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Page 137
... Sandy ! " she called imperiously . No man on earth could have resisted that , -not even a man of nine ; so he crossed the road rather doubtfully , and lifted an honest , brown Scotch face , framed with straight fair hair . It was not at ...
... Sandy ! " she called imperiously . No man on earth could have resisted that , -not even a man of nine ; so he crossed the road rather doubtfully , and lifted an honest , brown Scotch face , framed with straight fair hair . It was not at ...
Page 138
... Sandy's weak point , the straight road to his heart ? How could you know that only the day before he had found a knife by the road- side ? Old and rusty , it is true , and with the large blade broken across ; but an honest knife still ...
... Sandy's weak point , the straight road to his heart ? How could you know that only the day before he had found a knife by the road- side ? Old and rusty , it is true , and with the large blade broken across ; but an honest knife still ...
Page 139
... Sandy was reduced to a direct attack . " It's an auld ane , " he said humbly , holding it up to her , " an ' no by - ordinar bonny ; but it's a braw ane to cut ! " She looked at it with fastidious eyes . " It's very ugly , " she said ...
... Sandy was reduced to a direct attack . " It's an auld ane , " he said humbly , holding it up to her , " an ' no by - ordinar bonny ; but it's a braw ane to cut ! " She looked at it with fastidious eyes . " It's very ugly , " she said ...
Page 140
... Sandy , mustn't it be dreadful to be a pig ? " Sandy gazed open - mouthed . His imagination was not equal to the strain she put upon it . They're so hidjus , " she went on , " that's the first thing ; and then they're always in a mess ...
... Sandy , mustn't it be dreadful to be a pig ? " Sandy gazed open - mouthed . His imagination was not equal to the strain she put upon it . They're so hidjus , " she went on , " that's the first thing ; and then they're always in a mess ...
Page 141
... Sandy , it must be fine to be a boy ! " " Woa , Snowflake ! " Sandy looked up shyly , breathless with the exertion of pushing the heavy gate . " I'm no carin ' sae muckle aboot thae things , ' he said , with a little air of superiority ...
... Sandy , it must be fine to be a boy ! " " Woa , Snowflake ! " Sandy looked up shyly , breathless with the exertion of pushing the heavy gate . " I'm no carin ' sae muckle aboot thae things , ' he said , with a little air of superiority ...
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