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The same event is said to have occurred at Stainmore in England; and Torquermada relates of Mexican thieves that they carry with them the left hand of a woman who has died in her first childbed, before which talisman all bolts yield and all opposition is benumbed. In 1831 "some Irish thieves attempted to commit a robbery on the estate of Mr. Naper, of Loughcrew, county Meath.
'Haud yer tongue, my lord, and dinna bring doon a judgment upo' my hoose, for it wad be missed oot o' Rothieden, 'You're right there, Miss Naper. And here comes the whisky to stop my mouth. The Baron of Rothie sat for a few minutes with his feet on the fender before Miss Letty's blazing fire, without speaking, while he sipped the whisky neat from a wine-glass.
Naebody taks ye to be, answered the chairman. 'Meggie, there's naebody's had ower muckle yet, and twa or three o' 's hasna had freely eneuch. Jist gang an' fess a mutchkin mair. An' there'll be a shillin' to yersel', lass. Meg retired, but straightway returned. 'Miss Naper says there's no a drap mair drink to be had i' this hoose the nicht.
These curves disappeared, of course, when he smiled, and his smile, being a lord's, was generally pronounced irresistible. He was good-natured, and nowise inclined to stand upon his rank, so long as he had his own way. 'Any customers by the mail to-night, Miss Naper? he asked, in a careless tone. 'Naebody partic'lar, my lord.
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What's vexed ye? asked Miss Napier, with a twinkle in her eyes, for she thought, from the baron's mortification, he must have received some rebuff, and now that the bonnie leddy was safe at Captain Forsyth's, enjoyed the idea of it. 'Ye keep an ill-tongued hoose, Miss Naper, answered his lordship.
'Lang may yer lordship return sic thanks. 'For I'm only new begun, ye think, Miss Naper. Well, I don't often trouble heaven with my affairs. By Jove! I ought to be heard when I do. 'Nae doobt ye will, my lord, whan ye seek onything that's fit to be gien ye. 'True. Heaven's gifts are seldom much worth the asking.
Can ye tell me, Miss Naper? asked Robert. 'Whan said he that, Robert? 'Jist as I cam in. Miss Napier rang the bell. Another maid appeared. 'Sen' Meg here direckly. Meg came, her eyes full of interrogation. 'Dinna gie Lumley a drap. Set him up to insult a young gentleman at my door-cheek! He s' no hae a drap here the nicht. He 's had ower muckle, Meg, already, an' ye oucht to hae seen that.
And both mistress and maid laughed the moment they parted company. 'Wha's this 'at's come the nicht, Miss Naper, 'at they're sae ta'en wi'? asked Robert. 'Atweel, I dinna ken yet. It's a mercy the baron's no at hame. I wad hae to lock her up wi' the forks and spunes. 'What for that? asked Robert. But Miss Napier vouchsafed no further explanation.
But gin lords an' lords' sons will walk afit like ither fowk, wha's to ken them frae ither fowk? 'Well, Miss Naper, he was no lord at all. He was nothing but a factor-body doon frae Glenbucket. 'There was sma' hairm dune than, my lord. I'm glaid to hear 't. But what'll yer lordship hae to yer supper? 'Noo, think o' that! returned the landlady, laughing.
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