Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-31

doom, Master John. 1t will do we guild. 1
| Wadna cushion a rat wi the stuff that
| Babby brews!"
But what are you going to do here?''
| CRIED you can't stay in this cottage to-
| night, and 1t is growing late"
Il am come to wait on We, Master John," "
| ne said, looking firmly at me, yell haze
| heard that l hae lost my place. So haze We
| lost yours. Weel, I see nocht for it but
that we maun just baud the either. you an
| mel
| But I have no need for butler" I
, cr-~I, holding out my hand, Il have moth
ing to pay you wages, my poor Duncan.
And besides in this place
! nae gotten a the wages that ever l
| shall want frae the hoose O. Glendonwyn,"
| ne made answer with dignity. Il drew my
| last the day 1 gat my fee and my leave
| frae the man l hae served faithfully for
| fifty year. I haze neither kith nor kin abune
| the mould. l haze but few years mair to
| lVe-thoush sic as l am, l am strong and
| hearty, thanks to the Giver O. the Guild So
| says l to myseT, It's name right that a
Glendonwyn should live in a cothoose and
| pc served by a foster-wife wi saps and
| caudle cups. Besides he will never haze a
clean sark to his back fit to put on
naena leeved sac lang in the hoose wi Bah
| by without kennin' that her clear starchin
| IS no MT for tinker's window curtain. And
so, Master John, here l am-and wages or
no wages, here l am come to bide l haze
near hand twa thousand pound in the bank
and unless throw it guinea by guinea into
the solway flood 1 kenna what is to be-
come o 1t, or what the better l am to he
| OF. want no siler frae ye-na, that's no
my main difficulty, sir. And III this / want
your good word My stuhblin' bleck an
rock o offense is just Baby herserr'
"Why?' 1 said, what is the matter with
Babby? Do you and she not agree to-
gether?"
ne i stared at me with a kind Of wonder
| ~ course, We wadna think on it," he
| said after a pause but she doesna like NV
| comm ABBOTT ye-na-," he added. Thought
1uny' ma Gamma say she's greatly ta'en
on WI 1t! But 1 ken hoo to settle her
| Ia IN cen tell her that I'll MARRY her
| If she behaves herseP seemly. and as win
| mich say, wi circumspection!'
ana what good will that do, Duncan?"
l saiu. for indeed l hardly knew what to
| say 20 ms proposal. and While he talked
:! was thinking Of other things and snecial
~ what answer 1 would make to his mon
osition. ~ LID prop
Weel, We see, Master John" he con-
tniu with the utmost simplicity, tits
this Way-Babby has been at mo 70 ,,,,rrH
her for eye while noo-mavbes a Maize
1orty or five-and-f forty year. But T never
Wad just say whether 1 wad or whether 7
waona-no to gle her an answer. as If were
IL the only way for a woel-lookin, unmar.
h nan ~ get Jony peace O. his life in a
liooseIu o Weemen. folk just to NAV then,
an YIN against the ither, and never let then,
an an contr1vlng to do wi Babby than WI a
Hahn e4iiimit ye to ocht. And ma turaIly.
pdppy haelh served Largest ABBOTT the mace
l had MAR affputtin' and that mavhe va
kind o, bond in itsel-aye it was hond
that's what it was, Doiiu'
,f sb a. II gang doom moo, and tell her that
@ie II ne content to divide the Wark wi,
ms lar an square {me to he tho i,d,ral
~ Ell marry her as soon as Won Naiste
oGhn, are fairly settled wi a bit lass a. vonr
am to look after ye-and tbongh So ~, youi
think it, that's only the great nit q ff "iiiiia
tray?" may take the
IN IN an instant he dropped the broad soo+s
srned ~ ne Haa gradually drifted as
sts Inc manner of his profession and
elbow. ei '1cedple at my
d lIn1 at last I got time to saw word
ice r. 1 niiii now now l could accept this serv
tbis - was 1ool1sh-it was ridiculous In
t .tils pam moorland house. scarce ior, -.
nan out or ben that I should be
@ ~ai.eu on by whitetied butler. grave
gray respectable, with a black COS a.e I've;
the manners lin so far as his h,,sinnse anu
,Iohcerhed) OF an archbishop-ves Jorht
less 1t was laughable to thinI. Of W.
stanenoW as looked at the honest fellow
standing there so anxious. So affentinsat
SO careful at once for my digestion ava e..
my sooo name, the tears leaped into nv
eyes and l could hardly speak for Thy Thy
soDs that broke in my throat AVA TIC
MASTER John-Maister John ,,,,o.,
wrang? Dinna. Master john" he nriad >
coming and laying a shaking hand o nri r,l,
t1 Here, hae a sock MAR o. th s
a daft-like business as to sunnos sui To- BIC
are III 10 reeve up here Wi ONLY a dated
a Td.., oooy ike Baby to look after Vel
ram an, 1T, IT'S JUST no to be thocht on
by thls time l had controlled MYSELF ,na
l now strove once more to saw VIZ t anu
rupted. SUI inter-
Il Gamma bide hearkenin' till We the noo"
a.
mat aud yammerin wife DOT o. her rnea p,.
cry IN tell her that I wull MARRY her
that Is, condeetionally"
s,, lien having succeeded in making me
shine ne caught up his gravity of do
meanor with the instantaneous smootbnas.
OF perfectly oiled machinery and marched
' To- the door as steadily as if he had been
on county night. "e'
he turned about, however, before finally
qui!tlng the room, as If a sudden thought
had struck him. '--oosi'
when will it please Won +o aio ,.,,
ne inquired, exactly as he had done ever,,
ber o ieiiieiii-
Dine. Dine I cried, laughing aloud at the
aosurdity which l understood to proceed
simply from old Duncans's desire to
make me forget his kindness well. T get
my porridge and milk usually about half
pe .sT, seven. II that Is what you call dining!'
.Ihank you, SIR, said Grierson. bowinp
gravely. ~" ing
And that night dined upon roast duck
new potatoes, salad and a pudding at
half-past seven to the minute. And Babhv
IN person carried the dishes to the door.
while the Cameronian elder sat in the
kitchen with his hands upon his knees and
his head bent forward, speeches. with as
constituent 1- 90
At the close, after I had partaken of q
cup OF excellent coffee, Grierson entered
holding smiling and almost a blushing
Baby by the banda transformed Babby
indeed, the like of whom had never seen
before-a Baby who looked at least twenty.
years younger than when she had scolded
me that morning fort making holes in nv
socks by twiddling my right great toe.
Mr.. John, ne SAID, Baby an me wish