Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-12-09

any work in Glasgow, that will be ferr,
well indeed aud if l can 90 to the school
there will do that too, ior it iss not an
great money you want to go to the col
lege there, as Malcolm Ross he wass tell
ing to me when l will see him in Storno
way, and so-aud SO, Ailasa, | was
wanting to say good,by to you before
CO."
"But you will not be for going to Glas
gov all at once, Alister ?" said the girl
with two big tears appearing ia her eyes
1T iSs no use spending the time any
more here" the lad said, wistfuly. 81
would write you letter, Ailasa, from
Glasgow, if you would like that: aud II
you would send me the news, that would
be ferry good day the day that got a
letter from YOU with all the news in it,"
"And are you going away like that, Al.
lister Lewis?" she said; land none OF
your friends to come and drink glass to
your good health. and not a word TO any
one of them? And it is only in half an
hour that will hef dinner, Alister; and
what is half an hour if you are going
away TO Glasgow ~
"But you will not be ferry angry with
me, Ailasa," he said, rather shamcfaced.
| ly "bekass it is a hard thing to 60 away,
and will not 'hef the spirit to say good.
by to them all--ouly to you, Aiasa, and
to your mother; and so good.by to you,
Ailssa, and it will be ferry good day for
me that day that you will send ne let
ter to Glasgow" t-as r1t..H
Ailasa was now crying bitterly. She
held out her. hand /: and he, unable to
speak, shook it warmly, and went away.
Then, with some broken sentences in Ga.
ellie, he bade good-by to the old mother,
ard botook himself again to crossing the
wild moorlaDd on the way to sea.
That night the brothers, who had only
been out with the lines, came home late
and rather dispirlicd. The take had been
small. When in due course they sat
down 10 supper, the old father and mother
included, Alister only was absent,
II suppose he hass been all the daj
over with that lass at Carn-Slean," said
the black haired Duncan, angrily. He
is better there than at the fishing. He
will 90 to the fishing with us no more--by
Kott, he will 90 with US no more,
"You are right, Duncan Lewis, and it
is hard man you are" the old mother
SAIL, beginning to cry, ale viii not go
to the fishing with you, not any more. for
the boy is going to Glasgow
And ferry good thing too and mir
over" said Duncan, sloomily, 'ho will be
1
Gerry much better in ii counting house
than at an oar; and he will hef his fiddle
when he likes, and his stories, and his
books. Tiss ferry good thing that he
will be going away to Glasgow.
"By Kott," exclaimed one of the 9th.
cr brothers, with Sudden vehemence, I'll
Alister iss going for to go to Glasgow, il
iss not with empty pockets that he will &C
to Glasgow -
"No, no r' cried the other brothers
1--WE will gif the lad something to put ii
his pocket! BY Kott, he will bef some
thing to put 10 his pocket !" @ %
And here the whie.haired old father
interfered; and with many wise shakes
| of the head he intimated that heaknew al
that lay before aayouug man who was 60
ing 70 seek his fortune in a strange and
distant city. Old Hector Lewis, to be
sure, had never been out of the Hobri
des and had never seen any gseater OF
more glorious city than Stornoway; but
he was supposed to know much more thar
most men Of what was going on in the
world. Alistcr would soon get a situa
tion he could be recommended to Mr.
Maclwham, the painter and glazier, o
the Galowgate and though it was toe
late to apprentice him to that trade, Mr.
! Maclwham would surely be- able to fine
an occupation for a young man who was
learned 10 all matters of bookcraft, hand
writing, figuring and the like. iaf 3iai-
II wass thinking he will not get muci
money for the writing of verses Of poetry
that is very bad trade, said Duncan
Lewis, with some contempt. fg,.a 3 l3i
"But this is what say, said Nico
Lewis, the third brother, with unnecessary
warmth, 81 say there is no finer lad il
the Western Isles as Alister Lewis, and j
will surely be a shame, and q great shame
if we wass to let him fight his own wal
in strange town. And this what | say
that if efery penny of my money that i
! 10 the bank of Stornoway will hef to go
Aister he will be at the college, as, SURF
as I am living man BY Kott y srs
And there and then the three brother
settled it, Duncan being the only dissen