Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-06-01

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-, r,rER NNXIX.-lContinued.

dyrelt and looked to dwell forever.
no fear of God or man The
,,,ino stone is there that never wanted
...sal. the courtyard where was the
IL, block the dungeon for the cap
- tb, banques hall and the earls
hsnhrr. They are all there. yet only
~, nvI and the bat dwell there for
- heard a ltt poem that a laddie. in
ART a the country made on that
'gi I5 castle." said David NJ Kie, IAN
HIM no 10 year auld yet! l Gamma mind
I, a. hut | wad like 10 gle We a Screed
. the nTst verse GIN l 0S@ h'ihu us
muckle OF:
on thou castle. old and hoary.
cone is all thy pomp and glory;
New no more the Douglas name
sands upOn the truInp of fame!
There thou Standest ever ldnetS,
i;'i,h the waves and wihaaowl only.
..But hoy of 10 never made that
,.rad the minister, stopping in his aston
shment-
oply / Gamma mind o mair moo said Da-
Vii Mike rejoicing that he had been
nile 10 astonish the minister.
And who, pray, is the boy: | would
ike 10 see him.
Deed, minister gin we're gaun up
"a Drrmquhat the day, as | jalouse ye
are Ne may see him. It's the boy that
was lost. Ye may haze heard o him.
They ca him Walter Anderson. He's
,or5r SID to the mistress, Tn thinkin'."
YES. ! have seen him in church, burt
never had speech with the lad said
the minister.
~Na. / can wee believe that. The
hoy's no partial like TO ministers, ven
excuse me for sayin,' ever since he fell
not wi the Free kirk minister's loon, and
,,anct him off the Drumquhat grund.
Il I, Fs,t. 4 hot I,
tskS the road if minister looks
near: hut gin we come on him afOre he
can make for the Hanging Shaw We may
spi speech o him. and may be the means
d doing him a heap O guild,
At this point the ways parted. The
minister held on up the valley of the
Ken. curving over the mOOrland towards
the farm of Drumquhat. He went more
.eSureEy now that he had broken the
back of his mornings walk. The larks
>prang upward. and their songs were the
expression of an innocent gladness like
that which filled his own heart.
He climbed the high stone dykes as
they came sometimes crossing his legs
and sitting while on the top with Il
! sort OF bOyiSh freedom in his heart as
though he were off for q holiday feel
ING born in part of the breezy uplands
and the wide spaces of the sky On his
tight hand was the dark mass of the
Hanging Shaw, where it began to feath-
er down to the Black Water. which
rushed along in the shadow TO meet the
broad and equable waters of the Ken.
As the minister came to one of these
dykes, treading softly on Il nGiseless
Il cushion of heather and moss, he put his
foot on Il projecting stone and vaulted
81 ever with one hand lightly laid on the
top stone. He fell with sudden leap
81 Of the heart for he had nearly leapt on
81 the top of boy, who lay prone on his
face, deeply studying a book. The boy
smane up, startled by the minister's un-
expected entrance into his wide world Of
air empty of all but the moor birds
diS.
Far q few moments they stood staring
each other-tall and wel-attiTed min
kpr and rough-coated herdboy.
You are diligent." at last said the
minister, looking out OF his dark eyes
81 INTO the blue, wondering orbs which met
81 bis SO squarely and honestly What is
that You are readingT
Shakespeare, sir" said the boy, not
without some fear in telling the minister
81 that be was reading the works of him
who was known among many of the
'omeronians as 1.-THE greatest of the
Ilay-actorS'
But the minister was placable and in
ereSted He recognized the face rs that
Of the boy who came to church on vari-
Gus occasions, but with whom he had
&X -"'uu IL 50 ulliCulJ 10 Collle 10 SilttClI
n How many plays OF Shakespeare
have you read?' queried the minister
s. again
Them a'-mony a time" said the hoy,
The minister maTveled still more. But
yell no tell my gran mithcrE said the
ooy' heseeechingly, putting the minister
81 tPon hlS honor.
n Mir Cameron hesitated for a moment
"a and then said:
Il will not tell your grandmother I'M
aNS you are doing something worse than
reading Shakespeare, my boy. You are
E,n l)rumquhat, ] think" he continued.
Mat are you doing hereE
me boy blushed and hung his head.
Cutting thistles,' he said,
Inc minister laughed, and looked
Soo0t On one hand there was mown
>"ath Of thistles. on the other they stili
rev iuNuriantly all down the slope to
DE burnside.
a suppose you are cutting down the
ASjos in Shakespeare? There are a
.eoa many of them" he said: but Is
-AaJ what your master keeps you fOr!
Inc boy looked up quickly AT this i'm
H,.4non On his honesty.
IN on piecework," he said with Il
@!i Of defiance in his tone.
IN pecework"' asked the minister,
.,gNed; how is that?"
N'ti' sir, its this way, We see. Gran
d t"''''f used to pay me penny an hour
Ia gU'un the thistles, and he did that
." said | was the slowest worker
yer ne had, an that by the time that l
Vas done wi yae side o the field the
was ready to begin over again. l
G mat | was quite wllin' to begin
I'm but he said that to sit doom wi
& ana cut as far room We as the hook
reach was not the kind o work
, ne had been accustomed to on the
ws.hH. l'rumquhat. SO he took me off
r.r GG'nS by time and put me on piece
H. dinna get as muckle siller, but
~. - II JuiSt as weel"
,.a nScI the field get done any quicker"
Az said the boy. in whom we recog-
r- ar own Walter; Il read half an
% an ! work half an hour"
..." now do Won know how the time
I'LL asked the minister. for watches
,a n"' at that date to be found in the
'N OF herd-boys in the Galloway
p's5 o41y pointed to a peeled willow
aT winch was stuck in the ground
Il rough circle drawn round it.
gaae that sun-dial: Rab Affieck