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"Then I maun remand ye for another examination," replied Sir Alexander McKetchum coolly. "But I object to that, also. I object to be kept in confinement while there is nothing proved against me, and I demand my liberty," said the viscount insolently. "Why dinna ye demaund the moon and stars, laddie? I could gi'e them to ye just as sune," replied Sir Alexander.
Aloud she said, "Aweel, sir, Mr. Alexander that will be laird is coming hame frae foreign parts?" "Yes." "Sic a wanderer as he has been! But there!" said Mrs. Macmurdo, "ony that saw him when he was a laddie gaeing here and gaeing there by his lane-some, glen and brae and muir, might ha' said, 'Ye're a wanderer and as sune as ye may ye'll wander farther!" "You're quite right, Mrs.
"As sune as the keel o' the coble touches the sand, deil a bit mair will the lazy fisher loons work, but the wives maun kilt their coats, and wade into the surf to tak the fish ashore. And then the man casts aff the wat and puts on the dry, and sits down wi' his pipe and his gill-stoup ahint the ingle, like ony auld houdie, and neer a turn will he do till the coble's afloat again!
"Aweel, aweel, Maggie, ilka land has its ain lauch But where's Steenie the night, when a's come and gane? And where's the gudeman?"* "I hae putten the gudeman to his bed, for he was e'en sair forfain; and Steenie's awa out about some barns-breaking wi' the auld gaberlunzie, Edie Ochiltree: they'll be in sune, and ye can sit doun."
And I'm quaiet yet. And as sune 's it's dark, I s' gang oot and see whether the bonny man be onywhaur aboot. There's naething atween him and me noo; for, the moment I begin to think, it's him 'at comes to be thoucht aboot, and no Phemy ony mair! 'Steenie, said Kirsty, 'it was the bonny man sent Phemy til ye to gie ye something to du for him, luikin efter ane o' his silly lambs.
But the triumphant success of his former effort had made him bold. He could not resist the temptation to write more. So he turned the paper over and wrote on the back "tell pa pa not to wurry about me i aspect to be home sune but dont no ezactly" His eyes were swimming by the time he got that down, but they brightened again as he remembered something. "Weve had grate times ear uncle Jo "
'In God's name, said Bertram, 'let me have what is decent, and make any charge you please. 'Aweel, aweel, that's sune settled; we'll no excise you neither, though we live sae near the custom-house.
But I thought that he wud be sae glad an' sae proud to see his ain Jeanie sae sune. But, oh! ah, weel; I maun na think o' that. What I wud jest say is this' and she tuk a sma' packet frae her breast, while the saut tears streamed doon her pale cheeks 'he sent me forty dollars to bring me owre the sea to him. God bless him for that! I ken he worked hard to earn it, for he lo'ed me then.
I mean whan I'm no wantit ither gaits, an' there 's naebody here." "To be sure," answered the marquis; " only the scholar must n't come with the skipper's hands." "I s' tak guid care o' that, my lord. I wad as sune think o' han'lin' a book wi' wark-like han's as I wad o' branderin' a mackeral ohn cleaned it oot." "And when we have visitors, you 'll be careful not to get in their way."
"Mither! a' kent ye wudna forget yir laddie for ye promised tae come, and a've feenished ma psalm. "And in God's house for evermore My dwelling-place shall be. "Gie me the kiss, mither, for a've been waitin' for ye, an' a'll sune be asleep."
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