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to the men and things he knew by sight and

to the men and things he knew by sight and
by deed.
"Well, Mr.. LambeIt-now tell me-"
"Aweel, SIR, ye've heerd O. the Gallant
they wadna let me save-Hech, SIR, yon was
wean wastit (M)-noo I'll maxi We the
joodge whether could ma hae saved tina ane,
and twarree mair There's a beck they ca
the Plumb rims doom fra the horse-brae
into the Clyde near Stockwell Brigg. The
BARNS were aye foo sporting in the beck, be-
cause it was shallow by ordinar, and ye'd
see them the color O. vilets, and no. hauf sac
sweet, wi the die that ran the beck.
Aweel, ae day there was a band O them
there; and high spate nv had come doom
and catched them, ard the resoolt was saw
ane O. tn assembly in the Clyde. l had
warned the neer-do-weels, ye ken, mony's
the time. By good luck, was ma far away,
and went in foe him and took him by the ear.
'C'way, ye little deevil,' I. 1 had ma
made three strokes, when Pm catched round
the neck VII another callan." ia sagi-
''Where on earth did he spring from a''
II dinna ken. was attempting to num-
Der ane, when number twa poppit up, Just to
take leave O. Glasgee. teipt them hem to stick
it in to me, and carried the pair ashore.
Directly, there's skirl on the bank, and up
comes number three, far ahint me in the
Clyde, and sinks before I can win COY to
him. Dives for this ane, and has wark to
find him at the bottom. Brings him ashore,
in a kind o. dwam; but 1 had nae fear for
his life; he hadna been doom lang; my lord
had deal mair mischief to do, We ken. By
the same token he came too vara sumo; and
d. We ken the first word he said to me?'
"No.'' -
may, but guess" art +
IT cannot" slf- tl
''He said 'Dinna tell my feythern ha! ha I!
ha! ha! ha! ha! Lordsake, man, dinna tell
my feytherp ha! ha! ha! ha! hap
never saw man more tickled, by straw
than James Lambert was at this. BY con-
templating him was enabled, in the course
of time, to lose my own gravity; for his
whole face was puckered with mirth, and
every inch Of it seemed to laugh. 1
''But," said he, "wad you believe it, some
oficious pairson telrt his feyther, in spite O
called on me, and thankit me vara hairtily,
and gied me refreshment. And THOUGHT
mair OF than hae THOUGHT o. a hantle siller
on the like occasions .-s1s..r3 /
After one or two savings that would have
gained man medal in the south, but 60
for nothing in this mans career, and would
dilute the more colored incidents, James
Lambert prefaced curious story by letting
me into his mind. "By this time, sirr," said
nc, l was aye PROVING duout usAy anu ulSuL
for vectims." ,-.--s
'Ten 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 dexterity."
''Dinna maxi me waur than am, ha! ha !
ha! Nay, but We ken, in those days, folk was
ma sac acquainted in sooming, and accidents
was mairl common; and sac, if such thing
was to be, wad like to be there and save
'em. Ech, the sweetness o't!-tle sweetness
o'tr' =
four, and took walk; it was kind o. my
natur, and the river was ay the first place I
| ran tae. Aweel, ae morning, before twas
well light,I heerd high words, and there was a
lass feichting (P) ON lad, and charging
him wi beerin' her ruin; and presently she
runs away skirlng. and filings herself into the
river The lad he just turns on his heel aud
walks away" SOS ne5 -'Ti{t (
! expressed my surprise and horrer-no
matter in what terms.
He replied, loftily, "My dear SIR. dye ken
this ?-there have been men in the name o.
men, that were little MAR than broom
besOms." < -
acquiesced. -
s'Twas ma for sport neither. The lass knew
the water, ana ran STRAIGHT to the deepest
DART, opposite Nelson's Monument; her claes
buOyed her up, and got her out easy enelch
She was ma ashore a moment, when in she
fees again, the daft hizzy. Moo the water
maistly cools thir sort O. lasses and reconciles
them to terree frmee. But she was distrackit,
she was just woman that wanted to die.
So went in again, and lectured her a. the
| time was pulling her DOT. 'Hae We quarrl
WI Him that made We, We daft GUNNER (Q)
| says L; and l held her on the bank itseP but
| if was strong in the water, she was stronger
| on land WI her dizziness, and she flung me
| off, and in again. Vera weel. my leddy,'
says !. 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.
Heeh, SIR, but it sckened her O yon game.
| she lay and rolled bit, and pu'd the grass,
| and then she sat up quiet as lamb and I
stood sentinel over her leddyship, and my
claes drippin. By this time wheen folk
cam ABBOTT to see, and doesna the lad that
was VII her step forrud and complain to me.
| sYe'd little to do to interfere says he; she
was wi me; she was ma VII you.' What,
says Ii dye begroodge the lass her life p
Not T. says he; but y had no need to med
die; what's your business?' So gied him
| his answer. Says /, you have taen her
"
the warld, and moo it's a. your vexation thai
| ye could ma be rid of her in the Clyde. Bnt
| she shall outlive you, ye blackguard, says 1t
| please Gude.' So then he challenged me to
| fight. But as made ready TO take off my
coat, a fine lad steps forrud, and lays his
hand on my arm. 'Ye're no fit for him,
| says he; san' we've done your wark,' says he,
'and this is Mines So at it they went, and
| t'other stood up and fought for about five
minutes, But oh, he mapped it. My lad
| just hashed him. Gied him twa black cen,
and at the hinder end laid him sprawlin' and
smothered i bluid.'
''But the woman?''
She was ma woman. She was but a
lassie, about nineteen"
''Little fool! and thought she was ruined
for liie--when all her life was before her."
eye may say that, SIR; why, that very
year wasna she married on decent trades
man? often saw her after she was mar
ried; but she wadna speak to me. She
couldna look me straight i the face. She's
say, Guide morning. though-when she
couldna get by me-"
"Ungrateful little brutev'
"Na, ia; it was ma ingratitude ava; it was
just shame. Aweel, she Deedna run fra me
moo; for Gamma see her, nor ony of those
hae saved" ....sg,. ,i-i
This made me gulp bit, and, when had
done, aid "She measured you by her small
self. She would have been sure to blab, in
such case, so she thought you would"
''Aweel, them" said he, 'she was mistaen (;
for maun tell ye that some mischief-maker
let on something or other about it to her
man, and he was uneasy, and, came and
asked me if twas true had taken his wife
out % the water. '.Ay,' said I, her and
twarree mair.' What had she to do i the
water? says he. That's her business says
/, mine was to tax, her oot.' He questioned
me had she been drinking. Like eneuch,
says 1, but couldna say.' He questioned
me, and questioned rue; but pit the collar
on, We ken. I behooved to clear the wife a
could. didna lee neither; but was aflct-
ed wi sooden obleevion O. sma' particulars,
haw! haw! I didna think muckle O. yon
earle. He had rare guide wife; they a. said
so, and whaur was the sense O. him diving
into her past life, to sir the mud?"
{W A wean wastit-A child thrown a,cay.
(N) Spate-Flood.
(O Win, won, etc-Tenses Of the old rer5 ",oend''
TO 90. Saxon.
~ Fleiehting- ScoIding.
(W GUNNER icoman of the people. French,