I was a-comin' doon fra Providence, an' when I got along the ither

An that be so no ither body can do for 'im like me w'en

Malton moor is yours and I ken nea ither peat worth cutting.

So Mr. Bowie went forth in his might that very evening, and finding two of the Oxford men, informed them in plain Scotch, that, "Gin he caught them, or any ither such skellums, philandering after his leddies, or his leddies' maids, he'd jist knock their empty pows togither."

I hae a half notion that they are just wee hairy men that canna, or rather that winna speak, in case they be made to work like ither folk, instead of leading a life of idleness.

It was neither the ane nor the ither, but a strong middle-aged, red-faced Heelandman, wi' specks on, and wi' a kilt and a bannet, by a' the world like my monkey's.

"If the note doesna please ye, sir," quo' he, "I'll thank ye to gie me it back again, and I'll gang to some ither place."

" "My grandfaither!" answered the ither wi' amazement.

"Wha are you, sir, that daar to speak to me in this manner?" "Wha am I?" said the ither, drapping the remnant of the paper, which was burnin' close to his fingers.

Then Mr. Weft began his tale, how he had been collared and weel nigh thrappled in his ain shop;then the ither tauld how, in the first place, Mr. Weft's grandfather, as he ca'd Nosey, had stolen his note, and how, in the second place, Mr. Weft himsell had insulted the great, grand Duke of Argyle.

In a word, there was a desperate kick-up between them, the ane threeping that he would tak the law of the ither immediately.

But they could came tae nae ither thought than that it was better to lose the bairn and gie him his chance to live and to grow up than to lose him by havin' him dee.

There's aye ither things they're fond

The thocht of takin' charity is abhorrent to him, as to few ither folk on earth.

And the prudent man can afford to laugh when the ither calls him mean.

He'd ha' a reputation in the toon for being a great one wi' the lassies, and ither men, maybe, wad envy him.

He knew that, soon or late, he'd find the yin who meant mair to him than a' the ither lassies

And, sure enow, it was no Andy, the graceful, the popular one, who married herit was the puir, salt Jamie, who'd saved the siller o' his loveand, by the way, he'd saved the ither sort o' siller, tae, sae that he had a grand little hoose to tak' his bride into, and a hoose well furnished, and a' paid for, too.

o' many ways ither man have o' judging him and learnin' what sort he is.

I' the country they're producingthey're making food and ither things yon city dweller maun ha'.

"She took hold of ither little arms was stiff as railroad ties and her hands was cold.

Thus, with reference to human nature before the fall, a man was asked, "What kind of man was Adam?" "Ou, just like ither fouk."

o' the Queensferry wi' some ither folks to a fair, ye ken; but juist whene'er I pat my fit in the boat, the boat gae wallop, and my heart gae a loup, and I thocht I'd gang oot o' my judgment athegither; so says I, Na, na, ye gang awa by yoursells to tither side, and I'll bide here till sic times as ye come awa back."

On his endeavouring to give the authorship the go-by, the old dame protested, "D'ye think, sir, I dinna ken my ain groats in ither folk's kail?" A conceited packman called at a farm-house in the west of Scotland, in order to dispose of some of his wares.

Dunmore, Lord, and Billy Cream. 'D'ye think I dinna ken my ain groats in ither folk's kail?' East Lothian minister and his betheral taking degrees at a northern college.