The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-11-13

-. a ny nvaciosAsl Barney, ho os spleen
suver the milk, I" exclaimed 48lty. -.
= DO / splosh h ~ said the lover, and
booking down and seeing his bodts which
he had taken SO much pains 70 Pol'sh, GOV
~red over with mill, be- was ebept swesvI
ins a terrible olRh, when Patty clappsd
her hand on bis mouth, and said,
Don't swear. B6Fney." I"
Z No more / wont, i'll can help'it, Pat
ety, "ssid he with q strong effort" but
"Tut, Tutr' said the girl, again ap-
plying her hand 10 his mouth.
I : | soy" continued he, It's enough to
make any gentlemen swear to have hia
boots Al sploshed in this way a(ler takin
80 much pains 10 make 'em shine.
!" There you're mistaken, Barney" !"
f.'d She" no gentlemen would swear at
all"
I" Do not think so - said. he, with an
incredulous air, sure now Patty, you
must be jokin. Howsomever, ifyou think
90, it's all the same to me, you know, but
4 thought"--
"Tbere! you're splashing the milk a.
GAIN"
And 20 in fact he was; but as the shine
was already taken from his boots, he tho't
any extra care would now be useless, and
any further regrets ont Of place. The
milk was carried in, soon strained and sat
away to cool. And Patty having thus
completed the domestic labors Of Sun
day evening, DOTTED her checked apron,
which she had merely put on to preserve
her go-to-mceting dress, and appeared as
neat as pin. 80
IfBarnabas had conceived high hopes
before making his visit, the freedom of
Patty's request in regard to carrying the
milk, did not tend to lesson tLem-for he
thus reasoned with himself; "Would she
have taken this liberty, il she had not in
intended to stay with me' Surely not
Pm .. fortunate fellow if ever there was
one. They wont say to me as they did to
Tom Piper, tother day, you got the bag!'
BY gorry j couldn't go that"
Full ofthcse sanguine ideas, Barnabas
forgot the splashing Of the boots, talked
when he could get an opportunity and en-
deavored, as he afterwards said to be per-
Ute as possible. As for Patty, her tongue
ran like mill clack. She talked of eve
ry thing and thought of nothing. She
told how the parsons wig got loose in
sermon time, and fell plump upon tie dea.
cons head; how Squire Nassei snored at |
church 30 as to wake up Curnal Jenkins;
and how Capt. Podle's dog Tower bit |
Lieut.. Gruht's tatting hog SO that he died |
of modification. She talked Of all the
marriages that had taken place during the
last year, and Of all that were likely to
take place for a year to come. She ask
ed Barnabas If he could run whole mile
and never stop, if he did not think her
gownd very handsome considerin; and
where he was going to 60 to Christmas
In short she talked of every thing that
came uppermost, just giving Barnabas an
opportunity now and then to pop in word
while she stopped to take breath.
But it was not so much the talking that
the young man thought about at that junct
ure, as the Iook;ng. And he looked or
endesvored to look, unutterable thing not
exactly straight forward, but out Of the
corner ofhis eyes--by some called steal
ing q glance, by others orling, and by 9th
Or, again casting sleeps eyes. The lat
u is often the most appropriate term, for
what ether eyes can sheep cast, than
sleeps eyes
ITO be Continued |