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Title: The Life of Mansie Wauch
tailor in Dalkeith

Author: D. M. Moir

Release Date: December 5, 2007 [eBook #23739]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)

***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LIFE OF MANSIE WAUCH***

Transcribed from the 1911 T. N. Foulis edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf.org

[Picture: One of the Duke's huntsmen]

THE LIFE OF
MANSIE WAUCH
TAILOR IN DALKEITH WRITTEN
BY HIMSELF AND EDITED BY
D. M. MOIR
ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR BY
CHARLES MARTIN HARDIE, R.S.A.

T.N.FOULIS
London & Edinburgh
1 9 1 1

_October_ 1911

_Turnbull & Spears_, _Printers_, _Edinburgh_

TO
JOHN GALT, ESQ.,
AUTHOR OF "ANNALS OF THE PARISH," "THE PROVOST,"
"AYRSHIRE LEGATEES," ETC.

THE FOLLOWING SKETCHES,

PRINCIPALLY OF HUMBLE SCOTTISH CHARACTER,

ARE DEDICATED,

BY HIS SINCERE FRIEND AND ADMIRER,

THE EDITOR.

[Picture: Mansie's shop door]

PRELIMINARIES TO THIS VOLUME

Having, within myself, made observation of late years, that all notable
characters, whatsoever line of life they may have pursued, and to
whatever business they might belong, have made a trade of committing to
paper all the surprising occurrences and remarkable events that chanced
to happen to them in the course of Providence, during their journey
through life--that such as come after them might take warning and be
benefited--I have found it incumbent on me, following a right example, to
do the same thing; and have set down, in black and white, a good few
uncos, that I should reckon will not soon be forgotten, provided they
make as deep an impression on the world as they have done on me. To this
de