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Wauverley, put it a' into my hand frae the beginning frae the first calling o' the summons, as I may say. I circumvented them I played at bogle about the bush wi' them I cajolled them; and if I havena gien Inch-Grabbit and Jamie Howie a bonnie begunk, they ken themselves. Him a writer! I didna gae slapdash to them wi' our young bra' bridegroom, to gar them baud up the market.
It wad hae been lang or Elshie had burnt down my house and barns, and I am determined to try if he will do aught to build them up again. He's weel kend a skilfu' man ower a' the country, as far as Brough under Stanmore." "Bide a wee, my bairn; mind his benefits havena thriven wi' a'body.
Erchie," she continued, with a change of voice, "ye mauna think that I canna sympathise wi' ye. Ye mauna think that I havena been young mysel'. Lang syne, when I was a bit lassie, no twenty yet " She paused and sighed. "Clean and caller, wi' a fit like the hinney bee," she continned.
'Why havena ye made a rich man of yourself, Sandy? said Rob, with more good nature. The half-witted creature did not seem to see the point of this remark. 'Ay, ay, he said, 'many is the time I was thinking of telling this one or telling that one; but when I would go near it was always "Daft Sandy!" and "Daft Sandy!" and there was always the peltin' wi' the broken herring except from you, Rob.
Reuben Butler, Hoping this will find you better, this comes to say, that I have reached this great town safe, and am not wearied with walking, but the better for it. And I have seen many things which I trust to tell you one day, also the muckle kirk of this place; and all around the city are mills, whilk havena muckle wheels nor mill-dams, but gang by the wind strange to behold.
"Troth, mother," answered Hobbie, "ye may say what ye like, but I am in the mind that witches and warlocks havena half the power they had lang syne; at least, sure am I, that ae ill-deviser, like auld Ellieslaw, or ae ill-doer, like that d d villain Westburnflat, is a greater plague and abomination in a country-side than a haill curnie o' the warst witches that ever capered on a broomstick, or played cantrips on Fastern's E'en.
An', I say, dinna tell her onything aboot me, mind. She'd think naething o' comin' onywhere efter me. 'Oh, I'll no' tell. Clashin' was never my sin, said Teen. 'But her name? ye havena telt me that yet. 'Oh, weel, she ca's hersel' Mrs. Gordon, but I dinna believe she's a wife at a'. She's in the ballet at the Olympic the noo. 'An' what way is she bidin' at Maryhill? 'Oh, her man's there.
What do you think of that, eh?" "I havena the parteeculars," replied the Scot. "Good!" cried Raffles. "I was only afraid you might be on his tracks once more!" Mackenzie shook his head with a dry smile, and wished us good evening as an invisible window was thrown up, and a whistle blown softly through the fog. "We must see this out," whispered Raffles.
"You only wish that she were as able to fill it with credit, as you are willing to let her. I wish that, too. And I am very far from thinking that you grudge her anything that she ought to have." "Oh! Janet," said Graeme, with a sigh, "I shall never be able to make you understand." "You might try, however. You havena tried yet," said Janet, gently.
Lucky for us that we got the rest o' the cargo run ashore at Auchmithie. This'll lie snugly here, and we'll pull past the leftenant, who thinks we havena seen him, with oor heeds up and oor tongues in oor cheeks." They both chuckled heartily at the idea of disappointing the preventive officer, and while one held the torch the other dug a hole in the beach deep enough to contain the two kegs.
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