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Robert relaxed his hold. But Shargar, notwithstanding the lesson Robert had given him, could hardly speak yet for the enjoyment of his own device. 'Gin we could only get rid o' Jock Mitchell! he crowed; and burst out again. 'He's wi' a wuman i' the Gallowgate, said Robert. 'Losh, man! exclaimed Shargar, and started off at full speed. He was no match for his companion, however.
"I sent her to a neighbor, sin' ye came to y'r senses, lad," said he. "Ye hae kept her about ye night and day sin' ye gaed daft, and losh, mon, ye hae gabbled wild talk enough to turn the head o' ony lassie clean daft. An' ye claver sic' nonsense when ye're daft, what would ye say when ye're sane? Hoots, mon, ye maun learn to haud y'r tongue " "Mr.
But the superfluity of the pudding thus caused became now a new source of trouble to Bryan. "What's to be done wid it, Losh? I don't like to give it to the dogs, an' it's too small intirely to make a dumplin' of." "You better heat him raw," suggested La Roche. "Faix, an' I've half a mind to; but it would spile my dinner. Hallo! look out for the vainison, Losh."
"Wull Wallace!" he gasped in a hoarse whisper, as he sprang forward and laid violent hands on his old friend. "Losh, man! are my een leein'? is't possable? Can this be you?" "Yes, thank God, it is indeed " He stopped short, for Andrew, albeit unaccustomed, like most of his countrymen, to give way to ebullitions of strong feeling, threw his long arms around his friend and fairly hugged him.
The two set off at a good pace down the stream, while Dickson's pulsing heart returned to its normal rhythm. As the sound of their feet died away Wee Jaikie crawled out from cover, dry-eyed now and very business-like. He slit the last thongs, and Dickson fell limply on his face. "Losh, laddie, I'm awful stiff," he groaned. "Now, listen.
The rearward of her person was ample; she hitched her skirt in the step, thus exposing an inordinate amount of not over-clean white stocking; and, to make matters worse, Farmer Cordery cast off at the wrong moment and stood back from the horse's head. "Losh! but I'm sorry," said he, gazing after the catastrophic result.
Its shrill invective would have awakened the dead. The whistling, regular snores of the sleeper suddenly wound up with a gasping gurgle; he opened his eyes and, in a strong cereal accent gave vent to a somnolent peevish protest. "Losh! . . . whot wi' you fellers bickerin' an' yon damn birrd currsin' I canna sleep! . . . gie th' " But Hardy silenced him with a warning finger. "Sh-sh!
"What are you two growling at?" said Ruby, who sat on one of the beams at the other side. "At our luck, Ruby," said Joe. "Ha! was that a nibble?" "A naddock!" sneered Watt; "mair like a bit o' tangle than eh! losh me! it is a fish " "Well done, Joe!" cried Bremner, from the doorway above, as a large rock-cod was drawn to the surface of the water. "Stay, it's too large to pull up with the line.
Mortal wuman cudna carry a basket in sic a leevin snaw-drift! Losh, she wudna carry hersel far! I maun bide a bit gien I wad be ony succour till them! It's my basket they'll be wantin', no me; and i' this drift, basket may flee but it winna float! She turned to her cooking as if it were the one thing to save the world. Let her be prepared for the best as well as for the worst!
It took a clever man to make Tam Wylie dance to his piping. But Thomas, the knave, knew that he could always take a rise out the Provost by cracking up the Gourlays, and that to do it now was the best way of fobbing him off about the hay. "Gourlay!" muttered the Provost, in disgust. And Tam winked at the baker. "Losh," said Sandy Toddle, "yonder's the Free Kirk minister going past the Cross!
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