POOR PUSSY! 189 



Not two years had elapsed when pretty 

 much the same party appeared once more in 

 my uncle's study. 



" What can I do for you now ? " he asked. 

 '' Weel, laird," was the spokesman's answer, 

 ''it's this way. We're just fair eaten up wi' 

 the rabbits." '' The rabbits ? But you've 

 got the remedy in your own hands. Why 

 don't you kill them down .'^ " "We canna. 

 What wi' one that hasna time, and another 

 that doesna ken how, they're eating us up." 

 "Well, what can I do .'^ I've been sparing 

 them, thinking you wanted them ; but I'll 

 have a shoot or two, if you like." " It isna 

 that, but — but, laird, if ye wad be so guid 

 as to send for those men to Leeverpool, 

 and just tak' them into your own hands 

 again." 



This was ultimately done. I need hardly 



