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"I dinna care a bittie bit. There's mair folk aroond the kirkyaird than there's farthings i' twa, three times seven shullin's. An' maist ilka body kens Bobby. An' we hae a saxpence atween us noo." "Maister Brown wad gie us anither saxpence gin he had ane," Tammy suggested, wistfully. "Nae, he's fair ill. Gin he doesna keep canny it wull gang to 'is heart. He'd be aff 'is heid, aboot Bobby.
Wha' spier ye, Hector McKaye, to a trip aroond the worl', wi' a wee visit tae the auld clan in the Hielands?" "Will you come with me, son?" The Laird inquired eagerly. "Certainly not! You shall come with me. This is to be my party." "Can you stand the pressure? I'm liable to prove an expensive traveling companion."
When a hoose is sair crowded there they'll put chairs aroond upon the stage mair sae as not to disappoint them as may ha' made a lang journey tae get in than for the siller that wad be lost were they turned awa'. And it's a rare thing for an artist to be able tae see sae close the impression that he's making. I'll pick some old fellow, sometimes, that looks as if nothing could mak' him laugh.
It was so early that the ladies had not yet returned from breakfast, which they took at a café "aroond the corner joost," so the servant informed me.
The doggie's i' the lodge wi' the caretaker, wha's fair ill, an' he canna be seen the day. But gang aroond the kirk an' ye can see Auld Jock's grave that he's aye guarded. There's nae stave to it, but it's neist to the fa'en table-tomb o' Mistress Jean Grant. A gude day to ye. Hae ye got a' that, man? Weel, cheer up.
Afore I let Esther marry the first scamp that comes simperin' aroond here, I'll put her in a convent, an' mak' a nun o' the bairn. I gave the ither lassies their way, an' look at the reward. I tell ye I'm goin' to bar the door on the last one, an' the man that marries her will be worthy o' her. He winna be a vaquero frae Las Palomas either!"
Such an astonishing pile of copper coins it was, that it looked to the landlord like the loot of some shopkeeper's change drawer. "Eh, puir laddie, whaur did ye get it a' noo?" he asked, gravely. Tammy was very self-possessed and proud. "The bairnies aroond the kirkyaird gie'd it to pay the police no' to mak' Bobby be deid." Mr. Traill flashed a glance at Glenormiston.
So the report was made to Headquarters and Headquarters sent forward a long account of air flights for publication in the day's communique, adding, "One of our machines did not return." "But, A' doot if he's killit," said Tam; "he flattened oot before he reached airth an' flew aroond a bit. Wi' ye no ask Mr. Lasky, sir-r, he's just in?" Mr.
And the siller a second round o' drinks wad ha' cost him went to his family and, sometimes, if the truth be known, one o' them that was no sae "mean" wad come aroond to see Wully at his shop. "Man, Wull," he'd say. "I'm awfu' short. Can ye no lend me the loan o' five bob till Setterday?" And he'd get the siller and not always be paying it back come Setterday, neither.
But I was fairly overwhelmed by what happened when I'd finished my first song. The house rose and roared at me. I'd never seen sic a demonstration. I'd had applause in my time, but nothing like that. They laughed frae the moment I first waggled my kilt at them, before I did more than laugh as I came oot to walk aroond.
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