Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-07-15

interview by further proof of his confidence.
"Weel weel, well give it up, my friend, the
noo for we max no more OF than | used to,
weighin' the matter by myself an I'll tell We
what haze done WI the siler in the meantime.
To stop thae rapagious daughters O. mine, | di-
vided the siller the ither day into twa parts ;
the sma' ane haze hidden where naebody ii
find it; an the ither is what haze been think
in O. maxim an investment o. an that I'll
moo baud IN my ain hans, an put into hidin'
the morn Wi the rest, where it'll be snug while
we tax DOR time to think what to do witt"
johnnie forgot himself altogether in applaud.
ing this plan and, when Andrew left him, he
was quite beside himsefwith high spirits, look
ing to the brilliant future which was, as he i'm
aglned, dawning upon him. He played a tat
too upon his lapstone, whistling while he did
1t; he pitched the lapstone at the cat, miss
ed her, and smashed pitcher that stood
near the door full of swater, which instant
ly Hooded the floor. He gave kick
to the only chair in the room, which broke
1t; and then he rid himself of a GOOD
deal OF his surplus energy by leaping over and
over the fragment. 1t was some time. and
not till he had worked world of mischief on
the premises, before he settled down with
pipe calmly to consider his position. "He were
nor me, he reflected, "that didna see Provi-
dence in this matter. I'm not for judgin' the
Andrew for nought. The mans geyt. It's
what the schulemaister cas- the Nemesis-set-
TN anc up to the chop him doom like. My
sels been hauden doom like ownow, an belize
that's the measin' O. this upturn. Ony gate
he's fule would steal the clockin' egg whan
the hens comm to lay guide ane so Pse
cen tax care Andrew finds the wee bag in the
nest when he comes to hide the muckle."
And SO he resolved to restore the leather bag
to Its hiding place in the night time, not doubt
ing but the night following he would carry
away the whole store.
Next morning Andrew was up betimes and
into the garden, and to the wall, and to the
hole, and there, sure enough, was the leather
bag all safe and sound
he little grey man gave three cheers as he
carried 1t into the house in triumph. Meeting
his wife on the stairs, he surprised her Joyous
ly bouncing at her, and kissing her. He
thrust the leather bag into her hands, crying,
There, there; keep it, keep it !" He ran in.
to the kitchen, and kissed Molly and Kate,
who were cooking the breakfast They
couldn't understand him; he quite puzzled all
three OF them. Why go further with the
story He told them ali about 1.-THE whole
history of the bag and as he did so the black
demon of disunion sullenly left his dwelling.
Ills money was thereafter "made an invest
ment Of" under good advice and from that
day there wasn't for a long time, before in re-
putatlon, or happier family in all Ayrshire
than that of Andrew Miller
johnnie Swans reflection, after losing three
nights rest sitting up to pay visits at unearthly
hours TO the hole in the wall, and satisfying
himself that he had been overreached, were
still philosophical, if not complimentary to
himself, and are worthy of being on record
Let me tell ye, you're a fool Johnnie Swan
bin idiot. Is no the the nest-egg better
than name and burd i the han worth twa
the bush Ye sud hae been contentit, my
man. Modesty's is the best policy for rogue
on sma' scale; an haze kent chiel hang to
1t, who'd been name the waur had the stolen
COW been calf. It's shame to your under
standln and to hand your mug up again to
the man wha kens We for bath, rogue and an
ass is mair than we can do"
lie kept out of Andrews way for long
time, and at last came to hope that, after ali,
Miller had been serious with him, and had
merely. changed the hiding place for new
before he was undeceved Meeting Andrew
one day by accident in the fields, he sauted
him in the old style, as if nothing was wrong
between them, when Andrew, with queer
grin, bursting into a loud laugh as he finished
the sentence, asked him, "What dye say moo
to layin' some OF DOT on ship 2"
Johnnie couldn't stand it, he made off pre-
cipitately and, a few days after, the sensitive
philosopher left the parish legacy of his old
wife, and disappeared no one knew whittier.