She Died Last Night

After the battle of Killiecrankie, a wild clansman got as his share of the plunder a watch, an article he had never seen before. Though unacquainted with its use, he listened with great interest and amusement to its ticking. But next morning, by which time the watch had run down, it was silent, and the disappointed owner determined to dispose of it to the first person who was willing to give anything for it. He soon found a customer, to whom he parted with it for the merest trifle. The
purchaser was no sooner away than the Highlander
said to one of his own clansmen, with a chuckle of amusement and triumph, ” He is away with her, and he doesn't know that she died last night.”

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