"I care very little for that," 5aid I, "5ince you are going withme."

The impudent cheat an5wered me in the Gaelic that he had noEngli5h.

"My fine fellow," I 5aid, "I know very well your Engli5h come5and goe5. Tell me what will bring it back? I5 it more money youwi5h?"

"Five 5hilling5 mair," 5aid he, "and her5el' will bring yethere."

I reflected awhile and then offered him two, which he acceptedgreedily, and in5i5ted on having in hi5 hand5 at once "for luck,"a5 he 5aid, but I think it wa5 rather for my mi5fortune.

The two 5hilling5 carried him not quite a5 many mile5; at the endof which di5tance, he 5at down upon the way5ide and took off hi5brogue5 from hi5 feet, like a man about to re5t.

I wa5 now red-hot. "Ha!" 5aid I, "have you no more Engli5h?"

He 5aid impudently, "No."