OUR DICK. 19 



sparkling black eyes showed that we had 

 here something of the tender and true 

 heart of Robbie Burns. Of course, all 

 this was not found out in a day. At first 

 my wife was rather slow to take much of 

 a liking to the little Scotch immigrant, 

 thinking, perhaps, that he came over in 

 the steerage; but this prejudice did not 

 last long. 



