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It was juist like he was leevin' there." "An' syne, when I drapped oot o' the window he louped at me so bonny, an' I couldna keep up wi' 'im to the gate." Wonder of wonders! It was plain that Bobby had made his way back from the hill farm and, from his appearance and manner, as well as from this account, it was equally clear that some happy change in his fortunes had taken place.
She was sittin' horn-idle, an' I said to her, 'D'ye niver tak' up a stockin'? and she says, 'I dinna need to dae naething. 'But, I says, 'a stockin' keeps your hands busy, an' keeps ye frae wearyin', but she juist said, 'I tell ye I dinna need to dae naething.
"Ye hev an awfu' responsibility, there 's nae doot o' that, John, but gin ye juist jined the fouk for ae field, it wud be an affset tae the day, an' the auctioneer wud be lifted." With the beginning of July, John fairly broke ground in the great effort, and was engaged thereon for six weeks, beginning with the dusting of the pulpit and concluding with the beating of Drumsheugh's cushion.
After a brief reference to the 'mysteerious ways o' Providence, which he acknowledged he might sometimes fail to understand, he went on to express his unqualified approval of the new saloon. 'It's a cosy place, an' there's nae sulphur aboot. Besides a' that, he went on enthusiastically, 'it'll be a terrible savin'. I've juist been coontin'. 'You bet! ejaculated a voice with great emphasis.
Noo there wes the 'Eruption' in '43" it could not be ignorance which made John cling to this word, and so we supposed that the word was adopted in the spirit of historical irony "that wes a crisis. Did a' ever tell ye, Rebecca, that there wes juist ae beadle left the next morning tae cairry on the Presbytery of Muirtown?"
Jeames was generous; indeed he had come home with the intention of scattering largess. A beggar met him one day on the brae, and got a shilling from him. She was waving her arms triumphantly as she passed Hendry's house, and Leeby got the story from her. "Eh, he's a fine man that, an' a saft ane," the woman said. "I juist speired at 'im hoo his bonny wife was, an' he oot wi' a shillin'!"
'Steamer, said Davies; 'going south though. 'Three now. A neat triangle of gems topaz, ruby, and emerald hung steady behind us. 'Turned east, said Davies. 'Buck up steamer from Juist. No, by Jove! too small. What is it? On we laboured, while the gems waxed in brilliancy as the steamer overhauled us.
"No, a'm no daft; ye needna be feared; but yir tae get yir first lesson in medicine the nicht, an' if we win the battle ye can set up for yersel in the Glen. "There's twa dangers that Saunders' strength fails, an' that the force o' the fever grows; and we have juist twa weapons.
Indeed, I never remember to have seen Donald anything but dignified. "How do you find life in these parts?" I inquired. "Indeefferent, sir vera indeefferent! Tae be sure, at fairs an' sic-like I've often had as much as ten shillin' in 'ma bonnet at a time; but it's juist the kilties that draw em; they hae no real love for the pipes, whateffer!
"We'll juist look to meetin' next year again, mother. To think o' that keeps me up a' the winter." "Ay, if it's the Lord's will, Jamie, but am gey dune noo, an' Hendry's fell worn too." Jamie, the boy that he was, said, "Dinna speak like that, mother," and Jess again put her hand on his head.
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