. The laird of Logan, or, Anecdotes and tales illustrative of the wit and humour of Scotland. LOGAN. ).ut hersel in sic a puff o lieat, that a gliff o win, as she gaedthrough the lobby, catcht her by the throat, and sat doun onher lungs, puir thing, and we were baith thrown on the shelfat the same time, she was busket in her deadal dress in less thanthree months after; the servants i the house took me up next,and their big trampers soon finished my career; they coost meoer the ^vindow, up tliere ; it looks into the kirkyard, and hereI am ; thats my dream. Oh ! man, Will. I believe I am gaunto
. The laird of Logan, or, Anecdotes and tales illustrative of the wit and humour of Scotland. LOGAN. ).ut hersel in sic a puff o lieat, that a gliff o win, as she gaedthrough the lobby, catcht her by the throat, and sat doun onher lungs, puir thing, and we were baith thrown on the shelfat the same time, she was busket in her deadal dress in less thanthree months after; the servants i the house took me up next,and their big trampers soon finished my career; they coost meoer the ^vindow, up tliere ; it looks into the kirkyard, and hereI am ; thats my dream. Oh ! man, Will. I believe I am gaunto dee, its just a warnin to me, wow ! wow! Eavers, man,Robin, what are ye yonUri at—its just a sicht othe ups anddowns o the warl. Our ain bodies—Bailies beavers, and ladiesslippers— the beaver or aboon the bauchle. The doctormay plaster and cuiter us up for a while, but the stacks thatbaud the fabric thegither, will gie way, rosin them as ye may;asunder ye come like the poor bauchle, an a the art aneath thesun canna put the pieces in their places, aud steek them thegitbera^ [Entkkeu at Hiaiiuneks Hall.]Fifteenth Thousand. Crown 8vo, Sto\it Paper, Is. Library Editiou. Cloth extra, 2s. 6d. H A W K I E: THE AUTOBIOaRAPHY OF A GANGREL (From llic Original Muiinscrijjt) Edited by J O H N STRATHESK, Author of Bits from Hliukbonn), &c. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. That the life of the humblest person contains elements of romance,and would make an impressive story if fairly and effectually told, is sotrue as to be a truism. The remarks are specially true in the case of aman of such local fame as Hawkie, in his triple character of Beggar,Street Orator, and Wit, whose autobiography has just been edited byJohn Strathesk. It was at the ref[uest of the late David Kobertson,Her Majestys bookseller, that Ilawkie consented to set down thestrange adventures of as strange a career as it is possible to find in theannals of beggary. The record is something more than a present
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