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He hasna gotten sleep for twa nichts, an' he's fair pitten by himsel' wi' thae ill-set Conformists weary fa' them! that he's been in the gall o' bitterness wi'." Ralph went down to his father's study. Knocking softly, he entered. His father sat in his desk chair, closed in on every side.
Was that any reason why he should not look a little tidier when his hard week's-work was over, and his nightly habit was turned into the comparatively harmless indulgence of a Saturday, in sure hope of the day of rest behind. "Troth, I didna min' 'at it was Setterday," he answered. "I wuss I had pitten on a clean sark, an' washen my face.
But what a clever hand it was in an operation as delicate as a woman's! and what a kindly voice it was in the humble room where the shepherd's wife was weeping by her man's bedside! He was "ill pitten thegither" to begin with, but many of his physical defects were the penalties of his work, and endeared him to the Glen.
It micht hae come til a far wysser heid nor mine, but seein' it did come to mine, it wad luik as gien the Lord micht hae pitten' t' there to the comfort an' consolation o' ane,'at, gien she be a gowk, is muckle the same as the Lord made her wi' 's ain bliss-it han'. Sae, quo' I, Is' jist submit the thing to the laird. He'll sune discern whether it be frae the Lord or mysel'!"
There's been a fowth o' sheep-care pitten intil 'im. Ye see him 'at made 'im, bein' a shepherd himsel', kens what's wantit o' the dog." None but her husband understood what lay behind the words. "Oscar's no wi' im," said Donal. "The dog cam to me i' the byre, lang efter Gibbie was awa', greitin' like, an' luikin' for 'im." Robert gave a great sigh, but said nothing.
"Weel, I div whiles think," responded Wattie, but it was impossible from his tone to tell whether or not he spoke in earnest, "'at maybe my boxies is a wheen ower weel made for the use they're pitten till. They sudna be that ill to rive gien a' be true 'at the minister says.
It's often as well to be single, but I sometimes think Providence must ha' meant me to 'ave an 'usband I'm such a clingin' creature." Such sentiments were most distasteful to Miss Bathgate, that self-reliant spinster, and she said bitterly: "Ma wumman, ye're ill off for something to cling to! I never saw the man yet that I wud be pitten up wi'." "Ho!
Then I doot you gave it a bit kick with your foot," replied the inflexible Buncle. "Or got some other body tae luft it for him!" suggested Private Nigg, looking hard at Tosh's habitual accomplice, Cosh. "I had it pitten in an auld envelope from hame, addressed with my name," continued the mourner. "It couldna hae got oot o' that by accident!"
Dinna stan' there, laddie. The jaud 'll be watchin' ye like a cat watchin' a mouse. I ken her! She's a cat wuman, an' I canna bide her. Come awa' wi' me; I want a bit fish. I can ill eat an' her lyin' deid I' the hoose it winna gang ower; but I maun get some strength pitten intil me afore the berial. It's a God's mercy I wasna made wi' feelin's, or what wad hae come o' me!
But I hae here i' my pooch a bit silly playock,'at's been i' the hoose this mony a lang; an' jist this last nicht it was pitten intil my heid there micht be some guid intl the chattel, seein' i' the tradition o' the faimily it's aye been hauden for siller.
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