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"We might be a' dead and buried too," said Maggie, "for onything ye wad ken about it;" and then, raising her voice to the stretch of her mother-in-law's comprehension, she added, "It's the auld Countess, gudemither."
You belong to the Scotch party that goes to Baviaans River, I suppose?" asked Frank Dobson. This question led at length to a full and free account of the circumstances and destination of each party, with which however we will not trouble the reader in detail. "D'ee ken onything aboot Baviaans River?" inquired Sandy Black, after a variety of subjects had been discussed.
'I suppose I micht as weel jine your lot, said Willie, carelessly. Macgregor drew himself up. 'The 9th H.L.I, doesna accep' onything that offers. 'I'm as guid as you an' I'm bigger nor you. 'Ye're bigger, but ye're peely-wally. Still, Wullie, I wud like fine to see ye in ma company. 'Ye've a neck on ye! Your company! . . . Aweel, come on an' see me dae it.
"To the which I would add, man," said Dick, "that if ye'd let yersel' drip into the lubricators you'd be worth siller to us; not to say onything o' the discoorse I micht verra weel preach on Satan from yer present appearance." The banter turned the man from his more meaning purpose.
"Weel, tell Peter," said Black hurriedly, "to gang doon to the ferm an' see if he can find oot onything aboot Marion Clerk an' Isabel Scott. I'm wae for thae lassies. They're ower guid to let live in peace at a time like this. Tell him to tell them frae me to flee to the hills.
Fordyce was connected, and of her demeanour that day at St. Enoch's Station an exact exemplification of Teen's plain-spoken objection. 'Liz said she was as guid as them, an' she wadna be patronised; an' that's what prevents plenty mair frae gaun. A lot gang just to serve themselves, because they get a lot frae the ladies. My, ye can get onything oot o' them if ye ken hoo to work them.
"Weel," his widow explained, "ye see, Andra wis a Socialist an' thocht naething o' lords naething. I used to show him pictures o' them in the Heartsease Library fine-lukin' fellays wi' black mustacheys but he juist aye said, 'It's easy to draw a pictur', and he wouldna own that they wis onything but meeserable to look at. An', mind you, he wis richt. When I saw the lord in St.
"I'm no leein'," answered she, bursting into tears of indignation. "Wha said 'at I took them?" "That's naething to the pint. Ye wadna greit that gait gin ye war innocent. I never missed onything afore. And ye ken weel eneuch there's an ee that sees a' thing, and ye canna hide frae hit."
In the recognition of will and choice in the acceptance of the mercy of God, Mrs. Falconer was then in advance of her time. And it is no wonder if her notions did not all hang logically together. 'At ony rate, grannie, resumed her grandson, 'I haena dune a' for him 'at I can yet; and I'm no gaein' to believe onything that wad mak me remiss in my endeavour.
The bits o' weans gang aboot the hoose wonderin' at her, and she looks to them too, but ye'd think she'd nae interest in onything. She jist looks out o' the window an' doon the brae to the pit. It's awesome to look at her." "Oh, puir body!" and again the kindly neighbor was overcome, and Jenny joined her tears too in silent sympathy.
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