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If I were my ordinar' I wad hae't in the byre, though I had to kindle Ninemileburn ower Wat's heid." She turned miserably on her pillow and the babe beside her set up a feeble crying. Sim busied himself with re-lighting the peat fire. He knew too well that he would never see the milk-cow till he took with him the price of his debt or gave a bond on harvested crops.
"Row away, my lads," said the Spaniard, who seemed to have only one object in life, and that the re-lighting of cigarettes. "Ay, ay, sir!" cried the men, and they dipped their oars again.
"In that case draw on the other side of the house. There's plenty there," he answered shortly, re-lighting his pipe, which had gone out in mid-blast. The reply seemed to fan up her wrath anew, and she started in to talk at him again.
"There's letters there with my name and address on 'em," he said. "It's all fair, square, and above-board. When you've cast your eyes over them I'll give you the writing." Mr. Travers took them and, re-lighting his pipe, smoked in silence, with various side glances at his companion as that enthusiast sucked his pencil and sat twisting in the agonies of composition.
She spoke in her natural voice, but all the lilt and confidence were as if drained out of it. Someone perhaps it was Donnington, who had got up began re-lighting the candles. No one spoke for what seemed a long time. And then, to the infinite relief of Varick and Miss Farrow, the door opened, and the butler appeared, followed by the footmen. They were bringing in various kinds of drinks.
"It's only an owld mocassin," said Larry, plucking the object from the snow as he spoke; "some Injun lad has throw'd it away for useless." "Hand it here," said Robin, re-lighting his pipe, which had gone out. Larry tossed the mocassin to his leader, who eyed it carelessly for a moment. Suddenly he started, and, turning the mocassin over, examined it with close and earnest attention.
Subsequently, however, my aunt and I referred to the matter, when she, taking advantage of my uncle's sound slumbers, he having retired to rest before her, went out again and, re-lighting the stable lantern, removed the covering from the lid of the great trunk, and raising it, perceived that it contained many valuable articles of silver and dress; but all evidently old, and huddled together in a manner the most confused.
"Pr'aps not," replied Ned, re-lighting his pipe, and puffing between sentences, "but a man may be in a business quite to his mind and have a good-looking wife, and a babby, and health to boot, without bein' exactly safe from an attack of the blues now and then, d'ye see? `It ain't all gold that glitters. You've heard o' that proverb, no doubt?" "Well, yes," replied Clazie. "Ah.
"See, it's this way with me," he continued, rising from his knees and re-lighting his pipe "las' time I seen my pore mother widow-woman, she was, for my ole man he 'd shipped bo'sun o' the Raglan, las' time she weighed 'Jack, says the ole woman to me, an' the tears rollin' down her face it'lI be goin' on five year ago now 'Jack, says she; 'promise me you'll always make a bit of a prayer before turnin'-in; for the Lord says anybody that 's ashamed o' Him, He'll be ashamed o' him at the day o' judgment. Awful ain't it?
"A polar bear!" cried Edith, in surprise. "Ay; a polar bear and her cub settled the question for us, as you shall hear presently," replied Frank. "But first hand me papa's tobacco-pouch, please, as my pipe is exhausted. "There, now," continued Frank, re-lighting his pipe, and throwing a fresh log on the fire, "that's comfortable.
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