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"Weel, jist sit doon there, and carry on frae whaur ye loot sit. Syne efter the three o'clock lecture wha is't ye're atten'in' this session? we'll gang doon to Luckie Cumstie's, and hae a moufu' o' denner she 'll do her best for me an' I'll hae jist a tumler o' toddy but de'il a drap sall ye hae, bantam and de'il a word will I say to ye there.
They had made an acquaintance who was making himself useful. They were considerably richer than they had been for some time. "I'd like to drap into Mendova," Jet mused. "We ain't had what you'd call a time " "Let's kill some birds first," Gaspard suggested. "I got a hunch that Yankee Bar's a good bet for us for a little while. We dassn't look into Memphis, 'count of last trip down.
'Well, the Lord love you, Sis, s' I; 'whar on the face er the yeth did you drap frum? s' I. I ketched 'er by the arm an' belt 'er off, an' s' I, 'Ef I don't have a tale to tell when I git home, no 'oman never had none, s' I. She took an' buss'd me right frontin' of all them jewlarkers, an' airter she 'uz gone I sot down an' had a good cry. That I did.
"Hit's" she paused for correction with her lips drawn severely in for precision "IT'S a mountain poppy. Pap says it kills goslings" her eyes danced, for she was in a merry mood that day, and she put both hands behind her "if you air any kin to a goose, you better drap it." "That's a good one," laughed Hale, "but it's so lovely I'll take the risk. I won't drop it."
I am sure ye were not obliged to ken ony thing about it; and what the waur was the King that the lairds here got a soup o' drink and the ladies their drap o' tea at a reasonable rate? it's a shame to them to pit such taxes on them! and was na I much the better of these Flanders head and pinners that Dirk Hatteraick sent me a' the way from Antwerp?
"Wheesht! ye silly lassie, ye," replied her mother; "had I no borne ye, I wad hae said that ye hadna a drap o' my bluid i' yer veins. What is't that ye fear? If they'll abide by my counsel, though it may try their courage, oor purpose shall be accomplished wi' but little scaith."
Sam'l took him up bodily and carried him down the slope to the Wastrel, shaking him gently as he went. Across the stream he put him on his feet. "If I catches yo' cadgerin' aroun' the farm agin, little mon," he admonished, holding up a warning finger; "I'll tak' yo' and drap yo' in t' Sheep-wash, I warn yo' fair. I'd ha' done it noo an' yo'd bin a bigger and a younger mon.
I must think, I must think." So she lay quietly, gathering all her force to consider and meet what she must, as her way was, while Jean sat beside, stroking her hand and saying sweet, comforting words in her broad Scotch. "There's neathin' so guid as a drap of whuskey, dear, for strengthnin' the hairt whan ye hae a bit shock. It's no yer mon, Peter? No? Weel, thank the Lord for that.
'Is there anything the matter the day, mother? he asked quite kindly and gently, being moved by a sudden feeling of compassion for her. 'No, naething; but I'm clean dune. Wad ye no' bring in a drap, Wat? she said coaxingly, and her eye momentarily brightened with anticipation.
What they write canna fail o' being poetry, even the most middlin' o't, for it's aye wi' them the ebullition o' their ain feeling and their ain fancy, and whenever that's the case, a bonny word or twa will drap itself intil ilka stanzy, and a sweet stanzy or twa intil ilka pome, and sae they touch, and sae they win a body's heart.
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