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But suddenly all letters stopped, and the mother thought for long they must be coming to see her, but this hope and many another faded, and the fair morning of Katie's marriage was shrouded in impenetrable gloom and mystery. Archie got bravely over his trouble, and a while after his father's death married a good little woman, not quite without "the bit of siller."
'Why, friend, you do not pretend to believe that I am really a malefactor? said Bertram. 'Why, I no ken, said the fellow; 'but if you ARE on the account, ye're nae sharp ane, that's the daylight o't. 'And why do you say I am no sharp one? 'Why, wha but a crack-brained greenhorn wad hae let them keep up the siller that ye left at the Gordon Arms? said the constable.
He determined that in his own case no collapsed ideal should be possible. Therefore, it was that his proposal took the following form: "I'm but a puir lad, Jennie; I hae nae siller to offer ye, and nae land." "Ah, but ye hae yoursel', Davie!" "An' I'm wishfu' it wa' onything else, lassie. I'm nae but a puir ill- seasoned loon, Jennie."
That's charity real charity. But is it charity to do as some would do in sich a case as this? Here'll be a man I know coming tae me. "Harry," he'll say, "you're rich it won't matter to you. Lend me the loan of a ten-pound note for a few weeks. I'd like to be putting oot some siller for new claes." And when I refuse he'll call me mean.
"Heaven be thankit," he murmured devoutly, "that I was to the fore when it came." "I thank you, Fergus, for calling me," said Farnham, smiling. "I know it must have cost you an effort to divide such a sight with any one." "It's your siller bought it," the Scotchman answered sturdily; "but there's nobody knows it, or cares for it, as I do, and that's the truth."
"You're aye a faithful pet, and I like you clannish. Stand by them that stands by you, my poor man used to say. You shall put on as fine a gown, and finer, of my providing, the day you're wedded." "I'll gie ye veil o' siller lace, And troth ye wi' a ring; Sae bid the blushes to your face, My ain wee thing!" sang Mary.
"I will not hinder thee," said Mrs. Brodie, "I'm no way troubled to take care of my own money, but it is just an aggravation to take care of other folks' siller. And who may thou be going to give a 'large sum of money' to, in Kirkwall town? I wouldn't wonder if the party isn't my own brother, Captain Conall Ragnor?" "No, Mistress," the young man replied.
The Government sent down every year lists of "immediate requirements," which the council as promptly filed owing to the lack of any accompanying draft. To spend good siller "oot o' the Common Guid" and then look to a far-off Government to reimburse them, was an affair in which the shrewd burgesses of Stranryan very naturally declined to engage. Julian Wemyss's case threatened to be a curious one.
'Gae tak' awa' the china plates, Gae tak' them far frae me; And bring to me a wooden dish, It's that I'm best used wi'. And tak' awa' thae siller spoons, The like I ne'er did see, And bring to me the horn cutties, They're good eneugh for me. Earl Richard's Wedding. The next day was one of the most cheerful and one of the most fatiguing that I ever spent.
No opposition was offered to their entrance either by the guards or doorkeepers; and it is even said that one of the latter refused a shilling of civility-money tendered him by the Laird of Dumbiedikes, who was of opinion that "siller wad make a' easy." But this last incident wants confirmation.
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