. The land of heather . astonishing what a strewing of them there was by theend of the evening. If a man bought dulse, the vendor picked up hisfingers full twice for a bawbee (halfpenny) and stuffedit in the mans pocket for him to nibble at a woman bought, she received her seaweed inher apron, while the children usually carried theirs offin their hats. I was told that buckles were not goodfor ones stomach — they only pleased the palate, butthat the dulse was medicinal, and helped digestion. Itried a bit of the seaweed one evening, and, except thatit was leathery, and that its pecu
. The land of heather . astonishing what a strewing of them there was by theend of the evening. If a man bought dulse, the vendor picked up hisfingers full twice for a bawbee (halfpenny) and stuffedit in the mans pocket for him to nibble at a woman bought, she received her seaweed inher apron, while the children usually carried theirs offin their hats. I was told that buckles were not goodfor ones stomach — they only pleased the palate, butthat the dulse was medicinal, and helped digestion. Itried a bit of the seaweed one evening, and, except thatit was leathery, and that its peculiar salt-water taste stayedin my mouth for an hour afterward, it was not bad. Idid not get up sufficient courage to try the twisted out of their shells, they looked too Hkedark earthworms to be appetizing. The most old-fashioned of all the Thrums dwell-ings were those that made the Hne of cottages underthe thatched roof In the far end of this Hne of cot-tages lived Jimmie Donaldson and his Spinning a ** Peerie Thrums ^33 Jimmie was a telegraph boy, and, in spite of his ninetyyears, was always ready to run with messages night orday. He thought nothing of a six or eight mile was a kindly, talkative slip of an old man, verypoor, yet too independent to take a tip for small ser-vices. His work brought him only intermittent wages,and this fact often made him so downhearted that hefound it necessary to cheer himself up by spendingwhat he earned for occasional drops of liquor. Thegranddaughter worked in the mill, and it was she whowas the mainstay of the household. Jimmie had three rooms, but as one was a rudescullery that looked like a cellar, and another a loftused only for storage, the little kitchen was practicallythe home and all of it. This kitchen had a tiny fire-place, two small tables, a tall clock, a few chairs thatonly the greatest care would coax to stand level on theuneven dirt floor, and some other odds and box beds filled
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