Excerpt from Sketches of Life Among My Ain FolkOn the night of which indication has been given, the sawyer had taken refreshment at the Public and he acted, as was his wont, in the circumstances. AS being his first experience of the sawyer in this phase of him, a perfect tumult of feelings was naturally enough aroused in Willie Fraser's breast; nor was it allayed when he found the uproar going on with little or no abatement for long after the sawyer had entered his own domicile. In his indignation at periodically recurring yells of a very intolerable loudness, he had oftener than once started to his feet, determined to go and either quell, or take summary vengeance on the obstreperous savage but was firmly, if gently, re strained by his young wife.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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