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Na, na he canna pit aff the paper here; folk will misdoubt him how he came by it. Na, na he'll hae the stuff safe at some o' their haulds in the Hielands, and I daur say my cousin Rob could get at it gin he liked." "But would he be disposed to serve us in this pinch, Mr.
Comfort the puir lass. 'Tis no harm to play a man's part. Hear me," he growled; "I'll nae have my soncy lad abused." "Dad's gone back to the Hielands. 'Nough said." Elizabeth had recovered her customary jolly poise.
Jarvie in a very subdued tone "I speak amang friends, and under the rose Ye are to understand, that the Hielands hae been keepit quiet since the year aughty-nine that was Killiecrankie year. But how hae they been keepit quiet, think ye? By siller, Mr. Owen by siller, Mr. Osbaldistone.
"Ye are right, Hampden," said the Scotch doctor, in reply to some observation. "We are vara primitive in the Hielands, and we keep to our ain national customs in dress and everything; and we are vara slow to learn, and even when we try we are nae ower successfu' in our imitations, which sometimes cost us dearly enough.
And there they are wi' gun and pistol, dirk and dourlach, ready to disturb the peace o' the country whenever the laird likes; and that's the grievance of the Hielands, whilk are, and hae been for this thousand years by-past, a bike o' the maist lawless unchristian limmers that ever disturbed a douce, quiet, God-fearing neighbourhood, like this o' ours in the west here."
If there's anything in blood and loyalty, it would be strange if they did na respond. And I can tell ye, ma frien', there's more in the Hielands than any 'romancer, as ye call them, ay, even Scott hissel', and he was but an Edinboro' man, ever dreamed of. Don't fash yoursel' about that. And you and me'll not agree about Prince Charlie.
"I'll gie you dog's wages, ye rascal, if ye dinna attend to what I say t'ye We are gaun into the Hielands a bit" "I judged as muckle," said Andrew. "Haud your peace, ye knave, and hear what I have to say till ye We are gaun a bit into the Hielands" "Ye tauld me sae already," replied the incorrigible Andrew. "I'll break your head," said the Bailie, rising in wrath, "if ye dinna haud your tongue."
He was pleased to inform me, as if he had been bringing the finest news imaginable, "that the Hielands were clean broken out, every man o' them, and that Rob Roy, and a' his breekless bands, wad be down upon Glasgow or twenty-four hours o' the clock gaed round." "Hold your tongue," said I, "you rascal!
Jarvie in a very subdued tone "I speak amang friends, and under the rose Ye are to understand, that the Hielands hae been keepit quiet since the year aughty-nine that was Killiecrankie year. But how hae they been keepit quiet, think ye? By siller, Mr. Owen by siller, Mr. Osbaldistone.
I won't have it. For one thing, let me tell you that if I were the Lord Ronald Macdonald of that song we've heard Miss Felixson sing, and you were that canny lass Leezie Lindsay, I should know jolly well that after I'd carried you off to the Hielands my bride and my darling to be, it would be a very short time before Lady Ronald Macdonald had all the airs and tricks of speech of my sisters and cousins.
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