Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
1r tae lift me intae ma coffin.

/ or tae lift me intae ma coffin.
Z "a fecht ava at Muirtown market
for an extra pund on beast, or shil-
lin on the quarter o barley, an what's
the CUTE OF? Burnbrae gLes aft tae
get goon for his wife or bulse for
his college laddie, an Lachlan Camp
bell i'll no leave the place moo withoot
a ribbon for Flora. uka man in the
Kildrumnie train has some bit in his
pooch for the faux at home that he's
bocht wi the siller he won.
But there's naebody tae be lookin'
DOT for me, an comm doom the road
tae meet me, an daffin' Golling) wi me
aboot their fairing, or feeling ma pock
cts. Gu a ave seen it a at ither
hooses though they tried to hide 1t frae
me for fear a wud LAUGH at them.
"Yir the only man kens. Weelum,
that aimee luved the noblest wumman
in the glen or onywhere, an a luve
her still, but wi anither luve moo.
"She he'd given her heart tae anither,
or ave trocht a MIGHT hae won her,
though nae man be worthy o sic gift
Ma hert turned tae bitterness, but that
passed ava beside the brier bush where
George Hoo lay yon sad simmer time.
Some day all tell yer ma story, Weel-
um, for you an me are auld friends,
and will be till we dee"
MacLure felt beneath the table for
Drumsheugh's hand, but neither man
looked at the other.
well, a we can dae moo, Weelum,
gin we haena mickle BRIGHTNESS in oor
ain names, is tae keep the LIGHT frae
gaein' DOT in anither hoose. Write the
telegram, man, and Sandy ill send 1t
aft frae Kildrummie this vera NIGHT,
and ye i'll hae yir man this morn"
"Yir the man a coonted We, Drums
heugh, but We i'll grant me ae favor.
Yell lat me pay the half, bit by bit
a ken yir wull in tae dae't a'-but a
haena mony pleasures, an a wud like
tae hae ma ain share in savin' Annie's
life"
Next morning a figure received Sir
George on the Kildrummie platform,
whom that famous surgeon took for a
Rillee. but who introduced himself as
"NacLure, of Drumtochty." 1t seemed
as if the east had come to meet the
west when these stood together, the
one in travelling furs, handsome and
distinguished, with his strong cultured
face and carriage of authority, a char
acteristic type of his profession; and
the other more marvelously dressed
than ever, for Drumsheugh's topcoat
had been forced upon him for the occa-
sion, his face and neck one redness with
the bitter cold; rough and ungainly,
yet not without some signs of power in
his eye and voice, the most heroic type
of his noble profession. MacLure COM
passed the precious arrival with observ-
ances till he was securely seated in
Drumsheugh's dogcart-a vehicle that
lent itself to history-with two full
sized plaids added to his equipment
Drumsheugh and Hillocks had both
been requisitioned - and MacLure
wrapped another plaid round leather |
case. which was placed below the seat |
with such reverence as might be given |
to the queens regalia. Peter attended |
their departure full Of interest, and as |
soon as they were in the fir woods Mac |
Lure explained that it would be an |
eventful journey.
"It's richt in here, for the wind disna |
get at the snaw, but the drifts are deep |
In the glen, and th'ill be some engineer
In afore we get tae oor destination"
"a seleckt the road this morning, |
an a ken the depth tae an inch; we ill
get through this steadin' here, but oor
worst job ill be crossin the Tochty.
''Ye see the bridge hes been shakin'
wi this winters food, and we daurna
venture on it, sac we hev tae ford, and
the snaw's been melting up Urtach
way. There's nae doot the waters gey |
big, an its threatenin' tae rise, but we
ill win through wi a warstle.