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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILLIE SMITH. If I thocht the world would tak the
least interest in the matter, I wad tell it the where an' the when
o' my birth, in conformity wi' auld use an' wont in the case o'
biographical sketches; but, takin it for granted that the world
cares as little about me as I care about it?an', Gude kens, that's
little aneuch, thanks to the industry o' my faither, that made me
independent o't ?I shall merely say, wi' regard to the particulars
above alluded to, that I was born in a certain thrivin, populous
bit touny in the south, an' that I am, at this present writin,
somewhat aulder than I was yesterday. I dinna choose to be mair
particular on the point, because I dinna see that my age has
onything mair to do wi' my story, than the ages o' witnesses hae
wi' their evidence. Bein born in the usual way, in the usual way
was I christened?(Anglice, baptised); but hereon hangs a tale, or
rather a dizzen o' them. My faither's name was Willie Smith, my
paternal grandfather's name was Willie Smith, I had an uncle whase
name was Willie Smith, an' twa cousins whase names were Willie
Smith; an' it was determined that I should be a Willie Smith too,
in order, I suppose, to mak sure o' perpetuatin that very rare an'
euphonious family name. But, oh, that they had ca'ed me
Nebuchadnezzar, or Fynmackowl, or Chrononhotionthologos, or ony
name in the sma'est degree distinctive, an' no that confounded ane,
that seems to me to belang to every third man I meet. It wad hae
saved me a world o' misery, an' disappointment, an' suffering o' a'
sorts. It's just incredible the mischief that simple circumstance
has wrought me?I mean, the ca'in me Willie Smith. It may appear, I
dare say, a harmless aneuch thing to you, guid reader, but, my
feth, ca' ye yersel Willie Smith just for ae twel...
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