Excerpt from Johnny Pryde<br><br>I first seen the light in Glasgow, though I canna mind whether it was gas or electric (joke), and I was gey juvenile - about a é - when I was brought to Kirkside. The Kirkside folk calls it a toon, I suppose because it's got a Pictur' Hoose. It's a potty wee place, but said to be healthy for folk that agrees wi' damp.<br><br>I ha'e O to say against ma aunt, excep' that she has a bad ~temper, and doesna ken what fun is. She used to lether me a lot, but noo I'm ower big for that. I could knock her doon wi' I blow, but only a coward would strike a woman smaller nor hissel'. She brought me up. There was money left for her to do it Wi', so she hasna much to grummle aboot.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.