Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-11-22
uch a susp,ciOn would have done tao sol

nOpeI ana IGArHQ. or Whetnef ne thbt bBO
called himself JAeper Dean received other
nmur icatiohs IN reply to his adverrEH>
rent. | " III not pause 10 tell: hut when
eight days were out, Hitty received an an-
ever to her letter. How strange, she
thought that anybody should write e. b !!
Aud such frsrk. agreeable. manly mis-
s,ve twas. Huty had always bad her
opinion on the state of the c, untry and the
great events Of the day; but never must
express an opinion on any subject tn one OF
the household. NV here vas friend
an afiaLIe, intelligent correspondent. HIT
ty a. dellghtPd- We she might be.
O.her letters passed betwe them: and
o"oe H. Hnry. Wh"m they had served TO
RAISE IN some deyrso above her degraded
position. brrks a seal and read. she uttpr>
ed an exclamation. DR. p. ed the written
sheet and FLUSHED CRIMSON. What was It
sb.ut? Why the soldier bad r'quesred
her photograph. that was all. Aui II
might be a pleasant thing for proud
beauty to allow her likeness to circulate
thorough q regiment or a dIvIsinn-hut Hit
ty was so fesrfully homely, aid she knew
it-kOew II 80 " II and islt it g ke NY.
that she bali cried her eyes out before
morning over the bitter fact.
III tub uuTuHSs up"tNeT, eud lDOHRu 1t
I in the face and was able to smile Her
~omsn's shreWdnsss bad hit upon plan
10 matter of any moment she would not
for her right hand have deceived another !;
this correspondence between her eff and
the soldier Of the Potomac was. in itself,
mere farce when the army moved a. it
wnnlt IN the sprlng, the letters winch had
been sumo rellet 10 the tnuui If camp hir,
1 49,,
| which they we're c mmerced, WI did cease
and the writers hear OF each other 10 more
! The uame cf Jasper Dean she had h, ! eyed
| tr"m the hegInLunga fsuciuus one. and
| had felt authori2 d bv il to assume a
! HOHiD,e de plume. What BARN II now she
An u'd serd tue soldier the daguerrntype
If her o"usin Mary. who was married and
went to Cal rnia five wears sg her
cousin who used to be call d beautiful
| letting it pas for her Uwr2 So she sei I
it. with only the words From ur friend
| B Darwin Darwin was the name of
ner uncle, Mary e father. dead ard ne ;
and while her parents lived, che was never
called HItry. but Bel, IRON the last syllable
OF her name.
the 'equire's wife of Huty a short time af
!
mak"r tor two years
'Yes-aud here 1t is,' holding up a new
| gingham.
ny, what have you that length of
skTt for? and where did you get the cloth
e. make 1t oil 2 exclaimed the 'rqulre's wife
between surprise and wrath, &
Because | chose from this time to wear
my skirts ny ike Others of my age and
as 20 material, / have done with a breadth
less
To the first sudacious assertion, Mrs
Squire We could not rel ly tor ast,uIsb-
ment. but she presently exclaimed:
"A breadth less Its just spuilt-'twil i'll
draw straight srrunt your hurps'
i aO going to leave of hoops
No. A sure as you stay in my house
! you amt You'd wsnt three starcGed
skiLts geek, and starch has rIz
i inteud staying in your house very lit
! tie longer
'HHey Blake, what do you mean? Why
/ I'd as SOON and there she stopped, tou
excited to utter another word.
" ly,' sad Htt'y. quietly, 'that am
! going "ut as an army nurse My place
IS engaged. l shall start Tomorrow muru.
ing
'Ungrateful creature y sobbed Der mis-
tress; and have just given you this new
grngham. les al the yard one need
eXPrct tor adopting q child
Hltty went to Washington, entered thu
b"splt"l. and being strong and accustomed
to hardship. became at once une of the
moot efbcIent nurses. 10 the new stvle o.
dress, her height was increased aud bel
figure Improved quite to perfection while
the gentle and b ly purpOse which fiIIec
her heart and looked cut OF her eyes, CAV,
to her face an sttracuyene-s it's owner h,tI,
dreamed {
Tae greatest sufferer IN Der ward at tha
time Was ypung man Ill of typhoid fever
FIR 10 the hour being hr. ught to th,
hospital he grew rapidly worse. aud sorI
was wholly dsliriOus ID which state b,
remained for days, the physician havinl
no hope OF his recovery; while the poo
patient, unconscious Of everything a-uuut
him, HOaned Cor biz mother aud talked u
daguerrrtype which be had Carried witt
him INTO battle.
} At last, longing to comfort him, Hit,
J beth"ught her tC search the clothes he bst
worn and 10 breast pocket was found
J daguerrOtyps what Was her astonishmeu
to see in it the very one she had sent-th
face Of be, cousin Mary! 1t was wrag De-
in the last letter addressed t. Jaspe
} Dean Huty knew then that this poo
young man. apparently on the very verg
Of The grave, was no other than her GORE,
; pOndent.
Whether the knowledge increased he
devotedurss a. hIS nurse, which thing ha
seemed lmpOssit l., br how II was, cannn
say ; tut the patIPnt passed the Crisis q
his disease, ard one morning, lUokIng u
with Intelligent eyes and q faint .mIle. in
; quired OF HItty whether she knew any
thing ot daguerr type which had belong
! ed III bIm. 1t had awakened no memorIe,
be had put il from him and would haV
nothing TO do with it when she bad uffsre
. it TO BIN before.
Now he received it from her, pressed
s to bis lips. aud by and by, lying vii
closed eyes, put il 10 his hos, M W il
poor H'tty turned away with pang ut be
heart. aud q white face, that Looked az
, she was surely going to faint Such
: dreadful thing it seemrd, to Own a face
in CONTRAST with that picturel How foo
Q isb TO have sent a daguerrotyoe at ell
: She was aroused by the sick soldier asl
. ing,
: Whist is your name2
b M hitahle Blake
How hOmPly the syilables sounded
D her ears. She wassure be would think
exactly suited her face. She was not &c
9 iog to ask his name, but Of his own accOr
I he said:
1 'Mne is Jasper Darwin
n Darwin was 1t possible The yer
D name she ha adopted 81 his correspond
Q ent ; aud she had not ascertained that
9 bore the name at Sll. She said:
4 once bad relations by that name
But q estion and an answer decide
e it, that Jasper was of different f. NIL
3 entirely, aud cot the most distant reIauv1
u ship existed between blm and herself.
week after Jasper was sitting boIs
tered up 10 bed for an hour, and Huty b.