The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-04

rapidly as IL mad risen.
"' am sorry to dsappoint you, girls,
he said, gently, but you will have to
excuse me-; and, bowling, he walked off.
ave watched his upright manly fig
ure striding along till be disappeared,
and then we all looked at each other
and sighed.
"'A clear case,' said one girl.
CO Head over heels
/" What will he do?'
GO How can he marry her?'
" Kitty can look after herself
GO But L am sure she is in love; she
never has been before
"' He will go away and forget her.
He gave the bride rein shake,
Said, Adieul for evermore,
My love!
And adieu for evermore."'
GO Never!' said /; nothing of the
kind will happen. l am sure he will
marry her,
"That evening Kinloch made his
way to the old gardeners cottage. His
face was pale, but he had determined
look in the corners of his mouth, and
he carried his head well thrown back
and stepped lightly along.
THE girl had ust set her fathers
supper before him and had gone out to
rest in the garden, and silently watch
the still beauties of the night
1.-The air was fresh, and in the heavens
the full moon was hurrying through its
star-spaugled course. The reeds in
neighborlng stream rustleG and shivered
in the breeze, and large night moth or
two came sailing up and bumped against
Kitty white kerchief on their way to
the fatal candle shining by the window.
The girl looked up to the sky and
tears filled her eyes.
Was it the brightness of the moon?
'' Why do you weep, Kitty?' said
voice at her side.
No need to turn to look for the
speaker! The girl buried her face in
her hands and sobbed afresh.
$50 You are going away?' she said.
"' Yes, | am going away said Kin
loch; but you will come with me,
Kitty, for you love me-
60 love you, but 1 shall not accom-
pany YOU
GO But you must. 1 have spoken to
the old priest and he is ready to marry
u.s.
"' Kinloch,' she said, looking up into
her lovers face with a sweet. serious
smile, you have made me love YOU,
for could not help it; but you cannot
make me marry YOU
"'Oh, but you will, darling, won't
you, Kitty?' he went on, eagerly
You know / can marry now because
l came of age the other day, aud have
much more than my pay now. Is that
what Won ORC thin 81
"' How could l think about that?
Why will not understand, Kinloch?
Your proud old father and your silver
haired stately mother, how could they
bear for one of their sons to marry an
Irish peasant grip
80 You have nothing to learn from
the highest lady in the land, my dar-
ling he said, fondly; and younger
sons are not expected to marry heir
ess s.
6 But she shook her head resolutely.
SIS And is this how you lightly fling
away mans happiness for life?'
"' A few days. pain now to save you
years of regret in the future
1.-The young man looked at the girl
perplexed. Where could she have
learned such northumberland had
she gained the strength to express them
so freely?
He then said, slowly and solemnly,
as II taking an oath; Look wonder,
kltty! That is the evening star. So
surely as it will shine in the heavens
hVe, ten or twenty years as surely will
my love remain unchanged for you.
Bid me come back when you will,
Kitty, and if have breath in my BODY
and strength to do it will Gomez
Come back in ten years, Kinloch.
will be true to you and wait till then.
will try and improve myself-make
myself more worthy of your love-
Keep as you are, Kitty-remain
Unchanged said the young man, ieal-
ously, lest when l come again | Shall
not see in you the last look took away
away with me, my life, my Lowell he
passionately; and, kissing
ler sweet brow and mouth, folding her
n one last embrace, he sighed and left
ler.
" She turned to go into the cottage.
A large downy moth which had been
pumping against the little window '
ailed in before her, circled thrice
'round the candle and flew up into its
'llurlng brightness. The candle flick
'red and went out; the moth dropped
lown with thud upon the table, dead. |
Kitty, with eyes blinded by tears
nd with shaking hands, relit, though ,
omewhat tardily, the light.
So Kitty, my GIRL said the old man,
ointing significantly to the singed in
ect, don't be as foolish as that sillv
hing. Its eyes were dazzled, and it
ad no strength 10 resist the fatal fas.
nation
SO Father said the girl, STOPPING
own and kissing his gray locks, you :
lay trust me-"
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