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Then he was joined by Joe, who had also observed Tresler's visit. The little man waved a hand in the direction of the retreating figure. "Wher's he goin'?" he asked. "Guess it's 'bout the leddy," replied Arizona, shortly. "An' he wus boosted out 'cause of her," the other said significantly. "Kind o' minds you of one o' them terriers." "Yup. Or a cow wi' a ca'f." "On'y he don't make no fuss.

But but I half promised," he added, his features setting firmly as they had after Leddy had fired at him. "It seems like duty, unavoidable." The metal was cooling, losing its malleability, and the father proceeded to thrust it back into the furnace.

"Div ye think I cud bide to be paid for a turn till a neebor, lat alane the liftin' o' a buik till a leddy?" said Malcolm with keen mortification. "That wad be to despise mysel' frae keel to truck. It can be no offence to gie ye back yer half croon, my leddy." And again he offered the coin.

"Och! the blasted murtherin' thafe!" exclaimed Kitty, her organ of combativeness, which was very large, becoming terribly excited. "Get into mistress's bed, and the leddy there herself, the omadhoun! The black, murtherin' thafe of a villain!"

"Gien she tries to come up, I'll hae to caw her doon," he said to himself, "an' I dinna like it, for she 's a wuman efter a', though a deevilich kin' o' a ane; but there's my leddy! I hae broucht her intill 't, an' I maun see her safe oot o' 't!" But if Mrs.

"Aweel, if your honour thinks I am safe-the story is just this. Ye see, about a year ago, or no just sae lang, my leddy was advised to go to Gilsland for a while for her spirits were distressing her sair. Ellangowan's troubles began to be spoken o' publicly, and sair vexed she was or she was proud o' her family.

Smitten with a sudden pang, poor Elspie cried, "Oh, my leddy, dinna think o' the future. Dinna!" and she stopped, confused. "Really, how strange you are. But go on. We'll have no more Christinas nor Isobels."

Once, going by Hector's, the lassies wi' their shoon in their hands, were walkin' easier barefit and savin' shoe leather, and a young Embro' leddy, wi' a hooped skirt wi' the braidin' like theek rope on a stack, and high-heeled shoon, looked disdainfu' at them.

Malcom's eyes twinkled more and more kindly, and as he explained afterward to his wife, "Her face was sae like a pink hyacinth beent doon by the storm and a wantin' proppin' oop," that by the time she was done he was ready to accede to her wishes. "Weel," said he, "I canna refuse a blithe young leddy like yoursel, but ye must let me have my ain way."

"Could not say, indeed, my leddy," replied Knockdunder "So, I knowing the people to pe unchancy, and not to lippen to, and hearing a pibroch in the wood, I pegan to pid my lads look to their flints, and then "