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O man, you a douce man, and fitter to be an elder than even Willie Greer himself, I have the minister's ain word for't, to put on these hard-hearted looks, and gang waving your arms that way, as if ye said, "I winna take the counsel of sic a hempie as you"; I'm your ain leal wife, and will and maun have an explanation.
Ilka word that ye hear frae a worthless woman is an affront to yer mither." "Dinna stan' preachin' to me. I'm past that." "Alec, ye'll wiss to God ye hadna, whan ye come to marry a bonnie wife." It was a true but ill-timed argument. Alec flared up wildly. "Wife!" he cried, "there's no wife for me. Haud oot o' my gait. Dinna ye see I hae been drinkin'? And I winna be contred."
"I hae come throuw a heap, lately, father," answered Cosmo. "I hae been ailin' in body, an' sair harassed in hert. I'll tell ye a' aboot it, whan we hae time and o' that we'll hae plenty, I s' warran', for I tell ye I winna lea' ye again; an' gien ye had only latten me ken ye was failin', I wad hae come hame lang syne. It was sair agen the grain 'at I baid awa'."
"But ye'll be back belive?" said Mrs. Saddletree, detaining her; "they winna let ye stay yonder, hinny." "But I maun gang to St. Leonard's there's muckle to be dune, and little time to do it in And I have friends to speak to God bless you take care of my father." She had reached the door of the apartment, when, suddenly turning, she came back, and knelt down by the bedside.
"Eh, sir, what for sud ye be in sic a hurry to sleep awa' the bonny daylicht?" remonstrated Grizzie, shot through with sudden fear, nor daring allow to herself she was afraid. "Bide till the yoong laird comes back wi' the news: he winna be lang." "Gien ye haena time, Grizzie, I can manage for mysel'. Gang yer wa's, lass. Ye hae been a richt guid freen' to yer auld mistress!
Verra weel.�-But ye see that's mine for twa year and a half ony gait. That wad only amunt to losin' her interest for twa year an' a half�-a'thegither. That winna do." "What will do, than, Mr Bruce?" "I dinna ken. I want my ain." "But ye maunna torment her, Mr Bruce. Ye ken that." "Weel! I'm open to onything rizzonable.
"Did we ever ken he was finding it, Grizel, till he did find it? But Grizel cried, "Don't, Corp, don't!" "I winna," he answered miserably, "no, I winna. He was much brightened by a reflection that came to him one day in church. "Here have I been near blaming him for no finding a wy, and very like he doesna ken we want him to find a wy!" How to inform Tommy without letting Grizel know?
My father says there isna a better gatherer i' the countryside nor yersel'." Aggie took her offered hand and said, "Lat by-ganes be by-ganes. Be true to me an' I'll be true to you. An' I winna lee whether or no." Here the stranger joined them. She was a young woman in the garb of a peasant, but with something about her not belonging to the peasant.
"Twas within a hall of Rilchester town, In the bleak spring-time of the year, Luke Raeburn gave a lecture on the soul of man, And found that it cost him dear. Windows all were smashed that day, They said: 'The atheist can pay. But Scottish Raeburn, frowning cried: 'Na, na, it winna do, I canna, canna, winna, winna, munna pay for you."
"I hae nae time to consider e'enow, Mr. Owen Sae near Sabbath at e'en, and out o' ane's warm bed at this time o' night, and a sort o' drow in the air besides there's nae time for considering But, sir, as I was saying, ye awe me money it winna deny ye awe me money, less or mair, I'll stand by it. But then, Mr.
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