“How merrily the wheels go round,
With a whirring, humming sound!”
THE BROWNIE OF BLEDNOCH
From Scotland
OLD MADGE’S TALE
Have you ever heard of the Brownie, Aiken-Drum? No? Well, I will tell you how he came to Blednoch. It was in the Autumn time. The red sun was setting, when through our town he passed crying, oh! so wearily:—
“Have ye work for Aiken-Drum?
Have ye work for Aiken-Drum?”