Christie Johnstone

it is a colony that retains distinct features; the p

e Flemish. The character and cleanliness of th

lesh, corrupts the

have not traded too much, or come into much contact with larger towns, a charming modesty, or else slyness (such a

the northern sun peachifi

k, satin and lace. In the week they were all grace, and no stays; now they seem all sta

shed from the other fishermen of the F

g is money t

cally very stiff r

re agreed that this song lifts them through

t also by its favorable action on the lungs. It is sung in a peculiar way; the sound is, as it were, expelled from the chest in a sort of musical ejacu

nial lines are a nucleus, round which the men improvise the topics of the day, gi

e; three out of four can sing a song or te

ortion. The men fight (round-handed), the women fleicht or scold, in

custom pr

e only one swee

le town is

It is hard to keep out of a groove in which all the town is ru

tel a young man called Willy Liston; a youth of an unhappy turn-he contributed nothing to hilari

night in her house; he ate, and sighed

ker

e twenty were bitterly jealous of Willy Liston, and

received a check some

she read very intensely in her hours of study. A book absorbed her. She was like a leech on these occasions, non missura cutem

that a gentleman of French origin and Spanish dress,

iston a

from the window, civilly enough, but decided

said Willy,

rday-no W

Willy was wait

forgot to

iously; he led her to his boat, which was called "The Christ

ped together for

ut the fifth, giving her to understand, that, if she allowed the whole name to go, a letter every

while his hand was in, to paint out the entire name, and, with white paint and a sma

he brush into the pot. Having thus economized his material, he hurled the pot which contained his eco

stie Johnstone's lad, the answer used to

reader suspects, and, if confirming his suspicions

h us to Edinburgh; i