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But the neist session, whan I hae better, for I'm sure to get wark eneuch in atween, I'll come an' shaw mysel', an' syne she can dee as she likes." This high tone of liberty, so free from offence either given or taken, was thoroughly appreciated by both Mr. and Mrs. Sclater, and they did not cease to invite him.
Kirsty got in, lay down and covered herself up, to make the rough ambulance warm, and David drove off. They soon reached the weem and entered it. The moment Kirsty had lighted the candle, 'Lassie, cried David, 'there's been a wuman here! 'It luiks like it, answered Kirsty: 'I was here mysel, father! 'Ay, ay! of coorse, but here's claes woman's claes! Whaur cam they frae?
"I had ance a kin o' notion o' Bell mysel'," continued Sanders. "Ye had?" "Yes, Sam'l; but I thocht better o' 't." "Hoo d' ye mean?" asked Sam'l, a little anxiously. "Weel, Sam'l, mairitch is a terrible responsibeelity." "It is so," said Sam'l, wincing. "An' no the thing to tak' up withoot conseederation." "But it's a blessed and honourable state, Sanders; ye've heard the minister on 't."
"When you and me are alane in this house there's no room for the both o' us, and as I'll never hae it said that I made Jean Myles's bairn munt, I'll go out mysel'." And out he went, and sat on the dyke till Elspeth came home. It did not turn Tommy sulky.
This seemed to arouse Alice from her dreamy consciousness of exceeding happiness, and she hastily followed Mary to the door. There, standing outside, with the latch in her hand, she took hold of Mary's arm, and spoke nearly the first words she had uttered since her nephew's return. "My dear! I shall never forgive mysel, if my wicked words to-night are any stumbling-block in your path.
"Here, Annie," said the dying man, "here's my Bible that I've made but ower little use o' mysel'. Promise me, if ever ye have a house o' your own, that ye'll read out o' that book every day at worship. I want you not to forget me, as, if all's well, I shall never forget you." "That will I, sir," responded Annie earnestly. "And ye'll find a new five-pound note between the leaves.
But little guid they did me; an' this I at length fand oot. Sae I just gied a bit smile to mysel, an' made up my mind to wait patiently for the next coach, which started the same nicht, though at a pretty late hour. Late as that hour was, however, it cam roun, an', whan it did, it fand me, withoot havin met wi' ony ither misfortune in the interim, mounted again on the tap o' a coach.
Ay, I was mad when I saw him at the fireside, but he says to me, 'How would you like to be a gentleman yoursel', father? he says, and that so affected me 'at I'm to gie him his ain way." Another prisoner, Dave Langlands, was confronted with Dunwoodie. "John Dunwoodie's as innocent as I am mysel," Dave said, "and I'm most michty innocent. It wasna John but the Egyptian that gave the alarm.
"Providence guided me, Maister John, and I micht have given a little assistance mysel'. As I was crossing thro' a corner of the Dutch camp, I caught a glimpse of this roast chuckie, with some other bits o' things, and it cam into my mind that that was somebody's breakfast.
"I was only growlin' for fun to mysel'," answered Curly, who would have done it all the more if he had known there was any one on the road. "I didna ken 'at I was fleggin' onybody. An' hoo are ye, Annie? An' hoo's Blister Bruce?" For Curly was dreadfully prolific in nicknames. Annie had not seen him for six months.
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