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'Gien yer father and Kirsty wad but come in to persuaud ye! I'm clean lost wi'oot them! 'For the puir idiot hasna the sense to ken what's wantit o' him! supplemented Steenie, with a laugh almost merry. 'Daur ye, cried his mother indignantly, 'mint at sic a word and my bairn thegither? He's my bonny man! 'Na, mother, na!
Do you think they had any right to do that? Remember the jury had acquitted her." "And has she railly confessed? I am glaid o' that! I only wuss they could get a haud o' Madeline Smith as weel, and persuaud her to confess! Eh, the state o' that puir crater's conscience! It 'maist gars me greit to think o' 't! Gien she wad but confess, houp wad spring to life in her sin-oppressed soul!
The ae thing 'at spites me is, 'at the verra fowk 'at was the first to spread yer ill report, 'ill be the first to wuss ye weel whan the trowth's kent ay, an they 'll persuaud their verra sel's 'at they stuck up for ye like born brithers." "There maun be some jeedgement upo' leein'!"
"Tak tent what ye say, or mint at sayin, to persuaud him: Isy 'ill be upo ye!" said the soutar laughing. " But hearken to me, Mr. Bletherwick, and sayna a word to the minister aboot the bairnie." "Na, na; it'll be best to lat him fin' that oot for himsel. And noo I maun be gaein, for I hae my wallet fu'!" He strode to the door, holding his head high, and with never a word more, went out.
Sen' him to me, and I'll persuaud him. Dauvid, man, ye'll hae to saiddle and ride; the doctor maun gang wi' ye straught to Steenie's hoose. 'Lat me up, said David, making a motion to free himself of the bedclothes. Kirsty went, and got some milk to make it hot. But when she reached the kitchen, Steenie was not there, and the fire, which he had tried to wake up, was all but black.
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