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matron, "ye'll put up nae petition here; the                 house is wee enough already, an’ wha do ye                  think's gaun to be fashed wi' masons an'                  wrights an' a' thae clamjamfray about their                  house? Faith no---the devil a petition will                  be putten up in this house, as langs am in't                  we're gaun to flit at Whitsunday, so ye may                  come then an' put up as mony petitions as                  ye like.”

DUKE OF BUCCLEUGH.

Henry, Duke of Buccleugh was greatly beloved by his numerous tenantry. One of                 his small tenants, Jamie Howie by name, had a son about four years of age, who, having heard much of a great Duke of                 Buccleugh, was very anxious to see him. Honest Jamie, in a few days, was honoured with a visit from the duke, when Jamie, doffing his bonnet, and making a reverential bow, says “O my Lord ! ye maunna be                 angry wi' me, but it's God's truth, my                  Lord, there's a daft we callant o' mine that canna rest, nor let others rest nicht nor day; he has ta'en in his head sic a notion o' seeing what like ye are; Gudesake, my Lord, I                 dinna think he has ony yedea ye are a man at a' but some 'far awa, outlandish, ower sea creature.” The Duke mightily tickled with this fancy, desired Jamie to bring the youngster into his presence forth with. Out