lay upon her heart-a sense G
] impending eSil-a Vsgue, troubled distuI
} banOs Of her usnal inward sslfsatisfaC
ton. tsla'
If the Thought Of MFs. Whituas 1ecuI
red % Was natural. to ths elegant ell
dress Of which she was 10 become The oGu
or on that day, she did not feel the peou
satisfaction her vain hsAst axpaFisnesd
{ little while before. Something Il ID bear
~ had faded.
iii only knew What the letter contaiu
ed 2 che said, half and an hour after