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This took Sam'l, who had only been courting Bell for a year or two, a little aback. "Hoo d' ye mean, Eppie?" he asked. "Maybe ye'll do 't the nicht." "Na, there's nae hurry," said Sam'l. "Weel, we're a' coontin' on 't, Sam'l." "Gae 'wa' wi' ye." "What for no?" "Gae 'wa' wi' ye," said Sam'l again. "Bell's gei an' fond o' ye, Sam'l." "Ay," said Sam'l.
"You mean to say that the hand of vengeance wa' n't never lifted ag'in' me, and I hain't never sot under no curse?" "I do." "And that the preachers has lied to me?" she said through clenched jaws. "They were simply mistaken; they knew no better." Aunt Dalmanutha lifted a shaking arm. "Woe to them if ever they cross my path ag'in!" she cried hoarsely.
"But if their purpose is to take us by surprise," I said, "they'd be more cautious about it." "Maybe they didn't know how near they was. 'Tain't likely they kin see us much better 'n we kin see them. The sea's got an ugly swell to it, an' the feller likely cussed afore he thought. Enyhow it wa' n't my place ter hail 'em." "All right; where are they?" "Straight off the starboard quarter, sir."
The superstitious Wa Kikuyu were fully convinced that by this he bewitched their cattle, which at the time were dying in scores from rinderpest. So instigated no doubt by the all-powerful witch-doctor they treacherously killed him. For my part, however, I found them not nearly so black as they had been painted to me.
"By golly! you speak de troof. It wa jess like that, jess like the lass s'riek ob Massa Grow." "And yet," continued the sailor, after a moment's reflection, "'t warn't like that neyther. 'T warn't human, nohow: leastwise, I niver heerd such come out o' a human throat." "A don't blieb de big raff can be near. We hab been runnin' down de wind ebba since you knock off dat boat-hook.
This took Sam'l, who had only been courting Bell for a year or two, a little aback. "Hoo d'ye mean, Eppie?" he asked. "Maybe ye'll do't the nicht." "Na, there's nae hurry," said Sam'l. "Weel, we're a' coontin' on't, Sam'l." "Gae wa wi' ye." "What for no?" "Gae wa wi' ye," said Sam'l again, "Bell's gei an' fond o' ye, Sam'l." "Ay," said Sam'l. "But am dootin' ye're a fell billy wi' the lasses."
"Bam-by she hear a fonny little noise way off. Twigs crackling, and somesing bumping and tromping in the snow. Colina think it is big game and go quick. Some tam she stop and listen. Bam-by she hear fonny snarling and grunting. She know there is a fight and she is a little scare. But she go more fas'. "Wa! Wa! What a sight she sec there! Poor Michel he pretty near done.
Grierson and Professor Kuhn that the Mon-Khmêr, Palaung, Wa, and Khasi languages are closely connected. In the section of the Monograph which deals with language some striking similarities between the languages of these tribes will be pointed out.
Part of it had evidently been in existence before the ingenious Sin Sin Wa had exercised his skill upon it, and was of solid brickwork and stone-paved; palpably a storage vault. But it had been altered to suit the Chinaman's purpose, and one end that in which the passage came out was timbered.
Snapping off the light of his torch, he stood, feet wide apart, staring at Sin Sin Wa. The latter, smiling imperturbably, yellow hands resting upon knees, sat quite still on the tea-chest. Constable Bryce was seated on a corner of the table, looking curiously awkward in his tweed overcoat and bowler hat, which garments quite failed to disguise the policeman. He stood up as Kerry entered.
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