The tinkler-gypsies . toheart, said old grannie. Thats the Gods truth, aul wumman, andit sometimes gets yin into trouble as weel as ootot: Yince me an anither wumman went up toSlogarie to sell cans. Whun we knocked at thedoor a big fat wumman answertt it. Whun sheopened the door, I noticed a baskit o aipplessittin on a stand. Says I to my neebor : I wish that barrie manishi (big Avoman)would nash avri (go away) ; I would chor (helpmyself to) some o thae o-a/ishers (apples). Ayoung leddy that had been listenin behin thedoor cam oot o the room and said : Never mind the big fat wumman, and ifyere
The tinkler-gypsies . toheart, said old grannie. Thats the Gods truth, aul wumman, andit sometimes gets yin into trouble as weel as ootot: Yince me an anither wumman went up toSlogarie to sell cans. Whun we knocked at thedoor a big fat wumman answertt it. Whun sheopened the door, I noticed a baskit o aipplessittin on a stand. Says I to my neebor : I wish that barrie manishi (big Avoman)would nash avri (go away) ; I would chor (helpmyself to) some o thae o-a/ishers (apples). Ayoung leddy that had been listenin behin thedoor cam oot o the room and said : Never mind the big fat wumman, and ifyere decent well gie ye some o the , aul wumman, if ye had stuck me I wudnahae bled ! She had veesited aboot Yetholmand had every word o the cant. While the Tinklers gulped down their roughand ready meal, 1 amused myself by takingsnapshots of them, and chatting with old conversation was interrupted by a loudnoise which proceeded from behind the tent,and old grannie ciied out— P :imi ^ yi I O £ s. A Tinklers Encampment. i8i Wull some yin look efter thae weans, ortheyll get killed? I looked behind the tent, and there was aplucky bare-legged and bare-chested Tinklerboy of about six years old trying to ride adonkey. He was in the act of sliding over itsshoulder, though still embracing it round theneck. Then another mounted. Up wentNeddys heels and down went his head, and theboy met the fate of the other. Several tried,some of them making a better stand than last it was decreed that one nicknamed? BuUer —a name to conjure with in the clanMarshall—should mount the cuddy, and in vaindid Neddy for some time kick up his rider twisted his long legs under the last Neddy seemed to sulk. He backedsteadily into a whin bush, and then feeling thepricks, gave a spring forward which almostunseated the valiant Buller. Then thedonkey stood stock-still. He was thinking, andlooked decidedly wise. He began to backmore vigorously than ever, and w
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