CHAPTER XVII.
There was talk that I micht gae to America lang before the time came.
I'd offers--oh, aye! But I was uncertain.

It was a tricky business, tae go sae far frae hame.

A body would be a fool to do sae unless he waur sure and siccar against loss.

All the time I was doing better and better in Britain.

And it seems that American visitors to Britain, tourists and the like, came to hear me often, and carried hame reports--to say nothing of the scouts the American managers always have abroad.
Still, I was verra reluctant tae mak' the journey.