" "Y-yes, I hev to stay here in the old shop; b-but I hear the b-birds in the mornin', and all day I f-feel as ef I was out under the b-blue sky, an' rejoicin' with all livin' creaturs in the sun and the s-sweet air of heaven.

"Please may I"the spirit of that little creatur', and the way he kept his rising tears down!"please, dear pamay Ikiss Norah before I go?" "You may, my child.

" "Na doubtna doubt, 'squire Willoughbythere's a seeming desire to teach as much in a' churches; but ye'll no deny that the creatur' o' Rome wears a mask, and that catholicity is, at the best, but a wicked feature to enter into the worship of God.

There isn't his equal, as I'll engage, in all Ameriky, if you'll only let him know where to find the creatur's.

" "You're a good gal, Mary," answered the deacon, a good deal softened by the plaintive tones of one of the gentlest voices that ever fell on human ear, "an excellent creatur' at the bottombut of course you know nothing of the sealing business, and next to nothing about taking care of property.

"Gar'ner," it said, imploringly, "if you have any feelin' for a fellow-creatur' in distress, warm me up with one swallow of that coffee!

When the King happens to be at the university and degrees run like wine in conduits at public triumphs, he is sure to have his share; and though he be as free to choose his learning as his faculty, yet, like St. Austin's soul, Creando infunditur, infundendo creatur.

Sure enough I was, and he said I acted like a dazed creatur, and very likely I did.

I couldn't stop so easily, so I walked along like a machine, up on a line with the creaturs' ears.

Mind what I say, he has given his friends the slip, and persuaded this delicate young creatur all along of her fondness for him to be his guidewhere to, he knows no more than the man in the moon.

I'd jest 'z lieves handle them creaturs as so many striped snakes.

Such craving, covetous creatur's I never before laid eyes on!

Now I might have discovered a slattern, or a scold, or a woman of bad character; or one that never went to church; or even one that swore and drank; for, begging your pardon, Miss Lucy, just such creatur's are to be met with; whereas, instead of any of these disagreeable recommendations, I've fallen in with an A. No. 1. mother; ay, and such an old lady as the king of England, himself, need not be ashamed to own.[A]

But I was mair than ever put about when the tea was brought in, and the creatur says to me, 'Mr. Stuart, will you assist the leddies?'

we saw him gae doun the loaning afore the shealing, and here he maun needs be." "Aweel, sirs," I exclaimed, "ye see there isna ony creatur here, our nainsell's out-taken; seek again an ye winna creed a bodie; may be the bogle is jumpit into the pot on the rundle-tree ower the ingle, or creepit into the meal ark or aiblins it scoupit thro' the hole as ye cam in at the door.

Secondly, the Heelandman had on specks, as I hae just said; and it was likely on this account that he was rather short-sighted; and Thirdly, Nosey, wi' his kilt, and bannet, and red coat, was, to a' intents and purposes, as like a human creatur as a monkey could weel be.

o' the gate on that queer-lookin' creatur' o' his.

She no like any other creatur' th't ever drawed the bref o' life.

So give us a cast and take us aboard the old ship again, Mr. Woolston, if you love a fellow-creatur', and an old shipmate in distress.

I dare say, if it wasn't for images and cardinals and bishops and such creatur's, the Italians (Ithuel always pronounced this word Eyetalians) would make a very good sort of Christians.

Hain't we rescued from Seward the gret leadin' featurs Thet makes it wuth while to be reasonin' creaturs?

I wun't say the plan hed n't onpleasant featurs, For men are perverse an' onreasonin' creaturs, An' forgit thet in this life 't ain't likely to heppen Their own privit fancy should oltus be cappen, But it worked jest ez smooth ez the key of a safe, An' the gret Union bearins played free from all chafe.