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A round of applause followed this offer, as Ned drew forth a much-soiled letter from the breast pocket of his coat, and carefully unfolding it, spread it on his knee. "It begins," said O'Connor, in a slightly hesitating tone, "with some expressions of a a raither endearin' character, that perhaps I may as well pass." "No, no," shouted the men, "let's have them all. Out with them, Paddy!"
"I looked at him gruff-like a moment or two, for it seemed to me he was raither too familiar for a stranger, but he's got such a pleasant, hearty look with him as you know that I couldn't feel riled with 'im, so `I'm goin' on the spree, says I. "`All right, says he, `I'm with 'ee, lad. D'ye know the town?
"No, sir," answered Bobby from his corner, for he was beginning to be amused by the succession of surprises which Wealth was receiving, "'e don't always come in so. Sometimes 'e sends 'is 'ead first an' the feet come afterwards. In any case the furniture's apt to suffer, not to mention the in'abitants, but you've saved us to-night, sir, or, raither, Mr Scott 'as saved both us an' you."
They hae the best o' it," she concluded, as she rested her elbows on her knees and again searched his face keenly to see if her arguments had had any effect upon him. "Ay, but I'd raither work," reiterated the boy stubbornly. "Then they hae plenty o' books," continued the temptress, loth to give up and keen to draw as rosy a picture as possible, "and a braw hoose, an' a piano in it.
All the same, Mas'r Dick, when it comes to enterin' the ring wi' them sausage-eaters I'd raither 'ave a dozen Lancashire or Devon lads about me than all the Frenchies you could put in Hyde Park.
In the middle of the night, as Malcolm sat by his bed, thinking him asleep, the marquis spoke suddenly. "You must go to Aberdeen to-morrow, Malcolm," he said. "Verra weel, my lord." "And bring Mr. Glennie, the lawyer, back with you." "Yes, my lord." "Go to bed, then." "I wad raither bide, my lord. I cudna sleep a wink for wantin' to be back aside ye."
With a hearty good-evening to all, and a special embrace to Gertie, the engine-driver left his home, accompanied by Bob his hopeful son. "Mr Sharp," said Bob, as they walked along, "has bin makin' oncommon partikler inquiries among us about some o' the porters. I raither think they're a bad lot." "Not at all," replied his father severely.
"Lassie!" he said at length, in a voice that was not like his own, "didna ye ken i' yer ain sowl we wad raither hae dee'd?" "There'tis! That's jist what for Grizzie wadna hae ye tellt!
"Look here, Bawbie," says Sandy, "if you're genna rag me ony mair aboot that, it's as fac's ocht, I'll rin awa' an' join the mileeshie. I wud raither be blawn into minch wi' an' echty-ton gun than stand ony mair o' your gab." "Tut, tut, Sandy," says I, "keep on your dickie, man. Ye're no' needin' to get into a pavey like that.
"It begins," said O'Connor, in a slightly hesitating tone, "with some expressions of a a raither endearin' charackter, that perhaps I may as well pass." "No, no," shouted the men, "let's have them all. Out with them, Paddy!" "Well, well, av ye will have them, here they be.
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