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"Troth," said Donald, "an' I wish I had never seen them between the een, for they're come to herry us out o' house and ha'." "Why, Donald," said Lord Menteith, "you did not use to be so churlish of your beef and ale; southland though they be, they'll scarce eat up all the cattle that's going on the castle mains."

The younger boys thought it "very jolly," and hoped the Don would "go ahead and come to glory as soon as possible," which was all that could by expected of "Young America," with whom poetry is not usually a passion. But Dr. Alec was a sight for "sair een," so full of concentrated contentment was he.

"An' I boun'," continued Uncle Remus, driving the corn-cob stopper a little tighter in his deceitful jug and gathering up his bag "an' I boun' dat my ole muskit 'll go off 'tween me an' dat same nigger yit, an' he'll be at de bad een', an' dis seetful jug'll 'fuse ter go ter de funer'l."

"You keep ahint in the onstead, John Telfer, and I'll get Murdison to come oot. We'll never can tell him afore his wife." "Wulliam Gibson! Hoo are ye? Man, this is a sicht for sair een," cried Murdison heartily to his visitor. "Come awa' in ben, and hae a glass." A greeting so friendly brought a lump into Gibson's throat that he found it hard to swallow.

Man, I never saw onything like her, The hypostasis o' her was jist perfection itsel'. Weel, ae nicht for I wrocht full late, my een war suddenly dazed wi' the glimmer o' something white.

"Ye'll neither hap nor wyn neither dance nor haud the candle. Try't again, man, try't again. Steek your een hard, gie ae gulp, an' ower wi't." The worthy man, however, pressed in vain. The stranger would not drink; but once more acknowledged the kindness and well-meant hospitality of his entertainer.

A voice from the darkness said, "Een gonyama-gonyama." "Invooboo," replied the sentry argumentatively "Yah bo! Yah bo! Invooboo." An indistinct figure moved forward. "Who goes there?" "A friend." "Advance, friend, and give the countersign." "Remember Mafeking, and death to Injuns." "Pass friend! All's well." The figure walked on into the firelight.

I've seen them in the broad licht; but in the lobby," he whispered hoarsely "in the lobby when it was dark in the lobby they were terrible. Just twa een, and they aye keep thegither, though they're aye moving. That's why I canna pin them. And it's because I ken they're aye watching me, watching me, watching me that I get so feared. They're red," he nodded and whispered "they're red they're red."

Mac nearly fell oot o' the boat into the loch. He stared at me wi' een like saucers. "What sort of a fish was that, ye muckle ass?" he roared. "Oh, just a bit whale," I said, modestly. "Nowt to boast aboot. He gied me a battle, I'll admit, but he had nae chance frae the first " And then we both collapsed and began to roar wi' laughter.

But as soon as Saunders Mowdiewort came to the door, Jock Forrest had dropped Crummy's tail, and slipped silently out of the byre, even before Meg got time to utter her usual salutation of "Guid een to ye, Cuif! Hoo's a' the session?" It might have been the advent of Meg's would-be sweetheart that frightened Jock Forrest away, or again he might have been in the act of going in any case.