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Noo, I was sayin' to the wife this verra day that yon man ye brocht frae Montreal last simmer was like eneuch a graun preacher I'm no disputin' that, mind ye. But I was sayin' to the wife as hoo I likit yirsel' fully mair nor him." I smiled with pleasure, for the process was an interesting one. Bouquets look strange in these rough Scottish hands but their fragrance is the sweeter for all that.
"Div ye see that, man?" said the figure, pointing jubilantly to the board. "I declare it juist a Providence. It's no that I'm thirsty, Bailie, and I canna bear drinkin'; that's never been a fault o' mine, though I doubt ye're fallin' into the habit yirsel'. No, I'm no thirsty, but I've a sinkin' at the heart. Ye'll come in, and we'll taste together afore we part. I forgive ye onything ye said.
Nae doot ye made certain ye hed escapit, but hed ye? A' leave it tae yirsel', for the answer is in yir body," and John examined Peter's wooden leg with an austere interest. "Ay, ay, ma man," he resumed for Peter was now quite silenced by this uncompromising interpretation of the ways of Providence "ye aff tae London, an' the Lord aifter ye, an' whuppit aff ae leg.
"An' wha' dae they ca' yirsel'?" I asked. "Tam Airmstrang-anither Tam, ye ken. An' whaur ye frae? Wha' pairt o' the kintra was ye born in syne?" A boggy-looking place for a man to carry his integrity safely across; however, I replied, "Ye'se aiblins be acquent wi' yon auld sang: Braw, braw lads on Yarrow braff, That wander through the bloomin' heather. Aweel, A was born on the braes o' Yarra.
"Piggie's no very particular at a time," admitted Kildrummie; "maybe it's a makup the story aboot Miss Carnegie an' yirsel'. "Accordin' tae the wratch," for Carmichael would deign no reply, "she wes threatenin' tae mak' a fule o' the Free Kirk minister o' Drumtochty juist for practice, but a' said, 'Na, na, Piggie, Maister Carmichael is ower quiet and sensible a lad.
"Minister," he said, "I own ye as a faithfu' guide." For we've had oor ain times thegither. I micht maist say as 'at 'We twa hae paiddled i' the burn, only it wudna be becomin'. But aboot that word I've heard ye say yirsel' frae the pulpit as how hell is a maist awfu' feelin' i' the breist.
Sinclair, on the day on which young Robert went down the pit, showed off her room "grandeur" to an admiring neighbor. "My, what braw paper ye hae, Nellie. Wha put it on for ye? Was it yirsel'?" asked the visitor with breath bated in admiration. "Ay, it was that. I just got the chance o' the bargain, an' I thocht I'd tak' it," she replied, with subdued pride.
"Come in, come in," I said cordially, for he was dear to me, and we had the bond of a common sorrow. "Have you forgotten something?" "No," he answered, "but I hae minded something. I didna speak when a' the ithers spoke; but I want to tell ye something by yirsel'. I think ye ought to ken. It has to dae wi' yir decision. "Ye mind wee Issie?
Ye're a lusty lad yirsel', and there's many a cheery nicht among the lasses wi' petticoats and short-goons, and I'll teach ye hoo tae whistle them oot if ye would leave your books and come raking wi' Dan." We had unyoked the horses and got astride, and when we came to the gate there was the bonny spaewife carrying a bairn in a tartan shawl.
Ye 'ill hunt us into Bulldog's class-room, and then go off yirsel to shoot rabbits; but ye 'ill no' play ony tricks on me, Peter McGuffie." "I will go," said Speug, manfully, "though I'll no' promise to write." "Say as sure's death," said Jock, knowing Speug's wiles.
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