The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-02-18


ADDRESSED TO THE LADIES'.
"All we can do with him, Aileen agra,
when he gets into these humors, is-tc
take 1t easy.''
"Take it easy, indeed ~ repeated the
pretty bride, with toss of the head, and
curl of her lip; 'Il's easy to say take 1t
easy. am sure if | had thought Mark
was so passionate, I'd have married
Mike!'
"But Mike was so mighty DARK re.
piled old aunt Alice, with a mysterious
shake of her head.
"Well, so he was; but then l might
have had Matthew"
''Ah, ah!" laughed old Alice; she was
the worst bird of the nest! Look, we
can wind Mark round ye': finger, as
wind this worsted thread, if you'll only
take 1t easy"
ooh! l wish--I wish l had known be-
fore that men were so ill.con,rivcd I'D
have died sooner than have been mar
ried," sobbed Aileen, who to confess the
truth, had been so petted by the neigh
bors, on account of her beauty, that il
would have required large proportion OF
love, and moderate allowance of wisdom,
to change the village coquet,e into So
Der wife. | say large proportion of
loue. "Wit,' to quote the old adage,
may win man, but aUit 'aever kept one;
unless woman cultivate the affections,
even more than knowledge, she will new.
er secure her husbands heart.
"Oh, whist! avourneen y said Alice.
"Sure tould We all along. Mark, says
|, is all fire and tow-bnt it's out in a
minute; Mike is dark and deep as the
Bay Of Dublin; and Matthew is all to the
bad entirely; You've got the best of the
three, and We can manage him just as the
south wind that's blowing now-God
bless it manages the thistle-down that's
floating through the air--if yeW take it
easy
At first Aileen pouted-,hen she sat
down to her wheel-was too much out Of
temper to do what she was doing we'll
broke her thread-pushed it from her-took
up her knitting-dropped the stitches
shook her needles, and of course dropped
some more.
"7ake 1t easy" said aunt Alice, look
ing at her over her spectatcles.
Aileen flung the knitting away, clasped
her arms round her aunt's neck--resteC
her head on her bosom-and wept out
right.
''Let's go into the garden, sit under
the ould limetree, and watch the bee:
that are swarming," observed aunt Alice
'.and we'll talk yer trouble over avour
neen. It's very sorry am to see "
, taking on so, for trife, at the first go
ing off. But you'll know better by'r
bv, when real troubles come
Poor Aileen, like all young people
thought her troubles were very real, bu
she held her peace, until observing th'
bees more than usually busy, she nut
tered, Il wonder, aunt. you don'ttell tn,
bees to take 1t easy"
$50 would, dear, if | sa,0 them quar-
relHng; but they're to wise to quarre
among themselves, whatever they do witt
furriners.' The old woman paused
and then added, "Sit down here, m,
child, and listen to what I'm going to tel
you. Ye know well, avourneen, wa
lawfully married. first, by old father job
TO Richard Mulvany-my hearts frs
love he was, Heaven be his bed this bles
sed day, and grant we may meet abov
the world and its real troubles! Aileen
/ it was indade a trouble to see my brave
young, handsome husband dragged out {
| the blue waters of the Shannon, to fin
that when wept he could not comfor
that my cheek rested for hours on hi
lips, and he did not kiss it."