The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-03-22

and 1t is unfair TO the girls. They are rela-
tives, if ! guess right Those two young
women you were walking with on Saturday."
Just So" replied Tom, utterlyunabashed.
Mary Dogherty an Susie Conner. Mary's
the prrtiest," he added in q half soliloquy.
81 have always heard she was rs god as
she looked" l said. 'tShe as been such q
dutiful daughter and good sister to thosewild
boys, she cannot fail to make 4 good wife"
Maybe" quoth Tim. But the Dogh-
critics is down in the world these times"
~ know they are not rich; but they are
comfortable"
They arn't begging, Miss, axing your
pardon but musha itsIttle softness there
Is about the house"
'wel, suppose she has known what it is
to want, she will know better how to take
care of plenty when she gets it."
''Troth, i don't know. Maybe when she d
get hertwo hands full she'd be throwin'away,
Tor them that's reared in poverty seldom
knows how to guide plenty when it comes"
well, / nave always heard Mary extoll d
for being the prettiest and the best girl III In
nishowen; and 1 am sure you maythink your
self a happy man if You can get her for your
wife" l said rather sharply.
''Sorra word a lie in that, Miss Ellen, re-
Piled Tim, as he placed the last young gera-
niulh in its pot. shes a good girl, aud as
purity n one as you'd see in a day
but I'm thinkin' I'll step up an see them all
before l spake 10 her
why, Tim, have things gone SO fur us
that Z"
well may say l have eourted her up to
the akin, Miss"
And the other, Tim ?" / asked, intensely
amused.
"rroth, ! don't Know but | ave hcr on
hands, too"
Now, is that fair to either 2" 1 asked
rather indignantly.
'BegorrI, I don't know. A man has to
look before him sharp"
And who is the other? Mnry's cousin z"
Yes, Miss-long Tom Connor's daughter,
from Shruve. She's up with Mary since
Hullyeve. Hudie's lookin' after her"
She's no beauty, Tim"
NO, Miss but she's settled. They DO
say she's a trific coarse in her temper but
she has the finest two year-old heifer ever l
set my eyes on. A pure beauty, Miss Ellen"
And what good would the COW be to yon,
Tim, if you had a sour, cross-graincd wife at
Lome!"
"NTeybe she wouldn't be so sour or cross
when she'd have q good house over her head
an, plenty. She's gettin' old, Miss Ellen. nu'
she sees the young ones comm on her left.
There'd b. n queer change in her if she had
her own way"
you seem TO think more of the COW than
the girl, Inn L retortCd.
"fhroth, it's the purticst av the two. Bat.
Miss, I'm sayin' what would you advise me p
Marry the girl you like Best, Tim; never
mine the COW. A young sweettempered
grl like Mary, who had been SO good to her
Slcklyfathcr and mother, so gentle md loving
TO those wild brothers, cannot fail TO make a
good wife. Gou will never be sorry IL you
marry the girl you like best"
True for you, ma'am-true for you. She
is a good girl, au' I'm nigh and sure ] like
her beyani any woman in the world but
Miss Ellen, I'd wish she had the COW I"
NeXtdny i left home, nor did | return un-
til the daaodils were glittering in the spring.
ing meadows around our home, and the rocks
cawing over their lodgings 10 the woods be-
hiud our garden. Tim was married. ! lad
heard that from mother early in the year; but
upon which fair maid his choice had fallen. |
was still uncertain. 1t was late at night when
| ruturu' ! from my travels, and mother had
far 10. 10 talk Of to tell me the termi-
nation uourtship.
Ia the morning / took my way iuto the
garden, the farrn.tard, the fields lying close
Jy: but Tim was not to be seen nor did |
encounter him until late in the afternoon,
when | discovered him busily trenching up
aome early cabbages in the back garden. He
seemed rather shy of me but 1 put out my
hand aud greeted him kindly.
You're welcome home, Mrs. Grace,
ma'am, " he said, striking his spade into the
iresh+urned earth, and shaking the hand /
gave him with more than ordinary warmth.
We were thinking very long to have got you
back
Thank you, Tim. So Ihavc to wish You
joy"
Tim looked she pish, but speedily recover
cd himself Yes, ma'Rm, il joy it be-
"Oh, there eau be no doubt IN that score,
TIM, | hope Mary is well2
Mary Z Is it Mary Doghcrtyr Why she's
ETuk Of with Lanty Mcguire that own the
ferry
why I thought You were goingto marry
Mary. Tim 2"
"W-ll, no, Miss Ellen, / did not. Iblieve
her M L,tnty was cried Sunday was eight
days
And hat made you change your mind,
1imt"
We'll, l just took Susie for you Zee, Miss
E -, l Judged u COW would make the diIer
b . iNt any two women in the world"
So after all. the COW carried the day