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But this that I am going to tell you was a thing that befell in our ain house in my father's time that is, my father was then a hafflins callant; and I tell it to you, that it may be a lesson to you that are but a young thoughtless chap, wha ye draw up wi' on a lonely road; for muckle was the dool and care that came o' 't to my gudesire."
She freely allowed that many devout ministers and professors in times past had enjoyed downright revelation, like the blessed Peden, and Lundie, and Cameron, and Renwick, and John Caird the tinkler, wha entered into the secrets, and Elizabeth Melvil, Lady Culross, wha prayed in her bed, surrounded by a great many Christians in a large room, in whilk it was placed on purpose, and that for three hours' time, with wonderful assistance; and Lady Robertland, whilk got six sure outgates of grace, and mony other in times past; and of a specially, Mr.
Bert had heard that it was a bad thing to awaken a sleep-walker too suddenly, so he took Freddie's arm very gently and walked the little fellow back to his bedroom and placed him on his bed. Then he shook him very gently. "Oh!" cried Freddie. "Oh! Wha what do you want? Let me sleep! It isn't time to get up yet." "Freddie, I want you to wake up," said Bert.
The minister, in acknowledging the epistle of his old friend, commences his reply as follows: "Did e'er a cuif tak' up a quill, Wha ne'er did aught that he did well, To gar the muses rant and reel, An' flaunt and swagger, Nae doubt ye 'll say 't is that daft chiel Old Dite McGregore!"
But not the "lullaby, baby, and all," of the old rhyme, ever had a more sudden and complete downfall. The first line of "O wha wad buy a silken goun Wi' a puir broken heart?"
They'll win the race, I warrant them, win the battle wha like." "Continue your preparations, Harrison," said the alert veteran; "get your ammunition in, and the cattle killed. Send down to the borough-town for what meal you can gather. We must not lose an instant. Had not Edith and you, sister, better return to Charnwood, while we have the means of sending you there?"
Malcolm, perceiving from the looks of the men that things were as his grandfather had divined, spoke indignantly: "Ye oucht to tak shame to ca' yersel's gentlefowk, an' play a puir blin' man, wha was doin' his best to please ye, sic an ill faured trick."
"I served her, wha was then the head of Glenallan, as she required me to serve her. The cause was between God and her conscience the manner between God and mine She is gane to her account, and I maun follow. Have I taulds you a'?"
"Why I'm trying to save my poor dear books," she drawled. "Wha ght?" struggled Barton. The word dragged on his tongue like a weight of lead. "Wha ght?" he persisted desperately. "Wh ere? For Heaven's sake wha ght's the matter with us?" Solicitously little Eve Edgarton lifted a soggy magazine-page to the lantern's warm, curving cheek. "Why we're in my cave," she confided.
Hodgson, smilin, "I think you had as well 'let a-be for let a-be' there. They have been sadly mauled by you, I understand, and it strikes me to be a drawn battle between you." "Weel, weel," said I, laughin, "e'en let it be sae, then; but the scoonrils ocht to be mair carefu' wha they lay their hands on." "They ought, no doubt," said Mr.
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