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"That'th quite enough for a thow," he said, with a return to his former cynical ease and a perceptible tone of relief in his voice. "It'th the thame old Theretha. Well, then, if you won't go with me, go without me; take the led horthe and cut away. Dick Athley and Petereth will follow you over the county line. If you want thome money, there it ith." He took a buckskin purse from his pocket.
Thee that thaplin' on the bank? It'th thplit, but it didn't break; an' that bank'th brokener'n thith." Oh, blessed Bud! His tow head will always wear a crown to me. On the farther bank a struggle had wrenched the young trees and shrubs away and a slide of slime marked where the victim of the waters had fought for life. We knew how to swim, and we crossed the swollen creek in a rush.
Mithith Farquhar ith very fond of Mithith Barton, and ith quite dithtrethed that she should athothiate with thuch a woman, tho she attacked him on the thubject purpothly. But I tell her it'th of no uthe, with a pig-headed fellow like him. Barton'th well-meaning enough, but tho contheited. I've left off giving him my advithe. Mr.
"It's a dear little boy," said the slender lady, who had a pale, kind face, dark eyes, and very red lips. "It'th a practical joke, I shuppothe," said the dark man. "Our gardening friend wanth a liththon: and I'll thee he getth it." "It wasn't his fault," said Dickie, wriggling earnestly in his high chair; "it was my fault. I fell asleep." The girls crowded round him with questions and caresses.
And then, with a helpless conviction that her excuses, motives, and emotions were equally and perfectly transparent to both men, she stopped in a tremble. "Perhapth it'th jutht ath well, then, that the gentleman came thraight here, and didn't tackle my two friendth when he pathed them," observed Curson, half sarcastically.
Weel, as I was saying, I let on I wanted the wee saw, and went into the kitchen one end's errand. It happened about the mid-hour o' the day. The clock had stoppit, I observed, at three and a half minutes to the twelve." "Hi!" cried the Deacon, "it'th a pity auld Gourlay wathna alive thith day!" "Faith, ay," cried Wylie. "He would have sorted him; he would have trimmed the young ruffian!"
"It'th a matter of the common good, you thee; and we all agreed that we should speak to you, ath the foremost merchant of the town!" Allardyce meant his compliment to fetch Gourlay. But Gourlay knew his Allardyce, and was cautious. It was well to be on your guard when the Deacon was complimentary. When his language was most flowery there was sure to be a serpent hidden in it somewhere.
It'th extr'ornar gude thaft as the thang o' a mavis on a nicht at e'en, and fiery as a Highland charge." It was not in character for the Deacon to say such a thing, but whisky makes the meanest of Scots poetical. He elevates the manner to the matter, and attains the perfect style.
"Yeth; you'll hear it a bit oftener during the next eighteen month or tho. You take care you don't get tired of hearing it, thath all," he laughed. "Yeth," he continued, thoughtfully, "Reynoldth ith played out. Nothing much to be made of Gainthborough, either. Dealing in that lot now, why, it'th like keeping a potht offith. Hoppner'th the coming man."
"It'th a fine morning, Mr. Gourlay," he simpered. "There's noathing wrong with the morning," grunted Gourlay, as if there was something wrong with the Deacon. "We wath wanting to thee ye on a very important matter, Mithter Gourlay," lisped the Deacon, smiling up at the big man's face, with his head on one side, and rubbing his fingers in front of him.
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