... plans, new hopes, and fresh enthusiasm. wonder Finnarty did not know what to make of him ; a minister who, in borrowed sea-boots and jersey, would go out with the boats night, and prove himself ' gran' company* as the fishermen asserted ; who, when the ...

... immediately the latter turned sharply me, saying, What ? a son o' Sam'l Mackenzie ? gie 'le your hand—grasping it warmly—aye, I kent your Either— eh, man, he was a fine auld body ! Two things my father held in detestation : slang and bad Puns. Not that he ...