Excerpt from The Life and Adventures of Jack of the Mill, Commonly Called Lord Othmill: Created, for His Eminent Services, Baron Waldeck, and Knight of Kitcottie; A Fireside Story One fellow struck at him with his huge hand, intending to knock his hat off, and asked him, If he'd tempt the devil to show himself? But Sim ducked very nimbly, and the fellow hit his knuckles a hard knock on a post; at which all the rest laughed aloud, and some plucked up spirit to bid the miller's bo go if he dare. Dare 1 said he. W y, what is there to be scared at 'l l dunna believe any such nonsense as ghosts an' things. Gipsies ha bin lodging i' th' owd abbey, and making a light there an' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.