The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-07-24
TALES OF THE BORDERS.
DONALD CORN.
BY ALEXANDER CAMPBELL.
Lv0NrtxuED


I Fortunately for Donald, mine host of the
/ Golden Eagle az once understood the word
Y brandy, and understanding II, lost no time
|ln placing a measure Of hat liquor before
Y bin and AZ little time 81 Donald lose III
swallowing an immense bumper of that n
I spring alcohol
Ay,n said Donaif with a look or great
satisfaction on performing Ibis feat, " that's
somett NJ ike a human Christians drink.
No your tam vinekar, as would cohc a
horse" Saying this, he filed up and dis
cussed another mojicUm Of Ih3 brandy; his
followers, ia the meantime, having done the
same duty by the two bottles Of wine,
which ere subsequently replaced by other
two, by the order Of their k-spitable enter
tainer On D0na.d, however, Bis hbau1ns
we're beginning to produce, 10 a very mark cd
manner, their usual effects. lie was first
getting into a state Of high exc iatIon F,
humping the table violently With his fist,
and sputteiing out furious discharges ol
Gaelic and English, mingled IN one strange
and unintelligible mess Of words, and seem
ingly oblviOus Of the fact that no. a 81 liable
ot what he said could be comprehended by
his auditory. This, then, was circums
stance which did not hinder him from enter
tainnE his friends with a graphic descrip-
ton Of E1darnabuhsh, and very animated
account Of particular deer-chase in which
he had been engaged IN short, m the in
spiratiou Of the hour, Donald seemed to
lave entirely forgotten everY circumstance
connected with his present position. He
appeared % have forgotten that be was in a
foreign land forgotten the purposes that
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forgotten that those associated with him
were Spaniards, not Atholmen; in truth,
forgotten everything he should have recol-
lected n this happy state Of obiGsc4tIon,
Donald continued t0 roar, 70 drink and to
talk away precisely as he vas wont to Do ID
Rory MFsdyen's public in Kilnichro-
chokan. From being oratoTical, Donald be-
came musical, and insisted on having a song
from some Of bis friends but failing to
make his request ntellgible, be volunteered
one himself, and Immediately struck up, in
a strong nasal twang, and Ia voice that
made the hole house ring
TIA Heelan bills are high, high high,
Beeian miles long
But, then. my heens. reDemPer you,
ia Heelan whisky's strong. strong. strong
Ia HeeiRn NLisky's strong,
Aad who shall care for ia length o. "a mile
Or who shall care for IA hill,
Ifhe shall have fore he teukit IA way,
In bins cheek one Heelsn sbill :,
10 hims cheek one Heelan shilli
An maybe ben pc teukit txa;
I' say Is no pc tree;
And what although tt saoud pc four
Is 20 pussiness you or me. me, me-
Is no pussiDess you or me-"
Suting the action to, at least, the spirit
Of the song, Donald tossed OF another bum
per Of the alcohol, which mad the rather odd
effect OF recalling bim 70 some sense Of his
situation, instead Of destroying, as might
have been expected, any little gimmering
( Of light on that subject which be ,aight
havs previous possessed. On discussing the
last glass of brandy
Now lads" said Donald must pc
going It's getting late, and must find DOT
my brother Tuncan CORN, as decen' lad
as between thus aud Eidernahulish" Hav-
/ iug said this, and paid his reckoning, Donald
began shaking hands with his friends, one
after the other, previous TO leaving them
but his friends had no intention whatever Of
parting with him in this way Donald had
incautously exposed his wealth when set
ling with the landlord and Of his weslth,
as well as bis wine, ,hey determined "a hav-
ing a share. The Tuiiiaps, in short, having
communicated with each other, by mods and
wlnks, resolved to dog him and, when TT
ting place and opportunity should present
themselves, to rob and murder him. Fortu-
nately for Donald, however, thoY bad not
exchanged intelligence so cautiously as to
escape his notice altogether. He had seen
and taken note of two or three equIvocal
\ acts and motions Of his friends but had
sufficient prudence, not only to avoid all re-
mark on them, but TO seem as il be had moi
observed them. Donald, indeed, could not
/ well conceive what these secret signals
meant but be felt convinced that ii meant
" no goot !" and he therefore determined
On keeping a sharp look -out, not only while
be was in the presence Of bis boon compan.
ions, but after he should have left them
for he had vague notion that they nigh,
follow him for some evil purpose.
Under this latter mpression-which hat
occurred 10 him only at the close OF Their
oIge, 10 suspicion unfav0rable to the cha
Iacters Of nis guests baving before strucl
Donald, on parting from the latter at tn,
door Of the inn in which they had been re
calling, might have been heard mutterin.
to himself, after be had GOT to some Ii. III
distance:
Tam Togues, after all, belieTe
living thus distinctly expressed his sen
timents regarding his late companions, Don
I'd pursued his way, although be was yery
Tar FROM knowing what that way should be
Street after street he traversed, making fre