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"Gin ye want a wife, Saunders, ye'll hae to look oot for a deef yin, for it's no ony or'nar' woman that could stand yer mither's tongue. Na, Saunders, it wad be like leevin' i' a corn-mill rinnin' withoot sheaves." "Meg," said Saunders, edging up cautiously, "I hae something to gie ye!" "Aff wi' ye, Cuif!
Did ye think I had? 'Yes. We that is, some o's thocht Walter an' me, onyway that ye had gane to the theatre in London to be an actress. It was gey shabby, I thocht, to gang the way ye did, withoot sayin' a cheep to me, efter a' the plans we had made, said Teen, with equal candour.
"It was Leeby 'at I got it frae. Ye see, Joey had never seen me gaen ony gait withoot my staff, an' he thocht if he hod it I wouldna be able to gang awa. Ay, he planned it all oot, though he was but a bairn, an' lay watchin' me in my bed till I fell asleep. Syne he creepit oot o' the bed, an' got the staff, and gaed ben for Leeby.
There I bided as quiet as a mouse until the general passed me on his road tae bed, and a' was still in the hoose. My certie! I wouldna gang through wi' it again for a' the siller at the Union Bank of Dumfries, I canna think o't noo withoot feelin' cauld a' the way doon my back.
"For ma ain pairt," Soutar used to declare, "a' canna mak' up my mind, but there's ae thing sure: the Glen wudna like tae see him withoot them; it wud be a shock tae confidence. There's no muckle o' the check left, but ye can aye tell it, and when ye see thae breeks comin' in ye ken that if human pooer can save yir bairn's life it 'ill be dune."
"'I dinna ken, I said, 'whaur nane o' thae gaed; but did yer mother hae a staff? "'A little staff, he said; 'it was near black wi' age. She couldna gang frae the bed to her chair withoot it. It was broadened oot at the foot wi' her leanin' on't sae muckle. "'I've heard tell, I said, ''at the dominie up i' Glen Quharity took awa the staff. "He didna speir for nae other thing.
I was gaun' back wounded, with this " he indicates an arm strapped close to his side "and there was six Fritzes came crawlin' oot o' a dug-oot, and gave themselves up tae me me, that was gaun' back wounded, withoot so much as my jack-knife! Demorralised that's it!"
He was dressed as never man had appears in Scotlan' afore glorious withoot no like the leddy i' the Psalms for yer ee cud licht nowhaur but there was the glitter o' a stane, sae 'at he flashed a' ower, ilka motion he made.
And noo she canna even steek thae black, black e'en, nor wind the corpse-claith aboot yon comely limbs sae straight and bonny as they were I hae straiked and kissed sae oft and oft. O wae's me wae's me! What will I do withoot my bonny laddies!" It was with the sound of his mother's lament still in his ears that Sholto rode sadly over the hill to Thrieve.
We've cleared awa the snow at the back for the prayer; ye 'ill get in at the kitchen door. "There's a puckle Dunleith men " "Wha?" cried Jamie in an instant. "Dunleith men," said Drumsheugh. "Div ye mean they're here, whar are they?" "Drying themsels at the fire, an' no withoot need; ane of them gied ower the head in a drift, and his neeburs hed tae pu' him oot.
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