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It could not pe without ta sem fathers, and ta sem chief." "He wad say it was 'cause we war a' o' ae bluid 'cause we had a' ae father." "Oh yes, no toubt! We aal come from ta same first paarents; put tat will be a fery long way off, pefore ta clans cot tokether. It 'll not pe holding fery well now, my son. Tat waas pefore ta Cawmills."
'Noo Mistress Wallace had nae bairns o' her ain, ye ken, an' it pleasured her fine to be a godmither to the fatherless bairn, but bein' verra frail i' body, she didna get the codicil signed an' witnessed before her "stroke." 'Weel, the doctor, he kenned aal about the hail matter, an' he gied the puir widdie the bit paper, since he was managin' her bit affairs.
She'll chust pe lying still and not pe ketting up, and when ta work is ofer, and eferypody cone away, she'll chust pe ketting up, and taking a look apout her, to see if she'll pe finding a stand o' pipes that some coot highlandman has peen left pehint him when he tied lately." "You'll find it rather lonely won't you?" "Yes; no toubt, for they'll aal be cone up.
But ye'll better come up wi' me to my room first," he went on, "for the maister disna like to see me in onything but the kilt." "And why will he not pe in ta kilts aal as now?" "I hae been ridin', ye ken, daddy, an' the trews fits the saiddle better nor the kilts." "She'll not pe knowing tat.
For him, at present, with aal the glorious freshness of the morning. She glanced back into the dim room, and among the shadows she saw him standing there again, towering up upon her hearthrug, before her hearth, with that youthful, frank assurance that was so attractive. Of a truth he was unspoilt yet, unspoilt and splendid as the dawn of the morning but for how long?
He was but just in time, for already the town was in a tumult, and the spreading ripples of the news were fast approaching Duncan's ears. Malcolm found him, expectant and restless. When he disclosed himself he manifested little astonishment, only took him in his arms and pressed him to his bosom, saying, "Ta Lort pe praised, my son! and she wouldn't pe at aal surprised."
He allowed that he could drive them as slowly as he pleased, and that they kept pretty well together in the wood; but that, as a whole, the perversity of pigs was such that "Well, wait till ee tries it theeself, Jan Lake, that's aal." Jan had resolved to do so. He did not return with his foster- brothers to the mill.
"Ye stack yer durk intill my lord's mahogany table," said Malcolm. "Then her arm has not lost aal its strength, Malcolm! I pray ta taple had peen ta rips of Clenlyon!" "Ye maunna pray nae sic prayers, daddy. Min' upo' what Glenlyon said to ye last nicht. Gien I was you I wadna hae a pot howkit express for mysel' doon yonner i' yon place 'at ye dreamed aboot."
I wur soon on the road agen, a-gwain like a house a-vire, an' thur wur more clotheslines aal the way along on pwosts. W'en we got nearish to Lunnon I seed sum girt beg round barrels painted black. I axed a chap what thay wur, an' he sed that thay wur beg barrels o' stingo, an' thur wur pipes laid on to the peeple's housen vor thay to draw vram.
The 'Sign of the Wool Pack' was a very quiet country inn; in the little 'snug' there would not be above half a dozen customers the landlord, probably, presiding over them so the Minister thought no harm in joining them for a glass, a pipe, and a 'crack. 'Hoo's aal wi' ye? he inquired, as he entered the door of the 'snug, and, having nodded to the company, held out his hand to Tam Elliot.
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