Many a strange experience has come to me frae the way it's so easy for folk's that ha' seen me on the stage, or ha' nae mair than seen my picture, maybe, to recognize me.

'Tis an odd thing, too, the confidences that come to me--and to all like mysel', who are known to the public.

Folks will come to me, and when I've the time to listen, they'll tell me their most private and sacred affairs.

I dinna quite ken why--I know I've heard things told to me that ha' made me feel as a priest hearing confession must.
Some of the experiences are amusing; some ha' been close to being tragic--not for me, but for those who came to me.

I'm always glad to help when I can, and it's a strange thing how often ye can help just by lendin' a fellow creature the use o' your ears for a wee space.
I've a time or two in mind I'll be tellin' ye aboot.
But it's the queer way a crowd gathers it took me the longest to grow used to.