The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01
HILDA LARSON GOES TO EUROPE
. lH.-sEElNG BOBBY eURNsEs' RELICS.

He didn't say anythin', but jes' sighed an
then he sat down on the steps =.
:" We had coachman by the name OF
he some relation. saw picture OF the
poet this mornin', an the more l come 70
think of it the more think ne geSed bn
freckes don't show In a picture. James
wasn't any hand at writin' po'try, but he took
pretty good care OF horses paid AID MN asI $50
saws he, an he went on a-telln' me bout the
Coachman Burns an his other c anush,er.
| where they'd been waitin' for him.
! =" They've been shown me ev'ry grave
yard an monumen in Englan' till I'm glad
to see Twin man even tho hes only an Il,
, the door. Seems If whenever | show any
| Interest in anythin' alive, they jes tote me on
to- see somethin' connected tn somebody It's
been dead an buried for more years n l care
to count. 1t may be sulturin'; they say it Is,
/ says: he, but it ism exctin' an m used TO
excitement, in Kansas.
| They came down the steps JUS then an
| says for him to come on ,.- -,
~" Where to-? says he, not movin' SO much
| as one finger. 49,
! TO Greenok,' says they; Well finish
the Burnses pilgrimage there by goin' to
the grave of Highlan' Mary
\ r." An who was she?' says he a-sitting on
the steps, jes' 4 he'd been planted an taken
root.
i "'His sweetheart says the younges'
BY hsr says syeks
!, ,ctded, says he, If you think I'm goin' to go
a mile outen my way to see some other fel,
says he. Highlan' Mary or Lowlan Susie,
I'm not goin' to make myself uncomfortable
in an English railway car for such an ex-
, hilaratin' sight tombstone. You can
; leave me an the trunk in Glasgow an get
us both on the way back. The only thing
I'm jes yearnin to see Is the deck deck OF the
he. III as. much feelin' as + he'd been COM
j plainin bout the fdoup of his collars.
Il dunno why. but someway feel kin, OF
" sorry for the Americans see a-tourin these
foreign countries. dunno what they come
for. 1t cant be pleasure, or they wouldn
he in such hurry, an, min, me OF glri
q | been in four cathedral towns In one day, an :
= when Mrs, Gray talked to her about EN- she
only x .9G oa the oser
/ went to the. church. Seems II some folks
: come jes' to see how many labels they can
: 1--WE didn't go down to Highlan' Mary's
! grave for we had commenced tn Mr.. Burns
wrong end to by goin' to Dumfries. where he
died frs, instead of to Ayr where he was
: born Mrs, Gray's one of those women who
| iaIys do the easiest thing an we got off at
! Dun1fries cause we came to it fore We did
: to. Ayr. 1t didn't make much diff renee, an
= 1--we jes' went along huntin UP all the houses
: Mr.. Burns ID ey'ry rented an payin at least
q tuppence to see things t he never had set
4 eyes on. Folks over here In England needn' I
4 talk bout Americans an the way they make
e money, for dunno soul It's coinin it outen
e: a relative mas been dead mos hundred
: years.
v From what Mrs Gray said judged t the
s Burnses had known hard times, an when
e saw their house at Ayr was sure t Mr.
I Burns, the poet. was born tn somethin' Side
: silver spoon in his mouth. He didn't live
po:try 'cept what he had in his min, an i
j. only goes to show t man can climb lad
il der no matter where the foot is. Mrs GRAY
ID kept tellin' HE that an a-poIntin' out TIT
\ fac that 3 taby born in that poor white
A. washed roc q. was known an loved the Wild
IS world over.
t An cant you be known all over tn
,e world thouten you were born in stable!
n says Billie, for he didn't understan YER
q much bout Mr.. Burns, an when l was put
Y tin MIN to bed foun' out t the only part b
IS membered was the ginger ale we'd had.
81 las make ont, t wasn't bein' born in tn
~ barn t made Mr.. Burns poet, for all folk
: born in barns aren't known all over th
% worl', an mos of 'em don't mount t
es much beyon their own from doors. Your
/ jes' as likely TO An a poet one place as an
IN other, for they're like mushrooms, they
a. come up anywhere, an the mos of 'em don
n last airy longer, seems il.