Any one listening to the lad would never have suspected that he was not a Southron.

The Emperor had summoned to his side a young southron, Bernard by name, duke of Septimania and son of Count William of Toulouse, who had gallantly fought the Saracens.

" O, could ye have seen herthat pride of our girls Arise and cast back the dark wealth of her curls, With a scorn in her eye which the gazer could feel, And a glance like the sunshine that flashes on steel: "Go back, haughty Southron!

If I may say it, every Southron of the old régime was a statesman by nature and training.

Surely some have 'scaped the Southron, Surely some will come again!"

Culloden's heath: There the broken clans are scattered, Gaunt as wolves, and famine-eyed, Hunger gnawing at their vitals, Hope abandoned, all but pride Pride, and that supreme devotion Which the Southron never knew, And the hatred, deeply rankling, 'Gainst the Hanoverian crew.

Through the Channel's drift and toss Swift your homing transports churn; Soon for you the Southron Cross High above your bows shall burn; Soon beyond the rolling Bight Gleam the Leeuwin's lance of light.

But he thought that he could fleech Wi' his bonny Southron speech And wile awa' this lassie o' mine.

It appears, too, to have fully answered the purpose intended; and the Scots, finding that the papal antiquity was but a poor defence against such claims, and as if determined not to be outdone by the Southron, replied in a document asserting their independence by virtue of descent from Scota, one of the daughters of Pharaoh.

" The methods of discipline under which, as slaveholders; the Southrons now place their human cattle, they with one consent and in great wrath, forbid us to examine.

The appellations are as mutually offensive as were in the olden times those of Southron and Scot, although Cuba is eternally making a boast of her loyalty.

Some of the noblest families of the realm had won their knightly spurs and their ancient earldoms by warlike prowess against the Southron.

" "Hear till him, hear till him, Janet," said I, as the twa southron chiels gaed thro' the hole, trailing their bagganets alang wi' 'em; "winna the puir tykes hae an unco saft couch o' it, think ye, luckie,

"But not alone shall Southron vale Lament that day of woe Grief's sigh shall soothe each ruder gale Where Scotia's waters flow.

The emperor had summoned to his side a young Southron, Bernard by name, duke of Septimania and son of Count William of Toulouse, who had gallantly fought the Saracens.

Some of the boldest of the Southrons retreat into the woods, and continue a murderous fire from behind trees and thickets.

" "Let us chastise these boasting Southrons," said another, "and prove our supremacy in arms, and I shall be satisfied.

Harold and the young Southron met; their swords clashed together once in the smoke and dust, and but once, when each drew back and lowered his weapon, while all around were striking.

" The taunt was spoken hastily, and the young Southron colored as if ashamed of his discourtesy, and added: "Forgive me my ungracious speech.

" "Let it blow on," said the Southron, proudly.

" "You are mistaken," said the Southron.

"It is late, Miss Weems," said the Southron, "and I must report at headquarters before sundown.

For, in spite of all his faults, and my earlier prejudices, I loved this impulsive Southron man, as Scott has it, "right brotherly.

His Southron guest thought it incumbent to say, "Ah, minister, that's wrong, is it not?

" A north country drover had, however, a more tangible opportunity of gratifying his national animosity against the Southron, and of which he availed himself.