The tinkler-gypsies . d you say for this in cant— Have a glass of whisky ? Weel, said AVilliam, pushing in his oarquickly, Id say : Thenk ye, yer honour; but if its a thesame to you, Id prefer a chant o gatter (pint ofbeer) to a cant oipeeve (glass of whisky) ! Each gang then gathered around its owncamp fire. Poor old Dnmbie Wilson sidled—paralysed with disease—along towards hisbed-tent, avoiding the unevenness of the groundas he went. Poor old Dumbie, said an English Tinkler,its a wonder the authorities dont do some-what for him. If they found him dead in themorning theyd likely say, Damned g
The tinkler-gypsies . d you say for this in cant— Have a glass of whisky ? Weel, said AVilliam, pushing in his oarquickly, Id say : Thenk ye, yer honour; but if its a thesame to you, Id prefer a chant o gatter (pint ofbeer) to a cant oipeeve (glass of whisky) ! Each gang then gathered around its owncamp fire. Poor old Dnmbie Wilson sidled—paralysed with disease—along towards hisbed-tent, avoiding the unevenness of the groundas he went. Poor old Dumbie, said an English Tinkler,its a wonder the authorities dont do some-what for him. If they found him dead in themorning theyd likely say, Damned goodriddance ; never mind, my turn next ! As I seated myself beside Mrs MacMillansfire, I remarked : Its a pity to see old Dumbie in a state likethat? It is, she assented, but its a greater peetyo yon P^nglish traveller that spoke about ken why he aye stands ? Weel, its juistbecause if he sits doon he canna get up withoothelp. Hes discharged frae the Infirmary as iMI^^^^^^^K^^m^MfiM i r^ ,- ? m *? »K. A Tinklers Encampment. 189 incurable, an he could show ye his certeeficateto that effect. Poor fellows, I said; who can fathom suchmisery ? and that poor blind womans facehaunts Was she telling ye the King and Queenyince honoured her by speakin to her ? inter-rupted Mrs Mac Mil Ian. Oh, by the bye, I said, I had almostforgotten that. She told me that the King andQueen, when Prince and Princess of Wales,once spoke to them when camping nearBalmoral, and that on another occasion theDuchess of Fife gave her a sovereign. When Iasked if she had kept that sovereign, shereplied : Deed, I wad hae liked to, but I had to letit gaun for bedclaes and claes for the bairns. Thats an example, na, said Mrs Mac-Millan, ambiguously. But it isnt quite unique, I replied, andthen I told them about a similar kindness shownto Gypsies near Windsor by her Majesty, ourlate Queen, and of the gratitude expressed bythe Gypsies— .So if she wants a man to box,Ill fight her battles, never fear ;Tw
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