Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-12-16

are new friends, " he added, with sudder
wild suspicion, ''for young lass has man.
to look after her"
The glr! blushed rose red.
II hef no friends that l had not wher
you went away to Glasgow, Alister Lew
is" she said, with her eyes cast down
"Who is i. that would be for coming tC
Killeeua? I? 1t is very lonely life that VT
are living at Killeena."
"Ycs, indeed said he; "and many
was the night in Glasgow that was think
ing of you and of the farm, and OF thi
hard life in the winter.time. But then
| was saying to myself, that will not bf
always. There will be coming the you n9
man from zig. or from Harris, who viii
marty her, and he will take her away from
the lonely life in Killeena, aid maybe he
will take her up to Storuoway, and give
her fine house there"
Then ycu wass ferry much mistaken,
Alister Lewis. she SAID, with some asper
ity. There is not anv young man com
ing from Uig, or Harris, or Stornoway, to
do any such thing And you would bet
ter hef been with your books than think
ing such nonsense J"
Bat young lass must marry. Ailasa, "
he said
There iss no need for that--there iss
no need whateffer," she said, proudly.
Because Ailasa, this was what l was
thinking" he said, with the handsome fine
face and dark eyes turned timidiy as well
as sadly toward her--"ths was what l
was thinking many a day aud many night
since | went away from Darroch, that if
there was none of the young men coming
about to marry you, Aiasa, if there was
no one at all that you were thinking Of
that | would ask you, Ailasa, to be my
wife some day, when had some money
gathered together, and wass ready to give
you house."
"And this is what | will say to you,
Alister Lewis, she said, turning round to
confrot Kim, and yet with her eyes cast
down aad her face pale, "that if ever |
marry any young man, it will be you your
self that will marry, and no other one
that is what | hef said to myself. But l
do not think | will ever marry you, Ais
ter Lewis, bekass when you hef money
and you hef become a rich man, you will
not think Of poor lass that wass living in
Kileena, and that it is what | expect,
and will not be angry with you when you
will not marry IA lass that will bring shame
on you bekass she has not cot 6nc clothes
and does not know the good English"
"Aiasa, it is a bargain that you have
made between US two this day." said he,
paying no heed to her depreciation Of her.
self.
And so they drew near to Carn-Slean,
aud they walked hand-in.hand. as they
had often done iu their childhood. They
spoke little there was proud and conf
dent look on the Young mans face. Mrs.
Macdonald was warned of their coming by
the sudden scamperng off of collie to
meet them. and when she came out. she
poured out in rapid Gaelic her praises Of
the alteration in Alistcr Lewis's appear
anee, and would have him drink glass Of
whisky in his own honor The young man
refused that friendly offer; but be sat
down on one of the big stones by the door,
and proceeded to tell Ailasa's mother, with
an occasional stammer in his Gaelic, of all
his adventures in Glasgow. She was great
ly disappointed that he had not seen the
Duke of Argyle, nor yet Sir James Math'
esop but when he told her that his mas
ter knew the Lord Provost Of Glasgow
and several of the bailies and town coun.
cilors she regarded the young man with
something of awe, and then. with the
shrewdness of age, hoped that ne would
reap some practical advantage from even
the remotest relations with those great
people.
Then he rose to take his leave, after
having eaten Piece of oat-cake and drank
glass of milk.
You will take the boat over the water,
Alister Lewis" said Mrs. Macdonald.
i"And John Cameron he will bring it back
10 the morning"
at is no use the trouble" /" said Alister !;
'.i. is mary the time Ihave swam across"
"And with all your fine Glasgow clothes
90 2" said the mother, Indignantly. That
is indeed nonsense"
..Ferry well, then, mother" said Ala
sa. who seldom followed them into the
Gaelic, 'it is no quarrel there will be
about the crossing, for | will go down and
tex Alstcr across, and bring back the