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It's no for the worms, sir, said the herd, They comena for yer sang. Think ye sae, sir? answered the bird, Maybe ye're no i' the wrang. But aye &c. Sing ye yoong sorrow to beguile Or to gie auld fear the flegs? Na, quo' the mavis; it's but to wile My wee things oot o' her eggs. An' aye &c. The mistress is plenty for that same gear, Though ye sangna ear' nor late.
Deed, Matthew, if there comena a change among them, an' that sune, they'll swamp the puir kirk a' thegither. The cauld morality that never made ony ane mair moral, taks nae hand o' the people; an' patronage, as meikle's they roose it, winna keep up either kirk or manse o' itsel. Sorry I am, sin' Robert has entered on the quarrel at a', it suld hae been on the wrang side."
He caught up his hat, and with a flushed face went straight to the soutar where he sat at work. "I have come to ask you, Mr. MacLear, if you will give me your daughter to be my wife!" he said. "Ow, sae that's it!" returned the soutar, without raising his eyes. "You have no objection, I hope?" continued the minister, finding him silent. "What says she hersel? Ye comena to me first, I reckon!"
Gien there be twa or three prayin thegither, ilk ane o' the three has jist what he's able to receive, and he kens 't in himsel as licht; and the fourth may hae nane. Gien it comena to ilk ane o' them, it comesna to a'. Ilk ane maun hae the revelation intil his ain sel', as gien there wasna ane mair.
"Eh, soutar, but ye ir a man by Providence sair oppressed!" she cried. "Wha think ye's been i' the faut here?" The wrath of the soutar sprang up flaming. "Gang oot o' my hoose, ye ill-thouchtit wuman!" he shouted. "Gang oot o' 't this verra meenit and comena intil 't again 'cep it be to beg my pardon and that o' this gude wuman and my bonny lass here! The Lord God bless her frae ill tongues!
Effie! If that puir wandering lamb comena into the sheepfauld in the Shepherd's ain time, it will be an unco wonder, for I wot she has been a child of prayers. Oh, if the puir prodigal wad return, sae blithely as the goodman wad kill the fatted calf! though Brockie's calf will no be fit for killing this three weeks yet."
"Ye comena in wi'oot the leave o' me," he cried, with a vengeful expression. "What's that for?" said Malcolm, who had already interposed his great boot, so that the spring bolt could not reach its catch. "There s' nae lan' loupin' rascals come in here," said Bykes, setting his shoulder to the gate. That instant he went staggering back to the wall of the lodge, with the gate after him.
"Why, I am to take thee to his Reverence, in the first place, to gie an account o' thysell, and to see thou comena to be a burden upon the parish." "I do not wish to burden anyone," replied Jeanie; "I have enough for my own wants, and only wish to get on my journey safely."
"Why, I am to take thee to his Reverence, in the first place, to gie an account o' thysell, and to see thou comena to be a burden upon the parish." "I do not wish to burden anyone," replied Jeanie; "I have enough for my own wants, and only wish to get on my journey safely."
'I maun hae my horse; there's nae co'ch till the morn's mornin. 'Gangna near the place. My father 'ill gie ye the gray mear no an ill are ava! She'll tak ye there in four or five hoors, as ye ride. Only, min' and gie her a pickle corn ance, and meal and watter twise upo' the ro'd. Gien ye seena the animal yere sure 'ill please her, gang further, and comena hame wantin 't. When Mrs.
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