Excerpt from The Blue and the Gray: And Other Poems and Songs There is a tradition that far back in the early ages of Scotland one of its many little kings had a special farmer friend whose given name was Ham. At one time a rebellion was in his realm, and the king was about to be captured by his en emies; so he made his way to the farm of his friend, Ham, who at the time was piling his hay into hay cocks. Upon being told by the king the state of affairs, Ham hid the king under one of his hay mows; and when the pursuers came, he told them that the king hadbeen there, but had disappeared. They continued their pursuit in the direction they had beenigoing; and when they were fully out of sight, Ham had his friend, the king, to come out from under the hay and take his course in safety. This cunning Trick of Ham. Becoming known, caused him to be called Cunning Ham, and in course of time his family were all called Cunning hams. 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.