Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-01-31
F,om Healh's Book Of Beauty, Tor ls4O.
ADVICE OF AN IRISH FAIRY.


AN We can do with hun. 4, 'een agra
when he gets into these b nmours, S-'o
take IL easy"
Take It easy. indeed!' repeated the
pretty bride. with q toss of her head. and
curl of her lip It's easy to say. take IL easy.
Tam sure If had thought Mark was SO pas.
siona,c. I'd have married Mike!'
'Bu, Mike was so mighty dark replied
old aunt Alice, with a mysterious shake Of
her head.
We'll, so he was but then might have
had Matthew"
'Ah. alb! laughed old Alice; he was The
worst bird of the nest Look! We can
wind Mark round yer finger. a. wiud This
wors,ed thread--' yell only take ii easy
on! wlsh-l wish had known be.
fore that men were 50 I'll contrIved! I'd
have died sooner than have married." sob.
bed hileen, who, To confess the truth, had
been 81 pe,'ed by the neighbors, on account
of her beauty. that 1t would have required
n large proportion Of love, and moderate
allowance of wisdom, to change the village
coquelte into n sober wife. ] say. a large
proportion of lore. Wit to quote the old
uudHcs Wuy " w u HuH' ONb W't "ctCf Htpt
! one unless woman cultivate the the ai-
| iecl,ons. even more than knowledge, she
will never secure her husbands heart.
On. whish avournecn!' sad Alice.
Sure tould we all along. Mark says I
| rs all fire and tow but us out IN q minute;
Mike is dark and deep as the bay Of Dub
lin; and Matthew is all to the bad entirely
You're got the best oi the three. And ye
can manage him just as The south wind.
that's blowing now--God bless II Imam
ages the thistle down that's Aonting ihro'
the alr--if yeW take it easy.
At first, A,leen pou'ed-then she sat
down TO her Wheel was too much out OF
temper to do wha, she was dong, we'll
broke her lhread-pushed it from her
took up her knitting dropped the stitches
shook the needles--and of course, drop.
ped some more.
Take 1t easy said aunt Alice looking
at her over her specracles.
Alieen flung the knitting away. casped
her arms round her aunt's neck rest ted her
head on her bosom-and wept outright.
Lets 90 into the garden, sit under the
ould Iime.tree, and watch the bees that
are near swarming.' observed aunt Alice.
and wei! Talk yer trouble over. avourneen.
Its very sorry am to see ye taking on So
for ihrif1e. at the first going off. Bu'
you'll know better by'nby, when real trou-
bles come
| Poor A,een, like ali young people. tho''
her troubles were very real, but she helC
her peace: until. observing The bees mort
than usually busy, she mu,tered, i wonder
aunt. you don't tell the bees to take i
easy
SO would. dear. ifI saw them quarrel
ling but they're too wise to Quarre
among themselves, whatever they do will
(urriners.' The old woman paused: ant
hen added. SIT down here, my child, an
listen TO VIVA, Pm gong to tell you. Y
know well. nvou-neen, | vas lawfully ma
ned. first. by old father John, to Rlchar
Mulvaney-my hearts first love he was
Heaven be his bed this blessed dav, an
grant we may meet above the world and II
real troubles! Alleen. it acas indeed
trouble to see my brave. young. handsom
husband, dragged, out of The blue water
Of the Shannon TO find that, when cal
led, he conld not answer; when wept, h
could not comfort; that my cheek roste
for hours on his lips, and he did not kiss it
Fourscore years and five had passed owe
the head of that woman! and her age wa
as beautiful. according TO lis beauty, as ha
been her youth. She had been marie
three times yet her eyes filed with tea
at the remembrance OF the love and sorro
of her early days, and it was some tin
before she could continue.
We'll, dear Richard, and I had SON
little tiff, and | SAID more than ought
have SAID. And II was by the same Toxic
fine mid summer morning, ! strayed o
to the end OF our garden. and picked up
shiney snail and, as looked at the sna
] remembered how, the last mdsumm'
day had put just such another betwe
,wo plates, and safe for an hour by the ri
ing sun with the fore finger OF my left ha
crossed over the fore finger of my rig
hand and then, as thrue as day. when
lifted the plate, the thing had marked
purity an r. and piece of a. beautiful
M. as the school. master himself Gov
write upon the plate then cried to :
membe, how lad | was then and he
sad now . and at last cried myself
sleep. Alanna machree | was little mt
than a chIld-nol all out sixteen. W.
dear, 10 my dreame, suppose ] must C
It, saw the bsnulfulIesl fairy THE LIZ
save us J. the handsolr est of the good p
pie that ever The eyes of woman look
upon-a little deeshy dawshy craylt
footing its way all round the blossom o
snow white lilly; now twisting round up
the very top OF her tiny toe then, as
she was joining hands round, down
middle and up again, TO the tune Off
Rakes of Mallow'-'
"The Rakes Of Mallow - exclaiu
Aileen'
"The Rakes of Mallow.' repeated /
ice sclemnly i heard it as plainly a:
hear the The rising march Of The bees
this blessed minute. Well. of suddt
she stood upright as o dart upon the gre
and golden crown in the midst Of he A.
or, and pushed back her rnglels, and s
tied her dress at a pocket looking 81