The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-05-22
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II AtHNs AN NAsA hHNs fAN faA tf@ -
haye managed be farm without hls cleai
bead aud sound iuagmya, TO guide ber.
ne hsd ibe nkme oi being tbe closes
laud al bargain, and The beat iadge u !
bssle ia luulshowen, aud ! Thick be Dc
served il; for mother very rarely los
apou ter speeulalions 10 cattle, aud onI
aninah we're famed fer lbeir beauty
Tim was 30, wholly An lnnisbowen man.
By Bis mothers side be eisimed descent
from the Scottish settlers oi the opposite
coast, sud much Of bis eautiousness and
shrewdness could be traced TO this lniu'
sion Of kindly Scottish blood We chill
dreu hsd rather an ave OF Tin. liz
ialed The outer world Of our homestead
with ! rod oi iron. Woe belide The de
Ilinqucpt who vcutured into The garden
before The hon bad been supplied viii
/ fruit for preserving Woe be TO a. i
" ith profsue hands we assaulted Bic be-
loved grapes or ravaged his trim howe'
bedsl dare say Il was very good ioI
as that some one was set 10 authority
over lhe garden aud farm yard; for We
were allowed quite enough freedom iu'
doors, iatherless tomboys that we were.
But years passed by; one by one we
grew to womanhood /, the eldest, left
home frst--to return first; more alone
for having been so happy, too happy for
little while. When returned,a widow
the younger birds had flown from The
nest. Mother had no one left but me,
and she was growing old; SO ! cast my
own and my boys lot with her, aud soon
became thoroughly acquainted with Tim
I Hargslon. To him | was the young
mistress, or Miss Ellen; aud own fell
often at disadvantage with him, Ills
quiet know ledge Of subjects was utterly
/ ignorant OF, bis cool rejection Of my
farming theories, his almost certain sue.
cess 10 all bis ventures overawed me
and after struggle or two gave IN.
think Tim must have been about
forty at this time; bat he looked many
years younger, being fair aud tall and
well made, aud--a bachelor. He had a
merry twinkle 10 bis gray eyes which
almost conlradicted the flrm-set mouth
with its long upper lip and square mas
sive chin; from his half Scottish mother
be derived close, calculating disposition
hard to convince, slow to receive new
/ impressions, strong 10 retain them when
once received. From bis father, rowing
Pat Hargatou from Donegan, be drew an
lrisbman's ready wit and nimble tongue,
| and under all an Irishman's tickle heart,
| but not his warm affections, which 90 SO
far towards amending the latter fault,
Another unusual thing among men OF
his class, he was well TO do, and, having
successfully speculated in cattle on his
own account, be bad money In the bank
aud a snug cottage. Yet year after year,
| Shrove-tide after Shrove-tide the marry
| ing season all over Roman Catholic Ire
land - found Tim rejoicing in single
blessedness; nor could be have had a
comfortable home; for his old mother
was u confirmed invalid, and, as Tim
was reported to be q trifle near, he only
aiforder her the services of little girl
scarcely in her teens. More than once
mother spoke to him about matrimony,
and as often Tim met her with the unan.
swerable argument: Is II as easy TO pick
for two as for one, ma'amf So she ceased
botherng him about 1t.
Now IL befel that one bright frosty
November day had dispatched Tim to
the country town on very important
business, and the better to assure myself
Of the favorable issue Of II, | walked to
meet him on bis return. AS the time OF
bis return was overdue, began to fee
rather uneasy and qu'ckeued my steps
along the winding seaside road; but O
/ turn in il soon revealed the reason OF
/ Tins delay He was walking beside q
+ very pretty country lass; aud another,
not so young or nearly so pretty, Jagged
little behind.
I Oh hol Master Tim, thought, are We
4 to hear news Of you this Shroye.lidef
A. came forward the girls fell back,
4 Tim FASTENED 10 meet me. He looked
shy and sheepish enough as be advanced
aud the pretty lass whom II once rec
ognized as pretty Mary Dogberty, the
ackuoW lodged belle of the barony, hung
her head In blnshiDg confusion rs she
passed me by.
Tim was ali business and stolidity once
the girls were ont OF sight. He had
lodged money for me iu the couutry
bauk; settled my own aud my mothers
account with butcher, baker and grocer
transacted all our various business witt
care aud corr ectncss; aud, having giver
up his accounts into my hands, he hurried
on while continued my walk. Tw high
! was falling when returned home; bu
although more than an hour elapsed sinc'
Tim preceded me on the sea-road, he wal
just entering the gate az ! turned frou
the road for the same purpose. ! mad'
mother smile that evening when tol'
ber OF ms encounter.
Bot, she said, poor little Mary has nj
fortune. Tim will look for one with an!
girl he marries.
A few days afterwards Tin took IN
/ into bis confidence We were MAXIM
our winter arrangements 10 the green
! hoase, putting away summer plaut
whose lowering days were done, AMI
filling up gsps In our shelves With brigh
ehrysanthemums aud other winter bloom
Ing plants. An honr suiiiced 10 wear
r.ofbar - tbts xeork a Tim apA / vger