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Updated: June 2, 2025
But I don't want the other to be kicked into doin' summat; which is what'll happen to us farmin' chaps if we don't start enlistin'." "The aggericultural community," persisted his father, who had picked up that resonant term at meetings of the Farmers' Union, "is, an' always has been, the backbone of England." "Then 'tis time we showed it, in the Yeomanry."
Aboot the enlistin', I meant. But I'll no ask ye that. They wud be prood, onyway. 'Ma uncle's raised ma wages, an' they're to be payed a' the time I'm awa'. 'Shakespeare! That's a proper uncle to ha'e! But dinna be tempted to stop awa' till ye're a millionaire. Oh, here's Miss Tod. Keep calm. She'll no bite ye.
Laban mopped his forehead with a hand which shook much as it had done during the interview with Albert in the room above the shoe store. "There there," he declared, in conclusion, "that's my fight, Cap'n Lote. Al and I, we we kind of went into it together, as you might say, though his enlistin' was consider'ble more heroic than mine yes indeed, I should say so . . . yes, yes, yes.
But ye're a queer lad, she said softly, 'the way ye stick to a fushionless character like him. I was tellin' Miss Tod, she continued, 'aboot 'Oor engagement! he burst out, scarlet. 'Whist, man! ye've a wild imagination! aboot ye enlistin'. She's been in a state o' patriotic tremulosity ever since. Dinna be surprised if she tries for to kiss ye.
He took the chair, saying: 'It was Wullie Thomson. He's awa' to enlist. 'Wullie Thomson! Weel, that's a bad egg oot the basket. Hoo did ye manage it, Mac? 'It wasna me, Macgregor replied, not a little regretfully. 'He's enlistin' to please hissel'. He says he's fed up wi' his aunt. 'She's been feedin' him up for a lang while, puir body.
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