Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-20
A STRUGGLIN CHIEL.

It's a ABBOTT my ainsel. when was vet
r auld Dunblane. Fayther's wee bit o
q cottage was by the moo farnous cathe-
dral ruins that are visited BY tourists
fras a parts. Some aud beeches pro-
tected us frae the siInmer's heat an win
tiers cauld, an we were vera hoppy the
g1ther afoce cor separation. But we
were sac puir i those far back days.
Mother wore the same Inanteele year
after year. an fayther's claes an mine
were always o raploch. vera coarse
cloth Yet oor chiinla lug was a warm
spot an haze nss seen its equal sin. Fay
Their was simply unlucky. an nither an
mo often Suffered i consequence. Sac
little o beuk Iearnin fell to my share,
nor did blame my parents for II. But
/ had my ain way to max, an sumo re-
solved that wad gao 10 Edinburgh to
max IT, But pair unther wasna willin-
''Bette, tiis at hane. laddie." she wad
whisper again an again. stay WI fay
tier an me, an dinna fret"
.'But wen a. be starvin," wad argue
= turn Better let mo gang ava j.
search o. siller."
s.No. Jockie, Dina think ABBOTT il,
Edinburgh is a Draw town an wicked
one. Dilablane an the Allan are far
better
Sac. though secretly rebelled, still
stslid i the auld home, WI little to eat
save waterbrose. which mither made o.
meal an water, wi'oOt the pleasant add
ton o railk an butter.
An then cam the struggle Of which /
ma1n tell. rechr there i Dunblane. l
waried WI fzysher at any days labor
that cam 10 his diligent hand. an one au-
trmn rnCrn:n it CHANGED to be DOT Kip
penross way. We walked alang the
Allan i silence. niver ance lookin up at
the grand aud beeches owreheid, for
we were baitn thinkin an thinkin hard.
Ny cen were on the groun, or wadna
haze foua wat did. It was something
brecht al shinir directly i nv path, an
stoopt an pockited it / flask.
Wat was it" askt fayther carelessly.
~ Draw bit o a pebble" / answered.
alt can gao on mither's shelf" An wi
that we hurried on to the wark that
waited IA
Il
the stans an lcukt it owre. That it was
MAR than a pebble had kenned at first
glance If IL was really diamond. who
was its owner There were lairtis an
ladies Ia sac far ava, an they often cam
to walk alanz the bonnie Allan. Perhaps
q hue and cry wad be raised ABBOTT tho
lost jewel. Or il might haze lain for
weeks. just where foun il, and there
wad be m further question. l. the latter
case could gae TO Edinburgh an sell my
lucky find. an sac get a start l. life. such
a had lang hoped for. didna stop to
think how wrang it wad a be, for l had
but my ain selfish advancement in view
where's the pebble you foun for
uither. jock askt fsyther that NIGHT.
Il mann haze lost it again" STAN.
rnered. for it was my first lie TO either
ham or mithor. wanted 10 tell them
the trowth then an there. but yet KEEP
1t back because was sac plackless. for
they wad bath say. Your pebble may
Prove diamond. an you ulaun find its
rightfu' owner. Jockio Blackjack" Bat
fhat wasna &C - to nay notion. an | stole
out under the moon an stars instead.
20 b alane wi my struggle tween recht
and wrsng. An ivTy ancs an awhile !
wal lsuk The stsne IN my pockit Owre.
Wat sparkle Il had Perhaps il WIS
worth hundred pounds OF mart An
whose was i.s Wssl, hoped then that
Imight never ken.
But the vera next nicht. az I cam
allow from work along the Allan. saw
a rrlan l. a Draw velvet plaid sserclin'
TIE SPOT wfrure I had foun my stauc.
10 had a blackthorn stick i his han.
ar 10 was scattsrin the beech leases
recht an ief. A second glance taall
me g was auid Laird kinross. q Elm
brrzh. who hssl sho0t1u box near -.
II di.ina lsuk up It my approach. an
juist stood an Watched him i silence 4
wanted 70 pass ou. trit somehow i
coufina 10 e. f8r ths brrcht tang -
Fecrcht fsr lvas M my rocket. Cefscienes
whisFert ''lie hcnest ar trae. Jerl
Biaca.cef~ aus -sfsn sf,a T. Keep
an aud tainis sfaIiei BE has many
sz-itler. an iba sac VII .1s YOU = stert