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Wynn. 'I should rather say there was no political principle among Canadians. 'No, sir, there's none in the backwoods, replied Davidson, with perfect frankness. 'We vote for our freends. I'm tauld they hae gran' principles in the auld settlements, an' fecht ane anither first-rate every election. We hae too much to do in the new townships for that sort o' work. We tak' it a' easy.
At the least, the theologians usually agree that the devils and the damned hate God and blaspheme him; and such a state cannot but be followed by continuation of misery. Concerning that, one may read the learned treatise of Herr Fecht on the State of the Damned. There were times when the belief was held that it was not impossible for a lost soul to be delivered.
Frequent slices of the mottled cannon-ball, however, and unlimited mugs of highly-sugared tea, had the effect of thawing them down a little, but nothing could induce them to dance. Next morning they were up by daybreak and ready to start for the farther north. "Now mind," said MacSweenie, through his interpreter, "don't you be fechtin' wi' the Eskimos. Dance wi' them if ye will, but don't fecht.
"Well it's not unlikely that there may be something of the sort going if we meet." "Did you ever hear of a McKay objectin' to a fecht, Antoine?" Dechamp laughed. "Well," he said, "I know Okematan won't object to turn back, and show us the way to the place where he met the reptiles." "Okematan was on his way to seek for help," said the Indian quietly.
Dishart wore his hat rather far back on his head. You should have seen Rob. 'My certie, he roars, 'there's the shine frae Heaven on that little minister's face, and them as says there's no has me to fecht." "Ay, weel," said the U. P., rising, "we'll see how Rob wears and how your minister wears too. I wouldna like to sit in a kirk whaur they daurna sing a paraphrase."
All this hes impressed me so much that I hev set myself to observe more closely than I'm used to do in such matters, and I hev discovered two more cases namely, that poor young Eskimo that was wounded in the last fecht, but seems to be slowly recovering.
I know now that he was a hard and cruel man who should have married a shrew; but while Nanny lived I thought he had a beautiful nature. Many a time I have spoken with him at Hendry's gate, and felt the better of his heartiness. "I mauna complain," he always said; "na, we maun juist fecht awa." Little, indeed, had he to complain of, and little did he fight away.
"What do you mean by grumbling at the whole thing in this way, Mr. Mackaye? Are you, too, going to shrink back from The Cause, now that liberty is at the very doors?" "Ou, then, I'm stanch eneuch. I ha' laid in my ain stock o' weapons for the fecht at Armageddon." "You don't mean it? What have you got?" "A braw new halter, an' a muckle nail.
John Paul," he shouted heartily, forgetting me, "'tis blythe I am to see yere bonnie face ance mair! "An' wha are ye, Jamie Darrell," said the captain, "to be bangin' yere betters? Dinna ye ken gentry when ye see't?" A puzzled look spread over the smith's grimy face. "Gentry!" says he; "nae gentry that I ken, John Paul. Th' fecht be but a bit o' fun, an' nane o' my seekin'."
And I will tell the Master so, and fecht him, by Cot, himself!" "And if you knew the nature of Mr. Symon's quarrel with me," said I, "you would be yet the more affronted to be mingled up with such affairs."
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