Juliet Signal

A gentleman from one of the Provinces went to a fashionable establishment in Paris to purchase a bonnet for his wife, which he requested the mistress of the establishment to select for him. The lady selected a very elegant hat, and when the gentleman inquired the price, she answered that it had been paid for. The gentleman was much surprised, and desired an explanation. "Sir," said the lady, "ten years ago you bought some apples of a little girl in the streets of Paris. That poor child had not enough to change a gold piece which you gave her, and when she mentioned that her mother was very sick at home, you told her to keep the money till she had enough to change it.—The little apple merchant now stands before you. I have married a rich man, and must beg of you to accept the hat as a testimony of my gratitude for a gift which saved my mother from much suffering.—London Paper.