News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-18
Oh, summer rain,
TINS BROKEN HEART.
"Now. Marr dear. ron,re foolin, 7,

IHO speaker WAS = tail, OIOdu-SuOlil'
dered yoRHg IrishmaB, with straight,
clear features, frank, loving eyes and s
well-shaped, intelligent forehead, from
which his curly black hair was brushed
carelessly.
The young girl addressed was, as may
be supposed, of the same nationality as
himself, but one might have gone good
way to find prettier damsel than she,
with her rosy cheeks, bright, sparkling
eyes and wavy brown hair. Her white,
plump arms, that many a ballroom
belle might have envied, were thrown
over her head and her eyes were snar.
ping with coquettish merriment.
snow, Mary dear, you're foolin' |" and
Tins black eyes looked lovingly into
her brown eyes.
mo. indeed, I'm not, Tim Murton
1 mean what I say = retorted Mary,
with a toss of her head; $50, do go
along and don't bother me p
"Ah, now, Mary, Jewel, just name the
day and then I'll goI' persisted Tim,
coaxingly.
NO, I'll do nothing of the kind |" re-
piled Mary, more mercilessly than ever.
'I guess I'll have to break off our en-
gagement, Tim you're too bothersome
altogether y she added, after a little
pause.
"Oh, Mary !" gasped poor Tim, re-
cediug step or two, "break off the en-
gagement, darlint when I love ye SO
You can't mean it, sure p
''Yes, do mean it p persisted this
wayward damsel, who liked nothing bet
ter than to torture her lover, who was
taking her coquettish words so dread
fully to heart. 81 guess you needn't
come any more, Tim =
care you in earnest, Mary, honey ?"
asked Tim, lugubrious1y.
''To be sure / am; can't We see that ?"
cried Mary, longing to laugh at his woe-
begone countenance; and, without bid
ding him good bye, she tripped gayly
into the house.
As for Poor Tim, he stood for a mo-
ment as if his last hope had deserted
him, and then turned away with a mel
ancholy step.
-~Eass--~aIking slowly along, still
lamenting over the wilfulness of his
capricious little sweetheart, when step
sounded near him, and hand was laid
familiarly on his shoulder, while cheer
ful voice called in his ear:
"What's the matter, Tim, me boy
Why, considerin' the direction We come
from, ye oughtn't to look in that forlorn
fashion"
'T'm in trouble, Nike" said poor
Tim, in a mournful tone, as he laid his
hand on that of his friend.
"Well, out with it, boy" cried Mike,
as Tim paused without any further ex-
PLANTATION; "let's know what it is, an
maybe 1 can help you. Is it any mis-
chief that of little witch of Marys
brewfn' ?"
eyes; nothing else woull have
troubled me bit" replied Tim; "but
she's given me the mitten, Mike, an
don't know what to do"
"Whist Give ye the mitten, has
she?' exclaimed Mike, scratching his
pate, as if to bring any ideas that might
lodge therein to the surface. "Thats
hard But I'll tell ye, Tim," he added,
after a pause. "I've known Mary ever
since she was little thing, and then
she used to plague the life out iv me.
She only wants to bother you little,
that's all; for she'd as soon jump off the
top iv the house as give you up, me boy.
But she deserves a good scare for her
naughtiness. an I'll tell you how to bring
her round"
''Do you really think she was only
iokin', Mike?" asked Tim, with sigh
of relief.
''To be sure do, lad" replied Mike,
''and now I'll tell you how to get her
back again." Q
Eye will, Nike, repeated Tim, eager
ly; "oh, an you're a blessed lad if
you'll do that same ! Do tell me,
quick r.
Well, listen then," and Mike pro-
ceeded to unfold his idea to Tim, who.
at the conclusion of it, hugged him like
a bear.
''Faith, an you're a jewel iv boy,
Mike r he exclaimed ecstatically; "I
hate to trate the purity creature SO,
bY1f %
deserves If, an it's no more than
fair, interposed Nike calmly.
"WeIl, good-by, then," and whistling
gayly, linn went Off toward his home.
The next day as Tim was sauntering
across the fields to his dinner, who
should he see tripping along over the
green, looking ten times prettier and
more coquettish than ever, but this
same capricious Mary, who had taken
his susceptible heart so completely by
storm. At the sight of her Tins heart
began to beat wildly, and he could
hardly keep from rushing forward and
catching her in his arms and kissing
those tempting cherry lips, but a little
saucy toss Of her head as she came on
decided him, and he resolved to follow
his friends advice.
The fact was Miss Mary had felt
little uneasy as to what the issue of her
last evenings coquetry and ill-treatment
of oor Tim might be. She loved him
dearly, and had done so long before the
rnomentous question had been falteringly
propounded by brave Tim, who hadn't
been absolutely certain whether he stood
ON his head or on his heels for as much
as two hours after; but she was such
wayward little sprite that she was bound
to torment him to her hearts content,
and let him see what sprightly little
will she had of ner own, when she chose
to exercise it.
She expected that he would step in
and see her on her way. to work that
morning, as he had been wont to do;
but as the gentleman failed to make bis