Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1860-01-02
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widow simpsons Spoons


widow simpsons spoons
The parish o; Bltbgate, in Linlishgowshire.
OUGHT 70 be recx01ed among the classic spots Of
ssosian4, ,ioasmuch as it formed part OF the d0wry
which Robert the Bruce bestowed on his eldest
d iughtsr Msrgery, shfn ste married Walter,
the High Steward OF Scotland, and thus became
the progt nitrix Of the royal and unlueky house
OF Smart Lying midEay between E1inburgh
and Glasgow, those rival Queens OF the east sEd
ves,. bus Gus Of III common track o. tr fic ard
travel. it has been for ages pastoral parish, OF
email aud rather backward FIRMS OF late years
coal mas been found there; and steam and tsde,
which bid iair 20 leave the Word 20 rustic corner,
are rapidly turning itiBto mining district; which
nobody thOUghi Of s0ous iSe time OF the general
peace, when Bhbglis lived on iis own oats aud
b.riev. were its own holden gray, ard bad but
tuosuhiects OF iuterest-tPe corn market and the
XIX session. Among its pesceable and indus
trigus coralaiion there vas one dame who, though
rsft1er ne 1caltbiess nor the best born, stood
IA her oau esteem, above all but the laird and the
minister; and her style and title was Widow
Simpson This lady valued herself-nos on the
farm lefs her By the good man who had Departed
this E'e s8me seven YEARS before tne commence
men. CT our story, Tor ia acres we're few, and
they consisted OF half reclaimed moorlaDd-nct
On her crozn-up son Robin, though be was
counted likely and sensible lad-1ot on her
own thrifty Housekeeping, though il was known
tn be or the tght~screv priucip,e-but On the
possession Of dozen silver teaspoons Her ac-
count Of them was that they had belonged TO the
Young Coe7alier, ard had been bestowed upon
her grandfather in return for entertaining that
claimant to the British crown on his march from
.Cglloder-in proof Of which she wss accustomed d
10 mint ous a half o5liter8ted crest and the ni-
tiais C. 5, ~ith which they were maFked- The
widows neighbors, however, had different tale
regarding their coming into the family. Is va;
TO the sffecs that her grandfather, who kept
small inn somewhere in Fife, had bought them
from an III doing laird for three gallons Of High
land whisky, and bestowed them On his grand
daupbcer. az the one of bis family most likely Il
hold fact to such m1oTtant acquisition
In the family resided, in tbe capacity Of help
one N .ncy Campbell, girl about nineteen, WHIT
was suspected OF having taken q fancy 70 Robin
vhoreciurocated the sentiment Nothing, how
fyer, would soften the heart OF the widow as re-
cards match, until at last the following even
occurred. and caused her to give way: Abou
the hax making time q distant AMI comparativel
rich relation vas expected 70 call and take te
tha. evening on bis way from LinlithgoT.
was not often tnas this superior relative honore
her house with a visit, and Mrs Simpson, deter
mined that no,hi0g should be wanting to his en-
tertainment, brought out the treasured sPooI
early 10 the forenoon, with many irjunctons {
NsncT touchiDg the re she should take
brigsiericz thea up. While this operation W
being Conducted in The kitchen, in The midst
one OF those unce IA days which vary the oEil
ern June, sudden dsrkeniDg Of the sky aE