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"If I had been in an inn, sir, or any suitable resting-place," answered Jeanie, "I wad not have presumed to use the Lord's day for travelling but as I am on a journey of mercy, I trust my doing so will not be imputed." "You may, if you choose, remain with Mrs.
"It's a thousan' dollars!" "Yes," said Blenham quietly. "It's a thousan' dollars. That's quite a little wad, Barbee; it's more, anyhow, than an extra month's wages, ain't it? An' it's yours if you want it! Think of the times you can go on, think of the way you could make Red Creek open its eyes!
He stooped and picked it up, it was an arrow with a wad of wool fastened round its point to prevent it from making a noise should it strike the wall or cage; to the other end was attached a piece of string. Archie drew it in until he felt that it was held firmly, then after a moment the hold relaxed somewhat, and the string again yielded as he drew it.
"Why, as to that But stay, she is about to speak." "I will have no priest none," said the beldam, with impotent vehemence; "as I have lived I will die none shall say that I betrayed my mistress, though it were to save my soul!" "That bespoke a foul conscience," said the mendicant; "I wuss she wad mak a clean breast, an it were but for her sake;" and he again assailed her.
And now, Maister Francis, let go his collar; for he says truly, that ye are in mair danger from a magistrate than he is, and were your cause as straight as an arrow, he wad find a way to put you wrang So let go his craig, as I was saying."
"But what guid wad that du her?" said Malcolm. "It's ill to say, but she wad hae him oot o' her sicht, ony gait." "She can hae but little sicht o' him as 'tis," objected Malcolm. "Ay! but she aye kens he's whaur she doesna ken, puttin' her to shame, a' aboot the country, wi' that hump o' his. Oot o' fowk's sicht wad be to her oot a' thegither." A brief silence followed.
'Fule body that thou art, said Meg, stepping up to him, with a frown of indignation that made her dark eyes flash like lamps from under her bent brows 'Fule body! if I meant ye wrang, couldna I clod ye ower that craig, and wad man ken how ye cam by your end mair than Frank Kennedy? Hear ye that, ye worricow?
The red-hot shot is then run into the gun, and rammed against the wet wad; and the gun fired in the usual way. The carcasses several times set fire to the enemy's works, but the use of the red-hot shot was reserved for a pressing emergency.
In the afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the remainder of the Khedivial division Maxwell's and Collinson's brigades set out for Wad Bishari to join their comrades. The men were in fine spirits as they left, cheering and singing to the strains of their bands as they gaily marched away.
Beany simpered and let it go at that; Porky mumbled, "Much obliged." Colonel Bright pulled his torn shirt over the spot on his broad shoulder where a wad of absorbent cotton and a lot of crisscrossed surgeon's plaster marked the slight wound. He moved the shoulder curiously. "That will be stiff for a couple of days, I suppose, but that is all there will be to it. Nothing but a scratch.
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