The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-12-24

ly to his vile, "Het>, We itlc. lei the Ia 5
greet. Wh3L'nhtrn will thai dee herP'
Soon afterthiS the two women exChang-
ed one of their signals, aud wrid uut to-
gelherI think to pay the undertaken ;
aud such is the decent pride of the Scotch
character that to he able To do thi, was
probably Il dr. of comfort in the bitter
cap o! heir affliction.
When hey were gone the old mans
expressive features frightened little,
and he drew his stool nearer me, with Il
certain genial alacrily. There are hu"k-
makers who would not let yuu know that,
Madam, lest you sh Iuld turn from their
hero with aversion: but, when | deal
with fact, am ON my oath. AT all
events, understand him, before you turn
from him You See the present very
rie rly, the past through haze: ut this
man, being blind, Ould not ste the pres
ent at a !, and saw the pas, 'learer than
you do; for he was compelled tu live in it,,
lie h never seen the graudchild he had
lost an unfami lar fragment Ot this gem
Grafton hal gone away I" the grave II
man OF his own generiirr -at beside
him, and led him back to the men aud
thingS he knew by sight and by deed.
well, MIR. LamberI-muw tCll me-
"Aweel SIR, we've heerd o. the Gallant
they wadna let me saye-Hech, sirr, yOn
was a wean wastit (MJ-nOO I'll max yr
the jOOdge whether could ma hae saved
that ane, and twarree mair. There's II
beck they ca the Plumb rims doom fra
the hOr e-hrae into the Clyde near Stock
well Brigg. The BARNS were aye for
sporting in the beck, because it was shall
low by Orlinar, and ye'd see tn m the
color o yilets and mo- hauf sac sweet, wi
the dye that ran j. the beck. Aweel, uc
day there was band - them there ;and
high pate IN bad come doom and
rItChed them, amd the resOult was | saw
ane o tn assembly in the C!yde. had
warned the neer-dO-weelS, We ken, mo-
ny'S the time. BY good luck. was mu
far away, aud went in for him aud took
hlm by lhe ear 'Cwuy, We little deevil,
says |, had MI made thrre strokes when
I'm catched round the neck wi another
clllun."
"Where on earth did he spring from >"
81 dinna ken, ! was attending to num-
Der ane, when number twa pOppil up
just to tax leaycu' Glnsgee. lell'l thcu
To stick it in to me, and carried the par
ashore, Directly there's II skir ou the
bank, and up comes number three, far
uhlnt me in The Clyde, and siuR before
can win ~ to him. Dives lur hi, anc,
a'd has Il w,rk to find him at the bottom.
Brings him ashore, in kind o. Il dwam;
but hud noc fear for his lite: he hudna
been doom hang: my lur had Il dr., muir
mischief to do ye ken. by the same to-
ken he came too vur;i Sunc; ANA d' sc
ken he first word he said to me-"
NO.
Nay, but guess"
81 cannot"
He said 'Dinna tell my icylhcrr ha /!
ha ha ha Ina hit 'Lordsake, man,
dinna tell my feythern ha hat! ha! hu!
Ina
l never saw Il man mo tiCkled, " Il
straw, than James Lambert waa at this
By contemplating him | was enabled, IN
the course of time, to lose my own grtvi-
ty for his whole face was pnrkered with
mirth, and every inch of it seemed To
laugh.
But" sAid he, "wad you believe it,
some OtiiClOus pairsOn tcll't his leyther,
in spite o us bath. He was Just labor
ing man. He called on me, and thankit
me vara hairtily, and gied me refresh
ment. And | thouchl mair OF than
hae thOurht o, hantle siller on the like
occasions"
After one or Two savings that would
have gained Il man medal in the 9th,
but 90 for nOIhing in this mans career,
and would dilute the more rOlUrrd incl
dents, james Lambert preljlced Il curlOlt-
story by letting me into his mind. BY
this time, SIR" said he, 81 was aye prOwl
ing about day and night for victims"
TEL the truth, James. You had the
pride of an artist. You wanted them to
fall in, that you might pull them out, and
show your dexteritv."
"Dinna max me waur than | am, ha
ha ha Nay, but We ken, in those days,
folk was nae sac acquainted in sOOming,
and accidents was mair common and
sac, if such thing was to be, wad like
to be there and save 'em. Ech, the
the sweetness o't!-the sweetness o'tw
u raised every morning between three
and four, and took a walk it was a kind
O. my natur, and the river was ay the first
place | ran tae. Aweel, ae morning, be-
fore twas well light, | heerd high words,
and there was lass fleichting (Pl Oh a
lad, and charging him wi beein' her ru-
il and presently she runs away skiring,
and filings hersel into the river. The lad
he just turns on his heel and walks
away"
L expressed my surprise and horror
no matter in what terms.
He replied loftily, "My dear sirr, dye
ken this ?-there have been men in the
name O. men, that were little mair than
broom besOms."
| Iacquiesced.
Twas ma for sport neither. The lass
knew the water, anu ran STRAIGHT to the
deepest part, opposite Nelson's MOnu-
ment; her claes buoyed her up, and |
got her out easy eneuch. She was ma
ashore moment, when in she fees again,
the daft hizzy. Moo the water maistly
cools this sort o. lasses, and reconciles
them to terree firmee. But she was dis
trackit, she was just a woman that want
ed to die. So went in again, and lee
tured her a. the time | was pulling her
DOT. 'Hae ye quarrl wi Him that made
ye, ye daft GUNNER (Q), says | and |
held her on the bank itsel'; but if was
strongin the water, she was stronger on
land wi her dattness, and she flung me
of, and in again. Vera weel, my leddy,'
says l. Sac, dye ken what did noo?"
mo"
81 Just drooned her. pit her heed
under water, and keepit there till made
her taste the bitterness o. dethe, for her
guide, ye ken. Hech, SIR, but it sicken-
ed her - yon game. She brought up a
quart O. Clyde, and then she lay and roll
ed bit, and pu'd the grass, and then she
sat up quiet as lamb and l stood SEN
tinel over her leddyship, and my claes a
drippin. By this time wheen folk cam
aboot IN see, and doesna the lad that was
wi her step forrud and complain to me.
'Ye'd little to do to interfere says he /: