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Updated: June 14, 2025
He came up to Annie, and addressed her in the smoothest voice he could find, fumbling at the same time in his coat-pocket. "Hoo are ye the nicht dawtie? Are ye verra weel? An' hoo's yer auntie?" He waited for no reply to any of these questions, but went on. "See what I hae brocht ye frae the chop." So saying, he put into her hand about half-a-dozen sweeties, screwed up in a bit of paper.
From all appearances Auntie Jinit had, to use her own phrase, been "up sides" with Jake Martin, since her second marriage. "And is yon yersel', Lizzie lass!" she cried heartily. "An' hoo's the pair bit lamb the day?" "Eppie? Oh, not much better, Auntie Jinit. I'm afraid sometimes poor Eppie will never be better."
The solid phalanx of the rooks swept through the confused multitude before them, by their mere momentum cutting it completely in two, and crushing innumerable combatants underneath. In a minute, in less than a minute, the mighty host of Tu Kiu, the flower of Choo Hoo's army, was swept from the earth.
Fancy thee leavin' me to get wed, an' livin' i' a strange place, and all th' fo'k set agen thee afore they see thee! 'But thaa knows, misses, hoo'll happen not tak' to thee an' Milly. Hoo'll happen be a bit aboon yo' high-minded like. 'Hoo'll tak' to Milly if hoo's takken to Mr. Penrose, lad; thaa'll see if hoo doesn't.
"Gang yer wa's, lassie, and the Lord gang wi' ye, as ance he did wi' them that gaed to Emmaus." With her shoes in her hand, the girl was leaving the house when her father called after her "Hoo's folk to ken that I provide for my ain, whan my bairn gangs unshod? Tak aff yer shune gin ye like when ye're oot o' the toon."
Hoo's noather feyther nor mother, nor nought i'th world to tak to, but what aw can spare for her, an' this is a poor shop to come to for help. Aw'm uncle to her." "Well," said my friend, "and cannot you manage to keep her?" "God bless yo!" replied the old man, getting warm, "Aw cannot keep mysel'. Aw will howd eawt as lung as aw can; but, yo know, what'll barely keep one alive 'll clem two.
Francis, it were summat awful what hoo suffered. Oh yes, I know. But, ye see, when I'm sat here all day by mysel', an' when I see th' empty cheer, an' o' neets when I dream hoo's layin' aside o' me, an' then wakken up an' stretch out my arms eh, dear o' me!" Some of the neighbours thought this poor girl's grief excessive.
"Na, na, Dominie, I see what yir aifter fine; ye mind hoo ye got three notes oot o' me at Perth market Martinmas a year past for ane o' yir college laddies. And what for sud I educat Marget Hoo's bairn? If ye kent a' ye wudna ask me; it's no reasonable, Dominie. So there's an end o't."
'Maybe, Macgregor suggested, 'she didna like to tell ye the truth. Christina smiled gently, saying, 'Ye've a lot to learn aboot us females, Mac. 'By Jings, ye're richt there! Willie exploded, and immediately subsided in confusion. 'Ay, she agreed placidly; 'he's no a connoisseur like you, Wullie. Talkin' o' females, hoo's yer aunt keepin'?
Quite beside themselves with panic fear, the barbarian host turned and fled in utter confusion, nor could Choo Hoo, with all his efforts, rally them again, for having once suffered defeat in the battle of the eclipse, they had lost confidence. The greater number fled in every direction, each only trying to save himself; but the best of Choo Hoo's troops took refuge in their old camp.
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