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There's a heap o' mystery aboot a'thing, Maggie, and that frae the vera beginnin to the vera en'! It may be 'at yon bairnie's i' the waur danger jist frae haein you and me, Maggie! Eh, but I wuss his ain mither war gien back til him!
"As ye wull! father," rejoined Maggie. "I'm gaein oot to seek auld Eppy; she was intil the baker's shop a meenute ago! The bairnie's asleep." "Vera weel! Gien I hear him, I s' atten' til 'im," answered the soutar. "Thank ye, father," returned Maggie, and left the house.
"Niest to faither an' mither an' big brither Wattie I lo'e Auld Jock an' Bobby." The bairnie's voice was smothered in the plaidie. Because it was dark and none were by to see, the reticent Scot could overflow in tender speech. His arm tightened around this one little ewe lamb of the human fold on cold slope farm.
'She's been doin' weel ever sin' syne, he added. Still no word from either; and Robert fearing some outburst of indignation ere he had said his say, now made haste. 'She's been a servant wi' Dr. Anderson for four year noo, an' he's sair pleased wi' her. She's a fine woman. But her bairnie's deid, an' that was a sair blow till her. He heard a sob from the mother, but still John made no sign.
And he discovered that, unless he hung close to Auld Jock's heels, his freedom was in danger from a wee lassie who adored him. He was no lady's lap-dog. From the bairnie's soft cosseting he aye fled to Auld Jock and the rough hospitality of the sheep fold. Being exact opposites in temperaments, but alike in tastes, Bobby and Auld Jock were inseparable. In the quiet corner of Mr.
"Na, na, Miss Marjory; ye're gettin' ower auld for Peter's stories; they are but bairnie's tales." "Now, Peter, you mustn't be obstinate. You must try to remember some nice new ones."
'Luik here, Shargar! he said under his breath, for they never dared to speak aloud in these precincts 'luik here! What can there be in this box? Is't a bairnie's coffin, duv ye think? Luik at it.
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