The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-12-12

the pit some day yet.
But, lads, when he gaed cot, he
gied yon thraw O. his nose over his
shooder at me, where I was standing
like a useless lump in the corner.
saw he wanted me to speak at the
door, an my heart gaed down like
lead.
"'Rob,' he said, layin' his hand upon
my arm, better let Archie get what
ne wants. He will no want it. lang.
An, lads, I was near the greetin',
7 dinna need to tell We hoo near, for We
ken. 4
But Archie wanted naething, only
to be letten alane. Sac in the after
nune his mither said to HON, 'Airchie
lad, We had better ken-ye are Saun to
leave us, Airchie-to leave your faith
err an your mither. Is there ocht that
ye wad like dune?' :. @'~
''But Archie lay still and made nae
mair sign, than if she had telled him
to gang to 'hush-a-by' when he was a
BARN. But in a while he said, NTH
er, if I maun dee, I wad like awsome
we'll TO see the chap in the white. COON,
that preached when 1 was wi Auntie
Marget
But we talked to him an argufied
wi him, to pit him by the notion, say
in that the man was some great
Englisher and besides a. that, it was
an awful lang road off. And it wasna
to be expected that he could leave his
wark an come AVA to see a collier
lad here in Scotland. Sac we asked
him gin the minister here wadna do,
for he was decent man and weeI
liked.
'But Archie was MIGHTY set in his
mind, and he said, 4 ken it's no to be
expected, but if I Gamma haze the chap
in the white COON to speak to me, I
want naebody,' says he. ......
''Sae as l was writing to his auntie
to tell ABBOTT the accident at ony rate,
put in a ABBOTT what Archie had said
never .thinkin' but that it Wad juist
pleasure her to ken that Archie mind
ed the preachin', WI nae thocht ava O.
ony thing MARIE.
''But Marget was ever, as We ken, 4
forritsome woman, I think it maun
haze been WI companyin' so muckle wi
thae EnglisherS, for it Wasna o. her
kind O folk. Sac as soon as she got
the letter what does the daft woman
do but pits on her bonnet an ava to
the graund hose whaur Master Cox
Noble for that was the name O. the
chap leeved. But he Wasna in. He
was AVA on his holidays that vera
molnin', ava in Cornwall, where the
Methody miners comes frae. He was
fair dune WI Workin' at his revivalin'
the hoosekeeper said. s5--
But says she, We MIGHT tell me
what We cam ABBOTT, if it's no secret.
For the master likes to hear when he
comes hame.' Then Marget telled her
a. ABBOTT the puir lad that had been
hurt AVA in the north. I jaloose she
was glad to haze somebody to tell. And
sac she gaed her ways back hame
but the woman maun haze sent the
! preacher word on the instant For it
| was the very next mornin' that we had
a TELEGRAPH to Speer hoo Airchie was
an hoo Lang the doctor thocht he wad
last 1t said forbye that M. Cox No
BILE was just aft a lang journey and
vera tired, but to let him ken in case
! O need. ~
$50 as the doctor was in at the time
on his rounds he said that he wad send
message. But what he said I never
kenned, for he has his ways, the doc
tor, and is no easy man to speet at.
eve were a sittin' up WI Archie
that night and could see he wadna
be lang. 1t was far over in the
fornin'-on the back O. twa, that there
cam Chaplin at the door. The laddie's
mither gaed to it, thinkin' it was
aiblins a neebour coined to speer hoe
Archie was. But when she opened it
there on the step WI wee bag in his
hand, was the Englishy parson, an
the sheet he had preached in, wi the
cen o. him fair sunk in his head wi
travel and want O. sleep. Sax hundel
mile he had come to see my wee Air
chic. We couldna speak to him, W.
war that pitten ABBOTT.
! $50 he cam ben, and ye should hat
seen the laddie's face as pleased Xix,