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Then he said: "I've allus said as how us wanted carts, 'stead of carr'n all our furze and the butter and everything as goes in or out upon they harses and lil' dunkies. And gates ... if us could have a few more gates to the place 'stead of thrawing the hedges up and down all our days.... It'll cost money, but what you do put into the land you get out of the land. Same as weth cows."
"Dinna thraw till I get a grip," cried Andrew, as the stranger had him already lifted from his feet "that's no fair it's no our country way o' thrawing." The request was granted, and only granted, when Andrew measured his length upon the ground, and his dog sprang forward to attack the victor. "Get back, Cæsar!" shouted its master "It was a fair fa', I canna deny it!
Dinna be after ony sic nonsense, or thrawing awa your life on sic an errand." "Wheesht, Janet, hinny wheesht," said he; "dinna be talking havers. Just stand you here there's not the smallest danger I'll be back to ye in ten minutes or a quarter of an hour at the utmost ye may tak my word upon that." "Andrew!" cried she, "are ye out o' yer mind a'thegither or do ye want to put me out o' mine!
"It's thrawing his daughter's life awa," said Saddletree to Butler, "to hear him speak in that daft gate. Where will he ever get a Cameronian advocate? Or wha ever heard of a lawyer's suffering either for ae religion or another? The lassie's life is clean flung awa."
"Ay, but speak him fair, my bonny man speak him fair Hobbie; the like o' him will no bear thrawing. They converse sae muckle wi' thae fractious ghaists and evil spirits, that it clean spoils their temper." "Let me alane to guide him," answered Hobbie; "there's that in my breast this day, that would ower-maister a' the warlocks on earth, and a' the devils in hell."
"It's thrawing his daughter's life awa," said Saddletree to Butler, "to hear him speak in that daft gate. Where will he ever get a Cameronian advocate? Or wha ever heard of a lawyer's suffering either for ae religion or another? The lassie's life is clean flung awa."
Barnsman Nevoy Harry open the door, open the door!" exclaimed old Milnwood, snatching up and slipping into his pocket the two or three silver spoons with which the upper end of the table was garnished, those beneath the salt being of goodly horn. "Speak them fair, sirs Lord love ye, speak them fair they winna bide thrawing we're a' harried we're a' harried!"
Barnsman Nevoy Harry open the door, open the door!" exclaimed old Milnwood, snatching up and slipping into his pocket the two or three silver spoons with which the upper end of the table was garnished, those beneath the salt being of goodly horn. "Speak them fair, sirs Lord love ye, speak them fair they winna bide thrawing we're a' harried we're a' harried!"
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