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She startit yatterin' at me the nicht because I askit her for saxpence; so at last I tell't her I wud suner jine Kitchener's nor see her ugly face for anither week. 'What did she say? 'Said it was the first guid notion ever I had. 'Weel, said Macgregor eagerly, after a slight pause, 'since ye're for enlistin', ye'd best dae it the nicht, Wullie.
Who put my boy up to enlistin', Jed Winslow?" Jed's foot swung slowly back and forth. "Well, Phin," he drawled, "to be real honest, I think he put himself up to it." "You're a liar. YOU did it." Jed sighed. "Did Leander tell you I did?" he asked. "No," mockingly, "Leander didn't tell me.
I treated ye ill aboot the enlistin'. But I wasna gaun to enlist to please you, nor ma aunt, neither. He rose slowly and picked up his shabby jacket. 'But, by , I'll enlist to please masel'! He held out his hand. 'There it is, if ye want it, Macgreegor. . . . Ha'e ye a match? Weel, show a licht. Is ma nose queer-like?
"What about Cousin Merry?" he asked as he tightened the cinch. "Have you talked this over with her enlistin', I mean?" Boyd's lower lip protruded in a child's pout. His eyes shifted away from Drew's direct gaze. "She never said No " "Did you ask her?" Drew challenged. "Did you ask your grandfather when you left?" Boyd tried a counterattack. This time Drew's laughter was harsh, without humor.
He announced that he was to report himself on the morrow, and she merely commented, 'Quick work. 'But, Christina, ye couldna ha'e guessed I was for enlistin', he said, after a pause. 'I was afraid I mean for to say, I fancied ye were the sort to dae it. If I had kent for sure, I wud ha'e been knittin' ye socks instead o' a silly tie for yer birthday. 'Ha'e ye been knittin' a tie for me?
What what guidsake, laddie! dinna tell me ye've been thinkin' o' enlistin'! 'I've enlisted. Mr. Purdie fell back in his chair. 'The 9th H.L.I., said Macgregor, and, as if to improve matters if possible, added, 'Glesca Hielanders Kilts. The successful grocer sat up, pulled down his waistcoat and made a grimace which he imagined to be a frown.
I'll tell her in a letter and then when I come back she'll have had time to think it over. She won't say 'yes' then simply because she pities me or because she doesn't realize what it means. No, I'll write her and then when I come back after enlistin' and go to her for my answer, I'll know it's given deliberate." She nodded. "He says that there," she said chokingly. "But he he must have known.
"You see, Al," he explained, "I'm I'm kind of er shaky and Rachel will be worried, I'm afraid. She knows me pretty well and she'll cal'late I'm just gettin' ready to to bust loose again." Albert interrupted. "No, she won't, Laban," he said. "We'll show her that you're not." "You won't say anything to her about my er enlistin', Al? Don't. No, no.
He kep' enlistin', and traveled far an' wide about here, an' even took the bo't and went to Boston to volunteer; but he ain't a sound man, an' they wouldn't have him. They say he knows all their tactics, an' can tell all about the battle o' Waterloo well's he can Bunker Hill. I told him once the country'd lost a great general, an' I meant it, too." "I expect you're near right," said Mrs.
"England's into the war, that's what! Yes, sir, and Sam Holmes didn't keep her out of it neither. And they were enlistin' fellows in Algonquin last night, an' they say that Burke Wright For the love o' goodness, has the boy gone clean off his head?" "Sufferin' Moses!" cried Marthy, standing with his fork suspended.
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