Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-03-29

see You married to some good and true man
before am taken away, should rest
much easier in my grave. James Gray.
ling has been almost q son 10 me these
months Of trial and trouble. he is com.
ing for bis final answer tonight. Let it be
'YesfD
Bessie shuddered. That year of sick
wistful grief bad changed Der into pale,
fragile girl, with large, frightened eyes,
ever rowing from side to side, as If seeking
something which never came.
Wait. father che murmursd, eagerly,
as if pleading for life itself; wait little
longer-only little lcngerp
i have waited. Bessie. 1t is year and
over since Henry Ives hss sent yeu either
word or message. He may be dead-bet-
ter dead than a scoundrel i-but James
Graylipg has been as true as steel to me eli
this time. He deserves YOU, Bessie, aud,
when yoa're once married. you'll be sure
to iesrn 70 love bin. Shall We say this
day month for your wedding daughr
terri
That night Bessie laid her cold hand in
James Grayling's eager palm aud said
Yes dreamily, to whatever he proposed.
What bad life left for bert As well be
james Grsyling's wife as anything else.
since God willed that she should live and
suffer on, and the dresry path of years lay
spread out before her Iistless feet
The old smoke stained walls were
wresthed with festherY garlands Of ceder
and pine, with the scarlet berries Of the
mountain ash growing here and there the
great fire roared 10 the chimney with fes>
tive sound, and all the neigbbOrs were
gathered round Farmers Atterly's hearth<
stOne-fOr pretty Bessie was to be married
that night.
She dent look as bride ought to, som g.
how whispered Mrs. Deacon Jennings to
her companion. Mahnla Bird. She seems
to me jest like o. them >nOw-wreaths down
in the hollow yOn1er.'
Maybe it's that white Dress said Ma
bals; but she does look like CORPSE
Land o. Goshop! what hear ssyin'? 1t
ai1't considered good luck to talk about
corpses on weddin' night
For the pretty bridesmaids had Just led
Bessie in. robbed in pure sheeny silk with
snowy gersniums in her hair and not a
vest'ge of erlor in her cheeks.
There don't she look sweet I? said Su
san Jennings. rs it time to 20 into the
psrlrr yetP
Massey no. my child = said Mrs. Jen
hinge mot for an hour. Why, Jim Gray
ling hasn't come veti'
So Bessie sat down 'iB the midst of the
assemble maids aud matrOns. aud played
with the white flowers in her bouuet,
thinkmg-Eho kaows Of what? Perhaps
! lonely grave under the cruel south IN
stars: perhaps the fair fsee of the
woman who bad Wiled her lovers heart
! away,
! Somebody spoke to her; she looked up,
! and all of sudden her frightened eyes
traced 6gure beyond the open door oppo-
! site to which she sat-R figure hurriedly
passing through the crowd.
/ Where is shot will see my OVID Bes.
sic wedding or no wedding Who has q
better right than II
The next momcut the pale, white robed
bride lay, like fair, still statue, 10 Henry
Ives arms.
Stand of, sayr he cried ferceiy =
Let 10 one come between me and the wo-
man l loVe. | have earned her t, be my
wife-eBrned her by wounds recei,e npuu
the battle fields OF the country she Loves
Do you sry she Is to be married to james
| GrsylIng? What has james GraylIDg d ne
! with the letters / sent to his care with
| all the messages l entrusted to him? She
better be 10 her grave than married tC
james Crawling! Mr. Atterly, yuu are q
just ard good man-judge betv can ut
and thu treacherOus fox / fan;ed was my
friend
Harry, Harry = faltsrsd the old man, u
never dreamed y this. Tel as eli about
it, my hey, for my old head swims'
And Harry Ives, still holding Bessie t.
his heart. revealed the story Of bis owl
truth and James Grayiing's ViIIianuus du.
rlicity. When be had fnishsd the iu pres
toned recital, Moses Atterly clapped thu
brown, strong hand between his own thor
ny palms, and said sOlemuly:
MY boy, I ask your pardon for every
doubt that ever crossed my mind, and
thank the mercifnl providence that hal
spared Bessie from bein' Jim Grayling
wife. We were calculating to have
weddin' here tonight; and it isn't too lat,
yet, If Harry has no objections to bein
married in his soldier clothes
'Father' intsrposed Bessie. now as rosy
as a whole boqust of blooming carnations
blended into one but Harry took hel
hands in his, whispering:
Lowell shall not feel secure until cal
cali you wifep aud the remOns:rance dice
away upon her lips
Are you already for the ceremony Eide
Viking ? said Moses; cause ! believe tbu
young couple is
Alb! she looks like a bride now, With tb,
hazel light burning 10 soft fires under bel
long cnried lashes, and the csrmine dye
coming and going upon her cheek, like I
proud and blushiDg virgin.
The ceremony was scarcely over before
| he al. II: l. =. L Ii = 4
the door, and James Cravings voice wa
heard, exclaimiDg:
I'm afraid that I'm little late bu
the horse sprBined one of his legs, and
had to get him changed at Squire Warren
toms However,
Yes Jim Grayling, you are little late
said Moses Atterly. taking an uuusuall,
prodigious pinch of snuff; for my dsrter'
married already
Married 7 calculated James Gtayling, a
If more than half uncertain whether hi
father in-law was not fit candidate 70
the lunatic asylum.
Yes-to Harry Ives =
As Grsyling's bewildered eye caugh
sight, in the brilliantly lighted rooms be
yond. Of the young soldier, bending hi
head to listen to some whispered wor
from Bessie, he turned q dull, dead yellow
and a chill dew broke out around hi
mouth.
1t means, jim Grnyling that you are
scOunerel said the old man, With sudde
FIRE flashing 10 his eyes. There's the ope
doOr-leave the house before Harry I've
sets eyes on you for he's spirited lac
and much mischief might come of it An
now bark ye-neysr let me see your vi
famous face agsin r
Silently and like wounded snake jaime
Grayling crept out into the chill darkness
of the tempsstous night, detected. diss;
pointed man. And 60 effectuslly did b
take Moses Atserly's advice that the quit
little village in the hellow knew his nam
and presence no more.
And Bessie Ives. the happiest little vii
in the whole world, sings softly over be