The tinkler-gypsies . nce worth of milk. When she gotthe milk she said : I daurna offer to pey ye the money on the Thabbathday, but Ill peyt in the mornin before we leave. Next morning the farmers wife spoke to them as theywere about to depart, and as there was no word of themilk money she asked for it. Atweel, said the Tinkler woman as she fumbled toget at her pouch, which she kept slung under her skirt,ye need hardly hae mentioned the milk, for it barelycoloured the thpune I These , as is mostly the case withthe Tinkler class, seem in the end to have fallenon evil days. John was ki
The tinkler-gypsies . nce worth of milk. When she gotthe milk she said : I daurna offer to pey ye the money on the Thabbathday, but Ill peyt in the mornin before we leave. Next morning the farmers wife spoke to them as theywere about to depart, and as there was no word of themilk money she asked for it. Atweel, said the Tinkler woman as she fumbled toget at her pouch, which she kept slung under her skirt,ye need hardly hae mentioned the milk, for it barelycoloured the thpune I These , as is mostly the case withthe Tinkler class, seem in the end to have fallenon evil days. John was killed at Corsock bythe breaking of a grindstone while he wassharpening his tools, and he is interred in Kirk-patrick-Durham Churchyard, where a tombstonewas put up to his memory at public expense. Ad3caying trade and supervening old age led topoverty and misery. Robert is said to have diedin a lodging-house at Springholm about the year1876. One by one the others dropped off,broken down by exposure and an unduly keen 11. The Last of the Kennedies. 163 struggle for existence. One of the family was named Mary, who was quite a character in her way. She was harmless, and her visits were always a source of amusement to the inmates of the houses at which she called. Her figure was peculiar, and once seen was never forgotten. With a sun-bonnet which may have been lilac when new, with clothing that had evidently seen better days, with bare feet, and stockings ending at the ankles, she moved about the country. Mary, like some politicians, had a programme to which, unlike them, she faithfully adhered. On entering a house she asked something from each inmate, and her questions generally followed this order : Can ye gies a penny ?Can ye gies a pipe ?Can ye gies a bit baccy ?Can ye gies an apple ? etc. After being supplied (for no one thought ofrefusing Mary) she made a pretence of leaving,when she was reminded that she had forgottento favour the company with a song. Hereupon,Mary walked roun
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