Page 107 - Fairbrass

and brought me back to England again.
Oh ! I ye been to a place or two with him,

and seen a thing or two, I can tell you/
1 Hush, hush ! h said an ebony stick with

an ivory handle. ‘ We all know your

stories, and they’re certainly not fit for a
boy to hear. I was with him on his wedding

tour, Fairbrass, and I know how tenderly
he loved his sweet young wife, and the

gracious influence she held over him,’
‘ Yes, yes,’ said a dark cherry branch,

i that’s true enough. I went with him to

her funeral, and it was pitiful to see his
tears.1

1 And soon after that he thrashed your
father with me, Fairbrass,1 said a supple

ash-plant. 4 What do you think of that for
a piece of family history? ’

‘ I get most of the work now/ said a
sturdy oak-staff rather grumblingly. * He

leans heavily enough upon me, I can tell
you. Sometimes I feel quite tired out.’

1 La ! and he used to make quite a

hobby of carrying me under his arm,' said