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"Lobsters bein' land sodgers, my dears," remarked Adams, in explanation, "so-called 'cause of their bein' all red-coated; but the French sodgers are only red-trousered, coats bein' blue. Axin' your pardon, Brace, go on." The seaman, who had availed himself of the interruption to stir up and stuff down his pipe, resumed.
Baith were weel qualified, for they had baith been sodgers in the garrison, and kennt the gate to handle solans, and the seasons and values of them. Forbye that they were baith or they baith seemed earnest professors and men of comely conversation. The first of them was just Tam Dale, my faither.
A few minutes brought him to the cottage door, which he burst open. "The sodgers is comin', grannie!" "Did ye see my auld man?" "No." "Away wi' ye, bairns," said Mrs. Mitchell quickly but quietly. "Oot by the back door an' doon the burnside; they'll niver see ye for the busses." "But, grannie, we canna leave you here alone," remonstrated Jean with an anxious look.
"Come awa wi' you, then," said Cuddie; "but mind, deil a finger ye maun lay on Lady Margaret, or Miss Edith, or the auld Major, or, aboon a', on Jenny Dennison, or ony body but the sodgers cut and quarter amang them as ye like, I carena." "Ay, ay," said the other, "let us once in, and we will make our ain terms with them a'."
Them sodgers that are eatin' buffalo tongues up at the block-house as if they'd niver ate meat before, and didn't hope to eat again for a twelvemonth " "Ay, what o' them?" interrupted Mrs. Varley; "I've bin wonderin' what was their errand." "Of coorse ye wos, Dame Varley, and I've comed here a purpis to tell ye.
I can see 'em i' their beds i' them gert wards, and there's country lads amang 'em that knows all about cows an' plooin'. Their faces are as lang as a wet week when they think on that they've lossen an arm or a leg, an' will niver milk nor ploo no more. Eh! but I'm fain to milk for t' sodgers." "But how can you be sure that the right people get your milk?" I asked at last.
"Looked high and low, Cap'n. Gravenitz seed Dubrosc steal into the chaparril with his musket. Shortly afterwards we heern a shot, but thought nothin' of it till this mornin', when one of the sodgers foun' a Spanish sombrary out thar; and Chane heern some'dy say the shot passed through Major Twing's markey. Besides, we foun' this butcher-knife where yer was lyin'."
Some of the other chaps took Dirk's side, swearin' that they'd seen Chips chatin', and in two two's, sir, all hands had their knives out, and we was cuttin' and slashin' at each other loike loike sodgers on a field of battle!" "Are there any hurt beside Tom, Mike, and yourself?" I asked, too completely dazed with the sudden horror of the thing to look at more than one side of it for the moment.
You have left Miss Stanhope behind!" The men, looking surprisedly at each other, proceeded to obey the order, upon which the new second-mate, who was in charge of the boat, started to his feet, and prefacing the inquiry with an oath, demanded: "Now then, you sodgers, what are you about? Who commands this here boat?
"If it was a wud I wadna care for the sodgers," replied his comrade, "but it's only a bit plantation. We'll jist mak' for the manse an' hide if we can i' the coal-hole or some place." As he spoke a shout from the troopers told that they had been seen, and several of them leaving the road dashed across the field in pursuit.
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