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John West, the terror of the surrounding country, the sheep-stealer and burglar, had been found guilty. "What is the sentence?" is asked by a hundred voices. The answer is "Transportation for Life."
"Am I to understand, sir, that you are referring to my friend as a horse-thief?" he demanded, bridling. "I merely asked you to take that message to him," said Kenneth coolly. "I might add cattle-thief, sheep-stealer, hog-thief or " "Why, good God, sir," gasped Mr. Trentman, "he'd shoot you down like a dog if I " "You may also tell Mr. Lapelle that his bosom friend Martin Hawk is in jail."
His first appearance as counsel in a criminal court was at the Jedburgh assizes, where he helped a veteran poacher and sheep-stealer to escape through the meshes of the law. In June, 1795, Scott was appointed one of the curators of the Advocate's Library and became an adept in the deciphering of old manuscript.
This I met with the obvious retort that those were the nights which a commonplace sheep-stealer would naturally choose for his work. On one occasion a gap had been made in a wall, and some of the stones scattered for a considerable distance. Human agency again, in my opinion.
Seeing so large a heap of stuff ready for the feeding of his fire, he began to rise to great heights in his own imagination. First he had been a poor outlaw, a mere sheep-stealer hiding from men's clutches; then he became a robber-chief; and at last he was no less than the king of the mountains.
John West, the terror of the surrounding country, the sheep-stealer and burglar, had been found guilty. "What is the sentence?" is asked by a hundred voices. The answer is "Transportation for Life."
On the other hand, Fathom, who was in point of learning a mere dunce, became, even in his childhood, remarkable among the ladies for his genteel deportment and vivacity; they admired the proficiency he made under the directions of his dancing-master, the air with which he performed his obeisance at his entrance and exit; and were charmed with the agreeable assurance and lively sallies of his conversation; while they expressed the utmost concern and disgust at the boorish demeanour of his companion, whose extorted bows resembled the pawings of a mule, who hung his head in silence like a detected sheep-stealer, who sat in company under the most awkward expressions of constraint, and whose discourse never exceeded the simple monosyllables of negation and assent.
We had a cheerful meal, and separated for the night in high good humour. I confess that I have never been able to feel the force of that argument which says, for example, that because a man is a sheep-stealer he must needs be a bad husband. As well might one set out to prove that a parricide must inevitably prove an indifferent cook.
I could name half a dozen localities, even sections of country, that travelers visit with curiosity just because authors have thrown that glamour over them. But it is hard to create something out of nothing. It needs time." "And genius," Miss McDonald interjected. "Of course, but it took time to transform a Highland sheep-stealer into a romantic personage." Miss McDonald laughed. "That is true.
The aspiration of the criminal, the passionate desire for an asylum from retribution, from justice, was aflame in his heart. "I I don't don't know where they are." he gasped finally, as he passed his hand over his pockets. "Horace," intoned his mother, "you are tellin' me a story!" "'Tain't a story," he answered, just above his breath. He looked like a sheep-stealer.
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