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She therefore at least I thocht sae kent perfectly weel how the laun lay; an' if I didna mak a guid use o' the impression I had made in my turn for this I thocht I saw too in sundry little nameless things the faut was my ain, as I didna want such encouragement as a modest and virtuous girl could, under the circumstances, haud oot to a lover.
"Lord haud a care o' us!" exclaimed the astounded maiden. "What's the matter now, Grizel?" "Wad ye but just speak a moment, Monkbarns?" "Speak! what should I speak about? I want to get to my bed and this poor young fellow let a bed be made ready for him instantly." "A bed? The Lord preserve us!" again ejaculated Grizel.
The auld man went down, but Nicol his son Ran awa' afore the fight was begun; And he run, and he run, And afore they were done There was many a Featherston gat sic a stun, As never was seen since the world begun. I canna tell a', I canna tell a', Some got a skelp and some got a claw, But they gar't the Featherstons haud their jaw.
We maun bide our time, an' tak her when she's oot aboot," said the General. "But wha's to ken that? an' hoo are we to gather?" asked Cadger, who seemed both of a practical and a despondent turn of mind. "Noo, jist haud yer tongues, an' hearken to me," said Alec. The excited assembly was instantly silent. "The first thing," began Alec, "is to store plenty o' ammunition." "Ay, ay, General."
When the supper was made a meal of and the horn spoons of the lads still busy, Dan had a word with my uncle, for my aunt was mainly taken up watching each new trick of her bairn these days. "This snaw," says Dan, "will likely haud, and I would like fine to ken if a' these hogs ye hiv wintering over the hill will be getting enough keep.
"I need a new bannet," said Jock; "and I'm gaun owre to Abernethy for ane the morn's nicht but mind, Sandy, ye maunna tell Nell whar I am; and, if she happens to speer, ye can just say that I'm awa down to Auchtermuchty for a pickle snuff." "Aweel, aweel," said the other, "I can haud my tongue. But what need can there be for makin lees aboot it?
The lassie's haverin'! Wha daured to say that I was doonhertit within sicht o' the New Jerusalem? Order yer words better, lassie, or else haud yer tongue." "I beg yer pardon, Tibbie. It was ill-considered. But ye see hooever willin' ye may be to gang, we're nane sae willin' to lat gang the grip o' ye." "Ye'll be a hantle better withoot me, lass. Oh, my heid!
If it were not for the very unnecessary introduction of Apollo as the god to whom "the bard" addresses his wishes, there would be something not unworthy of Burns in the following lines. "For me, I can be weel content To eat my bannock on the bent, And kitchen't wi' fresh air; O' lang-kail I can make a feast And cantily haud up my crest, And laugh at dishes rare.
It appeared, indeed, that there was more of bravado than of serious attempt to do us any injury; for the Lowland gentleman, who, as I mentioned, had stood aside for want of an antagonist when the brawl commenced, was now pleased to act the part of moderator and peacemaker. "Hand your hands! haud your hands! eneugh done! eneugh done! the quarrel's no mortal.
"This is the time when that fool mill-rule goes bump!" The colonel's triumphant tone hinted that he had been waiting for a time like this. His entrance and his voice of authority took all the attention of the other waiters off their own affairs. "Call out Mayor Morrison." "Haud yer havers, ye keckling loon! Whaur's yer een for the tickit gillie?"
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