Duncan was a lad o' grace (Ha, ha, the wooing o't!).

Under the water the lad swam forward.

A year or two passes, and you meet the same lad againif indeed he is the same.

"Thank you for your courteous offer of binding the lad apprentice to a tradesman.

" Wi' that the water they hae ta'en; By anes and twas they a' swam thro'; "Here we are a' safe," quo' the Laird's Jock, "And puir faint Wat, what think ye now?" They scarce the other brae had won When twenty men they saw pursue; Frae Newcastle toun they had been sent, A' English lads baith stout and true.

At Vidovec in Croatia parties of two girls and one lad unite to kindle a Midsummer bonfire and to leap through the flames; he or she who leaps furthest will soonest wed. Afterwards lads and lasses dance in separate rings, but the ring of lads bumps up against the ring of girls and breaks it, and the girl who has to let go her neighbour's hand will forsake her true love hereafter.

and I heard a mulatto lad cry, 'Help me!' I run after 'em; and just as they was going to put the mulatto lad aboard the vessel, I pushed my way close up to him, and he said, 'Help me!

Such things to make a young lad draught.

He's wrapped to the heels in a snow-y white sack; The trees he has lad-en till read-y to crack; He whis-tles his trills with a won-der-ful knack, For he comes from a cold coun-tree.

Enyhow, when Manuel got back, he just took a look at him in the dark, an' then told us to haul the lad forrard out o' the way, an' fetch him along.

"What's that collier-lad hollering about, Captain Willis?" asks Mr. Tardrew, steward to Lord Scoutbush, landlord of Aberalva, as he comes up to the old man.

As they passed on they caught a glimpse of the lad lying doubled up among the bushes where he had fallen.

Spenser duly celebrates, in his "Shepheard's Calender," Thilke mery moneth of May When love-lads masken in fresh aray, when "all is yclad with pleasaunce, the ground with grasse, the woods with greene leaves, and the bushes with bloosming buds.

(Here the old man gave her a quiet, approving look, like a good little lad taking notice of his mother's advice.)

Oh, but it was fine to see that lad run!

Here, on a green slope we saw a poor lad sitting chirruping upon the grass, with a little cloutful of groundsel for bird meat in his hand, watching another, who was on his knees, delving for earth-nuts with an old knife.

It's a blessin' to hear the lad talk to ye.

In stepping back to avoid the blow, the lad trod on Dumps's paw, and instantly there came from the throat of that excellent dog a roar of anguish that caused Poker to leap, as the cook expressed it, nearly out of his own skin.

Could I not remember as a little lad trotting along by my father's side as he paced the beach, and wondering why every fisherman's cap flew off at our approach?

" Then she went round, extorting from the lads admiration for Cecil's really beautiful properties, and winning gratitude for her own cordial praise, though it was not the artistic appreciation they deserved.

"It can't be told of me that I kept a lad waiting," he said.

Pausing only for a cheer at the success of their undertaking, the two lads raced aft, where the cockpit was half full and the dunnage of the cabin all afloat.