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He climbed back to his seat under the wagon umbrella, and, as he started his team again with great cracks of his long whip, turned to the painters still at work upon the sign and declared with some defiance: "Sieben yahr; yais, sir, seiben yahr I hef been on dis rench. Git oop, you mule you, hoop!" Meanwhile Presley had turned into the Lower Road. He was now on Derrick's land, division No.
"He would be a Dunniewassal, and proud it iss I am to see you in my house; and the Gaelic, will you hef some words?" "Just the sound of it, Mrs. Macpherson," and he repeated his three sentences, all that he had learned of his mother, who had become a Scotswoman in her speech.
"Bickoss us here," he answered, interlocking the tips of his fingers over his waistcoat, that being as near folding his hands as lay within his power, "bickoss us here shall try to fix it so, und so hef ditcided." Joe took a deep breath. "Why do you want me?" "Dot," replied the brewer, "iss someding I shall tell you." He paused to contemplate his cigar.
He rose to his feet, standing straight and quiet, facing the table, upon which, it chanced, there lay a copy of the Tocsin. "Und yet," observed Mr. Farbach, with mildness, "we got some pooty risbecdable men right here." "Except me," broke in Mr. Sheehan, grimly, "you have." "Have you thought of this?" Joe leaned forward and touched the paper upon the table. "We hef," replied Mr. Farbach.
"They say it is an easy death, Donald." "They neffer tried it that said that," said the old fisherman gloomily. "It wass one day the son of my sister wass coming over from Saltcoats But I hef no wish to speak of it; and that wass but one among ferry many that I have known." "How long is it since you were in the Lewis, did you say?" Lavender asked, changing the subject.
"But each hymn hass got its own tune, father, and you will not know the way that it goes, and the doctor will not be wishing me to sing." "You are a good girl, Flora, but you are not so clever as your father, oh no, for I hef been trying that hime on the hill, and it will sing beautiful to a Psalm tune. You will lie still and hear." Then Lachlan lifted up his voice in "French,"
My father and the innkeeper and D'ri and I sat awhile, smoking, in the warm glow of the bonfire. "You 're a long-headed man," said I, turning to my comrade. "Kind o' thought they'd be trouble," said D'ri. "So I tuk 'n ast yer father t' come over hossback with hef a dozen good men. They got three more et the tavern here, an' lay off 'n thet air bateau, waitin' fer the moosecall.
It did not seem a minute since we had fallen asleep, when we were awakened by some one entering our room, and by a voice which said, 'I hef come tu pack yew. It was the bath-man, William, to whose charge we had been given, and whom we soon came to like exceedingly; a most good-tempered, active, and attentive little German. We were very sleepy, and inquired as to the hour; it was five a.m.
"It has been the happiest month of my life I know that," he said to Mackenzie as they stood together on the quay at Stornoway. "And I hope you will hef many like it in the Lewis," said the old man cheerfully. "I think I should soon learn to become a Highlander up here," said Lavender, "if Sheila would only teach me the Gaelic." "The Gaelic!" cried Mackenzie impatiently. "The Gaelic!
"And do you call that a good head to get stuffed Roderick?" the young man asked, still gazing on his splendid prize. "Aw, well, I hef seen better heads, and I hef seen worse heads," the keeper said, evasively. "But the velvet is off the horns whatever."
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