Mr. Jones, who had departed as soon as the walls of the house were raised, used often to say of him, and it was intended as great praise, "That Tom is a riglar Yankeea rael go-a-head!"

Might have been serious, to be sure, but, as things turns out, a pretty good joke, to my notion,though I'm rael sorry he's been so bad about it.

I thought maybe, until I see Dr. Thorne, that he done it out of mischieviousness, as boys will do, you know,jest as they steal a feller's apples, and knock his turkeys of'n the roost,but yander's not one of them kind; so he must 'a' been crazy, and I'm rael sorry he's been so bad put to about it,I am, indeed.

She's a bonny bit lass, rael clever, I wud say, an'an' gey stylish.

'Macgreegor has been a frien' o' mines since he was a gey wee laddie,' she said, 'an' I'm rael prood to ha'e had his intended in ma hoose.

'But she'll mak' ye a rael guid wife when ye come back frae the wars' 'Oh, whisht, Miss Tod!' cried Christina.

I'm rael sorry' 'I would like to inspect the apartments you live in.

'But I'm rael glad to see ye, lad,' he went on somewhat uneasily, 'an' yer aunt'll be unco pleased.

Ye're welcome, Macgreegor, rael welcome.