The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-04-02

were the conferences and disputes which er
sued. With one party. the buying Of th
gown, and the other corroborating circum
stances, were deemed incontestable evidence
and they affirmed that Sandy and Jenn
only waited till the proper season for layin
aside their MORNINGS, to be married Il
this marriage they saw, or at least fancie'
they could see. snch number of advan
tages as would render it most desirable
Jenny" they said. :" was q thrifty lassie
and wad max guid wife. She kenned q
about the management O. the kye. and sh
wad aye hae her mither ut hand 10 apply Il
in ony strait" Another party diifere'
from them entirely. both a. to the conclu
siveness Of the evidence, and the advantages
to be derived from the marriage. "Th'
buyin o the gown" they maintained, wa
naething. Jenny Jervs was q young
thoughtless lassie, wha wad be soon aneugl
married four or Eve years hence; and they
were sure Sandy wad be far better wi BIZ
cousin Betsy, wha was bath weell-taureC
and a well-conditioued GUNNER, and had
some experience in the management o. q
house" They said, further. that " Betsy
they were sure, wad be. the woman fol
Sandy was thoughtful Gallant and though
he might be led ava, for q time. wi tws
blue cen, slender waist, and the red and
white on lassie's face, be wad soon come
to see that itber things were needfu to q
man fetchin for his bread, and strugglin for
the rent O. farm" A third party pre-
sumed to differ from both Of these in every
particular save one. They admitted, in
deed, that Sandy twas . tbOughtfu Gallant =
but from that very admission they drew a
quite contrary conclusion. Bath Betsy
and Jenny" they avered. might remain
single lang aneugh for him and If be ever
took wife ava, they were sure it wadna be
in Ony hurry" They also pointed out
several advantages which were likely to &C
crue to him from adopting this theory, and
several disadvantages which would infallibly
result from his adoption Of any other.
f" The place." they said, "was but sma', ,
and the rent high and as lang as be had
only servant, he bad naething bat her bit
years wage to pay at the term. But were
be to tax wife, be wad hae to get new
beds, and new chairs, and hantle whigma-
leeries forby, that wad cost him nae little
siller; he wad hae to buy tytss to her in
ilks market, and in ilka shop be cam past
not to mention bairns' meat and BARNS
O. bath, maybe, than the
place wad afford" Thus, as the great poll
tical world is at present divided into Tories,
Wings, and Radicals, this little sequestered
district was divided into parties, which, for
the sake of distinction, we shall denominate
Jervisinss, Braikenises, and Maltkusians.
Though Betsy Braikeus had not been at
Gairyburn for several years before the
death of her aunt, after that occurrence she
to pay occasional visits there !;
and it was observed, by those who knew and
could interpret the signs Of the times, that
her cousin always looked more thoughtful
for day or two after she went away, than
was his usual This seemed to favor the
theory of the Jsvrisiaes, who said that he
vas pestered with her visits, and did not
know how to get quit Of her. The Bres-
keziless O In .slher hand. naia11iaed,
that II be did mot give her some encourage
ment, she would not often and that bis
thoughtful locks were occasioned by regret
at her absence
Several months after the death of Mar
garet Crawford, and just as the FIRST party
we're beginning to be certain that their
theory was the correct one, and that they
would, ere long, obtain a notable victory
over their opponents, both Betsy and her
brother paid W it to Gairyburn. They
stayed a night and day with their cousin
and, after they had taken their departure, it
was observed that he looked more thought
full than be had done on any former occa-
sion, was the additional aggravation of his
not passing away in day or
two, as it had done before. At the end Of
a fortnight, the neighbors said to each
other" Preserve us n I! saw ye ever sic an
altery lion as has come owre Sandy Craw-
ford He's surely seen something that's no
canny, and daurna speak aboot It," At
the end Of month, they might have made
the same observation but by that time
they had become accustomed to the change,
and they only said" Puir fellow he's as
sair altered as though that GUNNER frae
Perth had ta'en ava his last penny"
He was indeed changed, thoug b not to
the extent which they seemed to suppose.
He managed the whole ofhis concerns as be
had done before IN company or converse
ton there was little perceptible difference !;
but, when silent or alone, there was fire.
quently an expression Of resignation on his
countenance, as if some misfortune were
impending which be could not avert, and
which, if it should fall, be had determined
TO endure with patience. Strict observa-
tons were now made on bis conduct towards
Jenny and here, too, an alteration was
discovered, though that alteration did not
seem to admit Of being explicitly expressed
in words. 1t was agreed, however, by the
wise women who had made the observa-
tions, that he appeared like one who had
determined never again to urge his suit,
and that be had certainly made up bis mind
to see her give her hand to another. This
conclusion was favorable to the Malthusians:
they repeated their assertion, that ''he was
thoughtfu Gallant, and that be had determin-
ed not to marry at all y while the others,
if they did not "hide their diminished
heads" were at least compelled to bold
their peace.
But Of all who we're puzzled by the mys-
terious change in the manners Of the should
be bridegroom, none were more 60 than
poor Jenny herself, who really loved him,
and who had been led to suppose that he
loved her in return, though hitherto be had
never directly declared his intention of
marrying her. Her mother was equally
puzzled to assign a satisfactory reason for
the change but she was not equally affect
ed by it. In her younger years, she had
learned, from experience, that there is moth