The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-03-05

wense for jock himself soon came in 70
his dinner, and the girl exclaimed" Losh
Jock, I'm glad I've seen ye, for, if ye hadn
come in, / would forgotten to tell ye that
saw Lizzie last nicht and when | telletl he
that / was comm eWre here on the morn
and that I would maybe see you, she bad,
me be sure, 10 speer if We had gotten on,
FRIGHT WI the witches about the glen, or i
ye was feared for the croupie c'G'cs tleeiI
ava wi ye after It was dark, that We neve
cam owre to zee your suld acquaintance,
aboat Abernethy moo a. . hHa .lFa n
These qsestiOnsy aud the ne " iiuht whic,,
they threw HPOa as sad subje:t, made bott
Jock asd1 keltP LOCK ithsasAtfak, ,thoi,gh i
Il 10 reasoaabteso' 'shpt0sel tbsir AhandKts .rau
I mvery di6sscee ebsnaslso > Hhseei{xas Of
reaction shsvs been ulr@ayi hoticedd ebul,
I sfsero reaettoS has act6ztsthsse aare ssuct
things as The aetIsas Aasmssly@tbssiaains
to rruct. Jock .was Asa1ss ~ iufiut
I, eacs Of the t.fhbA tsD6d6 pIMesble. Il.
exact operatops need not be Dertic1la latisel {;
but, from that hour. his Kiudnesa n Nelly
began to abste, aud she began tozfsel less
comfortable under tbe change than might
have been expected from a discreet dsmsel
Of her years. On the following night she
slept hat httle aad next morning she rose
earlier than was her usual, and was just be-
ginning to kindle up the. Gre, when she
heard Jock engaged in low but earnest
conversation With the herd LaddIs. She
was separated from them Oaly by thin
partition, or ctty kuaan, az It vas called in
those days. 50 that she could easily hear
what was passing and, reprebensible as
hsr conduct in this respect may seem, she
could not refrain from listening ;let
s [, need new bannet,F said Jock !;
and Tn gaun owre to Aternethy for ane
the inorR's nioht-bat mind, Sandy, ye
maunna tell Nell whar am; and, If she
happens 10 speer, We can just say that TIM
ava down 70 Auchtermuchty for a pickle
snuff" s--... MI, ....'.. II
"Aweel, sweel, sald the other, i" I can
haud my tongue. But what ueed can there
be for maxim lees shoot Il? I'll warrant
Nell Wilma care bow affen ye gany to Aber-
nethy.'' .,--si''.-- ~ T. ~ ..- ~
4 hse ma tine 70 tell ye aboot Il
enow, said Joek 3" but I'll maybe tell ye
afterheBd- -nnd mind, as your name Sandy
Crawford, dinna ye speak abOot it, and III
gle ye as nuckle market-fare as ye can de-
vOur, gia midsummer -
AS this conversation cOncladed, Nelly
eOntrived to get into her bed again without
noise; and, covering herself up with the
bedcIOthes, and pretending to sleep, Jock
passed through the kitchen without the
least suspscing that she had beeome party
to his supposed secret From what she had
heard, however. she saw plainly what was
6resctNS, and whittier fate was tending. She
saw that Lizzie Gimmerton's scheme for
once more attaching Jock to her interest
bad already succeeded; and that, if be
should " break both his leg and his neck in
the Grst burn be crossed" !" be had deter
mlRed to 20 again and see her,. But what
could she do to prevent things from taking
their course Like other disconsolate
maidens, she might lament in secret, and
shed tears Of disappointment and sorrow
without number-but this would by no
means mend the matter. Jock, she
thought, would make good husband, if he
had only wife who knew how to manage
him but, unless something extraordinary
interposed, he was likely to get one who
was u still greater fool thin himself; and,
at this distance OF time. il were difficult to
say how far benerolence, and wish to pre-
vent him from making himself a mis-sworn
man, might lave place in her cogitations.
She thought, also, that she would make a
good wife, if it were only her good fortune
to get husband but, then, something or
other had always cOme to tbWsrt her wishes
in this respect AMI even now, when the
prize seemed almost won, without miracle,
or something; at least, out OF the ordinary
course of events, she stood fair chance for
being again left ia the nrch. She felt that
it WAS sore matter 10 have hope from time
to time deferred in this manner; bat what
to do she could not exactly determine.
She, however, determined to leave nothing
mdone; and, after Der, let none despair
Whether upon that morning the cows
bad given an extraordinary quantity of
milk, or whether Nelly had forgotten to
empty the milking pail Of water before she
began to milk them, is not known but, on
coming in from the byre, she could not, by
any means, get the cogs to bold the milk.
Her mistress was called and, after some
consultation, Nelly recollected that " Mar
gsret Crawford who was the herd lad
dies mother" bad plenty O. milk dishes,
and she would maybe lend them a cog or
twa." -vl
The drap milk that the cogs Wilma
baud may stand i the water-pitcher afore
supper-time," she continued g and Sandy
may rim owre to GARY burn. after be comes
in, and stay a nicht wi his mither, and
get the cog, and be back next morning in
time TO tax DOT the kye."
This plan seemed ut least feasible and
the farther prosecution of it was left to
Nelly.
What's the matter WI the milk the
NIGHT n inquired Sandy, as Nelly was has
tening him with bis supper
ken o naething that can be the mat
ter, " was her reply but what's the mat
ter wit, say yer
+" l dinna ken either, said the boy; ''but
it's turned terrible blue-like, isn't it?
can compare it to naetbing but the syndins
O my mitber's sye-dish. =
4 Hoot never mind the milk. - rejoined
Nelly; but sup ye up yer supper as fast
as ys're able. and rim OWre to yer mither,
and telt her the mistress sent ye to see il
she could gle ye len O. ane o her milk
cogs, for FORTNIGHT or sac. till the first
flush gang aft Hawky. Ye can stay a
nicht at GaIryburn," she added and
yen be back in Draw time next morning to
gang OMt."
The boy seemed glad Of an opportunity
to spend a night in his parental home. Hi