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She's girly, all right, and yet she's as good as a boy at cutting up jinks or doing any old kind of stunts." The three Craigs looked at Marjorie in speechless admiration. "I never knew that kind," said Tom, thoughtfully.
It could make no difference where my mother's people were brought up. The Craigs always knew how to conduct themselves." "Oh, yes," Witherspoon spoke up, "the Craigs were undoubtedly all right, but we are dealing with live issues now. Henry, we'll go down to the store this morning" "So soon?" his wife interrupted. "So soon?" the merchant repeated. "What do you mean by so soon?
Since then, examples of similar markings have been found in several other parts of Europe, and a still greater number in America. Dumfriesshire is still the principal locality of these curious objects in our island; and they are found not only in the original spot the quarry of Corncockle Muir, but in another quarry at Craigs, near the town of Dumfries.
"Dr. Sandford the gentleman knows the road to Mr. St. Leonard's?" "Yes the Craigs I know." "Dr. Sandford is half way there where the gentleman remembers a great brown house in the middle of the cedar trees."
"This is a fine scene," he said to his companion, curious, perhaps, to draw out her sentiments; "we have nothing like it in Scotland." "It's braw rich feeding for the cows, and they have a fine breed o' cattle here," replied Jeanie; "but I like just as weel to look at the craigs of Arthur's Seat, and the sea coming in ayont them as at a' thae muckle trees."
At last, however, he was made to understand the nature of his companion's want, and expressed his belief that "John Applethwaite, up at the Craigs yon, had got a mickle cart."
It was in the following June, on the anniversary of the marriage of the James McKenzie Stuarts, that the Jefferson Craigs had their first opportunity to see with their own eyes how that marriage was prospering. Letters from Jeannette had come to Georgiana from time to time, with an occasional postscript from Stuart, and these letters always breathed of happiness.
A jolly informality made up for Austin's shortcoming; Gerald and his pretty bride were the centres of delighted curiosity from the Minster twins and the Innis girls and Evelyn Cardwell all her intimates. And the younger Draymores, the Grays, Lawns, and Craigs were there in force gay, noisy, unembarrassed young people who seemed scarcely younger or gayer than the young matron, their hostess.
When we reached West Craigs Inn, the second stage from Edinburgh, the rain had ceased; and the young gentleman, politely returning me my umbrella, began to relieve the widow of his now dripping cloak, which he shook over the side of the coach, and afterwards hung on the rail to dry.
'I believe that's very true, said the postilion. 'So, sir, she grippit him, and clodded him like a stane from the sling ower the craigs of Warroch Head, where he was found that evening; but what became of the babe, frankly I cannot say. But he that was minister here then, that's now in a better place, had an opinion that the bairn was only conveyed to fairy-land for a season.
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