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A man or woman is a fool to care that way about any mere dog. "But Lad isn't a 'mere' dog," contradicted the Mistress, stooping to pet the collie's classic head as it lay across her foot. "He's he's Laddie." The sound of his name pierced the sleep mists and brought the dog to wakefulness. He raised his head inquiringly toward the Mistress, and his plumed tail began to thump the floor.
To gain time he put on his hat and coat, picked Bobby up, and opened the door. The thought occurred to him to try the gate at the upper end of the kirkyard or, that failing, to get into Heriot's Hospital grounds and put Bobby over the wall. As he opened the door, however, he heard Geordie Ross's whistle around the bend in Forest Road. "Hey, laddie!" he called. "Come awa' in a meenit."
"Now we'll go out and have some fun!" cried Russ, as they left the table. "Shall we make a snow man first, or a fort?" "A man!" cried Mun Bun. "A fort!" called Laddie. "Wait just a minute, all of you," said Mother Bunker. "I don't want any of you to go out just yet." "Oh!" "Oh, dear!" "Oh, Mother!" "Why?" Thus, one after another, cried some of the six little Bunkers.
When Solomon said that a wise son maketh a glad father he didna reckon on a father being a fule. Ye'll say yer farewells to Auld Hornie, laddie, and then we'll gang awa' to London and leave Solomon's Seal i' the wilderness." And that was how the little wild cave-man of the forest came to be inside a village church, under the font for the christening.
'I'm tell't that he's left a muckle legacy to the Foundlings. What think ye o' that, laddie? 'He might have done worse, I replied, almost angrily, though inwardly I shivered. 'He might have left it to the cadies of the toon for drink.
And are these the only occasions upon which you have heard this mysterious sound, Mrs. M'Gregor?" "No, Master Keppel, they are not. I assure ye something threatens. It wakened me up in the wee sma' hours last night the piping an' I lay awake shaking for long eno'." "How extraordinary. Are you sure your imagination is not playing you tricks?" "Ah, you're no' takin' me seriously, laddie." "Mrs.
Nan took a pretty ribbon; Bert a book he had long wanted; Flossie a piece of silk to make a dress for her doll, and Freddie saw in the toy department a little hose cart which, he said, was just what he wanted to go with his engine. Mr. Whipple gave it to Freddie, who was very much pleased. For his present from his uncle, Laddie picked out a little gun, which shot a cork.
She's a woman, through and through, if ever thar was one." "She is," ejaculated Keith, looking meditatively at the stove. "But come, laddie," said Pete, suddenly rising to his feet, "it's time ye was in bed. Ye'll need a good rest afore the b'ys come to church." "What! a service?" asked Keith eagerly. "Will the men come? And do you think they will care for it?"
"Miss Hilton is housekeeper while Mamma is away," Prudence answered, "and she hasn't much time for lessons. Laddie is dead. He was poisoned. We couldn't bear to have another dog. Papa doesn't like exams. He likes us to be out all the time and not to stoop over books. He says we can 'find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything'."
Aunt Priscilla took her nephew in her arms, and, kissing the lips that were yet sweet and pure, said, "If I have neglected you, Johnny, I am sorry; and after this I am going to spend considerable time being good to my precious laddie." Johnny slipped an arm around Aunt Priscilla's neck. "That is just what I want," he said, happily. "I hope this will teach you a lesson, Albert," said Mrs.
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