The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-10-02

recall, and coglae over the old adage oil Inc more
haste the worst speed.
sIf,' said she, after all he should marry out of
spite to the Flower of Loughgully, what might
come of it? named her last, to see if he would
speak of her, but he did not and yet Pm sure his
heart turned TO her above all others, though he'd
never give in to her, nor she to him--she has such
n spirit And sometimes, | think, make too
much Of my boy, but can't help it. His face, so
handsome, so like his fathers; and his voice, when
he calls me in the morning. or besses me at night,
| often think my own darlint is with me again =
Pray the Almighty said the widow after long
pause, and clasping her hands, pray the Almighty,
that, after having had the pick of the country he
don't take the crooked stick at last =
Now, it so happened that the widow Ryand did
every thing in her power to prevent her sons visit
to Kilkenny; but she had not accustomed him to
the neighbor said Reddy Ryland was gone to Kill
kenny to bring home wife; and when Kathleen
O'Brien, the Flower of Loughguy, heard that,
she wcpt bitterly, for she had calculated on the in
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lover, having altogether forgotten how completely
Reddy was absorbed in the contemplation of his
own PROJECTIONS. woman never can have much
power over vain man.
Three weeks elapsed, and Reddy returned to his
home, and his foot and eye were both heavy ; the
elasticity had departed from the one, and the
l brightness from the other His mother pressed him
; to her bosom, and his ncighbors crowded to wei
come his arrival. Many hand was extended /;
and sue well have some fun now ye're come
back said one. 'Ah, thin, it was a quare wake
Andy Magavcney had, poor man; the pipes weren't
half smoked, and the dancing not worth farlhing,
cause you warn't in it, said another. Sure ye
never saw gayer hoy than yerseli, Rcddy, since
We left it, exclaimed third. 'Wcll, he's with
us again, any how. But, Reddy, where's the Xii
kenny lady You war to bring us to show us the
iashions;' inquired fourth.
Reddy laughed, and turned off the question, and
called for some whskey to treat his friends. His
mother observed he made his punch double its usu-
al strength, and, as she said afterwards, an i'm
preston came over her heart like the hand %
DEATH, for she saw something was wrong, and she
sat looking at her son with tears in her eyes; even
when their friends were gone, she had not courage
to ask him if he was married; but Rcddy walked
to the table after he had shu, the door, and filling
out glass of whskey, drank it off, and then said,
Mother, wish me joy. Joy, joy, mother I'm
married =
'Oh, Reddy, it isn't possible that's lhruc--
without ever consulting yer mother, letting her
see yer choice
It's as thrue mother-ns bad luck
'Oh, Reddy, my son, has she the blood you
taxed about Is she of an ancient family all out ?
Mother, answered Reddy, after pause, sIts
not aisy TO get every thing
'Oh, wisha if yc'd thought of that before, yc
need not have gone to Kilkenny for wife. Well,
dare say she's fine figure of woman. She
has one any how'
None to spare said the hard-o pleased
gentleman; however, she's my wife
'And beauty !, added the mother I'm sure,
sarlin sure, she has beauty
'The devil as much az would fit on top of Il grass
hoppcrs toe, replied her son mpctously.
Not blood, nor bone, nor beauty = Well, may
be, she has better materials than any of them to
make good wife. She was your cousins rec
ommCnding aud he knew how much you wanted
girl 10 set pattern to the country
's'he was not my cousins recommending, moth
cr but somehow she's very town-brcad woman,
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"a good cdication's fine thing said Mrs. Ry-
land almost weeping, for, like all the Irish, she
laid great value on the qualities. Rcddy, had con-
fessed she did not possess; but she was gentle
hearted woman, and desired in her simple wisdom
to make the best of every thing, no bad wisdom
either
III is, mother sighed the Bridegroom.
But what has she besides the cdicalion Rcddy;'
inquired his mother, seeing that her beloved son
sat modify with his hands casped, resting on the
table, aud his chin fixed upon them. 'What has
! she besides the edication'
'T'co small chiiircn, was Reddy's reply.
ooh, Rcddy, Reddy, il that the end of yc = cx-
claimed his distracted mother 'you, the pride of
tina county-the beauty OF the parish, that might
have had the pick of the whole county for wife
you who was thought so much of, and who thought
SO much of yourself.
You're right, mother " interrupted Reddy
Ma last dill il. If il hadn't been for that, |
might have been content with. But no
matter--it's all over now. She was widow.
mother; and was sure not to be caught by
widow, that took no heed. persuaded her to
stop half way, and that I'd take the care of her.
'And the children 2 added his mother and
the same car can take me out of this two widows
arc too many for one mans house. Oh, Rcddy,
Rcddy, TO think ofthis How was it,
But Reddy would not tell; the affair was mys-
terry. His old mother was broken-hcaricd; she re-
fused 10 remain in his house, though somewhat
comlorted by the information that the bride was