Show honest TIMES when it was an insult to ask for receipt for money at one time in the II 11 igli lands of scotland to ask for a receipt or promissory note was considered an insult and thing as a breach of contract was rarely heard of so strictly did alie people regard their honor the presbyterian witness tells a story of a farmer who had been to the lowlands and had there acquired worldly wisdom after returning to his native place he needed some money and requested a loan from i gentleman in the neighborhood the latter air stewart complied and counted out the gold wr cn the farmer immediately wrote a receipt and what is this man cried mr stewart on receiving alie slip of paper that is a receipt sir binding me to give yc back your gold at the right time replied donald binding ye indeed well my man if ye canna trust im sure ill na trust ye such as ye canua hae my gold and gathering it up he returned it to his desk and locked it up but sir I 1 might die replied the needy scot unwilling to surrender his hope of the loan and my sons might refuse it yc but the bit of paper would compel them compel to sustain their dead fathers honor cried the enraged celt need compelling to do right if aliis is alie road yere leading them can gang elsewhere for money I 1 tell yo but yell find nane about liere put more faith in a bit of paper than a neighbors word of honor and his love of liht |