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"Run a white tarpaulin across the cheese, Jock, to keep them frae melting in the heat," came another voice. "And canny on the top there wi' thae big feet o' yours; d'ye think a cheese was made for you to dance on wi' your mighty brogues?" Then the voice sank to the hoarse, warning whisper of impatience loudish in anxiety, yet throaty from fear of being heard.
'There's a time for a' thing, and your time 's no come to forgather wi' this loaf yet. Does na it smell fine? It's new frae the bakehoose no ten minutes ago. 'Lat me fin' 't, said Shargar, stretching out one hand, and feeling his shilling with the other. 'Na. Yer han's canna be clean. And fowk suld aye eat clean, whether they gang clean or no.
'Ay, said the lad; 'I am auld Willie Johnstone's son, and I got that letter frae my sister Peggy, that's laundry maid at Woodbourne. 'My good friend, when do you sail? 'With the tide this evening. 'I'll return with you; but, as I do not desire to go to Portanferry, I wish you could put me on shore somewhere on the coast. 'We can easily do that, said the lad.
Now that age is coming upon us, ye get a snug rental frae the little houses, an' I hae naething; an' ye hae character an' credit, but wha would trust me, or cares for me? Ye hae been made an elder o' the kirk, too, I hear, an' I am still a reprobate; but we were a' born to be just what we are, an' sae maun submit.
He was fond of a lass and fond of a glass, and fond of a ran-dan; but I could never hear tell that he was muckle use for honest employment. Frae ae thing to anither, he listed at last for a sodger and was in the garrison of this fort, which was the first way that ony of the Dales cam to set foot upon the Bass. Sorrow upon that service!
'Ah! my poor laddie, exclaimed Arthur in his native tongue, which he often used with the boy, 'it is only another negro. You are far enough from home. The words had an astonishing effect on the merchant. He turned round with the exclamation, 'Ye'll be frae Scotland! 'And so are you! cried Arthur, holding out his hand.
You maun keep yoursel' as free frae worry as possible, an' try an' get better," he went on, trying to speak as lightly as possible. "Keep up your spirits, an' you'll maybe soon be a' better." "Aye, Rob," she said, "but it's no' easy. An' I hae been gettin' waur instead o' better. I ken mysel' that I'm no' improvin', an' I often think it wad hae been better if I had died.
"Hoo much am I tae be paid for this, I'll no mak' a fool o' masel', singing into that great tin tube, unless ye mak' the reason worth my while." He spoke up then it had been nae mair than an experiment we'd planned, ye'll ken. And I'll tell ye straight that what he tauld me surprised me I'd had nae idea that there was sae muckle siller to be made frae such foolishness, as I thocht it a' was then.
This evidence so bolstered Dannie that he faced Mary with confidence. "There's a traveling man frae Boston in town, Mary, and he was edifying the boys a little, and Jimmy dinna like it. He's going to show him a little country sport to-nicht to edify him." Dannie outlined the plan of Jimmy's campaign.
"But, Laird," said Jeanie, "though I ken my father will satisfy every penny of this siller, whatever there's o't, yet I wadna like to borrow it frae ane that maybe thinks of something mair than the paying o't back again." "There's just twenty-five guineas o't," said Dumbiedikes, with a gentle sigh, "and whether your father pays or disna pay, I make ye free till't without another word.
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