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"I would say, sirr, that the place was west of the mansion-hoose." "There's a good deal of land west of that mansion-house, you know," expostulates the Captain gently; "but we are getting on. Thompson?" "I would say, sir," replies Thompson, puckering his brow, "that it was in ablow they trees." "It would be hard to indicate the exact trees you meant. Trees are too common. You try, Corporal King."
It couldna blaw the ash aff a ceegarette. I'm rael sorry 'I would like to inspect the apartments you live in. Pray conduct me 'Some o' the chaps is cleanin' theirsel's. If ye like, I'll tell them to hurry up or get ablow the blankets. 'Certainly not! said Mrs. Purdie with decision. 'Is there no tea-room adjacent? 'Jist the canteen.
The wind whistled blithely round the corners of the goodly cornstacks to the rear of the barton, and piped shrilly through their eaves; the monthly roses, still ablow, swung hither and thither in the fresh blast, strewing the cobblestones with their delicate petals.
Of what use were the gift of gods, The buoyant sweetness of a virgin state, The blossomy delight of youth Ablow with promise of fruit consummate; What use the affluence of song And marvel of delicious motion meet To grace the very revelings of Fawn, Could she not lay them at another's feet? "I am a king's daughter!"
Until two months ago more than half the platoon had never been out of sight of at least half a dozen. "See the kirk, in ablow the brae!" says some one else, in a pleased voice. "It has a nock in the steeple."
Nae hittin' ablow the belt. By this time Macgregor was beginning to feel amused. The sight of Willie and himself in the big gloves tickled him. 'Come on, Wullie, he called cheerfully. 'Am I a leear? Willie demanded. 'Ye are! but ye canna help it. 'I can if I like! yelled Willie, losing his head. 'Tak' that!
Between them was a bed ablow with the starry spikes of June lilies. Their penetrating, haunting fragrance distilled on the dewy air in every soft puff of wind. Along the fence rosebushes grew, but it was as yet too early in the season for roses. Beyond was the orchard proper, three long rows of trees with green avenues between, each tree standing in a wonderful blow of pink and white.
When I looked to one corner o' the room, they were there; and when I looked to another corner, they were there too glowering at me; glowering at me in the darkness; glowering at me. Ye mind what a glower he had! I hid from them ablow the claes; but they followed me they were burning in my brain. So I gaed oot and stood by a lamp-post for company.
She even took to telling the neighbors sometimes, when they came on those visits that "working folk should a' hae coal-houses, for coal kept ablow the beds makes an awfu' mess o' the ticks." "Oh, weel," would be the reply, made with the usual sigh of resignation, "I hae had a house a gey lang while now, an' I dinna think I've ever wanted ony sic newfangled things as that."
She was ever a care-free, undisciplined creature, snapping her shapely fingers at bad weather, and riding for preference without a saddle as hoydenish a girl as one could encounter on a day's march. Her auburn ringlets ablow in the autumn wind, her cheeks whipped to a flush by the breeze's caress, and her eyes sparkling and brimful of tomboyish mischief and roguery!
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