text: " "Ah then that I may be soon sellin' you the weddin' sheets Miss Katey " said the successful shop-keeper as he rolled up the bale and pushed it to the end of the counter; "and " he added in a very different tone modulated to the lowest key of suppleness and deference "shure that 'ould be to-morrow if you take my advice an' were kind en' thrue-hearted to _the one you know_"---- "Yes indeed!" half ironically half regretfully murmured the young lady as she drew down her veil and prepared to depart but was stayed by a prognostication from Curly who pledged nothing less than his "hand an' word to her " that she'd break the heart of the anonymous individual alluded to "afore long if she didn't take care!" "'Twas when the men wor goin' to work at broad daylight this mornin' Miss I hear _him_ in the next room to me stealin' to bed afther sittin' up the night readin' them books an' songs an' things that you're deludin' the poor fellow's senses with--ach"---- "Oh! that reminds me " said the listener producing a small volume from the folds of her cloak; "I will just leave this book with my compliments