Tales of Dunlichity - The Stories of Willie MacQueen Copyright © 1997, William MacQueen, Charles F. Larimer To see pictures of Willie MacQueen visit my web site at http://pages.prodigy.net/clarimer/ The Pig Now, this is another true story - when they were building the railway at Tomatin, and they were building the viaduct across the Findhorn River at Tomatin... That would be back about 1890... Now, there were a big lot of navvies (workmen) because everything had to be done by hand in those days. There were no machines for doing anything. But, they had to fend for themselves you see in the camp. There were boys going to school and one of them was Donnie Noble as we called him. I remember the man quite well. He was told by his mother who was a bit of a miser, to go to the camp and ask the men if they would buy a pig for their use. The price of it was told. So, they agreed they would take the pig - it wasn't an old pig. But, the week went past and there was no word of the pig. And, I think nearly another week went past... So, they went and watched for the boy who was going to school one of the days. And, they went after him and they asked him, "What about the pig that your mother was going to sell to us?" "Oh," said the boy, "the pig got better!!" ========= (This story was even more fun for me because I have a second cousin named Donnie Noble. cfl) Charlie Fraser Larimer clarimer@prodigy.net