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From this forrid, says he, 'I'm to considher you my tenants; and I wish to take this opportunity of informing you both, that should you act up to the opinion I entertain of you, by an attentive coorse of industry and good management, you will find in me an encouraging and indulgent landlord.

"She hasn't even-left her bed yet, has she?" "Well, yes, of coorse, sartenly," said Pete, in a steadier voice, "if the girl isn't fit " "It's so sudden, you see," said Philip. "Has she has she consented?" "Not to say consented " began Pete; and Philip took him up and said quickly, eagerly, hotly "She can't I'm sure she can't."

"Git away wid ye," cried Mick, giving him a dig in his ribs, and grinning the while all over his face at the recollection of something about which I might have told a tale if I had liked, before proceeding to go on with his story of the warm reception we had met with. "Well, thin, Tom's fayther wor a-sottin' in the armchair, ez I wor a- sayin' whin you put me off me coorse, Larry, ye baste.

"Aw, Kirry, of coorse," said Grannie, "and sticking that close to it of an everin that you haven't a chance to put a word on her." "Vanity, sir, vanity, all vanity," said Cæsar; and again he listened hard. Philip's eyes began to blink. "Teaching herself French, is she? Has she been doing it long, Grannie?"

Barny lamented much, however, that the brig was not bound for Ireland, that he might practice his own peculiar system of navigation; but as staying with the brig could do no good, he got himself put into his nor-aist coorse once more, and ploughed away toward home. The disposal of his cargo was a great godsend to Barny in more ways than one.

"It was the mother that done for the father, anyway," said the clerk. "Consequently," said Kate, "he is to praise God that his mother is gone!" "That girl wants a doctor," muttered Jonaique. "The man couldn't drag the woman up after him," began the clerk. "It's always the way " "Just that," said Kate, with bitter irony. "Of coorse, I'm not for saying it was the woman's fault entirely "

"Water, there," shouted Pete. "It's a thundering blockhead I am for sure frightning the life out of people with stories fit for a funeral." "No, no," said Kate; "I'm not faint Why should you think so?" "Of coorse, not, bogh," said Nancy, who was behind her in a twinkling. "White is she? Well, what of it, man? It's only becoming on a girl's wedding-day. Take a lil sup, though, woman there, there!"

Macfadyen, whose judgment on sermons or anything else was seldom at fault; "an' a kind-hearted, though o' coorse he hes his faults like us a', an' he disna tribble the kirk often.

Now cannebalism is a sin; it ud be a sin capital for these fellies to ate us; an', av coorse, it follies that it ud be a sin in me to timpt um to do it. But, by sufferin' meself to be worshipped I prevint that same. So, I advise an' counsel, Heller, that we go on as we are for a bit longer, until a proper time comes to expose the whole av the thrue faith."

Hae ye never heard o' that sang?" enquired Watt. "O yes, I forgot," said Ruby, recovering himself in some confusion. "I know the song I I was thinking of something of " "The girl ye left behind ye, av coorse," put in O'Connor, with a wink. "Come, strike up!" cried the men.