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The East Enders had gi'en me a fairly terrific reception that evening, and when it was time for me to be off to the Pavilion for my next turn they were so crowded round the stage door that I had to ficht ma way to ma brougham. It was a close call for me, onyway, that nicht, and I was far frae pleased when a young man clutched me by the hand. "Let me get off, my lad!" I cried, sharply.
I surprised him, ye ken, by putting up a fight likes he'd never known mortal man to do so much before! Next time, he'd not be surprised, and brave though a man may be, he canna ficht with one so much bigger and stronger than himself." He made a great tale of it before the day was done. As we waited at the foot of the shaft to be run up in the bucket he was still talking.
Neighbors from far and near would come to the school for that day. "The best fichter," said Willy, "wes callit the King; the second best, the Queen; the third, the Knave. Them as wouldna' ficht we callit 'fougie. Eh, what a day that wes!" But it must not be thought that the duties of the schoolmaster were confined to his school.
But it got sae that it seemed I was being of use to the country, e'en though they'd no let me tak' a gun and ficht masel'. When I was in America first, after the war began, America was still neutral. I was ne'er one o' those who blamed America and President Wilson for that. It was no ma business to do sae. He was set in authority in that country, and the responsibility and the authority were his.
It was a cruel, hard task they had; it was a terrible ficht they had tae make. It's sma' wonder, after such a conflagration, that there's spots i' the world where there's a bit of flame still smouldering. It's for us tae see that they're a' stamped oot, those bits of fire that are still burning. We can do that ourselves no need to ca' the tired firemen oot again. And then there's the hoose itself!
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