These were Jericho Boswell, christened, I believe, Jasper,
his daughter Rhona, and James Herne, called on account of his
accomplishments as a penman the Scollard. Although Jasper Boswell and
Panuel Lovell were rival Griengroes, there was no jealousy between
them--indeed, they were excellent friends.
There were many points of similarity between their characters. Each
had risen from comparative poverty to what might be called wealth,
and risen in the same way, that is to say, by straightforward dealing
with the Gorgios, although as regarded Jericho, Rhona was generally
credited with having acted as a great auxiliary in amassing his
wealth. All over the country the farmers and horse-dealers knew that
neither Jasper nor Panuel ever bishoped a gry, or indulged in any
other horse-dealing tricks. Their very simplicity of character had
done what all the crafty tricks of certain compeers of theirs had
failed to do. They were also very much alike in their good-natured
and humorous, way of taking all the ups and downs of life.
A very different kind of Romany was the Scollard--so different,
indeed, that it was hard to think that he was of the same race:
Romany guile incarnate was the Scollard.
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