THE MINISTER AND THE GOSSOON.
PREFACE.
This curious little piece is another dialogue in the same form as the last. These are the only two stories, if one may call them stories, which I have found couched in this form, so partly for that reason I give it here.
THE STORY
One day there was a poor little gossoon on the side of the road, and he taking care of an old sow of a pig, and a litter of bonhams along with her. A minister came the way, and he riding upon a fine horse, and he said to the gossoon, "Where does this road bring you?"
Gossoon.
I'm here for a fortnight, and it never brought me anywhere yet.