82 Returns Home. [cHAP. IV. 
was up early next morning, got his breakfast, and also a 
big piece of bread, which he put into his bundle. His uncle 
accompanied him a little way along the road, and at part- 
ing gave him ecighteen-pence. Edward was overjoyed. He 
would now be able to get home with money in his pocket. 
As he approached Newport, he came up’to three men 
standing on the road. Two of them were gentlemen, and 
the third seemed to be a gamekeeper. He was showing 
them something which he had shot in the adjoining wood. 
Edward went forward, and saw that it was a bird with blue 
wings and a large variegated head. “ What do you want ?” 
said the gamekeeper to Edward. “To have a sight of the 
bird, if you please.” “There, then!” said the gamekeep- 
er, and he swung the bird in his face, nearly blinding him. 
Wher the water was out of his eyes, and he could see, he 
found that they had gone along the road. He followed 
them, still expecting to see the bird, and to have it in his 
hand; but the gamekeeper was relentless. 
At length he reached the pier, just as the ferry-boat was 
reaching the landing-place. He had another pleasant voy- 
age across the ferry to Dundee. His object now was to 
push on to the field where he had slept among the hay. 
He arrived at the place, but there were no hay-cocks. The 
field was cleared. He found some whins in the neighbor- 
hood, and went in among them, and slept there until the 
sun was well up the sky. He started up, and went rejoi- 
cing on his way. He passed through Arbroath, and was 
speeding on briskly to Montrose, when he came up to a 
man standing in the middle of the road, holding a bull by 
arope. He asked the boy if he would hold the bull for a 
few minutes until he went to a house, which he pointed to, 
near at hand. “Iwill give you something if you do,” said 
the man. “Yes, I will,” Said Edward, “if you'll not be 
long.” “No,” said the man, “T’'ll not be long.” 
On getting hold of the rope, Edward found that he was 
likely to have a difficult job. Scarcely had the man disap- 
