"Would you hae me, Margaret," he said, "to disgrace mysel' in the face o' my townsmen?

It ill 'ud tell O' thoose wur laft beheend, aw fear; It's wring, at fust, to kill mysel', It's wring to lyev mi childer here.

He stroked and patted him, and then, turning to the simple-minded man who had found him, he said: "Well, Sam, how came you to find the horse, when no one else could do it?" "Wal, you see," said Sam, "I just 'quired whar the horse was seen last; and then I went thar, and sat on a rock; and just axed mysel', if I was a horse, whar would I go, and what would I do?

Ye've a way wi' ye, Harry, my wee man!" 'Deed, and I did believe that mysel'!

I would fain carry it mysel', but they wadna let me.

"Naebody else will drink it, an' I canna drink it mysel'.

I could 'a got into trooble saven times to yore woonce, ef I 'ad'n kaped my 'ead an' respected mysel.

I could fair go mad to find mysel' so far away fro' whoam.

I'm haulding mysel' as one proof of thatit's why I've told you sae muckle in this book of myself and the way that I've come frae the pit tae the success and the comfort that I ken the noo.

I know mysel'.

I was wrong to lash mysel', maybe, but it means a great deal to an artist to ha' the stamp o' London's approval upon him.

" "Naw," said Miss Heptonstall, "I wouldn't go as far as that; I like a glass o' beer mysel' at dinner-timeI allus keep a little cask i' th' buttery yonbut

"'I'm sure, sir,' said she, 'I dinna encourage them.' "'Weel, Kirsty,' said he, 'if that's the way, if ye hae nae objections, I'll marry ye mysel'.'

"I noticed it mysel', Grizel; I'm a terrible noticher.

"'I've observed it mysel', David,' said she seriously.

I had no the strength to be changin' ma clothes, just at first, and I was still sittin' still, tryin' to pull mysel' together, when Tinsley came rushing in.

Ye see, nobry had no feelin' for me here in village; they all towd me to resign mysel', an' that, an' it were wicked o' me to be ill-satisfied wi' th' A'mighty's will.

Weel, the upshot was, I had robbed mysel' out o' a thousand pounds as simply as ye wad snuff out a candle.

To start with 'e was always my fav'rite brother, an' I couldn' bear his startin' in low sperits an' South Africa such a distance off; beside which, I told mysel', the girl must surely know 'er own mind.

Yon's the tune I used to whistle mysel' on shipboard when the weather was clear.

An' wi' her eyes she coaxed and dared me to abase mysel' an' speak the truth an' win off jail.

"My feelings were in such a state that I couldna write mysel', and I got a minister to send a letter to my mother, puir woman, stating what had happened.

dinna muckle admire her mysel'.