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"Ay, he's richt," said the Scotchman as he watched him go. "Tom Pollard, man, I hinna prayed for years, but I am praying to-nicht. I ought to be a different man, for I ken the fundamentals of releegion, but I'm giving my heart to God to-nicht; I am for sure." Tom followed the Scotchman out of the canteen towards one of the numerous sleeping-huts.
"We mustn't keep Mary waiting. She wants us to help her plant the sweet potatoes to-nicht." Jimmy rose, and his joints almost creaked. The pain angered him. He leaned forward and glared at Dannie. "Is there one minute of the day whin you ain't thinkin' about my wife?" he demanded, oh, so slowly, and so ugly! Dannie met his hateful gaze squarely.
This evidence so bolstered Dannie that he faced Mary with confidence. "There's a traveling man frae Boston in town, Mary, and he was edifying the boys a little, and Jimmy dinna like it. He's going to show him a little country sport to-nicht to edify him." Dannie outlined the plan of Jimmy's campaign.
To- morrow nicht's audience is in the making to-nicht. If you folk who are out in front the noo, beyond the glare of the footlights, dinna care for me, dinna like the way I'm trying to please you, and amuse you, there'll be empty seats in the hoose to-morrow and the next day. Sae that's my answer, I'm thinking, to my wife when she tells me to beware of turning into a preacher.
Tom turned and saw a tall raw-boned fellow in kilts. "Ay, Alec; wher't' baan?" "There's a wee lassie I promised to meet to-nicht," replied the other. Alec McPhail belonged to the Black Watch, a battalion of which was stationed in the town, and Tom and Alec had become friends. "What's thy lass's name?" asked Tom. "I dinna ken reightly, except that they ca' her Alice.
"I could have told you when you went after him last night that he would go back as soon as he wakened to-day. I know he is gone. I watched him lave." Dannie brushed the other sleeve, on which there had been nothing at the start, and answered: "Noo, dinna ye misjudge him, Mary. He's goin' to a coon hunt to-nicht. Dinna ye see him take my gun?"
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