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mid o’ thy mither, lassie ? O, Sgrenders, aid the bride, she's awa’ to the town; what on a'ye yesterday ? she waited on you the whole day ; and she's awa this morning curi- ng like a heashea, and swearing BE-GO that he hae gien her the guek.

SAWNEY A dole, woman I took a sudden last a the hame gaun, and was never near dead in my life.

And wha think you was in company wi' date the bride, but the v*-- button of a tay- lor who sat and sewed on a table, cocking take a turd on a trencher but when he kend wha was come, he leaped down on the floor, shift a dash o’ pride like a little bit prince., jabbed about and so out he goes, with, the tear in his eye, and his tail between his feet lie a ha’f worried ceily dog,

SAWNY Now, Katie, do ye ken what I’m on’d about

KATE. O yes, my mither tell'd me ; but when no ready yet: ~i hae twa gowns to spin, and things to make

SAWNY. Hate, things to make, ye hae as mony things as ye’ll need, woman; canna spin gowns in your own house wi’ me, as well as here, wi an auld girning mother.

KATE. But, dear Saunders, ye must gie a body some time to think on‘t, twa‘d be ill ‘d to rush together just at tha first.