. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. mities of mendi-cants in general, contributed in a great measure to his income : If interruptedin any part of his narrative, he would resume it precisely where he had leftoflF. The schoolboys great hit was to interrupt him by tossing a coin intohis hat just as he came to his climax, so that it might immediately follow theintercalary blessing, thus : Heaven bless and reward you, my dear youngfriend—with a heavy flash of thunder and lightning. Whether the old manknew what he was about in all this, it might be hard to say ; but many anurc
. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. mities of mendi-cants in general, contributed in a great measure to his income : If interruptedin any part of his narrative, he would resume it precisely where he had leftoflF. The schoolboys great hit was to interrupt him by tossing a coin intohis hat just as he came to his climax, so that it might immediately follow theintercalary blessing, thus : Heaven bless and reward you, my dear youngfriend—with a heavy flash of thunder and lightning. Whether the old manknew what he was about in all this, it might be hard to say ; but many anurchin sacrificed the coin, which purer principles of charity would not haveextracted, to procure this equivocal benediction. Note.—The old mansion shown in the accompanying engraving was removed in the course of alterations someyears ago. Tradition has pointed it out as the home of George Jameson, the well-known Aberdonian painter, whoearned the title of The Scottish Vandyke, but, as too often happens, tradition is unsupported by KINGS c:0LLK(;K, ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND 13 Kings College, Aberdeen.
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