The tinkler-gypsies . eel ye ken she telled the wummanlees, for grannies/^^t//V (drunk) the day. After chatting with them for a while I gavethe boy a few coppers and he quietly disap-peared. Soon after the old grannie missed himand cried out, Isaac. I bade adieu to her,and long after I could hear her bawling out?? Imac! IsaacP On reaching the town Ibeheld poor little Isaac busy eating a sconeoutside a bakers shop. The Tinklers are a queer mixture. Eventhat old Tinkler woman, in spite of her wilyways and of being addicted to drinking, ispossessed of a kindly nature, because, after shesold the m
The tinkler-gypsies . eel ye ken she telled the wummanlees, for grannies/^^t//V (drunk) the day. After chatting with them for a while I gavethe boy a few coppers and he quietly disap-peared. Soon after the old grannie missed himand cried out, Isaac. I bade adieu to her,and long after I could hear her bawling out?? Imac! IsaacP On reaching the town Ibeheld poor little Isaac busy eating a sconeoutside a bakers shop. The Tinklers are a queer mixture. Eventhat old Tinkler woman, in spite of her wilyways and of being addicted to drinking, ispossessed of a kindly nature, because, after shesold the mother of the puppies shown in theillustration, she wept all day. All that milder type of hukni (deception ofhouse-dwellers) is quite legitimate in the eyes ofTinklers, ^^ith good reason they regard house-dwellers as their hereditary persecutors, and towork (as they term it) the gadgis is a matter inwhich they pride themselves. Drink is directly responsible for much of themisery entailed on Tinkler children. I have. o ^: 360 The Tinkler-Gypsies. seen a towsy-headed, half-drunk Tinkler woniaiThanding out, fr<jm a public-house where theTinkler men and women were carousing, a jugof beer to a little girl as she sat watching theTinklers cart outside. I have been told also ofa half-drunk Tinkler woman going about withher newly-born babe slung in a shawl, but withits head down and its heels up I Ht)w canchildren reared in such a way, and with theirvery blood tainted with a craving for drink,have a chance to live good moral li\es ? Example has a most important influence onthe upbringing of a child, and where the parentsare almost constantly under the eye of theirchildren, as is the case with Tinklers, thechildren are influenced to an exceptional extentby the example of their parents. The wholefamily are too frequently huddled together intosmall vans or bed-tints. Recently a gentlemanfriend of mine saw a little Tinkler girl sittingin the half of a sugar barrel which was lying onits si
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