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Ties. mere vas nothing very uncom-
mon about his dress. lie usgsaiy wore
an old slouched hat when he went n
broad; and when at nome q sort ef
co~l or night-cap, such as he 10 repre-
scented With. He never wore shoes,
being unable to adapt them To his mis-
shapeu, Unlike feet, bot always had
both feet and legs quite conceai~d,and
wrapt up with pieces Of cloth. He al
ways walked with . sort Of pole OF
pike. staff considerably taller than him
self. Scott says. 'his arms wer long
and brawny, furnished with two mus
cular hands, and when uncovered in
the csgerness Of his labor, "a ere shagged
with coarse black hair. IL seemed ~
il nature had originally intended tho
separate parts Of the body TO be the
me mbers OF . giant, but had afterwards
capriciousiy assigned them TO the per-
son Of dwarf, SO III did the length Of
u his arms and the strength Of his frame.
correspond with the shortness Of his
stature
| Davie was . misanthrope. lie de-
tested children, probably from their
propensity to ridicuie him. To strau-
gers he was surly, and in the presence
Of all sorts Of company exceedingly
Irritable. One day, il 10 said, n lady
who had known him from infancy, hav-
ing gone to visit him with another lady,
he took them through the garden, and
was showing them, with much prido
and good humor, aifhis rich and tss,e>
5 fully assorted borders, when they hap
s pened TO stop near plot Of cabbagea
which had been some what injured by
the caterpiilars. Davie observing one
OF the ladies smile, instantly assumed
his savage scowling aspect. rushed a
. mong the cabbages, and dashed them
to pieces with his kent, exelaiming, L
hate the worms for they mock me-
Another lady. likewise friend and
: old acquaintance Of his, very uninten-
y tionally gave him mortal offence on q
!, similar occasion. Throwing back his
;. jealous glance, he fancied he saw her
|, spit at him Am q toad weman!
9 that ye spit at ne-that ye spit AZ me =
he exclaimed with fury; aud without
: listening to any answer, he drove her
out Of the garden with impreeatioas aud
insult.
A farmer in the neishborhood went
y lone night, out Of frolic, TO frighien
e Davie. but paid pretty dearly for his
a joke. He had assumed the character
}, Of robber, and pretended to be break
n ing into his hut. The dwarf, after re-
d connoitering him from = small uDglaZ-
IS ed window, " hich he had near his chin
y ney, wrenched n large stone out of tho
d wall. dashed il down upon the assail-
10 ant, and knocked him TO the groand.
\. where lie lay for while senseless, and
ir very sevcTely hurt.
r, Dayie WAS very logged in pursuing
d his purposes. He once applied to q
N neighbor for leave to cut of q branch
}. from one Of his trees. The gentleman
is civIlly refused, and Davie went away
3. srumbling. The next morning, some
Or Of the gentlemAn's servants happened
he 10 be going home SO early as 9 O'Clock.
10 when, to their surprise and terror, the y
I'd perceived through the twilight a
Of strange figure struggling and dangling
he in the air below the said tree. Upon
I'd going up to the place, they found it
w Was Dayie, who had eoatriv cd by some
be means, to fssten . rope to the branch
r. he wanted, and WAS swinging with all
n his weight upon 10, 60 break il down.
10 They left him, and before he vas again
it disturbed, he succeeded 10 bringing 10
III to the ground, and carried il home
~ with him.
"a The Dwarf Is said 20 have been ex-
Of trcmcly superstitious. His reading was
no confined t0PaTsdise Lest. Took e's Pan
a. iheop, ShenstOne's Ballads. and other
ct Ilielhanders. His information, we are
ID told, appeared 20 great advantage when
is he mingled with the peRsaniTy ~ tho
r. mill or smithy. lie was very satiTiesl
MS in his cOnversationI and his harsh
al creaking voice was there frequently
&c heard much higher than the sound Of
vs. the clspper or the fOrehammer. Iis
= visited PEBBLES, the county town, but
4. very seldom went 10 eheFeh. lie was
.. supposed TO entertrin seine very peeu.
h. liar notions on religious subjects, but
10 those who we're intimate with him, say
IS that he would nos ADD then spesk
u concerning future state, with great
I'd earnestness and gGod sense aud on
IN such occasions when his feelings Sere
lie excited, wOald sometimes busst intO
tears.
.. The burial place Of the Dwarf is de
or sefibed bV one writer az - beautifui
Ie- moant called the Wsodhill, which ri
ie ses from . plain nearly in the centre
Y, Of the parish u Manor. skirted with a
30 number Of venerable old trees, apd en-
&c cireled by en- amphithealrs of steep
~ and lofty mountains, covered 20 the
toys with heath, end having their sides
be broksn snd diversified by deep Favines,
&c and ~ pseeipiess.' DAVE had re
a. qusstsd thst q elvmp Of Fswan trees,
-. 10 whose power sgsinss witches he POI
ld great faith, 'aight be plastsd ever b..
vel grave, snd the bad been promised him,
- bot he changed his miad on bic death