Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-01-26

%, closer, closer, until, with crash that
aslnost stunned me, they struck, and rolled
over and over, in deadly combat. / saw
mangled corpse hurled through the
smoke, far beyond the scene of confiict,
touch the ground, aud Immediately regain
ne feet, and then the words went s6riekine
snrouSo my brain, Ny God, they are eli
The spell was ended, for had ,poken
Mr.. Lindsay said voice close behind
me. you must try to compose yourself and
g 20 Sleep | looked up aud recguized the
Doctor. inquired where is Carrisf'
Really Mr.. Lindsay, YOU must not
tale, replied the doctor, layipp his 6rosr
over my mouth. Come, 20 to sleen nov.
IKE good fellow, and when you wake M
again you'll feel better ~
but where is Carrie p
Carrles 10 well, aud she will be here
alter you have slept 80 don't talk any
Il The Worde seemed to cling to me. and
they made me 90 glad. Carrie il we'll and
sheli be here after you've slept :, and then
my imagination run riot again, and Thought
tAat Carrie was standing Way of. bsckon.
ing me towards her, and that l had to 90
through 90 much sleep before I oould get
there, and SO closed my eyes with all the
power OF my will, and very soon I was
again in the land Of dreams.
Alter this last sleep felt more oollscted
and was better able to concentrate INV
thoughts on one subject, but still nv head
was light. and the least physical exertion
set it going so that would be compelled
to shut my eyes to keep the things from
whirling around the room. However, they
brought Carrie to me, and as she pressed
my hand and bade me keep still as could
and not tslk very much, and l would be
better soon, felt that it was not such a
hard thing to be sick after all. But still
there was q sadness in her voice that /
could not comprehend. In vain cues ten
ed her, and when she was gone aWav I
questioned the doctor, but I could find ont
| nothing.
Poor soul il Is no wonder she was sad.
and 1t even surprised me how she could
appear so calm as she did, for she bad lust
returned from following the remains of her
sainted mother to the grave Mrs. Lynde
had received such severe internal injuries
that she died the second day after the &C,
cident.
Little Walter had bis left arm so badly
crushed that he was forced to have is am.
putated but Carrie, strange to say, escap.
ed entirely uuinjured, with the exception
Of few slight scratches.
Well, after this l improved rapidiy. or
at least as rapidly as could be expected
under the circumstances, and in a month
WIS able to sit up in an easy chair the
greater part of the day. Ny injuriss con-
n r. A..
OF the bead, and flesh wound 10 the shout.
der. The latter was soon cured. but the
former proved more obstinate, and il was
six mouths before got fairly over it.
Assoon as / was well enough took the
| post Of conductor which was promised me
before the accident, and Carrie gave ND
the old rooms, end lived with Mrs. Davis,
in the other end of the house, In Octo.
Der, the month which is termed,
THE royal bed Of state,
On which the dying Queen Of Sunshine lies,'
one fine morning. when the sun was shin
ing through q purple shade, and the hum
Of the days toll had just commenced, We
were married. Carrie and I, and removed
70 htiie cottage Of our own; bat in the
eprlng. &C her earnest suggestion. re-
signed my position, and came out to Chi.
cago.
Here We have been ever since, and are
now in comfortable, if not affluent circu m
stances, while my little Walter is attending
school at E--a, NY.
And now, Doctor. continued my friend,
as the train stopped under the vaulted roof
Of the magnificent Union Depot, / have
finished my story. and you see how it is
that ehalI never guide the desteuies Of
another locomotive.