Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-03-15


You don try TO belp Il. Mr. Linton has
taken his wife tNice to hear her, and
they are going again tonight. Mre |
Linton thinks she sings as well as Jenny
Lind
I supposs she tAss right to her opin-
swsT,vhs oaa's you take us,' persisted
Jane. =
Take you soa concert after all you've
said r RaA s4F ~
Anything for an excused You know
I've said nothing bnt thetruth, and you
never take me anywhere, and never
did, sa atrf 20
No, never r said Lavew, 10 tone Of
irony, as be closed the door. Jane was not
disappointed, fofshe bad 20 expectation Of
going to the concert. She only asked Der
husband to take Der, 10 order to Try him.
TO show him what other husbands did, and
what be didn't DO She had now so far
relieved herrelf that she ives in mood for
wholesome thought and reflection and
she soen began TO have some misgivings as
to the right Of the course she had been
persaing, and also as to ifs wisdom.-
Right and wisdsm are in fact the same
thing.
good motives and kind feelings, though, as
We have seen, she had an irritable, uncom-
Portable temper. Her temperament vas
nervous as that Of too many women In these
days-our grandmothsrs wcald have called
them cross, ugly, or more likely, tcolds aud
vixens; but in the light of our philanthropy,
We know better-dear hearts they are
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much regard for tri6es, and too lively
perception of evils, and little facility 10
adapting herself TO circumstances. She
was afectionate and imaginative, and in
her gir1hOod had formed high ideal for
her lover. Her opp Ftunities of acquain-
lance with her husband before marriage
were limited, and so she loved and hoped,
and trusted be was all che Weuld desire in
lifelong companion and lord. Yes, lord,
for she had an idea that she should like to
! look MP to somebody, lean upon, cling to
him, reverence him, and all that sort OF
thing How she was disappointed I What
q change few %eeks of married life does
sometimes make in womsn's futurel-
William Lovett was o man Of very good
natural feelings and endowments aud c4uid
make himself very. agreeable when he
| wife-but be had few of these qualities
which make domestic life paradise for
women. lie had been reared alone, with
| ont any discipline and education, and was
often thoughtless and iDconsiderate of 9TH
ers, and sometimes selfish. He lacked ali
the useful and conFenlent, though unappre-
ciated habits of order, tidiness, prompts
ness; and what was worse for q man. be
| even lacked industry and energy. He could
| rouse himself for an emergency, but il was
only for that, and then be sank back into
his former indifferent, careless ease
Such character was least Of all 10 &C.
cordanes with that of Jane, who was pos
sessed of great energy, and had been train
ed to carefulness and industry. At first
she was greatly distressed in her disap-
pointmeDt, and secretly distressed in her
dlsappnintment, and secretly lamented her
fate IN bitterness of spirit, but keen feelings
do not last long She gradually grew ac>
customed to her lot, and eDdeavored to per-
form her duties faithfully, though she was
Dot happy. and was very often annoyed by
the delnQueBcies end DEFICIENCIES Of her
husband. They irritated her temper, and
she would complain and fret This course
had no effect to improve things. 1t seldom
has.
Matters grew worse year by year. The
husbands affection waDed ly degrees. and
be became more and more inattentive ard
| selfish, while the cares and anxiesies of the
wife kept increasing, and with them in
creased heI complaining and frettiug. An
unenviable state Of things, most sureIy!-
wonder E it's rarel ,..-.. -. -
After the dinner eolloquy we have Civ.
en-, Jane returned to her own room,
thoughtful and repentant. She dis
coursed with herself somewhat in this
wise:
am sorry was 40 cross ut dinner -
William might have been pleasant,i If had
given him chance. What a misera BILE
lite we are leading! au 90 verv unhap-
~, and things Gre growing worse and
W9rse-vhat may they come to? To be
sure. William is not what / once thought
he was, but that can't be helped now-he
Is my husband; We are vowed unto each
other ttlhdeath, and why not make the
best, instead eff the worst, of my lot? And
it is not go bad as it might be. after ALL
William might be dissIpated or dishonest,
which he is not now. But who knows
What be might become, if any longer
render bis home unhsppy2 Oh, / am
wrong | know | am ] Lot me try GO do
6etteri God help me ! Finding fault with
William does not improve him; have
tried that long enough / will try what
| gentleness, meekoess, and endurance may
Jane thus came to wise resolution,
which she ought to have made early in her
married life but il was in shis case, accor-
ding to the old maxim, better late than
never And, what was wiser than the
resolution, she began to act upon it. Plen-
ty OF good resolutions are made-few are
Observation-Disclosures are kept When her
husband came home to tea, Jane was neat
ly dressed, and though there was Q cloud
upon Der brow, she looked and spoke
pleasantly. 1t was an effJrt for her to ap.
| pear so in the morning. tor her husband
was still moody, aud silent. and disoblig'
| log; but she remembered her resolution,
and, did not break it. ~ ~
In the middle Of the forenoon be entered
| her room on some errsnd, as 90 the day
previous. With boots uEscraped; she seemed
to take no notice of them. ea
Il must have made light breakfast be
said, carelessly.
Jane soon disappeared, and returning
offered him plate of tempting sandwich
| es. 90 sss7q ess5 81 ge.r-s beg Esaaa---.i sr-
He looked up-at her 10 surprise. VIVA
does this mean. Janef'
I thought you were hungry, and wan
ted to please you,' was her ingenious an.
swer.
He took the sandwiches With one hand
and drawing her towards him with the 9th
or, kissed her tenderly. why, Jane, "
ere growing young again
i wish we might grow good ard lov
ing.' was her answer, as she returned th
kiss.
When be was gone, Jane brushed up be
carpet quickly and chesrfully; and it di
t not seem half so dirty as the day before