The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-12-17

opened It, and took out an old newspaper
with an account of James Lambert, and
also small pamphlet. ran my eye
over them.
"That will be the man, sirr?"
eyes"
"Aweel, then we've got him." said he,
quietly.
"What got him alive?'
"Ou ay; he is in vera good health.
He's not an old man, sirr. He will not
be mair than saxty."
"Have you seen him with your own
eyes2" said |, still half incredulous.
"Ye may be snre o. thaat, sirr. wadna
come here till / had spoken him. He
stays at No. 36 Little Street, Calton."
| thought Calton was some other town,
but he told me it was only a suburb of
Glasgow, and all the cab-men knew it.
Then l thanked him for his zeal and
ability, and stood sovereign, which he
received with a grateful smile, but no
abatement of his manly dignity and |
took a fly that moment, and drove to Lit
tie Street, CaltOn.
For some reason No. 80 was hard to
find, and got out Of the fly tOexplore. /
found thepopulation in a futter, ditwas
plain by the swift gathering of the juve-
niles, and their saucer eyes, that this was
the first triumphal car had entered that
miserable street, However, il there was
amazement, there was ciylity; and they
We'd with each other in directing me to
James Lambert, ! mounted a stair. as di-
rected, and knocked mt a door A wo-
mans voice said come in" and | enter
ed the ROOM There was but one.
On my right hand, as / stood at the
door, and occupying nearly one-third of
the ro m was long large wooden ma
chine for spinning cotton theupper part
bristled with wooden quilts polished by
use. Behind it the bed in a recess. I'm
mediately on my left was a table with
things on it, covered with a liner cloth.
Exactly opposite me the fireplace, On
my right hand Of it the window, but in
an embrasure.
An old woman sat before he window,
q young woman sat all i'm heap the 9TH
er side of the fire and in front of the
fire stood gray-headed man. with well
cut features, evidently blind. He was
erect as a dart, and TODD before his own
fire IN easy and gentleman-like attitude
which does not, as arule, belong to work.
ingmen; they generally slouch a bit,
when not at work
"Does Mr.. Lambert live here" said |,
for form.
He replied civilly, ~ am James Lam.
bert. What is your wull with me Z"
Mr.. Lambert, ! have come from some
distance 10 have a talk with you-about
your exploits in saving lives"
"Aweel SIR, I'll be very happy to haze
a crack wi ye. Wife, give the gentleman a
chair.
When was seated he said, "We are
in a litter the day; but ven excuse it,"
| saw no litter and did not know what
he meant Before he could explain,
young man called for him, no doubt by
and Lambert begged me
to excuse him for moment; ne had
weekly pension, and they would not pay
it after three o'clock but it was not far,
and he would return direcly. He then
left me seated between the two women.
! looked hard at the young woman. She
never moved, and seemed quite stupid or
looked at the table on her
side of the room, and wondered what was
under the linen cloth. There seemed TO
be prominence or two, such as objects
of unequal hight would cause, and fan
cied it must be the best teapot, and other
china, covered to keep off the dus.
The yonng woman was repellent, so |
turned round to the old one, and praised
her husband
"Ay," said she, "he has been a curious
mon in his time-a mony great faitour
lCl he did-and mOny good suit he de-
stroyed that ! had to pay for"
This last sentence being uttered earn
estly, and its predecessor alphabetically,
coupled with the stress on the 81, gave
me the measure of the woman's mind.
However, / tried her again. "Did you
see any Of his exploits?"
"Na, ma; | was aye minding my wark
at hame. saw leetle O. his carrying
on"
| said no more but remembered Pal
issy's wife, and other egotistical medio-
cres; and turned to the young woman
but she seemed unconscious of my voice
or my presence.
From this Impenetrable | turned, in
despair, TO the covered table; tried tosee
below the cover with my eagle eye, and
had Just settled positively it was the
china tea-seryice when, TO my great re-
lief, James Lambert returned, and con-
yersation took the place Of idle specula-
ton.
We soon came to an understanding,
and ! asked him to give me some details,
and to begin at the beginning
"Aweel. sirr," said he, "the first case
ever | had was baker-they cat case
We ken the moo aw thing is case-an
awfu' fat man he was. / was aboot four
teen or fifteen then, but gey guild soom-
er lE). Aweel, sirr, me and Rab Rank
in, and John Murdoch, and a hantle mair
lads, went doom to the bathing place, an
we were divairting oOrselves in the wa
ter, when the baker strips and comes out
on the deal. Moo yell understood there
was shallow water and deep, and the
deep was at the far end o. the deal They
ca it tho Dominie's Hole fra schule
master wha was drooned there a hundre'
years agone. So this baker comes DOT to
the vara eend O. the deal, and dives in
heed first, as Clyde belanged to him-hal
ha ha He DINA come up for a while,
and l said to the other callants (F).
'Hech, sirs, yell see a bonny diver.
up he comes pranting, and
and finging his arms; and
doom he goes again with bath cen glow
ering. Marcy on u.s. cries ane, the
mons drooning' However, he comes
up again baashing and spluttering. was
ready for him, and just swan forereicht
him, and took him by tn arm. That
will let We see what asenseless cauf was.
suld hae 60 e and flung him ae end of
my gallows, or my naepkin, (G), and
towed him in but, instead of that, he
gat baud o me and grippit me tight to
his breest, and took me doom with him.
Moo, tell me, sir-y' rre sooner your
seP2"
said Eyes"
"What was our lives worth. the pair