She nearly brought herself to death's door, in attending upon and nursing her sister, as she called poor Miss Agnes; and, as for her grief at her death, I never saw anything like it, except "-- he added, looking at the unfortunate widow--"where there was blood relationship." "Well, upon my sowl," observed another, "I can't blame the Lindsays for feeling so bittherly about it as they do.

May I never see yestherday, if a brother of mine had property, and left it to a stranger instead of to his own--that is to say, my childre--I'd take it for granted that he was fizzen down stairs for the same.

It was a shame for the ould sinner to scorn his own relations for a stranger." "Well," said another, "one thing is clear--that since he did blink them about the property, it couldn't get into betther hands.

Your master, Tom, is the crame of a good landlord, as far as his property goes, and much good may it do him and his! I'll go bail that, as far as Miss Alice herself is consarned, many a hungry mouth, will be filled many a naked back covered, and many a heavy heart made light through the manes of it." "Faith," said a third spokesman, "and that wouldn't be the case if that skinflint barge of Lindsay's had got it in her clutches.

At any rate, it's a shame for her and them to abuse the Goodwins as they do.