an' yon steck had a-fallen o' the lad's head, I dinna ken what I s'ould 'a' done till ye.

I dinna ken whan I'll get thae drawers redd up.

However, David,' continued she, 'I dinna doubt but ye will mak' a gude husband; for ye're a sensible, and I really think a deservin' lad; and were it nae mair than your name, the name o' Stuart wad be a passport to my heart.

"Ou," he returned, "I dinna ken wha's expense she's fed at.

His mother was for refusal, but the child persevered, and kept saying, "If I dinna gang, I'll tell thon."

"Me hird!" replied Jock; "I dinna ken corn frae gerss.

I dinna mean but that a poor mon's childer can be bright, braw, guid boys an' girls; they be,

" "Oh, dinna speir, dinna speir mistress," exclaimed the chiel a' in a curfuffle, "ainly for the loe of heav'n, hide me frae the red coats whilk are comin' beliveO God, they are here," he cried, as I entered the shealing, and uttering a piercing skirl, he sprung till the wa', and thrawing aff his cloak, drew his broad claymore, whilk glittered fearsome by the low o' the ingle.

An orchestra, if it is no richt, can mak' my best song sound foolish and like the singing o' some one who dinna ken ane note of music frae the next.

'Frae the wicked toun o' Ayr.' 'I dinna ken ony sic place,' said the angel.

One of them being asked if an individual whom she had lately seen was "Scotch," answered with some bitterness, "I canna say; ye a' speak sae genteel now that I dinna ken wha's Scotch."

The good piper, thinking only of his own business, and supposing that the question had reference to some pipe melody, innocently answered, "Na, I dinna ken the tune, but if ye'll whistle it I'll try and play it for ye." I have said before, and I would repeat the remark again and again, that the object of this work is not to string together mere funny stories, or to collect amusing anecdotes.

"I dinna unnerstan' ye, sir.

"How we dinna change!" retorted Aaron, bitterly.

Which yin I dinna ken.

'Ye're no a corp' 'If they dinna mak' me a corporal for this, I'll quit the service!

Bailie Nicol Jarvie quotes the proverb with great bitterness, when he warns his opponent that his time for triumph will come ere long,"Aweel, aweel, sir, you're welcome to a tune on your ain fiddle; but see if I dinna gar ye dance till't afore it's dune.