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

Ills keen gray cen quickly lesllst me
o~Es. "You may hae fcun il year am
sell
An / answered again: II did that, my
LAIRD. aa here il your precious stane. II
haa been load On my heart All con
science. though heht as bit feather i
ny poclat-'
slou wanted TO keep III" he speirt -
hs tnk it frae my treiahlin ham"
YES. my lairl@
'.But yon hsse been an honest Lad for a
that. an shalI reward you - you de-
serve. Wat Il yoGr nanseT'
Jock Blackjack. my LAIRD"
AYE. mzyhap descendant q the puir
poet Burns Euce friend. Or. blackjack"
i dinna ken. fear ID, returned.
81 am just the SIN o my fayther. james
Blackjack. al he is Dunblane born"
How wal You hke To gao 10 Edin-
bargh~ be speirt next
Ny heert giesl great hoan. Its the
ane wish O my hse.@ cried.
The old laird smiled. "Ane o my
friens there is a banker. He needs an
honest Lad o your AIN age. an you shall
haze the place Is sune as YOU wish"
fen on my knees / gratitude. but he
bid me rise at aEoe. ''Hae you mither,
jock" he speirt again.
AYE. my lsird.
.'Then tax me 20 her an well arrange
ABBOTT the Edinburgh matter
led the way 10 cor cottage wi falter-
Ing footstep. had lied 60 fayther ABBOTT
the pebble" an how could confess it
~ 70 lnither? She met us at the door
stane Wi wond'rin cen. courtesyin low.
as was her humble fashion
II arm Laird Kinross." the aud noble
man began. Your son Jock foun an re
stored 10 me the diamond / had lost.
am
Bat just here my ain fayther stepped
GOT. Was 1t the pebble you he'd to me
aboot, jock
An | had to admit that it was. Oh,
the shame an sorrow o wat wad other
wise haze bin the proodest minute o my
life.
1T was sair temptation" said guide
Laird kinross. ''Dinna be hard on the
lad. lie is IS honest as you an his mither
would wish him. an haze come to tax
! him ava to Edinburgh, wi your con-
sent"
Fayther leGkt st mither. mither leukt
at faythe., an then they bath leukt at
Laird Kinross. But couldna leuk ane
o them i the cen, because o. yestreen's
falsehood
aye want Jockg' he stammered. "Oor
puir, weak Jock. Ye wad trust him
after az
YES" said Laird Kinross, ga guide
place i an Edinburgh bank awaits him
if he viii but tax it, WI your perrnis-
sion"
'Oh, Jockier sighed mither, 81 wad
haze staked my ain life ON your trowth,
but noo'-
He shall max fresh startr pit i the
guide auld laird. IAN you maun trust
him again for his youths saker'
THAT we viii, mither" cried fayther
"Jock's a steady goin lad. but the findln
o. the diamond turned his held. 1t was
his first lie, am
1T shall be my las'r' I cried, WI a
burst o. tears.
Mither kissed me then, an Laird Kim
ross tux frae his pockit heavy purse,
also pittin han fu' o. gowd on the ha
table. ITS for Jocks ootfit an his find
in o my diamond" he said. "Dinna re-
fuse it, the laddie deserves it a; an on
the morrow he shall gae wi me to Edin-
burgh."
Sac fayther an mither thanked him
heartily, but couldna say word.
Laird Kinross pit his ungloved han on
my worthless held at parting
laddie," he said. 1T win be guide les
son to you, an one you will niver forget.
God keep you a till the morrow An
wi that he ganged AVA, his Draw plaid
flynn back ON tho stiff mornin breeze
Then turned me quick to dear fay
Their an mither. .'Forgier' cried. II
he deceived you bath, But it shall ma
occur again. promise to be true an
honest to the day o my death an ne'er
disgrace the name you hae given mel"
"You hae our blessing TO tax wi you
to Edinburgh" said fayther ''Mither
an me will fOrgie an try TO forget If we
can, but it was lie you told me, jock;
AWAY y EcAtAflA4U-A that w -Atn YOA arc
tempted again say TO yourself, L told
fayther my first and las lie. Gamma
tell anitherr"
"Nor win l." l cried sadly, as mither
kisst me ance mnir.
went 20 Edinburgh the next day wi
Laird Kinross. as agreed upon Mr.
Brayham, tho banker, proved guido
master. Ny position at the first was a
lowly ane. bat step by step rose. as
any ither laddio can an viii. Laird
Kinross generous handful o gowd kept
fayther and mither free frae want til
WAS able 70 help them nay ainsci 1
cam - America at las, aad they di1na
hesitate 10 come vi re. | prusporcd
here also an am no0 called a mon -
means But tho foundation q my sue
cess was lad the autumn mornin re-
stored 70 Laird ktnr1ss his Draw dia-
nond against my own selfish desire.
Fayther aDd m.llnr di1l Eve years
apart. IN they bath Gel blessing me.
Yen have been q gu3a son" they said
i tnra, honest au tFas - yoa promist.
God keep you. Jockie. 20 tho eld.'
An Shear loving blessing follows me
stil Ike constant bcpeilcti0n. surely
they are wateHsn and waitin aboon. An
I mann meet them tbfe Mrs. Finley
Braden ia New York Observer.
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