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Not that they were no sae in England, further south, too 'deed, and the trouble was they were used too well to Scotch comedians there. There'd been a time when it was enow for a man to put on a kilt and a bit o' plaid and sing his song in anything he thocht was Scottish. There'd been a fair wave o' such false Scottish comics in the English halls, until everyone was sick and tired o' 'em.
Ah ken whit ah want to dae," another coquettish toss of the roses, "but ah'm no so sure jist whit's best aboot merryin', ye ken." "Yes," said Elizabeth faintly. "He's tarrible took wi' me, mind ye," she looked archly at her listener, "but ah'm no sae saft as to be took wi' men, ma' lass. Ah've seen lots o' them in ma' day."
"And now we're settled ance mair," said: Cuddie to his mother, "and if we're no sae bien and comfortable as we were up yonder, yet life's life ony gate, and we're wi' decent kirk-ganging folk o' your ain persuasion, mither; there will be nae quarrelling about that." "Of my persuasion, hinnie!" said the too-enlightened Mause; "wae's me for thy blindness and theirs.
Shoemakers were then a very drucken set, but his beasts keepit him frae them. My mon's been a sober mon all his life, and he never negleckit his wark. Sae I let him be." Children were born to them, eleven in all, and yet he found time to learn to write, to read some books, and to increase constantly his knowledge of nature.
"Ah, ye would wonder, mother," Jamie said, "when I open my box an' find a'thing tied up wi' strings sae careful, it a' comes back to me wi' a rush wha did it, an' am as fond o' thae strings as though they were a grand present. I get the wifie I lodge wi' to sew to me, but often when I come upon the pocky I sit an' look at it."
"What ken ye aboot him, gin it be a fair queston?" "I hae kent him, sir, sin he was a bairn. I perilled his life�-no my ain�-to gar him do his duty. I trust in God it wad hae been easier for me to hae perilled my ain. Sae ye see I do ken aboot him." "Weel," said Mr Cupples, to whom the nature of Thomas had begun to open itself, "I alloo that. Whaur do ye bide? What's yer name?
"Weel, weel," cried the other with affected carelessness, "I'd scorn to be sae graspin'. For the matter o' that ye may hae it all to yersel', but I'll hae the next thing we git that's worth muckle a' to mysel'." So saying Swankie stooped to continue his search of the body, and in a moment or two drew out the purse with an exclamation of surprise. "See, I'm in luck, Davy!
"Ready?" asked the man who was superintending the record. "Aye," I cried. "When ye please!" Sae I began, and it wasna sae bad. I sang the first verse o' ma song. And then, as usual, while the orchestra played a sort o' vampin' accompaniment, I sprang a gag, the way I do on the stage. I should ha' gone straight on, then. But I didn't. D'ye ken what? Man, I waited for the applause!
"It may be sae, but he wasna a teeger for a' that," retorted Black. "D'ee know, sir," he continued, turning to McTavish, "that Mr Pringle's been askin' for 'ee?" "No, Sandy, but now that you've told me I'll go to his tent." So saying the Highlander rose and went out, to attend a council of "heads of families."
"Na," said Saunders; "I haena that, though I hae made up my mind to hae it oot wi' her this verra nicht if sae it micht be that ye warna needin' me, that is " he added, doubtfully, "but I hae guid reason to hope that Meg " "What reason have you, Saunders? Has Margaret expressed a preference for you in any way?" "Preference!" said Saunders; "'deed she has that, minister; a maist marked preference.
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