St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-09-24
The Maid of Killeena
CHAPTER ".
SOME FESTIVITIES.

So the time went by. and \ilasa Mae
donald marked ii no longer by the
lccurrent SEASONS. nor yet 10y the guin"
away of the men to the Caithncss fish
cry, but by the letters she got from
AliStcr Lewis in Glasgow. And each
of these WAS more confident and buoyant
than its predecessor for the Noung man
| got on we'll at the University. and his
master took Il great interest in him.
and some of the baillic> and other great
persons had been pleased to notice him.
and had even limited that they might
use their influence in his favor. At last
there came one letter. more Important
than all the others. and StriigitwaN
there WIS Il great stir and noise of
rumor> throughout the islands.
"But hef seen AilaSa herself. and
she wasS showing me the letter." said
Nic"l Lewis to his eldest brother. W h"
was angrily expressing his disbelief III
the news.
And ii iSS ferry we'll that he can not
write to his own people. but To Il
stranger lass that ha>> nothing to do
with him. Duncan Lewis said. gIoomily
smoking his pipe.
And who will II Young man write
marry 2" said Nirnl Lewis. And it is
ferry proud AiIasa Macdonald is this
day that he will hrf done the great
things in his GLASSES; and who w:IS>
thinking when they built the tine stone
school house ONcI at Maolhe" that il
waSs our own Ali>trr will come to l.,
the ferry first school master. yes, and
mirovcr. Aud hr will lcf the piece "i
Ii,
from keeping Il COW And waSS SAY
ing manN's the time that it waSs II,
great harm to Il Young man to hct
spoken with the Lord Provost of GlaS-
gov. and the gIcat magistrates, and
they will see our AliStcr he haSS Il hrao
on his shoulders. and lac Iss ferry right
to say that the day he will come back
to Danoch that iSS the day he vii
come back to bc married but tn,
foolish Young things to hrf said it vii
he in The middle of the harvest. and {;
man will have t" dance all night an,
90 away to the shcaIing with his hea,
full of the whisky. and not Il halt-hour''
sleep for him between, that MISS ferry
foolish; but we will hct Il good Sprr,
for all that 10y Kott. it is the goo,
. glass We will drink when our Aliste
malricS \IaSa Macdonald.'
III iSS Il very sure man yon aie. Niro
Lewis: bat Nom are to" sure of that.
sad the other. rising and "oin" away
with Il dark look on his face. 1T will
l,c bad glass You will drink whel
AliSter Lewis marIicS Mrs. Macdonald
lass IL bad glass for her. and ior You
and for him"
Nicol paid no heed to the words Il
i the time for indeed he had grown ac
cIStomcd to hear his eldest hrothc
talk in II strange fashion about Alste
and AiIaSa Macdonald. He remember
cd the words attrrward
Meanwhile. however. there WAS moth
Y, ing hut JOY and the hurry of prrpaI;l
tion throughout the islands of DaIroc
and KiIlccna aud throughout one u
two neighboring islands besides tu
t. every one knew he would he asked t
t.. the wedding, and they were all busy i
making up useful presents for ALIAS;
and in scn.ing to distant parts for th
best whisky that could be got, just i
case the bridal procession might com
their way. The people We're well dis
posed toward the Young laSS of CarI
y Slcan; they knew her mother had no
much money in the bank; and so the
bought blankets, and made cl"thc'
/; and set aside portions of their ow
furniture for her, and many was tll
l. visitor who travelled all the way t
Killecna to ask the blnshing Alias
, " hat she would like. Then, one day
came Il letter from Alister Lewis, nd
dressed To Mrs. Macdonald, and tn
pnstman made her sign receipt f'
that letter, much to her wonder. An
inside there WAS nothing less than
parcel of II bank notes in all
and Alistcr asked the mother if sl
would take that to help in buyin
Ailasa'S outfit, when she went to Sto
r. uowav for that purpose. Moreover I'll
. Young man had long ago sent back I
q Nicol Lewis all the money the brothe
of had lent him when first he left Darroc
-, he was clearly prospecting in ii
world.
Then Alistcr Lewis came back to Ii
native place to claim his bride and
Y was more than ever overcome vii
wonder and delight at the beauty
her bright and tender face; and
was vastly pleased to see how smart
she was dressed while she, tremblin
proud. and glad, dared hardly to spe;
TO him, lest he should think she hi
not as yet quite mastered the GOO
rst English. And all the friends. relation
and distant acquaintance OF the "
nd families came over to old Hector Lew
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