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"And hae ye forgot the lounderings that I used to gie ye, for ca'in ane anither such names?" inquired Mr Grierson, with a smile. "I remember you were displeased at it," replied the other. "Weel, doctor," continued the teacher, "I believe I can gratify your curiosity, and I am not sure but you'll find that the history of your class-fellows is not without interest.
Mammy Peggy took the brown head in her lap and let her big hands wander softly over the girl's pale face. "Sh, sh," she said as if she were soothing a baby, "don't go on lak dat. W'y whut's de mattah wid you, Miss Mime? 'Pears lak you done los' all yo' spe'it. Whut you reckon yo' pappy 'u'd t'ink ef he could see you ca'in' on dis away?
Dey jes' de same diffunce 'twixt him an' de othah house-boys as dey is 'tween real quality an' strainers he got mannahs, but he ain't got aihs." "Heish, ain't you right!" "An' while de res' of dem ain' thinkin' 'bout nothin' but dancin' an' ca'in' on, he makin' his peace, callin', an' 'lection sho'." "I tell you, Mam' Henry, dey ain' nothin' like a spichul named chile."
There's a muckle ship gaun ashore on the reef, and the puir folks are a' yammerin' and ca'in' for help and I doobt they'll a' be drooned. Oh, Maister M'Vittie, come doun!" "Hold your tongue, you hag!" I shouted back in a passion. "What is it to you whether they are drowned or not? Get back to your bed and leave me alone." I turned in again and drew the blankets over me.
Yea, he may tak pleesur baith in itsel' an' in its use, sae lang as he han'les 't i' the how o' thy han', no grippin' at it an' ca'in' 't his ain, an' lik a rouch bairn seekin' to snap it awa' 'at he may hae his fule wull o' 't. O God, they're bonny stanes an' fu' o' licht: forbid 'at their licht sud breed darkness i' the hert o' Cosmo an' me.
The hearing was likely to be frightful when so prefaced by Grannie. "There's no guid ever cam' o' ca'in' things oot o' their ain names," she began, "an" it's my min' 'at gien ever ae man was a willain, an' gien ever ae man had rizzon no to lie quaiet whan he was doon, that man was your father's uncle his gran' uncle, that is, the auld captain, as we ca'd him.
"I dinna want to put your leddyship to ony trouble by this veesit; but, being in want o' some siller in thir hard times, I thocht I would tak the liberty o' ca'in upon yer leddyship, as weel for the sake o' being better acquainted wi' a leddy o' yer station and presence, as for the sake o' gettin' the little I require on my first introduction to high life."
Ye provide weel for your family, although ye tak' no' the pleasure therein ye might hae ta'en had ye been content wi' ane wife, as the Holy Scriptures tell us is enough for ony mon, an' ye hae sufficient judgment to tak' the advice o' a judgmatical mon about your lands an' your herds; but when it comes to your ca'in' yoursel' a pirate captain, it is enough to make a deceased person chuckle by the absurdity o' it."
'He spak to me first. 'Whaur saw ye him? 'At The Boar's Heid. 'And what richt had ye to gang stan'in' aboot? Ye oucht to ha' gane in at ance. 'But ye budena stop an' mak' ae fule mair. 'Isna that ca'in' names, grannie? ''Deed, laddie, I doobt ye hae me there. But what said the fallow Lumley to ye? 'He cast up to me that my grandfather was naething but a blin' piper. 'And what said ye?
I believe 't wi' a' my heart, my bonny man. 'Weel, and that's a' richt! But ye maunna ca' me yer bonny man, Kirsty; for there's but ae bonny man, and we 're a' brithers and sisters. He said it himsel! 'That's verra true, Steenie; but whiles ye're sae like him I canna help ca'in ye by his name. 'Dinna du't again, Kirsty. I canna bide it. I'm no bonny!
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