Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-05-30
"Ah, you walked home with the girls.
What became of Hughs'


taken with drop Of drink, and
thought twas but friendly to see the
girls home"
81 am sorry to hear Hugh was so
bad as that, Tim
well, sorra much was on him, Miss
Ellen; bus he was 10th to quit Mrs.
Gallagher's when We got off the boat.
SO we just left him there. Hem! Miss
Ellen, I've q thought to change my
life
II am very glad to hear it, Tim"
"Yes, miss" Tim always forgot my
matronly title in confidential talk)-
.'yes miss. 'Tis lonely work growing
old with nobody to take care of you. "
That's a selfish way of looking at
things. Tim," | replied.
"Begorra. miss, what else would a
man marry for but to have himself took
care of"
Il suppose liking the girl he marries
would be a kind of reason too ! re-
sponded.
80 ay. Id still like to have the one
Id fancy, if she was handy"
And who are you thinking of" !
asked, as Tim bent over box of ger
anium cuttings. II hope she is nice
and good, and will be kind to your
poor mother, and good manager"
Faith, wouldn't take one that
wasn't that, Miss Ellen he replied,
without raising his head. But its
hard to tell how these young ones II
turn out"
"She is young them"
Young enough, and settled
enough" he responded. There's trro
I'm thinkin' Of"
"Twol' exclaimed. "Why, that
is not right Of YOU, Tim. You are sure
ly old enough 10 know the kind of wife
would suis you best and it is unfair
to the girls. They are relatives, if |
guess right. Those two young women
you were walking with on Saturday 2
Just So replied Tim, utterly un-
abashed. Mary Dogherty an Susie
Connor. Mary's the purtiest," he
added IN a half soliloquy.
Il have always heard she was as
good as she looked" said. She ;
been such 4 dutiful daughter, and good
sister TO those wild boys, she cannot
fail to make a good wife
Maybe quoth Tim. Bat the
Do5herties is down in the world these
times.
II know they are not rich but they
are comfortable"
They aren't begging. Miss, aXing
your pardon; but musha. it's little
sOftncss there IS about the house
"WclI. SUPPOSE she has known what
1t Is 10 want, she will know better how
70 take care Of plenty when she gets
it,"
''Troth, don't know. Maybe when
she'd get her two hands full she'd be
throwin' away, for them that's reared
in poverty seldom knows how to guide
plenty when 1t comes"
well, I've ALWAYS heard Mary ex.
tolled for being the prettiest and the
best girl in Innishowen and | am sure
yon may think yourself happy man if
you can get her for your wife" | said
rather sharply.
"Sorra word lie in that, Miss FL
len," replied Tim, as he placed the last
young geranlum in its pot. "She's a
good girl, and a. purity a one as you'd
see in a summers day; but I'm think
in I'll step up an see them all before
| spake to her"
why, Tim, have things gone so far
as that"
We'll, | may say I've courted her
up to the akin, Miss"
And the other, Tim | asked, in
tensely amused.
''Troth, | don't know but | have her
on my hands. too"
Now, is that fair to either?' | ask
ed, rather Indignantly.
''Begorra, don't know. A man has
to look before him sharp
And who is the other Mary's
cousin."
Yes, Miss-long Tom Connor's
daughter, from Shruve. She 5 up wi.n|
Mary since Holyeve. ''lludie's lookln'
after her"
She's no beauty, Tim"
No, Miss but she's settled They
do say she's trifle coarse in her tenn
per; but she has the finest two-year-
Old heifer ever | set my eyes on. A
pure beauty, Miss Ellen"
And what good would the COW be
to you, Tim, if you had sour, cross
grained wife at home"
Maybe she wouldn't be so sour or
cross when she'd have good house
over her head, an plenty. She's get |
tin Old, Miss Ellen, an she sees the
young ones comm on her left. There'd |
be a queer change in her if she had her
own wav."
You seem to think more of the COW
than of the girl, Tim" l retorted.
"Throth, its the purtiest av the two.
But Miss, I'm sayin' what would you
advise me?'
Marry the girl you like best, Tim
never mind the COW. A young sweet
tempered girl like Mary, who had been
so good TO her sickly father and moth
er, so gentle and loving to those wild
brothers. cannot fail to make good
wife. You will never be sorry if you
marry the girl you like best"
True for you, ma am--true for you.
She is a good girl, an I'm nigh-hand
sure l like her bevant any woman n
he world; but Miss Ellen, I'd wish
she had .he COW y
Next day | left home, nor did l re-
urn until the dafiodills were glittering
n the spring meadows around our
lome, and the rocks cawing over their
lodgings in the woods behind our gar
len. Tim was married. had heard
hat from mother early in the year
)ut upon which fair maid his choice
lad fallen l was still uncertain. 1t
vas late at night when l returned from