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Side 245
... Summertrees , " said the Provost ' ; " that was when you played Cheat - the - woodie , and gat the bye - name of Pate - in - Peril . I wish you would tell the story to my young friend here . He likes well to hear of a sharp trick , as ...
... Summertrees , " said the Provost ' ; " that was when you played Cheat - the - woodie , and gat the bye - name of Pate - in - Peril . I wish you would tell the story to my young friend here . He likes well to hear of a sharp trick , as ...
Side 246
... Summertrees was obdurate , and refused to take up the time of the company with such " auld warld nonsense . " " Weel , weel , " said the Provost , " a wilful man maun hae his way . - What do your folk in the county think about the ...
... Summertrees was obdurate , and refused to take up the time of the company with such " auld warld nonsense . " " Weel , weel , " said the Provost , " a wilful man maun hae his way . - What do your folk in the county think about the ...
Side 248
... ! " said his wife , " snell ! I wish they that passed it had the jury I would recommend them to ! " " I suppose the young lawyer thinks it all very right , " said Summertrees , looking at Fairford- 66 248 CHAP . XI . NARRATIVE .
... ! " said his wife , " snell ! I wish they that passed it had the jury I would recommend them to ! " " I suppose the young lawyer thinks it all very right , " said Summertrees , looking at Fairford- 66 248 CHAP . XI . NARRATIVE .
Side 249
... Summertrees ; " poor Harry was none of your bold - speaking , ranting reivars , that talk about what they did yesterday , or what they will do to - morrow : it was when some- thing was to do at the moment , that you should have looked ...
... Summertrees ; " poor Harry was none of your bold - speaking , ranting reivars , that talk about what they did yesterday , or what they will do to - morrow : it was when some- thing was to do at the moment , that you should have looked ...
Side 254
... Summertrees . " I'll tell you what , sir , it takes time to make up one's mind to such a venture , as my friend the Provost calls it ; and I was told by Neil Maclean , -who the was next file to us , but had the 254 NARRATIVE . CHAP . XI .
... Summertrees . " I'll tell you what , sir , it takes time to make up one's mind to such a venture , as my friend the Provost calls it ; and I was told by Neil Maclean , -who the was next file to us , but had the 254 NARRATIVE . CHAP . XI .
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