Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-01-31
WHOLE NO. l34.
Firstly, the shop was rather darkish.:

( Firstly, the shop was rather darkish...
/ Secondly, the Heelandman had on his
specks, as / hae just said, and it was
likely on this account that he was
rather short-sighred; and,
Thirdly, .Nosey VII his kilt, and bon
net, and red coat, was to a. inteuts and
purposes, as like human cratur as o
monkey could weel be. oe
Nae sooner, then, had he got the note,
than he opened it DOT. and lookit VII
his wee glowrin' cen ,as If to sec 1t wasna
forgery. He then shook his head like
doctor, when he's not vera sure what's
wrang VII a person, but wants to max
it appear that he kens a. aboot it--and
continued I'm this style till the Heeland-
mans patience began to get exhausted.
Can We no shange the note, old
shentleman? quo Donald. Nosey
gf'ed his head anither shake, and lookit,
uncommon wise. Is the note no goot,
sirp' spak the Heelantfman a second:
but the creatur, instead o. answering
him, only gred anither o. his wise
shakes, as much as TO say, 1'm not vera
sure about it, At this Donald lost his
temper. IF the note doesna please We.
SIR quo he, I'm thank ye to gle it me
back again, and III gang to some ither.
place And he stretchit cot his hand
to tax hauld OFT, when my friend VII the
tail, lifting up his stick, len him sic a
whack owre the fingers As made him
pu' back in the twinklir o. an ee.
Cot tam ye, ye auld scoundrei!' = said
the man; do ye mean to tax my money
frae mee' And he lifted up a rung big
eneuch to fell stot, and flee at the mon
key; but NOsey was owre quick for
him. aud jumpin aside he lichted on
shelf before ane could say Jack Robin
son. Here he rowed up the note and
put it In his coat pouch like any rational
creatnr. Not only this, but he mockit
the Heeiandman by a. manner o. means,
shootin out his tongue at him, splitting
at him, and grinning wiz his queer and
| outlandish physiognomy. A'thegither
| he was desperate impudent, and eneuch
to try the patience o. saint, no tn
speak o. a het-bluided Heelandman It
was good for sair cen to see hoo Donald
behavit on this occasion. He ragged
like ane demented, misca'ing the mon
key beyond measure, and swearing as
| mony Gaelic oaths as micht ha served an
ordinar mon for a twalmote.
| In short time in comes Mr.. Weft; /;
| and nae sooner did Donald see him than
he ax'd him for his note.
| What note, honest man?' said Mr..
Weft.
| Cot tam,' quo Donald. the note the
Old scoundrel, your grandfather stole
| frae me-
| sMy grandfatherp answered the ither
wi amazement. Pm thinking, honest
man, ye hae had a glass owre muckle.
| My grandfather has been dead these
saxteen years, and ne'er heard tell till
now that he was q thief
Weel, weel, then,' quo the Heeland-
man. :" care naething aboot it. If he's
no your grandfather, he'll be your
father, or your brither, or your cousin
/ My father, or my brither, ori nv
cousinl' repeated Mr.. Weft. Il maun
tell ye plainly, frien,, that hae neither
father, nor. brither, nor cousin, of any
description, on this side o. the grave. 1
dinna understand ye, honest man; l
reckon that We haze sat owre lang at the
whuskey, and my advice to ye is, to stap
away hame and sleep it aft
| Pray, wha are We, sir? % said Donald,
| putting his hands on his sides, and
glowerin Through his specks upon Mr..
Watt like deevil incarnit, 'wha are ye,
sir, that daur to speak to me in this man.
ner2'
'Wha am I?' said the ither. Il am
Saunders Weft, manufacturer In Hanil-
ton, that's wha / am.'
| And am Tonald Campbell, oiper's
sister's son to his Grace the great grand
Tuke' Of Argyll!' thundered oot the
Heeiandman, VII voice that was fear
some to hear.
...And what about thats' quo' Mr.. Weft,
| rather snappishiy, thocht. Gin We
were the great grand Duke of Argyll
himself. as ye ca him, I'll not permit
/ ye, to kick up dust in my Shop
| Il Ye scOundrelP said Donald, seizing
/ Mr.. Weft by the throat, and shaking
him till he tottered like an aspen leaf,
div ye mean TO speak i'll o. his grace
the Tuke of Argyllf'-and he gi'ed him
anither shakes then layin' hold o. his
nose he swore he would pull't as lang
as cows tail, If he didn't that instant
restore him him his lost property. At
this SIGHT l stepped into the room, and
hae sooner had made my appearance
than Donald let 60 his grip of Mr.. Weft's
nose, and the latter, in a great passion,
cried out, William McGee, taxi We to
witness what hae sufferit frae this
bluid-thirsty Heelandman! It's no to
be endured In a christian country. I'll
hae the law o. him, that l will. I'll be
whippit but I'll hae amends, although
it costs me twenty poundsi''
What's wrangS' quo' /, pretending
ignorance o. the hail concern. What
In the name o. Nebuchadnezzar has set
ye thegither by the lugsg' Then Mr..
Weft began his tail, hoo he had been
collared and we'll nigh thrappled in his
ain shop. Then the ither tauld hoo in
the first place Mr.. Weft's grandfather
had stolen his note, and hoo, in the
second place, Mr.. Weft himself had In
suited the great grand Duke Of Argyll.
'Hout tOot, gentlemen quo ], whats
the use o. this clishmaclaver? III
wager We q penny-piece that my monkey,
Nosey, 10 at the bottom of the business. }
Nae sooner had l spoken the word,
than the twa, looking aroond the shop,
spied the beastie sitting upon the shelf
grinning at them, and putting out his
tongue, and wiggle-wagging his walking
been playing upon the fiddle, Mr.. r.Weft
at this apparition set up q loud LAUGH !;
his passion left him in an instant when
he saw the ridiculous mistake that the
Heelandman had made, and thocht he
4 wad hae burstit his sides WI merriment.
| At first Donald lookit desperate angry !;
but his guide sense, of which Heeland-
men are not a'thegither destitute. got
the better o. his anger, and he roared
and laucht like the very mischief. Nor
was this a., for no sooner had he begun
to iauch, than the monkey did the same
thing, and .leld its sides in preseesely
the same manner, initiating his actions
in the most amusing way imaginable.
This only set Donald lauching mair
than ever; and when he lifted up his
nieve and shook it at Nosey in q good
humored way, what think you that the
beastie did? Odds, man, he took the
: note frae his pouch, where it lay rLwed
up like ba', and popping 1t ut Donald
, hir him as fairly on the nose as 1t 1t had
been shot GOT o. a wecl-aimit musket,
, There was nae resistin' this, The hail
i, three Tor rather the hail four, for Nosey
|, joined us) set up a loud iauch, and the
Heelandman's was the loudest of a.
showing that he was really man O
: sense, and could TAX joke as weel as
, his neebors.
When the lauchin had wee bit sub