. The land of heather . oot,shed never tell on him; and the bedrel said hewould ; and he helped her to the gate of her hoose,and she went, all in her grave-clothes, and rappit onthe door. Her mon was inside, and he sayed, If mawife wasna deid, Id say that was her rap; and heopened the door, and he lat her in, and at the frichto seein her he fell richt ower backwards. But theybrought him roond; and the wuman lived sax yearsaifter that, and she had twa bairns, and one o theirnames was Ralph Erskine — and, mon, thats a truestory! About four oclock of the day of the funeral the rainsuddenly ceased
. The land of heather . oot,shed never tell on him; and the bedrel said hewould ; and he helped her to the gate of her hoose,and she went, all in her grave-clothes, and rappit onthe door. Her mon was inside, and he sayed, If mawife wasna deid, Id say that was her rap; and heopened the door, and he lat her in, and at the frichto seein her he fell richt ower backwards. But theybrought him roond; and the wuman lived sax yearsaifter that, and she had twa bairns, and one o theirnames was Ralph Erskine — and, mon, thats a truestory! About four oclock of the day of the funeral the rainsuddenly ceased, and the dun cloud-mass overhead Village Happenings 55 slid away into the east and left clear sky and sunshinebehind. By evening the grass and earth were nearlydry, and the children were playing in the roadway andclimbing along the dykes. Women with babies intheir arms, and women without, stood at their gates,or their neighbors gate, chatting, and now and thena man enjoying a quiet pipe of tobacco made one ina Spreading Blankets after the Wash Ill THE WAYS OF THE FARM FOLK
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