10/16 Some time the nicht, ye'll a' carry what stanes ye can get--an' min' they're o' a serviceable natur'-- to Curly's yard. He'll be o' the ootluik for ye. An,' I say, Curly, doesna your riggin-stane owerluik the maist o' the toon ?" "Ay, General." "Ye can see our hoose frae't--canna ye ?" "Ay." "Weel, ye jist buy a twa three blue lichts. Hae ye ony bawbees ?" "Deil ane, General." "Hae than, there's fower an' a bawbee for expenses o' the war." "Thank ye, General." "Ye hae an auld gun, haena' ye ?" "Ay have I; but she's nearhan' the rivin'." "Load her to the mou', and lat her rive. |