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

for you want man 10 look after the farm
at the time of the sowing and al the time
Of the harvest"
The Highland woman received this pro-
posal in calm and matter-of-iact way.
Take glass of whisky, Duncan Lew
is, and drink TO our good health. | do
not touch the whisky myself As for our
Ailasa, she will be married some day, I
hope, for that is good and RICH. for lass,
and l hope she will have an honess hu-
band who knows how to keep off the drink
ike yourself Duncan. But she is toe
youOg lass 10 think of taking a husband
yet. If she waits five or six years, then
1t will be a good time to take husband" )"
THAT is fairly spoken" said the fsher-
man. II will wait five or six years if
Ailasa will promise to be my wife. am
not in hurry, Mrs. Macdonald but it
is good thing to know you have made
your choice, Instead of going to all places
to look for Wife"
Then you can speak TO herself, Dun.
can Lewis; and here she comes" said the
mother. And do not forget to say that
you will come and look after the farm
when you have not to 60 to the fishing"
Aisa came in, bearing her two treasures
in her hand and surely brighter or pref
tier lass than this comely young creature
could not have been found anywhere in
these remote islands.
"Do you know | hefa letter from A.
lister Lewis p she said to her mother.
"and 6no book too, that is full of the
pictures of flowers. And it iss a ferry
good letter of news, for he is going to the
college, just like Malcom Ross"
"Oh, ay," his eldesr brother said. with
an angry look gathering on his face, "it
is ferry fine for him to 60 and be gentle.
man with all the money that Harish and
Nicol gif to HIM as if he was no more
nor beggar's son, and it iss ferry fine for
him to live on their money and 60 to the
College"
"But it is mistake and ferry great
mistake that you hef made, Duncan Lew
is, said Ailasa, very warmly. ut is no
beggar's son that Alister is, for he has
not touched farthing Of money; and If
he had, it wass only loan that he could
give them back again but he hass not
spent no not one farthiug of the money,
and he iss no more beggar's son as you
are yourself Duncan Lewis"
81 am not beggar's SON. said the
dark-haired fisherman, his temper getting
the better Of his prudence ut IS more
as &120 / hef in the bank at Stornoway;
and when will he make that at the Col
lege? p
ale will make that and great deal
very much more than that before a few
years is over said the girl, confidently; :;
land it is not money that is every thing"
"Wcll, 1T is not right for us to hef a
quarrel, Ailasa Macdonald, said Duncan
Lewis, gloomily. II did not come here
to hef quarrel. | wass saying to your
mother that nan who haas money to tex
a farm of hi, own should think of marry-
ing; and | hef told you what money it is
that Is mine in the bank at Stornoway;
and wass saying I would come and look
after the farm at Carn.Sean when there
wass no fishing"
THAT is ferry good of you, Duncan
Lewis, aaid AiIasa with some surprise.
He was not ordinarily generous.
"But this is it, Ailasa," said he "you
are young thing, and hef no one to TEX
care Of you if your mother wass i'll. And
| wass saying-I wass saying to your
mother-that | would like to hef you for
my wife, in five years, or four years, as.
might be, and that is the word | wass
wishing to speak to You, Aiasa Macdon-
ald."
The girl looked more and more aston.
ished, and then turned, as If for guidance.
to her mother. Mrs. Macdonald had be-
gun to peel some potatoes for supper, and
was apparently not listening.
10 be your wife, Ducan Lewis? And
it iss not any joke that you are making?"
"lt iss moi any joke III all" said he
"Then | can not ifyou my word back,
Duncan Lewis, she said, simply. mot
in five years, or in four ycars--lt iss no.
use your thinking Of it all that time YOU
will get some other lass in Darroch."
The man rose with gloomy look about
the dark eyes,
THAT lss your answer to me, Ailas;t
Macdonald and il iss the last word YOU
hef for me 2"
"les, it ss the last, Ducan Lewis :"
she said; "but it lss ferry good friends
that we may be, although can not think
Of marrying YOU
T He did not make any answer to that
proposal He bade mother and daughter
good-by in a brief word or two in Gaelic !;
and then he set cut to cross the Kilecna
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