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My gudesire, with as gude a countenance as he could put on, made a leg, and placed the bag of money on the table wi' a dash, like a man that does something clever. The laird drew it to him hastily. "Is all here, Steenie, man?" "Your honour will find it right," said my gudesire. "Here, Dougal," said the laird, "gie Steenie a tass of brandy, till I count the siller and write the receipt."
But Heaven kens the truth, whilk first came out by the minister's wife, after Sir John and her ain gudeman were baith in the moulds. And then my gudesire, wha was failed in his limbs, but not in his judgement or memory at least nothing to speak of was obliged to tell the real narrative to his friends, for the credit of his good name.
Sir John looked at every line, and at every letter, with much attention; and at last at the date, which my gudesire had not observed "From my appointed place," he read, "this twenty-fifth of November." "What! That is yesterday! Villain, thou must have gone to hell for this!" "I got it from your honour's father; whether he be in heaven or hell, I know not," said Steenie.
And maybe I had another reason for troubling your honour." "And what is that?" asked the Duke. "I hae understood from my father, that your honour's house, and especially your gudesire and his father, laid down their lives on the scaffold in the persecuting time.
And, sir, there's ane that takes concern in me, that wished me to gang to your Grace's presence, for his gudesire had done your gracious gudesire some good turn, as ye will see frae these papers." With these words, she delivered to the Duke the little parcel which she had received from Butler.
He was a professor in this Revolution warld, but he liked an orra sough of this warld, and a tune on the pipes weel aneugh at a bytime; and abune a', he thought he had gude security for the siller he lent my gudesire ower the stocking at Primrose Knowe. Away trots my gudesire to Redgauntlet Castle wi' a heavy purse and a light heart, glad to be out of the laird's danger.
Sir John paused, composed himsell, and desired to hear the full history; and my gudesire told it him from point to point, as I have told it you neither more nor less.
Now this was a tune my gudesire learned frae a warlock, that heard it when they were worshipping Satan at their meetings; and my gudesire had sometimes played it at the ranting suppers in Redgauntlet Castle, but never very willingly; and now he grew cauld at the very name of it, and said, for excuse, he hadna his pipes wi' him.
My gudesire, with as gude acountenance as he could put on, made a leg, and placed the bag of money on the table wi' a dash, like a man that does something clever. The laird drew it to him hastily 'Is it all here, Steenie, man? 'Your honour will find it right, said my gudesire.
And, indeed, my gudesire, of his ain accord, lang forswore baith the pipes and the brandy it was not even till the year was out, and the fatal day past, that he would so much as take the fiddle or drink usquebaugh or tippenny. Sir John made up his story about the jackanape as he liked himsell; and some believe till this day there was no more in the matter than the filching nature of the brute.
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