The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-08-21
Hush, Barney 1; no tale-teling out of school, Il

TiM dlnnlonds-ey! SAID his MASTER
mo sir, the cenuiHei Then such cheeks Red
and white, laid on by the hand of Il Lady Nature
herself, round about, ike the cherryJmS heads al
church. Then her lips Och her lips! that s
moheration!
'lou are romantic, Barney said his master.
Nou may say that, was the reply Pm just the
boy for that same
~ ell, WE'LL calculated Percevol, srppressing
a smile, by this time Tomorrow, EaIney, you and
will be on the high road
TO matrinOny, Sir )
NO, sirrah, to Eng and
you'd better be merc'u and lead Mercy to the
altar
And tie myselfup in halter, afterwards. No,
no. I'm not bound for the gulf of malrlmony yet.
Thus saying, Harry turned round, and percelv-
ed tall and lanthron- ysaged young gentleman
whom he heard breath heavy sigh, hanging down
his head
'lIalIoo!'clied Harry, 'who are you''
The stranger heaved another heavy sigh,
Are you dumb, sir ? asked Harry.
The stranger shook his head
! What ais you' Speak
The stranger heaved another heavy SIGH and en-
claiming y Grey OMore = hastily retired.
Poor unfortunate gentleman, exclaimed Harry.
Nv hat vixen this Mercy must be! A fury III
| | was thousand niles off
Turning ugHin, he behcld one of the widest
prrtlicSr most good natured looking little flower
girls he had ever encountered, who dropped mod
est curlcSy, and was passing onward, when Harry
caught her apron, and asked her what her name
W s.
Kathleen, if you please sir, repeated the girl
Kathleen the flower girl ifyou Please who gath
ers blossoms l.on hill and dale, for the qualification
of her customers, viii You buy' Here are roses
and lilies but they are for the gentle and the
good
'Am | not good = asked Harry.
Law no you' re II man. Here is henrtease
for the forlorn lover; will YOU buy And here are
some pretty tulips; do YOU love tuIips'
Your twolips, ofall the world, my pretty Kath-
lecn,'
Iawn cried the girl bushing and simperng.
They may suit you, for you are as bright Us a
butterfly"
Am like a butterfly exclaimed Harry Per-
ceval.
why no; not quite so pretty was the reply,
'Eh, my dear wcnch,' sid Harry, Il should like
TO be better acquainted with yru.'
'Shouli you, indeed; We'll that's very kind for
nobody thin ofany pretty girl now, but Mercy
o. More. ! was once il beauty, sir
And are YOU not stiii--slill--still most beau
lifnln
'Ah, that's ilatteryn said the girl. 'But the
young men all thought the same once. Before
Miss Mercy came into the ncgborhood was the
0veie>t, happlesl, and the gayest of girls; every
body envcd me, for was universally beloved
had then twenty lovers and hif--real ones too.
'rwcnty and a hn'f' cried Harry
yes. The half one was Cormac O'Casscy, II
very good naturcd IA of man rather tender here
sir, Uouchng her lorehead.) Nature in creating
him had made Il slight mistake, and transferred the
soft pace from the hear, to his head. lie never
told his love, but only used 10 squeeze my hand
when he bought posey, and sigh shochngIy-
ooh dear y
And did that merccss Mercy rob you of all
hcscP
All, she did There's not a lover to be kept
from her.
1T is very strange, said Harry Perccval, that
for her caprirlous smilcs they should have lorsaken
the pretty Kathleen
Isn't il sir ! here must have been some witch
cry in it, for they all them, their Bonded knees
sworc they loved the dearly. All, those were hap
py times, when, the day labor being ended, Sc
lected one Iiom my many suorS, 10 ACCOMPANY
me in II moon ight rnmbe among hills and valleys,
gladcs and gens by wood and lake each seemed
paradise, and the presiding spirit And when
the was sn;ing behind the hills, its last 'ories
were accompanied by the music of my beloved
All, cried Harry, "a guitar
No Il irwsharp. lie played so swee,y that my
spirit wcpl, as the divine me ody fell upon my
Young heart; and when the grea, moon arose, our
hearts were entranced with bliss
Il see it cried the cnrapturcd youth. q pie
lure the romnnii; sccne-earlh, heaven, and wat
e; moon ight, paradise, aud jewsharp! Oh, de-
igh full
Ies, very except when shower of rain visited
rs; aud then MY lover would run away
Run away! Now, can there be man on earth
50 yic' Run away from such sin pie, innocent
gr as Kathleen! Kathleen, that man was vii
an.'
Has he, indced,'
'Kaih cen, Your charms your innocence, your
dellghlful npicty, enlille YOU to suior of SUI
pcror rank. Mercy O'Nlorc has not one half of
your attractions. She is precious ugly.
Il am not precious ugly am II asked the flower
girl.
You-your-cried Harry; no! you are all
perfection; YOU are--you ure-Zounds-I feel
fed
so YOU feel ill.,
III Yes-no, not i'll, my dear; but have the
heartburn sadly
shall fetch YOU little chalk and water,'
80 no. the only medicine that can effect my
cure lies deep in those lovely eyes, let ne gaze on
them until my own dull orbs shall draw it forth
20 SIR !! cried Kathleen blushing deeply
Let me gaze and gazc again exclaimed IIar-
ry. IT'S thus that would foriify myself against
the witchcraii Of Mercy O'Nore'
'Would YOU indecd' replied Kathleen, with such |
arch expression, that Harry half suspected she was
something more than she seemed; but her suisse .
quent replies removed his suspicious, and he in |
wardIy congratulated himself upon having discoy- |
cred one of the puresi, most aItess, and unsophis
tcattd girs in the wor d. lie was urcud, half
in oye with her, and before they parted he had
made Kathleen promise TO meet him again Pres
emily afterwards parney arrived with intelligence
that i'll his masters moveabIes were packed and
ready for departure unpack them again. said
Harry Pcrreyal; and Farucy, wondering at hi,
masters fckIeness, retired to obey the new orders
4 fortnight pissed, and Perreval had grown more
in his behaviour to Mercy O'Nlore; and he
stole ont every evening after dinner to meet the
pretty Kathleen, with whom he was much en-
inored thnt he at length resolved 10 marry her.
'lam going to get married. said he one day to