| Show A VISIT TO SCOTLAND I rnre llollnn llnollrtllniu H Iii Hrl Trip In Tlil < < < otinlT 1aIlMe lluttont ullectloni of hits boyhood are In 81 Nicholas under the title of A Hoy I Knew Hit < lir let rlilt In Rcollind wa made when he WM but 4 nr S yean re ge and long before he bad oiwumtd tao dignity of trousers or had been sent tn school HU father had gone to the old I homo al 81 Andrew hurriedly upon Ole re rilpt of the newt of the terlnui Illness ot the boy grandmother who died before be-fore they reached hr Naturally the lay ha little recollctlon of that td month nf Dicemrwr spent In lilt grandmother house except that It woo sad Tho weather was cold and wH the house even under ordinary rlriuntManu could not hate been avery a-very cheerful one for a youngster who had no companion of bus own age It lonlnl out upon the lertnan ocean whleh nt Hml lime ot the year WM always In a rage or In the sulk nnd the house wu ealle1 Peep o Diy be cantn II 1 rieeUnl the very Oat ra1I of the nun aa he tone upon the llrltlsli I < IM I The boys chief ninuemrat WM the feeding of flour ccone and oat cake In an nd goat that lived In the neighborhood and tho dally walk with hit grandfather who teemed lo foul come Illllo comfort and entertainment In hit graniUoni chlldlth prattle I Ho was then almost the only grandchild and the old man was very proud of hit manner and appearance and particularly particular-ly I amuird al certain gigantic effort on the toys part to adapt hula own short leg to the striden nf hit sinlort long one After they Interviewed Ihe goal and had watched the wrecks with which Iho wild shore wo strewn and had Inspected the cantle In ruin and the mini of the cathedral the boy would gate upon hl cmuilmothcrt ttcw made grave and hit own name In ulla common name In the family upon the family lomb In the old kirk yardalt of which mutt have been very cheering to the boy although he could not read II 1 for himself And then which waa bellcr Ihoy would stand hand In hand for a limo In front of a candy bow window In which nat displayed n llttlo regiment nf lead nol diem marching doubt fllo toward an Irapoilng and unconquerable lend for Irrr on the height of barley tugar Of hit spectacle they noer tired and they used to < dltcus how flue boy would arrange them If they belonged tn him with a sneaking hope on the blY1 part Hint tome day they were fo be hie very own At lion urgent requett of the grandfather the American contingent remained St Andrew until the crud of tho year and < lilt boy till rcmrin her vividly and ho will never forget the dismal failure of Auld tang Syne un rung by the family with rlatpcd htmli of the clock track and the new year lufyin He Mt up for the occut Innor l rather w 111 waked up far the lnnan1 of all that family group he hi lien for a decade or more tho only mm Ivor Tho mother of Iho homo ant but lately dead the nicest ion and hit sum were going Ihe next day In the other side of tho world nnd every vole broke before Iho familiar verse came ton to-n end |
