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Durnd look on th' grass so mich. Thaa's no need to be ashamed o' showing thi face there's noan so mony at's better lookin' leastways, I've sin noan. Miriam was silent; but as Matt's hand stole gently into hers, and she felt the warm touch of his grasp, her heart leapt, and its pent-up burden found outlet in a sob.

I durnd mean as God's changed; it's me as has changed, durnd yo' see? I never knew or loved Him afore, and I know and love Him naa. That afternoon, when Mr. Penrose called, Amanda's mother told him all her daughter had said, and made known to him as the pastor of the Church the request for readmission and the administration of the sacrament. Mr. Penrose, however, shook his head.

Penrose, when yo've lived here a bit longer. His fo'k and hers hev bin colliers further back nor I can remember; and they noan change trades wi' us. 'But why need he go to work so young? asked the minister. Malachi stopped and gazed in astonishment at the minister, and then said: 'I durnd know as he would ha' worked in th' pit, Mr.

For a little time Matt submitted to the restraint without a murmur. At last, however, his patience failed him, and he said: 'Do yo' never hurry, doctor? 'Sometimes, Matt' 'And when is those times, doctor? 'They're bad times, Matt times of emergency, you know. 'An' durnd yo' think my missis is hevin' a bad time up at th' cottage yonder? I welly think yo' might hurry up a bit, doctor.

Old as her mother was, she knew that mother's innocence, and shrank from the thought that one so pure, so womanly, should hang on those lips so sorely blistered by the breath of sin; and, once more stretching out her arm, she said: 'Durnd touch me, mother durnd! ''Manda, cried the mother, defiantly and grandly, all the passion of maternity rising in her heart, ''Manda, thaa cornd unmother me.

I could ha' liked to ha' deed in th' owd chamber aboon, and left th' haas feet fermost when I left it for good. And the old woman rocked herself in her grief over the dying fire. 'Well, gronmother, wee'n all to dee, and I durnd know as it matters where we dee as long as we're ready. It's where we're baan to live as bothers me, said the hard-headed daughter-in-law.

'Howd on a bit, said Amos, still holding the minister by the lapel of his coat. 'Naa listen to me. If I were yo' I wouldn't go. Th' lass hes made her bed; let her lie on't. Durnd yo' risk yor repetation by makkin' it yasier, or by takkin' ony o' th' thorns aat o' her pillow.

Aw durnd know; but whether thaa's to climb mony or few thaa'll hev strength gien thee, as aw hev. 'Aw wish God's other room wurnd so far off, Gronny nobbud t'other side o' th' wall instead o' th' story aboon. Durnd yo'? 'Nay, lass; they're safer upstairs. Thaa knows He put's 'em aat o' harm's way. 'But aw somehaa think aw could ha' takken care o' little Job a bit longer.

'Do ged on wi' yor tale, Malachi; what does Mr. Penrose want to know abaat lasses o' forty year sin'? He's geddin' one o' his own and that's enough for him, aw'm sure. 'Aw nobbud want him to know that there were bonnie lasses i' aar time as well as i' his that were all, Betty. 'Well, ged on wi' yo', an' durnd be so long abaat it, Malachi. 'One day, Mr.

In a moment reputation and propriety were forgotten in what he felt were the claims of a mother's heart and the sufferings of an erring soul. 'Ay, Mr. Penrose, I'm some fain to see yo', cried the poor woman, as the minister walked up the garden-path. 'Amanda's baan fast, and hoo sez 'at it's all dark. And then, seizing Mr. Penrose's hand, she cried: 'Yo' durnd think hoo's damned, dun yo'?