"Are you sure ?" "Why I know," answered Duncan.

"I wadna venture to say so else.

In those first days he cautioned me na to tell ye, but now he wadna care.

D'ye ken, Freckles, that some of the single trees ye are guarding are worth a thousand dollars ?" Freckles caught his breath and stood speechless.
"Ye see," said Duncan, "that's why they maun be watched so closely.

They tak', say, for instance, a burl maple--bird's eye they call it in the factory, because it's full o' wee knots and twists that look like the eye of a bird.