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I'm going to Bluff Head this afternoon. I may not have many more chances. I hear Bluff Head is going to be opened, too." "Yes: Mr. Devant sent word down to Eliza Jane Smith t' have the place ready, bidin' the time he might come. But seems like I heard that Eliza Jane ain't goin' t'-day. She's takin' washin' in fur the boarders an' makin' money out of it.
There's a young man that's baith braw an' bonny, a great scholar frae Enbra' toon that comes gye an' aften frae the manse o' Dullarg, whaur he's bidin' a' the simmer for the learnin'. He comes whiles, an' Winsome kind o' gies him a bit convoy up the hill." "Jess Kissock," said the young man passionately, "tell me no lies, or " "Nane o' yer ill tongue for me, young man; keep it for yer mither.
Teen waited breathlessly, in the hope that Liz would still confide in her, but having thus delivered herself, she again relapsed into silence. 'What way are ye bidin' at Maryhill? she asked after a bit, and the same note of suspicion which had been in Walter's questions sounded through her voice. It made the colour rise in the sharply-outlined cheek of Liz, and she replied angrily,
The caretaker turned to the admiring children. "Ilka morn he fetches 'is bit bane up, thinkin' it a braw giftie for an ill man. An' syne he veesits me twa times i' the day, juist bidin' a wee on the hearthstane, lollin' 'is tongue an' waggin' 'is tail, cheerfu'-like. Bobby has mair gude sense in 'is heid than mony a man wha comes ben the hoose, wi' a lang face, to let me ken I'm gangin' to dee.
When their work was done, and Abel Graham lay placidly upon the pure linen of his last bed, Mrs. Macintyre suggested that Gladys should go home with her for the night. 'It's no' for ye bidin' here yersel', my doo, she said, with homely but sincere sympathy. 'My place is sma', but it's clean, an' ye're welcome to it. Gladys shook her head. 'I don't mind staying here, I assure you.
I lay he's bidin' till the edge of this be sharp and sure to cut deepest. So like 's not, when he hears tell mother 's took bad he'll choose that instant moment to have me marched away." There was a moment's silence, then Blanchard burst out into a fury bred of sudden thought, and struck the table heavily with his fist. "God blast it! I be allus waitin' now for some wan's vengeance!
"When you want to steal a denner bell," he said to Sandy, "carry't by the tongue, man. It's safer that wey. Bells an' weemin are awfu' beggars when their tongues get lowse." The captain was rale taen wi' Sandy, an', mind you, he hired a cab an' drave Sandy an' me a' roond the toon. He said he was bidin' in Carnoustie, and he wadna hae a nasay but we wud come an' hae a cup o' tea wi' him.
It's my turn to hae a secret noo! But ye ken weel it's lang sin' there's been onything to be gotten by bidin' at hame." "Eh, but, sir! ye're never gaein' to lea' the laird! Bide an' dee wi' him, sir." "God bless ye, Grizzie! Hae ye ony baubees?" "Ay; what for no! I hae sax shillin's, fower pennies, an' a baubeefardin'!" answered Grizzie, in the tone of a millionaire.
'I heard you were in Glasgow, but I didn't believe it. Where have you been all this time? 'To Maryhill; I'm bidin' there the noo, Liz answered defiantly, though she was inwardly trembling. 'Maryhill? Walter repeated, and his eye, sharp with suspicion, dwelt searchingly on her face. 'What are you doing there? 'That's my business, she answered lightly.
I were alone wi' th' two young ones." "Tell me about it," I suggested. "'Twere this way sir," said Tom, spreading the pelt over a big chest where we could admire it. "I were away 'tendin' fox traps, and I has th' komatik and all th' dogs, savin' one, which I leaves behind. Th' woman were bidin' home alone wi' th' two young ones. 'Twere a wonderful big un too.
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