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Then with firmly gripped staff he marched stoutly into the tide till it ran hissing below his armpits. "I could dae't alone," he cried, "but no wi' a burden. For, losh, if ye slippit, ye'd be in the Manor Pool afore ye could draw breath." And so we waited with the great white droves and five angry men beyond, and the path blocked by a surging flood.
It was empty, but she slippit through the yard-gate and flew along the path and in at the door. The Kelpie came flying through the gate " "No, no it loupit ower the dyke!" screamed Phillis, who would countenance no tamperings with the original text. "Oh, yes. It loupit ower the dyke, but the wee lassie just slammed the door in its face, and turned the key.
'A've thocht that masel, replied the agonized elder, 'mair than aince. Weelum MacLure was 'ettling aifter the same thing the nicht he slippit awa, an' gin ony man cud hae stude on his ain feet yonder, it was Weelum. And for minister and elder and doctor and me 'there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
Weelum MacLure was ettlin' aifter the same thing the nicht he slippit awa, and gin ony man cud hae stude on his ain feet yonder, it was Weelum. It was the doctor's last conversation. When his old servant entered the room next morning, he found his master sitting silent and cold in his chair. 'We need a Friend in the Great Court! said the doctor. 'A've thocht that masel! replied Drumsheugh.
I lost ye once out of Ladykirk when ye slippit out at the back door. But this time ye shall have a better gaoler. Hear ye that, Mistress Patsy?"
"When Wullie slippit awa, at midnight his twa dochters, Kirsty an' Ann, took on redeek'lus, an' the auld wumman was waur. But the twa elders sat an oor, comfortin' the twa lassies, ane to ilka ane, an' baith o' them no' bad to luik at. They comfortit them muckle the same as I comfortit Betsy when we did oor coortin', but the puir auld buddy was left her lane wi' naebody to comfort her ava.
There was another shout of laughter, which puzzled Geordie much. 'I dinna see the jowk, but I've slippit ower in whusky mair nor a hunner dollars. Then he paused, looking hard before him, and twisting his face into extraordinary shapes till the men looked at him in wonder. 'I'm rale glad o' this saloon, but it's ower late for the lad that canna be helpit the noo.
"Couldna he hae slippit it gently into my hand?" said Caleb; "but his honour will never learn how to bear himsell in siccan cases." Mysie, in the mean time, according to a uniform custom in remote places in Scotland, offered the strangers the produce of her little dairy, "while better meat was getting ready."
"What is the matter?" said Mr. Menteith, sharply. "You're gone daft, man;" for the big Highlander was trembling like a child. "Whisht! Dinna speak o't. It was my lord's wraith, ye ken. It just keekit in and slippit awa." "Folly! I saw nothing." "But I think I did," said Lord Cairnforth. "Hear him! Ay, he saw't his ain sel. Then it maun be true. Oh my dear lord!"
Onybody can repent when they like, and it's no convenient yet for me. Since I hae slippit the tether, I may as well tak a canter o'er the knowes. I won'er how I could be sae silly as to sit sae lang willy-waing wi' you about that blethering bodie, James Kilspinnie.
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