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Joe Lovelady advanced and clapped him on the shoulder with a loud laugh; the others followed, less jubilantly; one or two of them, indeed, felt themselves somewhat aggrieved at Ted's unaccountable demeanour. "Coom," cried Joe, "thou mun explain a bit, Ted, lad. We're gettin' fair moidered wi' this job; how long dost thou mean to keep it up?"
I' th' second, hangin isn't a coomfortable way o' deein. Yo wait till I coom for yo, an when we'st ha got reet away, an can just laugh in her face if she riles us, that'll spite her mich moor nor murderin. The black eyes gleamed uncannily for a moment and the sobbing ceased. But the gleam passed away, and the child sat staring at the moorland distance, seeing nothing.
We supposes as arter the next toime as they has him up in coort they will send him off to York Castle to be tried at the 'sizes." "Yes; I have no doubt he will be committed after his next appearance, Bill; but what is the plan that you and your friend Luke were thinking of?" "Well, we was a-thinking vor twenty or so on us to coom down at noight and break open t' cells.
Landale frowningly looked at his paper, the boy tremblingly repeated: "I mun tell brothers Will an' Rob, that one or t'other mun watchen the light o' nights, to-night, to-morrow night, an' ontil woord coom again. If light go out they mun setten forth in they ketch thot moment, fettled op for a two-three days' sailing. If wind is contrairy like, they mun take sweeps.
While the rest of the party were mopping brows and draining ale-pots in the farmers' public, he was employing himself in aimlessly kicking a stone about one of the streets, when he was accosted by a woman of the shopkeeping class, a decent elderly woman, who had come out for a mouthful of air, with a child dragging after her. 'Yoong mester, yo've coom fro a distance, hannot yo?
"I dare say," Captain Palliser admitted indifferently, and made no further inquiry or remark. He sauntered into the Hibblethwaite cottage, however, late the next afternoon. Tummas was in a bad temper, for reasons quite sufficient for himself, and he regarded him sourly. "What has tha coom for?" he demanded. "I did na ask thee." "Don't be cheeky!" said Captain Palliser.
Then in tones of suppressed excitement, with his hands on James Moore's arm: "And, look'ee, theer's ma Gyp a-beckonin' on us!" There, indeed, on the crest of the rise beside the wood, was the little lurcher, now looking back at his master, now creeping stealthily forward. "Ma word! theer's summat wrong yonder!" cried Jim, and jerked the post-bags off his shoulder. "Coom on, Master!
Garstin, it canna be. Indeed it canna be at all. Ye'd best jest put it right from yer mind, once and for all. 'I'd jest best put it off my mind, had I? Ye talk like a child! he burst out scornfully. 'I intend ye t' coom t' love me, an' I will na tak ye till ye do. I'll jest go on waitin' for ye, an', mark my words, my day 'ull coom at last.
I offers to run in and see if Auntie is back yet, but he won't have it. "Just lead the way, that's all," says he. "Oh, very well," says I. And when Helma, the maid, has used up all her hyphenated English in assurin' us that "Meesus" is still out, I rubs it in by shruggin' my shoulders and glancin' knowin' at him. "Mees Verona, she coom," suggests Helma.
Our visitor did not answer at once. "The Yankee Rebels 'll no help the House of Stuart," said he, presently. "And Hanover's coom to stay. Are ye, too, a Rebel, Alec Ritchie?" I remember wondering why he said RITCHIE. "I'll no take a hand in this fight," answered my father. And that was the end of it. The man left with scant ceremony, I guiding him down the creek to the main trail.
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