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Show "Coming Through the llja." H Is an unfortunate fict that In most of tho copies of this song, so attractive from Its nalvette, Itye Is spelled with a mall r, n If the grain rye were meant and not the burn or rivulet Itye. which li a small stream In the northwest district dis-trict of Cunningham, In Aynhlre. In thli way the whole point of the itory, li told In tho long, li lost and thti beautiful lyric li degraded from a por-trtrsl por-trtrsl of a romantic episode to an account ac-count of a mero commonplace killing match. The Ityo Is a small burn or stream which In many places Is quite hallow, and li crossed by the familiar I device of stepping stonra. These slep-plag slep-plag stones do not leave room for two person! coming from oppoilto direction! direc-tion! to pais each other without taking hold of each other's hands. When a young man, on arriving at the edge ot ths burn, ices another traveler ot the same sex, or a lady with whom he It not acquainted, or for whom be dee not cart much, approaching, he waits until un-til the path Is clear. Hut It tho passenger passen-ger should be an attractive lassie of hit acquaintance he at once begins to croaa, Uiey paaa by taking hold of each other'a hud so aa not to lose their balance, tn such cases the lassie U expected to "pay toll" Just as young ladles have been know n to do In this country when cross, lag a brldgo on a sleighing excunlon. New York Times, |