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Updated: June 22, 2025
'Ou, no mony, said Dandie, scratching his head; 'it's lying high and exposed: it may feed a hog, or aiblins twa in a good year. 'And for this grazing, which may be worth about five shillings a year, you are willing to throw away a hundred pound or two? 'Na, sir, it's no for the value of the grass, replied Dinmont; 'it's for justice.
Air ye no feart ye'se aiblins see yon day gin ye 'se thole waur fare nir a wamefu' o' gude brose? Heh!" "Eatee lice in China," replied the gardener, with national pride. "Plenty lice good cookee welly ni'." "By gummies! Hi seed the time Hi'd 'a' stopped yer jorrin', Dave!" said a quavering voice, dominating some argument at the other end of the table.
Ye ken, the time's gane lang wi' me sin' A rin aboot the braes, an' pu'd the gowans fine. Ay, mun!" "A-y-y, mun!" rejoined my companion, echoing my home-sick sigh. "D'ye ken-A wadna' thocht ye was a Selkirksheer mon. A wad hae thocht ye was frae Lanarksheer, ir aiblins frae" "Whaur micht ye be frae yirsel'?" I interrupted desperately.
Gien ye had said to me noo the nicht, 'Come awa' ben, Mistress Croale, an' tak a plet o' cockie-leekie wi' 's; it's a cauld nicht; it's mysel' wad hae been sae upliftit wi' yer kin'ness, 'at I wad hae gane hame an' ta'en I dinna ken aiblins a read at my Bible, an' been to be seen at the kirk upo' Sunday I wad o' that ye may be sure; for it's a heap easier to gang to the kirk nor to read the buik yer lane, whaur ye canna help thinkin' upo' what it says to ye.
Ay, ay they were daft days thae; but they were a' vanity, and waur, and it's fitting that they wha hae led a light and evil life, and abused charity when they were young, suld aiblins come to lack it when they are auld."
He thocht aiblins if the bank manager saw it he micht "pairt" but deevil a bodle wull he hand ower, though the doctor saw him himsel'. The Minister nodded his apprehension, then taking the pipe out of his mouth, inquired, 'Wha was the puir widdie woman?
'Gey an' likely, assented the Minister, nodding his head sympathetically, and drawing deep upon his pipe. 'Onnyway, naethin' came o't, continued Ringan, imbibing thoughtfully from his glass, 'but what I'm thinkin' the noo is that aiblins anither ghaist-gliff micht do a body I ken o' a guid turn.
"Aiblins they may," said she, "for your purpose was defeated; yea, even by that Heaven and thae angels." "What mean you, woman?" cried the astonished man. "What, in the name o' a' that's gude on earth and holy in heaven, do ye mean?" "Just that Janet Dodds is at this hour a leevin' woman," was the reply. "The Lord be thanked!" cried Tammas again, "for 'He preserveth all them that love Him."
And a willin' hert in you forbye? Fegs! ye hae a greater opinion o' Sawtan nor I gied ye the discredit o'." "Na, na; it's nae Sawtan. He has eneuch already, puir fallow!" "Ye'll be o' auld Robbie Burns's opinion, that he 'aiblins micht still hae a stake." "Na, na; he has nane. Burns was nae prophet." "But jist suppose, Thomas�-gin the de'il war to repent."
I wad fain hae a try. Ye ken a' aboot it wi' that grannie o' yours: hoo's a body to begin? 'By giein' up the drink, man. 'Ay ay ay I reckon ye're richt. Weel, I'll think aboot it whan ance I'm throu wi' this job. That'll be neist ook, or thereabouts, or aiblins twa days efter. I'll hae some leiser than.
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