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I, John Bairdieson, am the only officer of the seenod left; therefore I stand atween the people and you this day, till ye hae gane intil the seenod hall, that we ca' on ordinary days the vestry, and there, takkin' till ye the elders that remain, ye be solemnly ordainit ower again and set apairt for the office o' the meenistry."
I dinna want him back noo, an' ilka day is takkin' me nearer to him, but for mony a lang year I grudged him sair, sair. He was juist five minutes gone, an' they brocht him back deid, my Joey." On the Sabbath day Jess could not go to church, and it was then, I think, that she was with Joey most.
David wooed Cecile to sit on a stool beside him, and things went smoothly for a time, though Hannah made it clearly evident that this was not the kind of tea she had expected, and that she 'didn't howd wi' new-fangled ways o' takkin' your vittles. Reuben did his best to cover and neutralise her remarks by gossip to David about the farm and the valley.
It was a very pleasant fortnight at Melvich. Mistress Macpherson was so motherly that "takkin' cauld" was reduced to a permanent impossibility. The other men at the inn proved to be very companionable fellows, quite different from the monsters of insolence that my anger had imagined in the moment of disappointment.
'Dang it, thee bean't afeard o' schoolmeasther's takkin cold, I hope? 'N-no, said Smike, his teeth chattering in his head. 'But he brought me back before, and will again. He will, he will indeed. 'He wull, he wull! replied John impatiently. 'He wean't, he wean't. Look'ee!
"D' ye want ony han's?" continued Tam, addressing Moriarty. "I think we do," replied the young fellow, moving toward the barracks. "The boss was saying there was a few burrs that would have to be looked after at once. Call again in the evening, and see him." "Yon wad fit mysen like auld breeks," persisted Tam; "bit A'm takkin' thocht o' Andraw here.
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