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I had a cauld sweat on my broo, and my hairt was beatin' twice tae ilka tick o' the clock, and what feared me most of a' was that the dust frae the curtains and things was aye gettin' doon intae my lungs, and it was a' I could dae tae keep mysel' frae coughin'. Godsakes! I wonder my hair wasna grey wi' a' that I went through. I wouldna dae it again to be made Lord Provost o' Glasgie.
'Are ye there, dearie? called a familiar female voice. 'Holy Moses! she whispered. 'It's Miss Tod, hame three days afore her time. 'Oh, criffens! gasped Macgregor. 'What'll I dae? 'Ye can either hide in the coal bunker, or bide whaur ye are like a sojer. She'll no devour ye. Christina then ran out to receive her employer, which she did without embarrassment.
'If you an' me was gaun oor lane to restewrant, I wud tak' ye on; but 'Aw, ye mean it wudna be the thing a tea pairty? 'Hardly. 'Weel, weel, said Willie, with sorry resignation, 'honest money's ill to earn. It wud ha'e been a snip for me. Ha'e ye a match? 'Having lit up: 'Tell us what else I maunna dae at the pairty. Macgregor scratched his head.
His ordinary commendation was, "It's no that bad"; and his superlative was expressed in the daring concession, "Aye, it'll maybe dae, it micht be waur." So he followed the colonel about with disparaging comments that drove Coley to the verge of madness. When they came to the engine room, which was Urquhart's pride, the climax was reached.
Awa' wi ye, laddies, and dae something. Awa' you too, Dickson, or I'll tak' the road mysel'." "I've got orders," said the Chief of Staff, "no' to move till the sityation's clear. Napoleon's up at the Tower and Jaikie's in the policies. I maun wait on their reports." For a moment Mrs. Morran's attention was distracted by Dickson, who suddenly felt very faint and sat down heavily on a kitchen chair.
One of the men went with it, but the other got his legs caught between the ropes and the tree and managed to hang on. The poor beggar was helpless with fright; and he squealed great heavens! how he did squeal!" "And what did ye dae?" asked a breathless audience. "I went down after him. I had to, for I was his master, and besides, I was a bit of an athlete then.
"Afeart!" repeated the dying man, "afeart to meet ma Lord. Why should I be feart to meet a Man that died for me?" I inwardly blessed him for the great reply and engaged its unanswerable argument for my next Sabbath's sermon. No man dieth unto himself. "Wull ye dae something for me?" said Archie, suddenly. "Wull ye write to a man I kent lang syne?" "Certainly," said I. "Who is the man, Archie?"
I snarled; "wha'gar ye mak' sic' a splore? Hoo daur ye tak' on ye till misca' a body sae sair's ye dae, ye bletherin' coof? Hae ye gat oot the wrang side yir bed the morn?-ir d'ye tak' me fir a rief-randy? ir wha' the de'il fashes ye the noo? Ye ken, A was compit doon ayont the boondary, an' A thocht A wad dauner owre an' hae a wee bit crack wi' ye the nicht.
When a rapping-storm was at its height in Wisconsin, one of our neighbors, an old Scotchman, remarked, "Thay puir silly medium-bodies may gang to the deil wi' their rappin' speerits, for they dae nae gude, and I think the deil's their fayther."
'Never a word but her look was different. But whatever stupid thing the laddie may ha'e done, his heart's set on Christina. It wud break his heart if 'This is bad, said John, all dismayed. 'I didna think it wud be that serious. But I'll tell ye what I'll dae, Lizzie. I'll gang the morn and see Christina an' tell her 'What'll ye tell her? 'Dear knows! What wud ye say yersel'?
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