Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-24

IamEoas went back to st with Annie
for ths last time
jess picked her way through the deep
snow 10 the main road, with skill
that came with long experience, and
the doctor held converse with her.
| Ell. jess wuE1man, yon ives the
hardest wark a. hae tae face. and a.
wud rather haze ta'en ma chance O.
anither row in Glen Urtach drift than
tell Tammas Mitchell his wife ives
deein'.
I "a said she cudna be cured, and It
wes true, for there's just ae man in
the land fit fort, and they MIGHT as
weel try tae get the mune DOT o heaven.
Sac a'.said naethin' tae vex Tammas,
for it's eneuch withoot regrets.
| But it's hard, Jess, that money wull
buy life after a., an if Annie ives q
duchess her man wudna lose her; but
bein' only a puir cottar's wife, she
maun dee afore the weeks DOT.
| Gin we he'd him the morn there's
little doot she wud be saved, for he
hasna lost mair than five per cent. o.
his cases, and they ill be puir toon's
craturs, no strappin' women like An
ME.
1
hurry up, Lass, for we've he'd heavy
day. But it wud be the grandest thing
that Yves ever dune in the glen in COR
time if it could be managed by hook or
crook.
1--WE I'll gang and see Drumsheugh,
Jess; he's anither man sim Geordie
Hoos deith, and he ives aye kinder
than fouk KENT" and the doctor passed
I = b. I'll xr,1
| lights shone across the white FROST
bound road.
Come in by. doctor, a. heard We on
the road; We ill haze been at Tammas
Mitchells; hoo's the gudewife? a doot
she's sober"
| "Annie's deein', Drumsheugh, an
Tammas is like tae brak his heart"
| That's no lichtsome, doctor, no
| lichtsome ava, for a dinna ken ony
man in Drumtochty sac bund up in his
wife as Tamiaas, aad there's no bon
nier wumman O her age crosses DOR
kirk door than.Annie, nor a cleverer at
her wark. Man, We ill need tae pit yir
brains in steep. Is she clean beyond
YEP"
Beyond me and every ither in the
land but ane, and it wud cost a hun
| dred guineas eae bring him tae Drum
tochty."
''Certes, he's no blate; it's fell
charge for a short days work: but hun
dred or no hundred we ill hae him, an
no let Annie gang, and her no half her
years."
| Are We meanin' it, Drumsheugh?"
and Mcclure turned white below the
| tan.
William Mcclure" said Drums
heugh, in one of the few condolences
| that ever broke the Durmsheugh re-
| serve, ''a'm lonely man, Wi naebody
o ma ain blude tae care for me Twin,
or tae lift me intae ma coffin.
"A fecht ava at Muirtown market
for an extra pund on beast, or a shil
lin on the quarter O barley, an what's
| the CUTE OF? Burnbrae gies aft tae
get COON for his wife or buke for
his college laddie, an Lachlan Camp
bell i'll no leave the place moo withoot
a ribbon for Flora. Qka man in the
Kildrummie 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 loolin'
DOT for me, an comm doom the road
tae meet me, an daffin' Goking) wi me
ABBOTT their fairing, or feeling ma peck
cts. Gu a ave seen it a at ither
hooses, though they tried to hide it frae
me for fear a wud LAUGH at them.
''Yir the only man kens, Weelum,
that / aimee hved the noblest wumman
in the glen or anywhere, 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 a 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. Well
UNI, for you an me are auld friends,
and win be till we dee"
Mcclure 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 DOR
ain names. is tae keep the LIGHT frae
gaein' DOT in anither hoose. Write the
telegram, man, and Sandy ill send it
aft frae Kildrummie this vera NIGHT,
and We i'll haze yir man this morn"
''Yir the man a coonted We, Drums
heugh. but We ill 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 haze ma ain share in savin' Annie's
life"
Next morning figure received Sir
George on the Kildrummie platform,
whom that famous surgeon took for a
gillee. but who introduced himself as
"MacLure, 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. Mcclure 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 Mcclure
| wrapped another plaid round leather
case. which was placed below the seat
| with such reverence as might be given