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Ye're ondootiful, ye're disrespectfu', ye're maist ilka thing ye shouldna be; there's but ae thing I thocht ye were not a coward. And as to that, ye've no the pluck to say ye're sorry when, God knows, ye might be. I canna thrash ye this day. But ye shall gae nae mair to school. I send ye there to learn.
There was a terriple atramush amon' the laddies when the can'le was blawn oot, an' syne Sandy strak a spunk an' lichtit his lantern, an', efter a fell lot o' fykin', he got her into order. Sandy gae a keckle o' a host, an' syne he says, "Now, boys an' girls an' people, the first picture I'm genna show you is Danyil in the den o' lions. There he is sae!" an' he shot in the picture.
"Aye, it's bonny eneuch, Glenfernie. Are ye for kirk?" "Maybe so, maybe not. I take much of my kirk out of doors. Moors make grand kirks. That has a sound, has it not, of heathenish brass cymbals?" "It hae." "All the same, I honor every kirk that stands sincere." "Wasna your father sincere? Why gae ye not in his steps?" "Maybe I do.... Yes, he was sincere. I trust that I am so, too. I would be."
Shargar took the string from the bag. 'Sic a sicht o' twine! What paid ye for 't? 'A shillin'. 'Whaur got ye the shillin'? 'Mr. Lammie gae 't to Robert. 'I winna hae ye tak siller frae naebody. It's ill mainners. Hae! said the old lady, putting her hand in her pocket, and taking out a shilling. 'Hae, she said. 'Gie Mr.
The train gae a shoag juist at that meenit, an' he gaed doit ower on the tap o' Sandy, and brocht a tin box doish doon on his heid. He got a gey tnap, I can tell you.
At length, however, she departed, grumbling between her teeth, that 'she wad rather lock up a haill ward than be fiking about thae niff-naffy gentles that gae sae muckle fash wi' their fancies.
Ye canna expeck a magic lantern to do what ye canna do yersel'. It'll be a bad job for the Bailie, I can tell you, when fowk begin to mak' him oot. The next picture is Cooncillor Spinaway." "Ay, I'll go doon the yaird an' hae a reek," says Bandy, gettin up frae his seat, an' settin' a' the loons a-lauchin'. "Ye needna gae awa' i' the noo," says Dauvid. "Wait till you see the rest o' the pictures."
"And div ye think," rejoined the virago, setting her arms akimbo, "that my man and my sons are to gae to the sea in weather like yestreen and the day sic a sea as it's yet outby and get naething for their fish, and be misca'd into the bargain, Monkbarns? It's no fish ye're buying it's men's lives."
An' so the Laird behoved either to gae back o' his word, or wager twa hunder merks; and sa he e'en tock the wager, rather than be shamed wi' the like o' them. And now he's like to get it to pay, and I'm thinking that's what makes him sae swear to come hame at e'en." "Indeed," said Lord Menteith, "from my idea of your family plate, Donald, your master is certain to lose such a wager."
'And what said he to ye? 'He said was the deevil at my lug, that I did naething but caw my han's to bits upo' my shoothers. 'And what said ye to that? 'Weel dune, Shargar! What said he to that? 'He leuch, and speirt gin I wad list, and gae me a shillin'. 'Ye didna tak it, Shargar? asked Robert in some alarm. 'Ay did I. Catch me no taking a shillin'! 'But they'll haud ye till 't. 'Na, na.
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