Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-26
THE SCOTCH pEDDLEIcS
TALE.

~ AAtn
"AwceL. sir, 1t was late at night
when ! arrived hero, and had been on
my legs sll day, 40 that you may think
that my heArt warmed to the Auld big
gin. and looked forward TO naething
waur nor . coy scat by the ingle-side,
or chat with the landlady--a douoe
woman, str and not aye see slow as
now, foul IA herr God forgive neD-
fOrby. maybe, a half mutchsn or tra,
and AL .hese things OF truth l had.
not ths, exceeded the second stoup.
practice which bold to be contra
hOnos morris. but yen no understand
LatinS Ye'4 be from the southp Aweel
but there VAS something mair. We
koR- quite - necessary for . Christian
traveller. and wcaried man. and at
last with q gre~t gnaut l speered at
the servans hisxie for my bedroom
Bedroom." quo she, Ven no be
gauging TO sleep bore the nighsP
"AweeL says the mistress Il am
unco wal, but every room 10 the house
is ia Houtl us but step to the
town no Abune twA miles and . Bit
took and ~ xen every inch Of the
way as wcsl rs The brass naiA on your
cllwaaa | wish | may be forgiven
for the passion they put me in
I'LL 10 think u seeding me out such
gais my tane. and near the sma'
hours"
90 ye g.ud, cried L II the guido
man WA DO in the yird tohght ye
would crav aIl dihereu. tuner and
with that such Il hulabaloo was raised
L.. l.. All ~.
10 put In their shoulders at the door in
their sarss TO speer what was the mat
ter.
"'Aweel, sveal. said the landlady,
at tho hinder end. quite forfaughtan.
a witfu man maun hae his way. There
i, but ans room m the house Where
there's no = living soul. however, you
can pass The time with smother, half
nut din. while Jennie and me rig up
the bed; II viii " Is much al your
service xs dccener piace;' and 81,
having gotten tho batHe. l set myself
down agxtn. snd Jonnte brought in the
other stOup-but there's nse rule with
ont al exception. and moreover, ye
ken 'rryc = eye canny.'
"At Last and st length got into my
bedroom. and II WAS no mat iiLlook-
iug NJ all. 1t Wa good. siEaole
room. with te~ sticks d Old furni-
furc. forby lsTge, old-fashioned bed.
aid my pack down ~ Is my custom,
hy my oeLside, ami after saying my
praycrs PEt oat Ihe candle and tumb.ed
In
"Awecl. sir. whether II was owing
10 my being Overfatigued. or TO the
stOup in deiiance ot the proyerb being
no canny / know not but for the life
Of me / could not sleep. The bed WAS
not bad bed; II was roorny and CON
venlent, AMI there was not o " hish IN
the house, and not slime Of hight IN
the room. counted over my bargains
for the day. put my hand out at the
stock of the bed and felt my pack.
amusing myself by thinking what vas
this lump aud that; bnt still ! could
not sleep. Then by degrees my other
senses. a. weil M touch. vesried of
peing awake and doing nothing -iend
take them-(God forgive meD sought
employment listened, as II in spite
OF myself. TO hear whether there was
anything stirring in the house, and
looked out of tho curtains TO see II any
light came through the window chinkA
Not uhish-not a slime! Then
said my prayers over again. Then my
nose must needs be in the hobbla. and
! thought tels smell 10 vas not
that bed . smell. but II Vas smell
did not know, and therefore did no,
like The air seemed close4everish;
threw Off The bed-clothes and began to
puff and pant.
II began to be afraid The enttrt
silence seemed strange, aud the stran g
smell stranger than all ! al frs
grasped Al The bedclothes. and pulled
them over my bead. bu. had bottled
in the srpoii With me, and, rendered
intoteraoae by the heat, it seemed tht
very esscpo. Of typhus. threw Of
the cloihes again in fright and fsl
persuaded that vas tust In tbe sct o.
taking somc awful fever I voulc
have given the world TO have been sbl,
to iiso and ,peu the window, bus th,
world would have been offered me II
vain to do such thing ! consentet
myself with tapping the sheet like {
fan, and throwing my Arms abroad Il
catch ths wind.
Ny rfght hsnd. which wss TOWARD
the stook Of the bed. constantly Light
ed upon my pack. bat my left oOult
feei nscsIIng at al, save that ther
was spSce betvesn the bed and th,
wall Al lask laaning more ovar Il
that direction than hsretofore. m,
hand epcounksred something Q httl
lower than the surfacs Of the bed, an,
l snatched Il bsct With Q smotherel
cry. knew no more than the man Il
the moon what the something VA. bu
it sent q ringle through my Tsma an,
felt the sweaa begin 70 bresk ovss N
brow. would have turned 10 tn
other side. bai felt - heavy 10 N
own muscles o. II had been made G
lead; and, besides. . fearful curiosit
nailed me To the spot I persuade
myself that il wAs from this part Q
the bed the smell arose. Soon. how
ever. with . sudden desperation
plunged my hand again into the terri
bic abyss. and IL rested upon . cauld
stiff. clammy faoel
''Nov, Ar, would have you 10
that although I cannot wrestle vit
the hidden sympathios of nature, ] al
not easily frightened II the stoutes
Tobber that ever wors breekH-syo, O
ran bare, for there Be- suoh 10 th
Hielsnds--wss TO lAy finger on IN
pack 1 would hand on like grim death
but och. and slssi 20 see me al ths
moment on the braid Of nv back. Wit