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"The laddies like to have the place to themselves, and I don't encourage others about; but if you can do with good men who have somewhat passed their prime, but are still capable of service and handy with their arms, I know just the men that will suit you.
He was to pay me weel for that, and it seemed no more than fair that he should ha' the valuable words of Harry Lauder to himself, since he was willing to pay for them. But did it mak' a wee bit of difference tae those laddies that I had nought to say to them? That it did not! I bade them all farewell at my hotel.
'Awa' to Finnick, says I. 'D'ye think we take our orders from dirty ne'er-do-weels like you? 'By God, says they, 'we'll cut your lights out, and then the battle started." "What happened? Dickson asked excitedly. "They were four muckle men against six laddies, and they thought they had an easy job! Little they kenned the Gorbals Die-Hards!
As the reader uttered the words "was lost and is found" and ceased, each turned to the other with a whisper. Mrs Mair persisted in hers; and the other, which was odd enough, yielded and listened. "Wad the tale haud wi' lassies as weel 's laddies, Mistress Findlay, div ye think?" said Mrs Mair. "Ow, surely!" was the response; "it maun du that. There no respec' o' persons wi' him.
They're fine laddies as laddies go; but for mischief, they're juist born deevils." There is a foolish streak in every man, and the Bailie went on to his doom.
The audacity of four 'wastrel laddies' setting up to be fishermen on their own account had at first amused the neighbours; but their success and their conduct generally, soon raised them above ridicule; and the women especially were warm in their commendation. They saw how Rob gradually improved the appearance of his brothers and cousin. All of them had boots and stockings now.
He had worked hard for them, and gained and well earned much fame by the way he struggled with the matter of getting the right sort of pensions for the laddies who were offering their lives. The other distinguished companion I was to have was an old and good friend of mine, the Reverend George Adam, then a secretary to the Minister of Munitions.
It was well for folk to laugh, and to get their minds off the horror of war for a little time. Well I knew! Aye, and I believed that I was doing good, some good at least, and giving cheer to some puir laddies who needed it sorely. But weel, it was no what I wanted to be doing when my country was fighting for her life!
Of course, Mrs Constable brought her strange laddies with her, as well as her own dear boys, and many and gay were the songs they sang and the games they played. Two of the songs they sang were the following, from the beloved lips of Robert Burns: Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; Ae fareweel, and then for ever! Deep in heart-wrung tears I 'll pledge thee, Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.
"It's no the heat, man," as the amazed collector helped the magistrate on to the platform, "it's family trouble. Are ye connected with the Black Bull? Well, at any rate, ye seem a well-behaved young man, and these are twa fine laddies."
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