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"Ye did richt tae resist him; it 'ill maybe roose the Glen tae mak' a stand; he fair hands them in bondage. "Thirty shillin's for twal' vessits, and him no mair than seeven mile awa', an' a' 'm telt there werena mair than four at nicht. "Ye 'ill hae the sympathy o' the Glen, for a'body kens yir as free wi' yir siller as yir tracts. "Wes 't 'Beware o' Gude Warks' ye offered him?
He returned home one evening from his usual fruitless search for employment, and threw himself into the arm-chair by the fireside. "No work yet, Andra?" asked Katie. "Nane," was the gloomy response. "We have no' very mony shillin's left noo, Andra. I dinna ken what we'll do." Savage, revengeful feelings surged through Andrew, and found vent in a volley of oaths which terrified his wife.
"I'm goin' to ask thirty shillin's for her and thirty shillin's for the boy. That'll be three pund not a bad night's work; eh, Jack?" "No," replied Jack; but then he continued after a pause, "You'll tell him, won't you, mother, to be good to the children.
"He's preparin' nuts for screws," replied Will, "and gets one penny for every hundred. Most boys can do from twelve to fourteen hundred a day, so, you see, they can earn from six to seven shillin's a week; but that little feller they call him Tomtit Dorkin earns a good deal more, I believe, and he has much need to, for he has got an old granny to support.
I want something wot's been used by you, and I've got a fancy for that as a keepsake." The second mate shook 'is 'ead. "I'm sorry, Bill," 'e says, gently, "but I couldn't let it go at that." "I'd sooner pay thirty shillin's than not 'ave it, sir," says Bill, 'umbly. "I gave a lot of money for that mattress," says the mate, ag'in. "I forgit 'ow much, but a lot.
Margaret an' me 'ull happen fall out afore weddin' day cooms; but once Canon shouts us ye mun down wi' your five shillin's." "Ah, th' marlock 'ull be cheap enough at five shillin'," cried some jovial spirit. "My word, I would laugh to hear the names called! I reckon Canon hisself 'ud scarce keep a straight face." "Nay, but think of th' poor wench," cried Jack, with an explosion of mirth.
Hephzy fumed a good deal at first; she declared that she felt ashamed, an able-bodied woman like her, to sit around with her hands folded and do nothing. She asked her maid a great many questions, and the answers she received explained some of her puzzles. "Do you know what that poor thing gets a week?" she observed, referring to the maid. "Eight shillin's two dollars a week, that's what she gets.
"Her 'usband bought the lease o' two little 'ouses in Church Street, and they braat 'er in six shillin's a week for years, an' she allus said she'd leave it to Bessie if she wor took afore the lease wor up. But the lease ull be up end o' next year, I know, for I saw the old lady myself last Michaelmas twelve-month, an' she told me all about it, though I worn't to tell nobody meself.
'Maybe I've had twa-three o' a kind. 'Two or three? echoed Gladys in a surprised and rather disapproving voice. 'That is very odd. But, tell me, have you ever seen anybody who wished to marry you, and whom you wished to marry? 'There was a lad asked me yince, answered Teen, 'but he was only seventeen a prentice in Tennant's, wi' aicht shillin's a week. I've never had a richt offer.
The little man nodded cheery greeting to the showman, cried his usual "Hullo, Cousin Aaron!" to the surly skipper, bobbed off his van, and proceeded to unharness. "Well," sighed Hiram, resignedly, "guest Number One for supper, lodgin', and breakfast nine shillin's and hossbait extry. 'Ev'ry little helps, as old Bragg said when he swallowed the hoss-fly."
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