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Whether or no India had need of him, he assuredly had need of her. And it was the very strength of that feeling which had given him pause. But now, at last, he knew beyond cavil that, for all his mind or was it his conscience? might haver and split straws, he had been drawn to Rajputana, as irresistibly as if that vast desert region were the moon and he a wavelet on the tidal shore.

"That's as true as ye hae said it," rejoined Nelly; "fathers and mithers should say little on sic a subject; but as this is a nicht on which a'body haver, ye maun just allow me to haver too: when folk only haver for diversion, it can do little ill.

I was nearer 'im by that time, an' it's an awfu' haver to say 'at he had a face to frichten fowk. It was a rale guid face, but no ava what a body would like to see on a young man. I felt mair like greetin' mysel when I saw his face than drawin' awa frae 'im. "But he wouldna come in.

They were all having tea under the big ash-tree on the lawn one very hot afternoon, when Philip announced a rather important piece of news. "Haver Grange is let," he said. "Is it? Oh, Philip, how do you know? Who told you? Who has taken it, and when are they coming?" asked the others.

Nearly twenty minutes of anxious suspense had succeeded the departure of the officer, when De Courcy again made his appearance at full speed. Julian, it is the General's desire that the men pile their arms on the ground they occupy, and refresh themselves with whatever their haver sacks contain." "How is this, De Courcy."

It is not a very lucky thing to be hearing the cuckoo and you wanting food, and I think this is just a haver of the old folk to be making the young ones rise early on the fine clear mornings; but many's the first bite I ken was taken from below the pillows, and the cuckoo crying like all that.

Tom and Harry instantly got the right kind of inspiration about the matter, and replied, "All right, we're your men! strongest fend off!" but Gloy exclaimed, "I think he must be going off his head," and Bill called out furiously, "Conquer us! come and try, if you dare." "Impudence!" shouted Tom. "Tuts, man, let him haver," said Harry; then to Yaspard, "Well, go on."

I had to put my hands over her eyes to let her know that I had entered the room, and even then she might try to read between my fingers, coming to herself presently, however, to say 'It's a haver of a book. 'Those pirate stories are so uninteresting, I would reply without fear, for she was too engrossed to see through me. 'Do you think you will finish this one?

"This Country has for its permanent uses, timber, free-stone, modicum of milk and haver, serviceable to the generality; and to his Polish Majesty, at present, it is as the very Ark of Noah: priceless at this juncture; being the strongest military country in the world.

If we "haver" discursively about serious, and difficult, and intricate topics, we fail; and we fail if we write on happy, pleasant, and popular topics in an abstruse and intent, and analytic style. We fail, too, if in style we go outside our natural selves.