Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-05-31

y - wv PtcN W ~ 3uullk sMtItttdut esau0
bis wife. petmaoent boardeFs Is TIE hanse,
On this particular evening the Iattsfslad1
was Rbshht 1t . party. nnsecanpahied 81
her. haebabd. for tie reason thai bnsiness
of importance required his preeence aflhe
stofe antil late heIlf. ct lhscomp leii0n
Of which be vas much too tired e prepare
fo1 tbe party and 81 be vas vel assnre1
that bic lady was ID good eoInpanys
went % tho hotel aud soon sought s. s,
considering il anaeceesal % IL s. 5 . 5
until her returnl
a hall h0ur had elapsed s;ncs klrss
Fra6k b. bad let heis 16sbasa "a 6ofSs
mnnioafe the ,ecmefhf6g paYfi68Iai "a
julia. Poor Frank was ffowshk &efv iinz
patient and ae gninnle after ninafs wen
6Y which seemed hours 10 the sgalch6f
he grew mora and more anncFsd stlia
Hiiea uneeasonatl Il aud cot 11fin e
rounflancea nn6eason ia, hbttnct
Einaliy, human nature coold endure Il no
longer, Nerveusly springi1g from bis
lonely bed, be lis the lamp. and without
stopping to don any part of his apparel, he
stepped across the passage to bis friends
door. lie knocked, aud was answered
from within:
Who's there p
It's me-Frank.' answered the martyr
husband.
What do you wautf we are a.bed, was
the response
'A-bed thunderl AUd is my wife a.
bed, too 2 exclaimedl: Franks in astonish-
ment.
'Tour wifef' no. But added the
aroused husband as be opened the door,
what in creation do you mean, old feI
lowH'
An ex, lanation-so far as the two
friends were able to explain-at once took
place, and the bewildered Frank, in a state
Of alarm and confusion. started for his
room TO prepare himself for search after
his missing wife. just as be turned to
leave his friend, however, be heard foots
steps approaching along the corridor, and
the next moment perceived lady coming
towsrds him. Not observing, 10 bis al
most frantic state of mind that the person
was envelloped ID bonnet and shawl, and
regardless oil his own unreasonable ap-
2earance, he instantly exclaimed, q tho't
flashing across his brain not at all com:li-
mentary to his wife:
80, madam where have you spent the
last hour and Il half, and with whom -
o Julia JuliaP
Sir 7 exclaimed the lady, her eyes
flashing back the rays of Franks lamp,
and quickly opening the door of room
in the immediate vicinity, she disappear
ed
The anguished husband was now in a
deeper maze than before-hie reason seem
ed tottering on its throne. just then his
friend, partly dressed. joined him, who
cOunseIled Frank to dress himself and pro-
coed to arouse the landlord and lay the
matter before him, when fearful .shrieks,
In female tones. were heard issuing from
the room occupied by the young merchant
and his lady. In another moment these
shrieks were accompanied by even more
piercing and alarming screams, spd amid
the uprOar q mans vUice was heard Voclfe
rating in terms strong and boisterous.
And now the door Of the room where all
this commution was occurring was thrown
open, and the lady whom Frank had seen
enter but short time sibce appeared, and
summoned the two men to enter the room.
By this time, however. a dtzen or more
figures, in ghOsfly habiliments, we're fiji
ting along The passage towards the scene
Of disorder, who, as fast as they arrived.
followed frank and his friend into the
room.
Back back you bad, wicked woman
You shall not leave this room until have
witnesses to your infamy and this villains
say, back = were the
words which assaulted the ears Of the party
as they reached the entrance to the cham
Der.
Frank, who vas the first one to enter
the room, bGheld q woman in her nights
cress. who seemed struggling to gain
egress from the apartment, while the lady
who bad summoned them thither was do
ing her best to prevent her doing SO, and
in her ears epithets that would
make q modest woman shudder to listen
to and q man, en- dishdbiLle, sat on the
edge of the bed. his face expressive of as
and disgust. The disrGbed Fe-
male. apparently overcome and exhausted,
sank on the flour in a violent paroxysm Of
tears, ard the other then turned to the
spectators of this strange scene,
and exclaimed, her face pale With her exs
ertiOns and the heat of passion:
Bear witness, II, the present aspect of
matters in this room-this wOman's guilty
tears and tremblipg-that mans eonfOuod.
ed appearance and self-sccusing silence
Gentlemen, q wrCnged, broken hearted
woman claims year protection and assist
gentlemen, for / found
that woman in bed WITH my husband, her
arms locked around his neck, and both of
hem fast asleep; brpken-hearted, for
loved that man with my whole heart
Bear witness, then, for shall place this
matter in legal hands to morrow morning.
Oh, you villain ! turning TO the calm
ind apparently careless husband, this is
he important business that prevented you
rom accompanying me to the party L and
Ter nervous strength giving way. the poor
wife sank into chair and sobbed hysteri-
tally.
Like frightened deer, the female who |
1ad beer detected in the indicate situa- |
ion, seeing that the accuser was now DOW
'rless to detain her, rvse tU her feet and |
made mad spring towards the door, But |
IRE she reached it, Frank, who now for the |
irst time caught glance of her face,
srasped her by the arm as che was pass
ng, and in tones Of Amusement, alarm, and |
niger, cried:
Heavens! Julia mn Scite! The |
ievilP and he held her with q grasp Of |
Iteel.
will the spectators Of this ridiculous
NV NiOENostHB oOOuO uoNtu ID me IOf one 4
now demanded the young mer.
Ihant.
M word was uttered in opposition to
rearing what q man had to say in bis be-
lalf against whom circumstances, at least,
estifed go strongly as an pnprincipIed
character.
'Gentismen,' he proceeded, 4 pledge
'ou my honor, my good name, aud all that
hold hear, that did not know this wo-
nan was in my bed until the screams of
~ wife awoke me; and | never saw the
ersOn before. This. so help me God, is
he trUth--the tehoLe truth. And think,
eDtlemen, there is a grand mystery in
bis matter-a mistake somewhere, which
st US proceed to investigate. Woman
Q said, turning to Franks wife, who had
egained sufficient conpos1re to take some
office of the proceedings. for what reason