Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-08-16

Will not save me-my doom is fixed y
What if | should discover that it is no
poison y demanded the doctor, with a
searching glance
No discovery can save me now she
said, 'despairingly.
Then she is indeed guilty p exclaimed
the doctor. as his last. hope faded, and he
turGed sadly away.
Idaho was conducted to prison. ard ere
dawn the palace was all ast;r with her de-
tected crime, though every Que was str!ct>
ly forbidden from mentioning it TO the
countess, who, when she awoks, called for
her favorite, and was much grievei ut her
absence.
Idahe's doom was pronounced she was
to be burnt at the stake, terrible exam
pie to the Indians, and one which, it was
hoped, w0vld deter them FROM future at
tempts at poisoning. Before two days had
passed, thanks to the gossi2ing enemies of
the hapless girl, the crime and sentences OF
Idaho was circulated throughout Lima
and penetrated to the forest beyond.
Ga the second day a young Indian pre-
scented himself before the viceroy. 1t was
Guatapoxin, the lover Of Idaho. He came
upon strange mission. lie was the real
criminal. he said, for it was he who had
given the poison to Idaho. II she must
die, he wished to die with her.
Though somewhat struck with the abne
Cation Of self which this singular demand
exhibited, the viceroy, exasperAted BY the
attempt which had been made upon the
life Of his countess, consigned the lover to
u dungeon there to await his DOOM
The fatal day Oh which the lovers we: @
to perish rapidly approached but wv a
great change came over the countess, her
mGlady at last yielded to the skill of DR..
Garcia, and she recovered sufficiently to
leave her bed. And now the fate of her
faVorite could no longer be concealed from
her, and great was her Indignation and in.
credulity when she learned the crime with
which she had been charged
Ga the next visit she received from the
yiccroy, who fOupd her in her chamber at
tended only by DR.. Garcia, she at once
seornfully secuted the idea of her favorite's
guilt. and demanded the release of the
prisoners. But the viceroy was not easily
to be turned aside from the implacable Jus.
tice he had resolved upon.
You are deceived in this girl, Orianna, ,
he said; we detected her in the very act CT
guilt
messed in her chamber, on TIE night of
ldaho's arrest; but the countess was still
incFedulous. Turning to the dJctor, she
demanded
Did you analize the contents Of the cup,
DoctorP
/ did,
What did it contain p
a drug that will make my fortune iu
, II.
aut smile. The wonderful bark mot an
herb. as l fancied), containing quinine, re-
duced to powder, u certain cure for the
fever Of this climate. / have at last oh
tanned the Indians secret, SO strictly
guarded. thanks to Idaho; for she would
have cured the countess before | could,
had not taken the cup from her hand?
My faithful 1dahoi Doctor, Why have
you kept this secret. and allowed the
poor girl to suffer SO long?'
i couldu't. helpsit, my lady was
obliged to experiment. with the bark, and
make sure of it's healing properties before
| could speak. The girl looks upon death
as certain. both for herself and her lover.
for they have betrayed the secret Of her
tribe
Meth er shall de- cried the countess,
with energy. i will protect them,-care
for them SO IOrg as the life Idaho has pre-
served, is left me-
The yicer0y could not now gainsay her
wishes, and in few moments the lovers,
restored to life aud freedom, were kueeling
at her feet. She never lost sight of their
welfare afterwards, but had their marriage
celebrated IN her presence, aud attached
them TO her household. When she return.
ed to Spain, they went with her, for their
betrayal Of the virtues of the bark had
made them exiles from their tribe. The
COUNTESS also took with her q quantity Of
the wonderful Peruvian bark. which &C.
CURED such celebrity in Europe that it
was called after, 'ChinchOns, a name
which it bears to the present day. So the
one grateful act of loving heart has been
the means of affOrding relief to suffering
millions years after that heart ceased to
beat.
'one virtuous action hath moro Jrth than all the
pyramids,
And virtue writes a moro endearing epltaph
Than the marble surcophagus in which sesostris
meant 10 sleep.