The evening world., 1916-01-10

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Il ken him weel." said our student
nodding after him. Hes q LAWYER
In Edinburgh. and a Draw hand al
the stringin' or verses. Waffle Scott
Is MS name" None OF us had heard
or II then. but II was not long before
II was the best-known name in Scot
iand' and many time we thought of
now he speered his way of us on the
night OF the terror.
But early In the morning we had
our minds set at case. It was gray
ana cold. and my mother had gone
up 10 tne mouse to make a pot OF tea
the road with DR.. Horscroft. OF Az
ton, In 1t. and his son. Jim.
The collar OF the doctors coat emma
over his ears. and he looked in q
deadly black humor, for Jim. who
was but fifteen years OF age. had
trooped of TO Berwick at the frat
alarm with his fathers new fowllng
piece. "'s
All night his dad had chased him.
and now there he was, a prisoner
with the barrel OF the stolen g1,n
sucking out from behind the seat. He
looked as sulky as his father. Win
MS hands thrust into his side pockets
ms orows drawn down, and his lower
lip thrust out.
IT'S all lie," shouted the doctor
as ne passed. There has been NO
landing and all the folks in Scotland
lave Deeh saddlng about the roads
His son. Jim. snarled something I'm
az him on this. and his father s,Iuct
MIN blow with his clenched 40, ON
the side OF his read, which sent rho
Doys chin forward upon his breas, A.
lnough ne had been stunned.
My father shook his mend. Tor ho
mad liking for Jim, but we ali
walked up to the house again. NO.
alhg and blinking, and hardly able N
Keep our eyes open, now that we know
tnat all was safe, but with a thrill n,
Joy at our hearts such as 1 have opi,
matched once or twice in my IIfetIro
now all this has little enough IN 10
with what i took my pen up IN toll
ABOUT, but when a man has n good
memory and little skill he ca5not
uraw one thought from his mini
behind II. 'is OUT
And yet, now that 7 come 70 +b,rr
or 1t. this had something 10 do WIN
IL after all, for Jim Horscroft had 90
deadly quarrel with his father tbot
ne was packed or TO Birtwhistle's
berWlck Academy. and as NV father
nau long wished me TO go there. ha
TOOK advantage OF this chance 10 send
me also. w SSHu
But before say a word about tbis
school l shall 20 back to where
snouid nave begun, and give Won n
that t as 70 VINO am, for 1t may be
aI these low words OF mine may be
ieau Dy some folk beyond the Border
ers Of West Inch.
~ mas brave sound, West Inch. bu,
IL ~ not a fine estate with a hraw
mouse upon II, but only a great hard
pLtten' wind swept sheep run. frInrin,
OFT into links along the seashore
where frugal man might with hard
work Just pay his rent and have hut
Ter instead OF treacle on SUNDAYS.
III the centre there is a gray stoned.
STATE roofed house with byre behind
" ahu t,oS scrawled in stonework
oFeF Inc intel OF the door. There for
more than a hundred years orr foIk
nave lived. until. for ali their poverty
they came TO take good place among
me people. for in the country parts the
oIu yeoman Is often better thought of
than the new laird.
There was one queer thing about tho
mousse or West Inch. 1t has been reck-
oheu by engineers and other know
ing ioIk that the boundary line be-
tween the two countries ran right
through the middle OF II, shifting
our second best bedroom into an Eng
iish half and a Scotch half
NOW. the cot In which always silent
was so placed that my head was 10
tle north OF the line and my feet TO
inc south OF 1t. My friends say that
u CHANGED TO lie the other way nv
liur might not have been SO sandy
, my mihd OF 80 solemn cast. This
Know that more than once in nv
hfe' when my Scotch head could SEQ
10 way out Of danger. my good, thick
Ehgilsh legs have come 10 my help
ana carried me clear away.
But at school never heard tho end
d this, for they called me "Half-and-
HAIR and The Great Briton" and
sometimes Union Jack" When there
was battle between tho Scotch and
me English boys, one sldo would kick
my shlns and the other cuff my ears,
and then they would both stop and
.augh as though It were something
funny.
At first was very miserable at the
poiNlCh Academy. BlrtWhlStle was
ne nrst master and Adams the sec
'nd' and l had no love for either OF
mem. l was shy and backward by
iature, and slow at making a friend
'ither among masters or boys.
1t was nine miles as the crow flies.
md eleven and a half by road from
5erwick to West Inch, and my heart
grew weary at tho heavy distance
hat separated me from my mother:
or, mark you, n lad Of that age pre-
ends that he has no need for his
Mothers caresses, but ah, how sad
10 Is when he is taken at his word
1t last could stand 1t no longer, and
determined to run away from tho
chool and make my way homo as
asst as l might.
At the very last moment, however.
had the good fortune to win the
raise and admiration OF every one
rom the head master downward, and
o find my school life made very
,leasant and easy to me, And ali
his came of my falling by accident
nut OF second floor window.
This was how N hannanaI nnn