CHAPTER IV. 
RUNS AWAY FROM HOME. 
Art last Edward determined to run away from home, and 
from Charlie Begg’s cruelty, and to visit his wonderful un- 
cle at the Kettle. The village is situated nearly in the cen- 
tre of the county of Fife, about a hundred miles from Ab- 
erdeen. Edward did not know a step of the road, but he 
would try and do his best to reach the far-off place. 
The first thing that he wanted was money. All his earn- 
ings had gone into the family purse, and were used for fam- 
ily expenses. One day, when his mother had gone out, 
leaving Edward to rock the cradle, he went to look at the 
money-box, and found only a solitary sixpence in it. He 
wanted sevenpence in all—that is, a penny to get across 
Montrose Bridge, and sixpence to cross the Tay at Dundee. 
He took the sixpence from the box, and fancied that he 
might be able to raise another penny by selling his knife. 
He took two quartern loaves of bread, put some oatmeal 
into a parcel, and, bundling his things together, and giving 
the cradle a final and heavy rock, he left the house, and 
got away unseen. 
He ran up Deeside until he came to.a high bank, near 
where the Allanvale cemetery now stands. He went in 
among the bushes, took off his working duds, and put his 
Sunday clothes on; then, tying the former in a bundle, he 
dug a hole among the sand and shingle, and thrust them in, 
stamping upon them to press them down. He covered up 
the whole with grass, leaves, and shingle. Putting his stock- 
ings and shoes together, and swinging them over his shoul- 
