Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-03-08
THE wRoNG LETTER.
sr n P. DAZZLING.

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4 ypuag lawyer in email town, with
few trends and little money. is not a. crea.
ture % pc ensied. At least, / was think
Jog 60 IS l at in my Office one afternoon
in June, suaakiag my cigar. and looking
up At the sound Of every footstsp, in hopes
OF seeing client enter my door. had
been Y e. three weeks, and, like
Saxe'e bfie6ess bafristsr, had meier had
a brief ard began to think that, like
bin, ! should make my exit out of the
world Through very deep hole 10 the
groundpcause, for want Of q cause.
Z, Ii bad bad come rich and influential
friend. itmight baye been different. But
where vas that friend to be fonndf II
could but obtain the most trivial case 70
plead, where could exhibit Ia a measure
my talp1.s. there would have been come
room taf hope but three weeks had pas
eed 49, not 1inels person had eous1 q
me tor legal advice, and what was worse
than ell, knew that my funds could no,
bold out any great length of time. All
outgo and no income was the order of the
day.
While was smoking and thinking. q
young lady. Miss Dooiey, daughter of PEI
leg Dooley, the most wealthy aud influen-
tialcitizsn Of c.. passed my door. A
bright idea struck me Immediately. MY
father was 40 old friend Of Mr.. Dooley,
and that gentleman had taken some inter.
est in me on that account, and had been
invited to his house several times, where l
bad met the daughter. Now l do not
think | should ever have cal ed to marry
Miss Dooley had she not been Peleg Doc
ley's daugter, for besides having no beauty
to boast of, she had none Of those winning
ways about her that some women have
that sweet little creature that you, my dear
young gentleman, have set your eyes upon,
for instance.
Well, DR.. Pollingsr was to deliver q
lecture on Keats, the poet. before the Lit
ersry Association ofC-, thatvery nigh,
and / thought could not do better than
to wait upon Miss DoOlsy to the lecture,
for must make . beginning, and !
thought the sooner did it the better, if |
wished to succeed, for young ladies with
rich fathers do not generally have TO wait
great while for lovers-mercenary lovers
though they may be.
was just on the pop. Miss Dooley
would be delighted with my company-sC
she said, and her eyes attested the truth oil
the assertion. And just as we walked out
of the house, We met Snubb coming in. and
l guessed what Es wanted when be turned
away with very discoDsolate air and
walked out of the yard.
Poor fellow how felt for him fol
Snubb was q poet and wore long hair and
Byron collars. and q poet, you know, is q
very sensible plant; and nothing could
have wounded his feelings more than Ic
know that the one upon whom he haC
laVished his affections should PROVE false Il
him
However, as am naturally selfish,
did not entertain those feelings for any
length of time, for l had Miss DooIey t
entertain, and feared that if allow ed
myself to pity Snubb, might be foolish Of
generous enough to withdraw myself from
the lists, and that, though not in love, he.
ing business man, and keeping an eve
cut for the main chance, had no intention
OF doing.
As the lecture was the maiden effort o
DR., Pollinger. and as it must have been {
great effort for him to write it, and as i
proved quite an effort for me to listen to it
will not put you to the trouble of max
ing an effort to read it and, besides. it ha.
nothing to do with this story.
when Miss Dooley and returned from
the lecture-we went round about wa,
is the moonligbt-we fouud Mr.. Dooley
DR.. Pollinger, and Snubb at the house,
They were talking Of Keats when We wen
| in.
Poor fellow y said the doctor 'he va
never apprecisted-except by g lew-dur
ing his life.'
That is too often the fate of genius
sighed Snubb, looking up at Miss Doc
ley.
The doctor smiled and took snuff, bah
it which / notice most would-be-ssges con
tract.
you are poet, believe, Mr.. Snubb
and the doctor returned his box to his yes
pocket. ..s...
'Perbsps I am not worthy of the name
said Snubb, modestly; but have writ
ten.'
And published p asked the doctor.
Why, yes. Didn't you ever se
'Snubb's Gems3' But of course you di
uot-there was only ten copies sold; th
others gaze away,' aad he sighed q
gain.
Well, true genius will Re acknowIede
cd; but it takes Sine. What is preset
! t.S@lne to leaving great pane behind you
If your works are not appreciated now
they may be when their author is q
mere replied the doctor, in q coDsols
tory tone, as he took his hat and with
drew.
Snubb looked down at bis coat, whic
was rather seedy, thinking that presel
fame would be great deal to him ; by
be said no more upon the subject, 40
soon after, much TO my delight, he IL
us.
/ staid short time longer with Mi,
Dooley, saying some very pretty and witt
things to her in my own peculiarly sRree
BILE way and when ct last bid her GOO
plight at the door, was rewarded BY q
| invitation to call again from both the lii
and eyes Of Miss DOoley.
You may be sure, my Gear reader. th
} / did call again, and often, too. 'StriI
while the iron lie bot. is my motto and
am happy to state that from working
! that principle, found that had ma,
: great progress in my love affair, and DO
SDubb was left out in the cold.
Bot about this time my father was lal
en- sick, and went home, leaving Mi
Dooley with the promise of writing to b
upon every opportunity.
was happy to learn that my father "
. much better when ] arrived but as b
|, nothing to do 10 CT thought Vou
! remain at home for time.
Absence makes the heart grow fonde
!. the cong says. and / thought it mig
u strengthen Miss DOoley's love for me a
80 stsid there, fishing and boating, a
!, writing long. loving letters to Jennie Do
] ley. which were always answered prom
ly in the same vein.
!, Ny father was well pleased to learn q
y there was g prospect of my becoming {
3 husband of his old friends daughter, a
sister Sue was in hurry for the weddi
!. to come %, as we had talked it all oveI
7 hundred times, aad she was going to
FL bridesmaid. 45E
, Ihad always made confdant of sis
9 Sue, and bad always asked her adv