52 A DAY AT LOUGH MELVIN. 



your chariot either. It is in keeping with 

 the country.'/ 



" I doubt," said the Scholar, " whether 

 it has ever known the taste of a pailful of 

 water since it came from the cartmaker's 

 hands." 



" Well, that is in keeping with the country 

 too ; and so are Bob's jacket and trousers. 

 But, heavens and earth ! what have we here ? 

 Look at the back panel with the crest upon 

 it ! look at the winged spur, the only clean 

 place in the carriage ! Bob has been rubbing 

 up the crest to make us notice it." 



" To be sure," said the Scholar : " is not 

 he a Johnstone, and good reason to be proud 

 of it ? — as good a gentleman as the King, 

 only not so rich." 



" Do you mean to spend this day in chat- 

 tering, gentlemen, or are we to catch trout ?" 

 broke in the Parson, who had hitherto been 

 patient enough, for his line had kinked into 

 a tangle while drying, from which he had 

 had some difficulty in disengaging it. 



Bob's winged spur might well have been 

 the sign of his car, instead of the cognisance 

 of his family, for, having received his freight, 

 and no light one either — namely, the Squire, 



