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It wad but raise a strife atween the twa, ohn dune an atom o' guid. She wud only rage at the laddie, and pit him in sic a reid heat as wad but wald thegither him and his wull sae 'at they wud maist never come in twa again. And though ye gaed and tauld her yer ain sel, my leddy wad lay a' the wyte upo' you nane the less.
He tried to turn her hert, sayin' wad she hae had him no help the puir thing ower the dyke, her bairnie bein' but a fortnicht auld, an' hersel' unco weak-like? but my leddy made a mou' as gien she was scunnert to hear sic things made mention o'. An' was she to stan' luikin' ower the hedge, an' him convoyin' a beggar wife an' her brat! An' syne to come to her ohn ever washen his han's!
He was on the point of warning Clementina lest she too should be worse than startled, when he was arrested by the voice of John Jack, the old gardener, who came stooping after them, looking a sexton of flowers. "Ma'colm, Ma'colm!" he cried, and crept up wheezing. " I beg yer leddyship's pardon, my leddy, but I wadna ha'e Ma'colm lat ye gang in there ohn tellt ye what there is inside."
Says he, ae day, "Robert, my man, gin ye will aye unnerstan' afore ye du as ye're tellt, ye'll never unnerstan' onything. But gin ye du the thing I tell ye, ye'll be i' the mids o' 't afore ye ken 'at ye're gaein' intil 't." I jist thocht I wad try him. It was at lang division that I boglet maist. Weel, I gaed on, and I cud du the thing weel eneuch, ohn made ae mistak.
"Wad ye no tak up the carpets first, wuman?" he said. "I wad," she answered; "that gangs ohn speirt gien there was time; but I tell ye there's nane; an' ye'll buy twa or three carpets for the price o' ae horse." "Haith! the wuman's i' the richt," he cried, suddenly waking up to the sense of the proposal, and shot from the house.
She was standing at the door, however, shading her eyes with her hand, looking abroad as if for some one that might be crossing hitherward from the east. She did not see Annie approaching from the north. "What are ye luikin' for, auntie?" "Naething. Nae for you, ony gait, lassie." "Weel, ye see, I'm come ohn luikit for. But ye was luikin' for somebody, auntie." "Na. I was only jist luikin'."
Ye hae baith conquered sin i' yersel, and ye hae turned the sinner frae the error o' his ways." "Hoots!" interrupted Cupples, "do ye think I was gaun to lat the laddie gang reid-wud to the deevil, ohn stud in afore 'm and cried Hooly!" After this the two were friends, and met often. Cupples went to the missionars again and again, and they generally walked away together.
Then Annie perceived that Curly looked earnest and anxious. "What do ye say, Curly?" she returned. "I hardly ken what I say, Annie, though I ken what I mean. And I dinna ken what I'm gaun to say neist, but they say the trowth will oot. I wiss it wad, ohn a body said it." "What can be the maitter, Curly?"�-Annie was getting frightened.�-"It maun be ill news, or ye wadna luik like that."
There's no other sure mode of testing your assertion. What a pity the only thorough way should be an impossible one!" "To a' practical purpose, it's easy eneuch, my lord. Jist gang ohn be seen the first nicht, an' the neist gang in a co'ch an' fower. Syne compaur."
"Do ye think ye're like him, Tibbie?" said Annie with a smile, which Tibbie at once detected in the tone. "Hoots, bairn! I had the pock dreidfu', ye ken." "Weel, maybe we a' hae had something or ither that hauds us ohn been sae bonny as we micht hae been. For ae thing, there's the guilt o' Adam's first sin, ye ken." "Verra richt, bairn.
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