Christie Johnstone

tor at the house; and, although his cousin gave him her ear in this man's absence, on the

rsonage in argument, and was reward

p's yacht, and this hint soon led to a party being organized, and a sort of picnic on the is

rnie's marriage was celebrated on that v

all introduce

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loyed in putting away

lence. "Hem!" obser

he Honorable To

s Vere, "have you

my

ington, "isn't it the thing fo

nderstanding between you and Mr. Hitheringt

tell you, he means--do

an't anybody gue

ourself, you can't be suspec

run races, or preach a sermon, or do something funn

whose singing is famous, will hav

ppy, Lady Barbara, but I h

or even a fragment of melody; the sea and the sky wi

't sing a note

sic is in your soul-not

ar. "It is in her book

Then it has chosen the be

of law; it all filters through them without leaving any sediment; and so the music of

s, she

ent. And the little dunce thi

will come to our re

mateur of

s all the

I wish it m

al has music

. "Bea

re. "Ch

r. "S

g to be wedded to immortal verse, shall I rec

Oh, yes!

. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. X. Y. Z. Y. X. W. V. U. T.

Ipsden has been taking lesso

been perdu among

a pupil of Herz

hat are tune

g I don't play

tand you; something

olin at home. It is yours, Tal

is-everybod

a tune, that is wha

f cours

o things at once; how can the pupil of Herz condem

ing-song in 'Der F

ar. "I

lodies of Handel

etically). "The

them,' and the 'Marseilla

'Yankee

prided himself on his ignorance, h

ayers do like me; they p

ation, and you despise its words, its purposes, its narrative feats; carry out your principle, it

self. "Is this my

an of property, and there are such

will be that his friend

iddle, cross-examination will get not

s, it will; f

lin, if y

Fiddle's pard

es is heard in

ddles and tunes, and the natives you

olemnly). "I dread to en

-party-two sea monsters have been united. The sailors an

V. "H

es unite the colo

they are)-to vulgar, blooming cheeks,

al you are, especial

be favorable, rose, gave a little yawn, looked steadily at his companions without se

where we can quiz the natives

think to the sea," added she, in a mock soliloquy; and out sh

oved off slo

"I can't understand hal

ed mamma; "she is rather eccentric, a

e used to be so nice, and do like everybody else

my

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ded, and they were in the midst of an interesting story; Christie Johnstone was the narrator.

which had lately been all noise, not a sound

hat chuses reicht is to get Porsha, an' the lave to get the bag, and dee baitchel

ife. "Gow

e white sille

to, till the ither lads hae chused; the mair part will put themsels oot, ane will hi

. "That's y

re gawn to let you see a' the world chuse? Na, la

trust to luck, she whiles favors ye, but gien

to toss, sae ane chused the gowd, ane the siller; but they got an awfu' affro

Females. "

s. "Haw! haw!

e lad fra Veeneece, that Porsha loed in secret. Veeneece, lasses, is a wonderful c

are ye makin

. "What'

ust as big a lee

eason to regret them; a severe box on the ear was adm

n yet' affront me be

s a lee, there's nae silv

I never telt a le

to begin wi' then

ightens thoucht; ony way, he chose the leed kist. Open's

r fortune for your bliss; Turn you where your l

oared the

by Flucker

etically). "Fl

re's kissin plenty, but I hear nae word o' the minister. Ye'll obsairve, young woman, that kissin's the prologue to sin, and I'm a decent mon

rsels? Na! lad, the minister's at the door, but" (sinking her voice to a confidential whisper) "I daurn

n the kitchen, "ye hae gotten a thoughtfu' wife." (Then, with a strong revulsion of fee

is a spondee in En

ciation of this imp

ing, as it does, so

ity in bot

a letter to Bassanio; he reads

e. "Gude

reicht? 'Here's a letter, leddy,' says he, 'the paper's the b

an. "Mair

ng fra Tri-po-lis; the pirates scuttled another, an' ane ran ashore on the Goodwins, near Bright-helm-stane, that's in England itsel', I daur s

wee bit hiding, yon thundering urang-utang

ed, an' then sent him wi' a puckle o' her ain siller to Veeneece,

hwife, aged 12. "Hech!

is quick wark, in some pairts-here t

hwife. "Ay,

w! haw!" (The f

aupsels, lads and lass

dily). "I'll no ga

ent. Here are set the judges, awfu' to beho

e's awa to h

come to Veeneece to speak

broken mairchant, Antonio; there, wi scales and knives, and

siderately, "I'll no mak a d

awyer, ony way; he's sick, but sends ane mair laerned still, an

. "No p

m thrice told.' Says the young judge in a bit whisper to Shylock, 'Shylock, there's thrice thy money offered thee. Be mairceful,' says he, out loud. 'Wha'll mak me?' says the Jew body. 'Mak ye!' says he; 'maircy is no a thing ye strain through

o me, onybody, or I shall gie ye my boat, and f

go. Oh! ye ken wha could stand up again

claim the law,' says he; 'there is no power in the

rry the game ower far, Shylock, my lad. I'll just give yon bluidy-minded urang-utang a hidin', and bring Tony of

after a struggle, and the next moment was heard to fall clean from the top to the bot

s killed. Sandy List

tonio I'm feared for; save him, lassy, if poessible; but

added he, with all the indiffe

e, with a peevish accent, "dinna b

urning). "He

. "Is he

he's sober-that's

n he speak? I

"Yes, he

at does he sa

an' sought a gill fra

young judge rises to deliver the sentence of the coort. Silence!" thundered

chant's flesh is thine! the coort aw

ae; he's gaun to cut him, he's gaun t

e by a doctor to stop the blood.'-'I see n

boend, and ye shall catch yon

ties-that's maybe fishing for yoursel' the noo!--'An' ye shall cut the

h en Shylock, and t

'this boend gies ye na a drap o' bluid; t

matic

er breath). "That's in

Jean! yon's an awfu' voolgar expra

is bacon'?" said Lizzie Johnsto

o' flesh, but in cutting o' 't, if thou dost

arnie.

e by the laws Veneece co

ator, she began to wind u

they'd gotten the Jew on the hep, they worried him, like good Christians, that's a fact. The judge fand a law that fitted him, for conspiring against the life of a citizen; an' he behooved to give up hoose an' lands, and be a Christian; yon was a soor drap-he tarned no weel, puir auld villain, an' scairtit; an' the lawyers sent ane o' their weary

ppose he was a Jew, it was na

l, it was only a Jew bo

Jew was na a man; has not

has he!-and the awfues

a Jew affections,

tie; thir lads c

does he not bleed? if you t

never kittlet a Jew, for my

he not die? and if you wrang him"

. "Oh! but ye're

give me a sang f

ditor of the latter part of the tale, here

t'n

music-

k," said Jean, rough

said Christie, birdl

may no hae been getting in voolgar company.

e the mill-clack abune it? Because if y

uckle gowd maybe; but our

"Aha

' meter through, and leave us none the wiser or better.

y has a different sense for that

runtin' puir every-day clashes, goessip, rubbich; when ye are aside them, ye might as weel be aside a cuddy; they canna g

"A caalle

caaller

ne

r herrin', Six a penny ca

plunge into "The Dusty Miller." The dancers found their feet by an instinct as rapid, and a rattling reel shook the floor like thunder. Jean Carnie assumed the privi

ound for every accented note (and, by the by, it is their weakness of

ch as the quick "heel and toe," "the sailor's fling," and the "double shuf

ancing is

ion that goes by that name, gives me (I must confess it) as much more pleasure

of my daughter; though the latter does attack the instrument

ing to

rse to dactyl

ting to

trawberries to

rawled, frisked, and languished; but Olivia's foot wa

es with agility; grotesque yet graceful gestures

pe, he danced one or two steps Jean and Christie had never seen, but their eyes we

ith her arms so saucily akimbo, and her quick ela

; and, when the fiddles at last left off, the feet we

rt and brain in all, these benighted creatures made themselves happy instead of peevish, and with a day o

g in nothing else, would have agreed in this: each, if allowed (but we won

t pas vivre c