But it is cosier to put on the shutters. The road to Thrums has lost itself miles down the valley. I wonder what they are doing out in the world. Though I am the Free Church precentor in Thrums (te...
" "Who is this Spirit?" said Leo eagerly. "I do not know, lord," he answered with impatience. "Can men see a spirit?" "_You_ ...
Just opposite his tree she stood, ceased her song, dropped her arms, and broke out into a long clear laugh, musical as a brook. Then, as if tired, she threw herself on the grass, and lay gazing at ...
" "A fairy can believe anything that ever was or ever could be," said the old woman. "Then are you a fairy?" asked the prince. "Yes," ...
They kill us and we kill them, for they are jealous of their shrine, which none may visit save by permission, to consult the Oracle and to make prayer or offering in times of calamity, when a Khan ...
"It is feared not," she answered, "for the river has not risen well and but few rains have fallen. Also the light that shone last night on the Fire-mountain is thought a ...
No one had a good word for him, and lately he had been flush of money. That was sufficient. There was a rush of angry men through the "pend" that led to his habitation, and he was...
He said, 'Show me your hair,' and I placed a lock of it in his hand. Presently he let it fall, and from that satchel which he wears about his neck drew out another tress of hair--oh! Simbri, my unc...
In matters temporal, the Khan of Kaloon.The Khan. Ah! you are married, lady, are you not?she answered, her face flushing. "And I will tell you what you soon must learn, if you have not lea...
" "Whom do you live with?" he asked. "My wicked old grannie," she replied. "You shouldn't call your grannie wicked," said the gentlema...
For example, the state of the Indian Ocean Dipole, or the Tropical Atlantic SST Dipole, may impact the climate in adjacent land areas.Locally applicable information will be available via regional/n...
"Ye're speakin' aboot the bit wife's bural," said Tammas Haggart, with a chuckle; "ay, ay, that brocht her to reason." Without much pressure Haggart retold a sto...
' Man, that terrified Donal's wife; it did so." As we delved up the twisting road between two fields that leads to the farm of Little Rathie, the talk became less general, and another mour...
