The sheriff runs.

Mr. M'Leod of Ulinish, the sheriff-substitute of the island, was a plain honest gentleman, a good deal like an English Justice of peace; not much given to talk, but sufficiently sagacious, and somewhat droll.

When Mr. WATT renewed his complaint that sheriffs-principal in Scotland had very little to do for the high salaries they received, Mr. MUNRO replied that "it would just be as unsafe to measure the activities of the sheriff-principal by the number of appeals he hears as to measure the political activities of my hon.

The letter that had brought the sheriff news of his brother's death also gave an abstract of his will; among other bequests he had left six hundred rix-dollars to the glove-maker's widow, who had formerly served his parents.

The fangs of the law pierce him notthe winds of litigation blow over his humble chambersthe hard sheriffs officer moves his hat as he passeslegal nor illegal discourtesy touches himnone thinks of offering violence or injustice to himyou would as soon "strike an abstract idea.

Got two extra plates, Jac?" As Dan followed Tex after the chairs he noticed the sheriff beckon to one of the men who sat near him.

She'd let you know that a girl may be roundan' softan' innocentand a holy terror, too, when a big, blundering galoot of a dep'ty-sheriff talks o' loving somebody to whom he's never been introduced, and never likely to be, neither." Jeff looked up in amazement.

In Scotland the sheriff, or sheriff-depute as he is called, is the chief judge of the county, and has under him one or more sheriffs-substitute, upon whom devolves the larger portion of the important and multifarious duties of his office.

Reckon your sheriff-man guessed it.