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Updated: June 9, 2025
Now, ye'll remember that Jock was perpetually sniftering and gaping wi' his mouth, or even sucking his thumb like an idiot. There was nae keeping the animal cleanly, much less instructing him; and then, if he had the book in his hand, there he sat staring owre it, wi' a look as vacant and stupid as a tortoise.
"'So I am, said he; 'I am worth twice twenty, if my things should be put up at their real value; but at present I canna command the ready money and there is where the rock lies that I am to be wrecked upon. "'Assuredly, returned I, 'three hundred pounds are no bauble. It requires a person to turn owre a number o' shillings to make them up.
With this intention, he had passed the little window, and was approaching the door, when he heard a chair overturned and a noise within, as if some one had fled to the farther end of the house in great confusion. This induced him to listen for a moment; and, while thus listening, he heard Elspeth exclaim "What i' the warld's come owre the lassie noo! whaur hae ye run till, Kate?
At first, he came with a quantity of worsted, "to see if she would knit a pair of stockings for him;" next, he "came to see if she would darn the heels of a pair of stockings;" and, by and by, he sometimes ventured to "come owre, just to speer for her."
"They are far owre finely strung," replied he of the Forest, "for mine are just reeght." Was engaged the whole day with Sheriff Court processes. There is something sickening in seeing poor devils drawn into great expense about trifles by interested attorneys.
"Dae you no?" she broke in quickly, loosing hold of herself as she saw that her method of attack was not going to succeed. "I hae been suspectin' something for a while. You hinna been in owre my door for three weeks an' that's no your ordinar. But I have seen you gaun in tae Tam Granger's nearly every nicht in that time. An' I can put twa an' twa together.
At that moment a solemn sound rose from all the congregation, and every one stood up to see the men, as they sat at the table, put down their names. From the day on which the Covenant was signed, though I was owre young to remember the change myself, I have heard it often said that a great alteration took place in the morals and manners of the Covenanters.
Yet, for all the regardlessness of his ways and moral conduct, he was much beloved by the men he had the training of; and, on the night before he left the town, lies were told of a most respectit and pious officer of the town's power, if he did not find the causey owre wide when he was going home, after partaking of Captain Hepburn's pay-way supper.
"In guid troth na," replied Christy, to whom the cross afforded some confidence. "It's a' out, man it's owre the hail town. There's nae use in concealin't langer. Just put a spunk to the neck o't and set aff. Ave Maria! help Christy Lowry in this her trial and temptation?"
I hae dander'd owre a' the kintra frae Dunbar to Selcraig, and hae forgather'd wi' mony a guid fallow, and mony a weelfar'd hizzie.
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