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But ef I goa yo'll nat find anoother woman as'll coom to yo'. There's nat woon as'll keer mooch t' work for yore laady." "Wull yo' wark for 'er, Maaggie?" he had said. And Maggie, with a sullen look and hitching her coarse apron, had replied remarkably: "Ef Assy Gaale can wash fer er I rackon I can shift to baake an' clane." "Wull yo' waait on 'er?" he had persisted.

She clambered into the cart, gathered the reins in her hands, and quizzed me with her keen, shrewd eyes. "Belike ye hail from over the watter Ameruky, I'm meanun'?" "Yes, I'm a Yankee," I answered. "Ye wull no be findun' mony Island McGill folk stoppun' un Ameruky?" "No; I don't remember ever meeting one, in the States." She nodded her head.

Stephen looked in at the twins, as they scornfully inspected their quarters. "Where are the Arabs?" he asked, as he had asked the landlord. "We dinna ken whaur they've ta'en theirsel's," replied Angus. "All we ken is, we wull not lie in the hoose wi' 'em. Her leddyship wadna expect it, whateffer. We prefair t' sleep in th' open."

The quastion noo is, Div ye want to escape and wull ye trust me?" The sound of horses galloping in the distance tended to quicken the young trooper's decision. He submitted to be blindfolded by his captor. "Noo, Peter," said Andrew, as he was about to lead Wallace away, "ye ken what to dae.

'You ought to know as you're safe wi' me, Rufus, said Mrs. Rusker. 'Who should I tell? Why, I should tell o' myself tew, at that raate; an' is that likely? 'It's dangerous, missus, repeated the wizard. 'Well, if yo' won't, I must try them as wull, said Mrs. Jenny, rising and taking up the coins. 'I didn't say as I wouldn't, returned Rufus.

Only once was he spurred into reply. It was in the tap-room of the Dalesman's Daughter on the occasion of the big spring fair in Grammoch-town, when there was a goodly gathering of farmers and their dogs in the room. M'Adam was standing at the fireplace with Red Wull at his side.

"That's so," rejoined Ken, brightening. "It makes a whole lot of difference, doesn't it?" Raymond got off the bed and looked at Ken. "What's your first name?" queried he. "I don't like 'Peg." "Kenneth. Ken, for short. What's yours?" "Mine's Kel. Wull, Ken " Having gotten so far Raymond hesitated, and it was Ken who first offered his hand. Raymond eagerly grasped it. That broke the ice.

It jist drave oot a' gude and loot in a' ill. 'Wull ye lat me tak this wi' me, grannie? said Robert; for though the portrait was useless for identification, it might serve a further purpose. 'Ow, ay, tak it. I dinna want it. I can see him weel wantin' that. But I hae nae houp left 'at ye'll ever fa' in wi' him. 'God's aye doin' unlikly things, grannie, said Robert, solemnly.

"Any time, sir?" says the medical gentleman. "It's probable he wull have been dead aboot three hours." "About that time, I should say," observes a dark young man on the other side of the bed. "Air you in the maydickle prayfession yourself, sir?" inquires the first. The dark young man says yes. "Then I'll just tak' my depairture," replies the other, "for I'm nae gude here!"

"I div mean that same, my lord." "You can hold your tongue then?" "I can, an' I wull my lord," said Malcolm; but added in haste, " 'cept it interfere wi' ony foregane agreement or nat'ral obligation." It must be borne in mind that Malcolm was in the habit of discussing all sorts of questions with Mr Graham: some of the formulae wrought out between them he had made himself thoroughly master of.