The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-11


much I'm provoked a. them We've gotten
gsy intimate moo; and like them r.tai we~l.
They've been twice butt at NIGHTS Wi me
CHEEKY bodies -
Why did We no speer at them then ~
ay ga but a that I've fund DOT IL, tha (
thrs ere III Edinburgh before they cam here,
ana t..at maist o their friends are there. I've
heard them speak y this ones carriage and
/ that ones carriage, and this hotel and tina I
! hotel Sir This and Lady That, and Honorable
Something Else aud they couIdna haze kend
'hae folk unless they were gey stunnin' their
sells -
81 dinna believe in them. What made them
come here?''
"Ji-t to see the places. and learn to pent
things frae natnrG F' i,
"Daft-iike ietldies.''
The Garry one says to me- the ither day I:
.Nox, Mrs. Stewart, you must let me wash
the ea-cups and make the beds and sweep
the floor, for it's such fun ~ And I'm no
thinkin' that il she d been obliged 10 do it, She
wad thocht it fan
ma, ia /: leddies wad haze Drawer dresses ."
LAY, but they're aye neat; and their dresses
are made sac funny like what my mither used
TO wear and Wi belts round their waists, like
wee leddies. But suppose it maun be the
fashion"
"Oaybody can get the fashion in Edinburgh.
They'll be shopkeepers ~
GAY, but onybody Gamma get beautiful goo,d
watches. And i had to wash some o. their
linen, and il was sac bonny, wi dabbit holes
at and I've heard say that We ken leddies by
that mair than their out resses."
"lf were a Teddy, wad wear silks every
day"
.tAnd they've got initials on their Iettersand
is ma that the thing only grand folk haze And
the leddies at the hotel bow to them when
they meet them %
They re no ken nae better! But guide bye
the day. | dinna tax them for gospel mind
Highland lassie had been lis tening for
some time to the conversation. Sac ye hayena
fund DOT their names yet ?''
No; and IN no gaun to try il nae MAR
Tor IN tired OF, and m turnin' to like them
and Wilma bother them
They were doun the Ioch side this morning
again -
"Ay, at their sketching: and beautiful
sketches they make the Ally ane best
Some toik said they werena canny; but
dogs and BARNS dinna tax to uncanny folk
and if ye saw DOR Rufi1er-every time he sees
them far away, he fees like WIND, and'll hard
ly leave them and they bring bits o biscuits
and bread TO him. And Miss Robson up there
says her dog Royjs the same and he's snap
ny thing. Do ye think theyr weel aft %
They maun be; or how could they haze
come u this distance Tor business. And
thryr re raal gentFei Wi me. I'm sure l could
cheat them, if liket bur they dinna lose ony-
thing wi being free. And toroy, they're sac
thankful to me for every thing l do it's per
feet pleasure. They Gamma be accustomed TO
lodgings
II was raal glad that cam in and saw them
the ither NIGHT Whan they were butt wi YOU
they're nice canry leddies, ony gate And
II they re sac weel aft as We think they are, l
wish cor Donald wau4d IA across ane o. them |
Tor he's every bit q gentleman barriu' the mo-
ney, and that he Gamma win muckle o. for a |
mis- hard wark at the tailorn'. Poor man, he's |
gnd enough 10 be marrow for onyhody"'
Deed is he. He's Il perfect jewel of Il man ~ |
IhuS was our past and future mapped out |
Tor us by the villlge-not that their guesses |
came near the truth. Their ignorance was |
bliss their ignorance was the mother of ;ld- |
mlratioE.
The night before our departure, we were
very confidential and friendly with Mrs
Stewart before her bright blazing fire. We |
had been directing her how to forward our
luggage, and gave her labels with the long
coveted ntmes and addresses. ''You see
they are not much worth knowing, after all
'5nt hitsn' I It been i go0i joke What Il deal
Of fun ami chatter it h Is given both the ppoDla |
ma rs What do they think of us DO they
mink We are cracked-or what?
NO. How should l know? We don't,
say'i-
II understand But you know quite well
hat more than half of these G,lelic h;,r1ngues
we're about us
.''Such nonsense Folk are sac conceited as to
hink We're speskin' o. them, when we talk i'm
)ur mother tongue
"Maybe l know more of your mother
ongue than you are aware of--so lake care"
No DO ye?''
"What do they say about us2
They think ye're rtal fine, honest soasy
assits, o the RIGHT cut, and no feared for Il
highland peatmoss
And think they're quite correct don't
-ou Will you keep up the mystery abou, us
when were gone, Tor your private amuse
ntnt?"
Deed will l."
Clown will be q great change to us, Mrs.
stewart. VIII you miss us ?"
GAY, won't though. And won't We miss
Ne and my ingie- cheek and my bit crack ven
20 get the like in Edinburgh. -
mo. We won't get such fun again for n | ,
ong time, for they keep us in trim order al
"Puir things -
But I'm 8 sleepy, and were to be up so
arly--We must go.n
| drew out my watch.
What fine watch Is it motionless !
lie ~
mo. Listen" and she examined it amid {
ur hearty laughing. 9
Good night, Mrs. Stewart. lit the last
me we ii say that to you"
"Dinna break my heart, lassies I hope it'll .
our ram like the mischief the morn ~
That not a kind wish, Mrs. Stewart for f
e must leave IN any weather Good bye in /
use we leave before you are up in the morn
DO you think wad let We leave my house !
lthout rising At ony hour to max yer break II
Is Is 20
And true enough Mrs. Stewart was IN.
Tough not usually an early riser and when =
e inhabitants OF the village We're all as tir-
ng, ''the nameless lassie>'' had vanished in
e same mysterious manner as they had
l believe Mrs Stewart kept mp the talk a
od while even after left, for her own
nusement. lhey need 1T all, poor things r
know that even when we were there, we
ard them talk about the visitors of the pre-
ding summer and as to how long we wOuld
ST them IN that line, l cannot pretend TO tt
esS But as secret when told is no secret Is
? won I tell it now and let our readers make N
e most OF it, as our Highland neighbors did RI