Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-12-10


not but suppose them to be somewhat of
your blood should put you to the door,
YOU can but walk the two days back
again and risp at the manse door. But
| would rather hope that ye shall be
well received as your poor father fore
cast for you, and for anything that l
ken, come to be a great man in time.
And here, Davie, laddie," he resumed,
1T lies near upon my conscience to im
prove this parting, and set you on the
right guard against the dangers of the
world"
Here he cast about for comfortable
seat, lighted on a big bowlder under a
birch by the track side, sat down upon
it with q very long, serious upper lip,
and the sun now shining in upon us be-
tween two peaks, put his pocket hand
kerchief over his cooked hat to shelter
him. There then, with uplifted fore
finger, he first put me on my guard
against a considerable number of her.
estes, to which l had no temptation, and
urged upon me to be instant in my pray
ers and reading Of the Bible. That done,
he drew picture of the great house
| that / was bound to, and how / should
conduct myself with its inhabitants.
BE soople, Davie, in things imma-
terial, said he. Bear We this in mind,
that, though gentle born, ye have had a
country rearing. Dinnae shame us,
Davie; dinnae shame US! In yon great
/ muckle house, with all these dOmestics,
upper and under, show yourself as nice,
! as circumspect, as quick at the concep-
ton, and as slow Of speech as any. AS
for the laird-remembe he's the laird;
1 say no more: honor to whom honor.
It's pleasure to obey laird, or should
be. to the young"
well, sir" said l, sit may be, and
I'll promise you I'll try to make it So
"Why, very well said" replied Mr..
Campbell heartily. "And now TO come
to the material or to make quibble)
| to the immaterial / have here a little
packet which contains four things"
He tueged it as he spoke, and with
some difficulty, from the skirt pocket of
his coat. "Of these four things, the
| first is your legal due-the little pickle
money for your fathers books and plen.
ishing, which l have bought (as l have
explained from the fTsD in the design
of reselling at profit to the incoming
dominic. The other three are gifties
that Mrs. Campbell and myself would
be blithe of your acceptance. The first,
which is round, will likely please We best
at the first off go; but, oh, Davie. lad
die! it's but drop of water in the sea;
it'll help you but u step, and vanish like
the morning. The second, which is fat
and square and written upon, will stand
by you through life, ike a good staff
for the road and good pillow to your
head in sickness. And as for the last,
which is Cubcal, that1l see you, it's my
prayerful wish, into a better lana"
With that he got upon his feet, took
off his hat, and prayed little while
aloud, and III affecting terms, for
young man setting out into the world
then suddenly took me in his arms and
embraced me very hard; then held me
at arms length, looking at me with his
face all working with sorrow, and then
whipped about, and crying goodby to
me set off backward by the way that he
had come at a sort of jogging run. 1t
might have been laughable to another;
but l was in no mind to laugh.
watched him as long MS ne was in sight,
and he never stopped hurrying, nor once
looked back. Then it came in upon my
mind that this was all his sorrow at my
departure, and my conscience smote me
hard and last, because l, for my part,
was overioyed to get away out of that
quiet countryside, and so to a great,
busy house, among rich and respected
gentlefolk OF my own name and blood.
"Davie, Davie," thought, ''was ever
seen such black ingratitude? Can you
forget old favors and old friends at the
mere whistle of a name? Fly, fly; think
shame"
And sat down on the bowlder the
good man had just left and opened the
parcel to see the nature Of my gifts.
That which he had called cubical had
never had much doubt of. Sure enough,
it was little Bible, to carry in plaid
neuk. That which he had called round
found to be a shilling piece, and the
third, which was to help me so wonder
fully both in health and sickness all the
days of my life, was a little piece of
coarse, yellow paper, written upon thus
in red ink:
ITO Make Lily of the Valley Water
Take the flowers of lily of the valley and
distill them in sack, and drink spoon.
full or two as there is occasion. 1t re-
stores speech to those that have the
dumb palsy, 1t is good against the
Gout; it comforts the heart and strength
ems the memory, and the flowers, put
into Glasse, close stopt and set into ane
hill of ants for month"; then take it
ont and Won will find q linnnr which