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Are ye tired o' life or was it the muckle deil himsel' that drove ye on? Canna ye find an excuse, man? Nay, then, I'll gi'e ye ane. The loadstane will draw nails out of a door, and there be lassies wi' een strang as loadstanes, that drag men to their perdition. Stands the magnet yonder, eh?" he added, glancing towards the little group before them.
"If there cam' an Irish beggar, wi' a stripy cloot him and a bellows under 's arm, and ca'd himsel' a Hielander, the lad wad gi'e him his silly head off his shoulders." As to the farm-bailiff, perhaps no one felt more or said less than he did on John Broom's return.
He's left her now, having to go off in t' Tigre, as is his ship, to t' Mediterranean seas; and she's written to offer to come and see old Turner, and make friends with his relations, and Brunton is going to gi'e me a crimson satin as soon as we know for certain when she's coming, for we're sure to be asked out to Cullercoats.
"Shall I gi'e him a bucket, Joey?" he said again. "Nay," said the man addressed. "Nobody never give you a bucket, Smiler, when you lay down in a ditch." The others laughed, and Smiler winced a little. "Make him wet outside as well as in!" "Yah! We don't want to spoil his red coat," said Joey; "he's got it pratty will syled without. Why, he must ha' been here all night! Here, soger, wake up!"
"Oh, nothin' much, Ann," he exclaimed, smiling a little sheepishly. "Only a whip " "Lord, Jess whose?" "I come on a fine gentleman thrashing of a little lad, whereupon I ventured a word of remonstrance as in dooty bound and turned to look to the lad as lay a-weepin', whereupon the gentleman took occasion to gi'e me this here ye see he didn't 'appen to know me, poor soul!"
'Open the door we've a piece of intelligence to gi'e ye. 'Come in, Sir. The door flew open; several strange faces presented themselves on the threshold, and at the same instant, a stern voice exclaimed 'Charles Archer, I arrest you in the king's name. The last word was lost in the stunning report of a pistol, and the foremost man fell with a groan.
"A set o' dull, conceited hashes Confuse their brains in college classes, They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak, An' syne they hope to speel Parnassus By dint o' Greek. "Gi'e me a'e spark o' nature's fire, That's a' the learnin' I desire, Then, though I trudge through dub an' mire, At pleuch or cart, My muse, though homely in attire, May touch the heart."
replied the magistrate, with a touch of caustic humor. "But, sir, I am ready to give bail to any amount." "It will na do, lad. The accusation is too grave a one. Nae doubt ye would gi'e me bail, and leg bail to the boot o' that.
A man might make honestly, and wi' a clear conscience, twenty sterling pounds per annum, weel counted siller, o' the garden at Osbaldistone Hall, and I wasna likely to gi'e up a' that for a guinea, I trow I reckoned on staying wi' your honour to the term's end at the least o't; and I account my wage, board-wage, fee and bountith, ay, to that length o't at the least."
"He has sent your Grace a letter," replied Sir David, "wherein he told me he had expounded the reasons and causes of his protecting Douglas, hoping your Grace will approve the same." "Approve heresy and reprobacy!" exclaimed the Archbishop; "but gi'e me the letter, and sit ye down, Davie.
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