Mester JOHN SHAKESPEER himself, him as writ the illegant versis, Lord luv his ashis, as says to me only jist afore his breath soured on him, 'TEDDY,' says he, wid much feelin', 'TEDDY, modeshty is a fine thing in a woman,' says he, 'but it's death to a man.

Why, I was so scart I couldn't hev moved ef I'd tried; but I did look up jist once, to see the bar set clus by, watchin' me, and lookin' as mad as a wet hen.

'So I catched the first train I could.' 'Jist that, exactly so,' said Mr. Purdie with a heavy sigh that seemed irrelevant.

He fancied we wud enjoy a wee whiley jist by oorsel's.' 'Speak for yersel'!

"It's only to frighten him jist, Master Harvey.

He went on: "You see, Doctor, I've had somethin' in the hold a good spell't I wanted to break bulk on, but I didn't know as I ever was goin' to see a shipmet agin; and now you've jined convoy jist in time, for Davy Jones's a'n't fur off.

"Nat'rally, nat'rally you're kept in an uncomfortable state, not knowing jist how you stand.

"Fernando, we've played this game jist as long as we can, successfully; we had better go.

Will, thin, I've gut it in me pocket, shure;" and, pulling out from the waistband of his pants a well-worn piece of greasy paper, he proceeded to spit on it, "jist for good luck," he said, and then, with a bow and a scrape, handed it to me.

So I said I'd gang, since they were so keen like, and we set oot jist as John came hame for his tea.

Ye'll not be frightened, Miss Maud, but take what I've to tell ye jist as if ye didn't bel'ave a wo-r-r-d of it; but, divil bur-r-n me, if there arn't Injins enough on the rocks, forenent the mill, to scalp a whole province, and a county along wid it, if ye'll give 'em time and knives enough.

I seed him capsize Davie Summers jist now in the snow; an' when a man can skylark, I always know he's got lots o' wind in 'im." "Very good.

My tongue will wag jist as a dog's tail when he can't kape it still.

The Lord cares jist as much for me, as he does for captain Willoughby, or his wife, or his son, or his darters, or anything that is his.