Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-09-06

time, ana she still laQ Ialt0 IN 1er fat06r'6
oft-quoted maxim. wherever there's a will
there's q way
William, on his part, made many des-
perate resolves, but they faded upon trial.
He sssayed writing, but he could not get
the secret of his heart even to paper, aud
never got beyond few broken sentences.
Often after the labors Of the day were over
had he gone to seek an interview, but his
courage always failed him at the last mo-
ment, and he would hastily retrace his
steps, or, il discovered by the family,
feign some other errsnd. A. length he
resolved to test his courage by daylight,
aud accordingly at the close Of foe after
noon ne found himself at the door. lie
lifted the knocker This heart meanwhile
waistcoat). and left il to tall lightly OF the
brszen ball. 1t was y modest appeal for
admission, but to bin il seemed louder
th an a church bell and be would have run
away had he DOT heard approaching foot
steps. Julia herself came to admit him,
and the slight blush upon her cheek as
she encountered the unexpected visitor
rendered her doubly charming in bis
eyes.
Good afternoon, Mr.. Farriugton.' said
she, in the usual style Of New England
greeting for that hour of the day will you
walk in 2
Very we'll, thank you,' in answer to
| an imaginary question, for in his contu-
sion he had not understood q word she
bad uttered, and followed her into the
| house.
He took seat upon the settee, and at
tempted some preliminary conversation, bot
the words chung to his heart like hook
in the mouth of q fish, and be delivered
them gaspingly.
! Miss Jul.-hem-Miss Watson-may /
n-a-is your father at homer
lie knew this was an inglorious conclu-
sion for such q spasmOdic effort, but be
seized upon it as q drowning man would
catch at q straw.
No ! be said with startled energy-tben
frightened at bis impetuOsity, added, that
isl would-hOpe he is WE'LL
| 1t was evident he was not getting Oh.
and he came to a dead halt. She saw that
he had some communication of importance
to make, and her heart whispered the Sc
cret in advance instead therefore of COM
ing to his relief by turning the conver sa-
ton into another channel, she left him to
| founder among the breakers. He tried 10
think of one of the many speeches he had
COnned for the occasion, but they were all
| mixed up in his memory, q mass of tangled
words, and he could not catch the end of
the skein. His color came and went, vary.
ing almost with each breath, and the mo-
ment of silence which pnsued seemed to
him an age Of suffering. Growing desper>
ate, be began again:
Miss Watson - l-have-called-to
ssy-tO - ask - to-decla re-in short, 20
tell you how much Hove you! The effort
was too much, and the strong man who
would have sat under the surgeons knife
without bianching, tainted outright, and
sank down upon the cushions
Julia had watched his varying hues, but
had not anticipated this sudden cstastru>
phe. With admirable presence of mind
she ran to the mantle. where upon q mar
row shelf had stood, from time immortal,
bottle of campbOr spirits.
| Now it happsred that farmer Watson,
like many other hard working men, whose
| sinews have been uver>straIned, was
troubled with q rheumatic shoulder, and
had procured bottle of liniment 10 be
used as q modifying ambrocatiOn. This
bottle had for the moment usurped the
place CT the aromatic solution, an6 was
mistaken for it on this occasion. With
Nv h0VN NPOA wv pulAtA IdC0 VI u6T
tower, the frightened girl hastily drew tho
cork from the bottle, and poured some Of
the liquid into her hand, and spread it on
his forehead.
Whether it was the fragrant compound,
or the thrilling touch Of the tremuluus
hend, which brought the young man t.
Consciousness, caunot tell, but be imme-
diately revived,
The world may laugh as it will at such
tImidity. but am sure the sensi lie girl,
now many gears happy wife, would moi
have exchanged the purity and FRESHNESS,
o! the heart thus laid at her feet, for al
the ease Of hackneyed lover, who can
discourse elJquently of passion, with the
huency of one who has nothing to stake.
DO tell me- said city visitor to her
on one OCCASION if the report was true
that your husband tainted away when be
made his declaration
Yes she replied, with q quiet smile, j
believe l must confirm the story, and
have a fancy che added, tbOughtfully
that tiDidity in lover is generally q sign
of innocence and / cannot help thinking
that when a man is fluent 10 love making
either bis b cart is not 10 it, or he has had
too much experience in the art