The morning times., 1895-09-22
Copyright. 1895.

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silent respect of the Glen, and when it was
reported that Lily had obtained place
| in London and would leave in three weeks
the fathers gave themselves up to consid-
erations OF the incident on all its sides.
mae wumman in the parrish hes dune herr
duty better than Janet Grant," said Drum
sheugh. with authority. ''She's been an
example tae every man o's. It's auch-
teen year Iaist Martinmas sin her docther' s
man ran aft and his puir wife came bame
toe dee leavin' her mother the charge C.
sax young BARNS.
"'Ye Gamma dae't withoot help, Janet, ;
| says tae her; we ill need bit aloOancefrae
the parrish, an all get it for ye next boord
| A shilling a week ilka BARN i'll gang a lang
wy in yir hands,
".Thank ye, Drumsheugh.' She ives
| standing at her gate and drew herself mp
STRAIGHT. An a the neeburs hev been
| freendly; but there's never been ane o. ma
bluid on the parrish, an there never wull tr
sac lang as the ALMIGHTY leaves me ma rea-
| eon an twa arms.
MARY had puir life OF, an she deed
! o. the disgrace her man pit on her. Am
/
ae thing tae ask, mither. Dinna lat the
BARNS gae on the parrish; bring 'em up tae
wark an tae reapeck themsels.' A gied
her ma word, an all keep 1t. She lookit
graund, fouks." wound up Drumshcugh.
.'She's rael Drumtochty, is Janet" re-
/ marked Jamie Soutar; for doonricht pride
an thraunness ye ill no get their mara in
Scotland What for did she no TAX the
Cst.x do far
notes the better a thae years; mony an
'oor's wark she micht hae spared hersel-
moo gin Janet he'd been wumman wi
| proper speerit o. humility and kent her
place she wud hae gruppit a she cud get, an
beggit frae the neeburs, an gotten on better
than ever But If she didna sit up at nicht
maxim the BARNS claithes, and wark in
the fields a day tae earn their schuling.
an a tae keep her Independence, as they
| cat Ave seen Janet come intae kirk wi
the sax BARNS afore her, an she cudna hae
| Carried her head higher he'd she been the
Coontess o. Kilspindie.
Am judgin' this kind o. speerit's in the
vera air o. the Glen, for there's Juist twa
auld weemen on the parrish; ane o. them's
blind, the ither's had a stroke; nailher O
Xem hes a freend. an bath o. them murn
every day they Gamma wark-"
"Janet's all able wumman," broke in
HiIlocks, who was much given TO practical
detail; ave seen her hens layin' in the
dead O. winter, and she he'd a Coo, mind,
| at gied half as muckte milk again as any
TOO in oor toon. AS for piannin'. she got
ma Sunday blacks when they were gev
far through wit, an gin she didna first
max jacket for Charlie at did him for ten
year an a m dootin' she hes tae pay for him
yet, he's no the help he MIGHT hae been as
far as a can max DOT; ch, Drumsheugh?'
''Gin it wesna for him daein' naethin'
and livin' on his family, Hillocks, Lily
micht stay wi her grannie, and keep Janet
comfortable in her auld age But they
aye cover him, bath his granDie and his
sister, till ye wud think there ives never
Q better -daein' lad gied DOT o. the Glen
Whatever they say among themsels, they'll
no say a word ootside."
What they did say in Janet Grants cot
tage that evening was sad enough.
'weel, weel, lassie, there Yves sax tae
begin wi, an twa died o. the dipthery-eh,
but Doctor MacLure ives kird that time
and twa married and sied ava, an Chair
lie . in Ameriky, an there's JUST
yersel left, and / yves trustin' We wud stay
wi yir auld grannie an close her Gen.
'.DiDna speak that foolish wy, gran
pie,' but Lily's voice had to break in
it. ''Ye're lokin fresher than mony
young wummen, and We ken am tae
get hame at a time, maybe ilka three
year"
''It's a lang road, Lily, tae Lunnorf
an i'll tae traivel; a may be dead and
buried afore We come back, an all be
terrible lonely, Juist like a bird when
the young anes are taken IVA"
''GiD We say anther word all fling up
ma place, an never gang intae service
ava; it's no ma wush tae leave the Glen
an gang sa far frae hame. But we
maun pay the man in Murtown what
Charlie borro wed, else cor name ill be
disgraced."
'.It's disgraced eDeuch already with sic
a useless fellow; he's his father over
again-a fair face, well-dressed back,
. cunning tongue, an a faulse heart.
There's no drop o. Grant bluid in him,
lassie; there's times 1 wish he was dead"
and Janet's voice trembled with passion
''Wisht, wisht, grannie, he's mithcr's
only son, an she Yves prood % him, ave
heard ye say, an he ill maybe mend;
he set tae work and githercd a lot o.
siller, an paid back u ye hae dune
for him.
"Ye i'll no be angry, but a tclt Marget
Hoo ae day aboot oor tribble an ma
houp o. Charlie-for we Gamma look at
Marget an no want tae unburicn yer
sel-an' she said, 'Dinna be ashamed o.
yir dreams, Lily; they ill a. come true
some day, for we canua think better
than God wull dae.'"
''Marget Hoo is nearer the heart o,
things than ony body in the Glen, an
am prayin' she may be RIGHT. Get the
Dukes; its time fer oor readin'." Aud
Janet asked that 1.-The heart o. him that
ives far ava micht be 4 kind brother
to his sister,"
No girl has gone to service in London
before, and the Glen took a general in
terest in Lily's- outfit. The WRIGHT made
her kist OF sound, well-seasoned wood, and
tue Glen, looking in from time to time,
highly approved of its strength and Sc
cnrity. Sandie was particularly proud of
an inner compartment which he had con-
trived with much ingenuity, and which
was secured by paddock whose key deried
imitation.
moo, you see, If ony iIl-conditioned
wratch got intae the kist, he MIGHT get
goon or a Jacket, but he wudna be
able to itch her silier. Ma, na, what she
wins she keeps; ma certes, that boxic ill
beat them"
''Ye ken what ye're aboot, WRIGHT"
said Hillocks, who felt that no one going
to distant parts could take too many pre-