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"Ye did richt tae resist him; it 'ill maybe roose the Glen tae mak' a stand; he fair hands them in bondage. "Thirty shillin's for twal' vessits, and him no mair than seeven mile awa', an' a' 'm telt there werena mair than four at nicht. "Ye 'ill hae the sympathy o' the Glen, for a'body kens yir as free wi' yir siller as yir tracts. "Wes 't 'Beware o' Gude Warks' ye offered him?
"Your conscience, Rat?" said Sharpitlaw, with a sneer, which the reader will probably think very natural upon the occasion. "Ou ay, sir," answered Ratcliffe, calmly, "just my conscience; a'body has a conscience, though it may be ill wunnin at it. I think mine's as weel out o' the gate as maist folk's are; and yet it's just like the noop of my elbow, it whiles gets a bit dirl on a corner."
"Your conscience, Rat?" said Sharpitlaw, with a sneer, which the reader will probably think very natural upon the occasion. "Ou ay, sir," answered Ratcliffe, calmly, "just my conscience; a'body has a conscience, though it may be ill wunnin at it. I think mine's as weel out o' the gate as maist folk's are; and yet it's just like the noop of my elbow, it whiles gets a bit dirl on a corner."
She had a cheery word for a'body, and she keepit the place frae languor." But I cannot linger over the tale of those peaceful years when I have so much that is strange and stirring to set down. Presently came the Revolution, when King James fled overseas, and the Dutch King William reigned in his stead.
We hesitated, but our landlady, a decent body, came in, and made light of our doots. "Hoots, lads," she said. "A'body plays gowf nooadays. I'll gie ye the lend of some of our Jamie's clubs, and it's no way at a' to the links," Secretly I had nae doot o' my bein' able to hit a little wee ball like them we'd found so far as was needful.
It wad hae been lang or Elshie had burnt down my house and barns, and I am determined to try if he will do aught to build them up again. He's weel kend a skilfu' man ower a' the country, as far as Brough under Stanmore." "Bide a wee, my bairn; mind his benefits havena thriven wi' a'body.
Sanders smiled. "D' ye think she is, Sanders?" "Weel, Sam'l, I d'na want to fluster ye, but she's been ower lang wi' Lisbeth Fargus no to hae learnt her ways. An a'body kins what a life T'nowhead has wi' her." "Guid sake, Sanders, hoo did ye no speak o' this afore?" "I thocht ye kent o't, Sam'l." They had now reached the square, and the U. P. kirk was coming out.
'Five and a half by one and a half would hold her snod, he says to himsel'." "Ronny-On's auld wife heard it, and says she, 'Dinna think, my leddy, as you'll be buried in consecrated ground." "Na, a'body kens she'll just be hauled at the end o' a rope to the hole where the witches was shooled in." "Wi' a paling spar through her, to keep her down on the day o' judgment."
But you oh, you! how can you be happy eneugh! never till ye get to heaven, where a'body is as gude as yoursell. Jeanie, if I live and thrive, ye shall hear of me if not, just forget that sic a creature ever lived to vex ye fare ye weel fare fare ye weel!" She tore herself from her sister's arms rejoined her husband they plunged into the copsewood, and she saw them no more.
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