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"Oh the broom, and the bonny yellow broom, The broom o' the Cowden-knowes. "Hech, but she wud lilt that bonnily! "Did ye ever gang listering saumons by nicht? Ou, but it's braw sport, wi' the scars an' the birks a' glowering out blude-red i' the torchlight, and the bonnie hizzies skelping an' skirling on the bank

When she entered upon this engagement, which was to last for a year, she was spoken of as "a weel reikit lass" the meaning of which phrase is, that she had already provided what was considered a woman's part of the furnishing of a house; and some of the sober matrons "wondered what had come owre a' the lads noo," and said, "they were sure Nelly Kilgour wad mak a better wife than ony o' thae young glaikit hizzies wha carried a' their reikin to the kirk on their back ilka Sabbath."

There's no a hair on ayther o' the Weirs that hasna mair spunk and dirdum to it than what he has in his hale dwaibly body! Settin' up his snash to me! Let him gang to the black toon where he's mebbe wantit birling in a curricle wi' pimatum on his heid making a mess o' himsel' wi' nesty hizzies a fair disgrace!"

Say straucht oot 'at thae coorse jawds that hing aboot i' the gloamin' hae gotten a grip o' the bonnie lad. Eh! but he'll fair ill; and the Lord hae mercy upo' him and nane upo' them!" "Hoot! hoot! lass; dinna speik wi' sic a venom. Ye ken wha says Vengeance is mine?" "Ay, ay, weel eneuch. And I houp He'll tak's ain upo' sic brazen hizzies.

But at least I can, and shall, go over every single pot as soon as I set foot within the hoose. Then, if I find anything wrang, Guid peety the idle hizzies!" In half an hour Miss Aline was speeding westward by the side of the Princess, Patsy in great delight sitting opposite to them with her back to the horses.

There's no a hair on ayther o' the Weirs that hasna mair spunk and dirdum to it than what he has in his hale dwaibly body! Settin' up his snash to me! Let him gang to the black toon where he's mebbe wantit birling on a curricle wi' pimatum on his heid making a mess o' himsel' wi' nesty hizzies a fair disgrace!"

'A set o' hizzies, growled the amiable Archie to himself, 'prancin' alang wi' their gew-gaws an' fine claes, like war horses the daughters o' Zion that walk wi' mincin' steps an' tinklin' ornaments. 'How do you do? said Vandeloup, touching the broadcloth shoulder; upon which McIntosh turned. 'Lord save us! he ejaculated, grimly, 'it's yon French body. An' hoo's a' wi' ye, laddie?

'You haven't told me where to find the girl, or what you want me to do with her. 'I'll fin' oot whaur she bides, he said, moving again towards the door. 'But what am I to do with her, Robert? 'That's your pairt. Ye maun fin' oot what to do wi' her. I canna tell ye that. But gin I was you, I wad gie her a kiss to begin wi'. She's nane o' yer brazen-faced hizzies, yon.

"I am Miss Carnegie, of Tochty Lodge; will you stand out of my way?" and Kate swept past Barbara and went upstairs. "Weel, a' declare," as soon as she had recovered, "of a' the impudent hizzies"; but Barbara did not say this in Kate's hearing. Kate had seen various curious hospitals in her day, and had nursed many sick men like the brave girl she was but the Rabbi's room was something quite new.

The old woman settled her spectacles on her nose, and looked up, taking a deliberate survey of the newcomer, as she said: "Hech! the quean is unco foine; they be braw claes to come to prison in. Eh, Cuddie, I wad suner hae any ither than ane o' these hizzies brocht in." "But, mither, the word is that she maun be made comfortable," said Cuddie.