[Harrigan by Max Brand]@TWC D-Link bookHarrigan CHAPTER 18 10/13
What does Bobbie say? "Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! "Well, well! I forgave you for the sake of Bobbie! Do you know his rhymes, lad ?" A light shone in the eye of Harrigan.
He began to sing softly in his musical, deep voice: "Ye banks and braes of bonny Doon--" "No, no, man!" cried Campbell, raising his hand in horror at the sound of the false accent.
"It should go like this!" He pulled a guitar out of a case and commenced to strum lightly on it, while he rendered the old song in a voice roughened by ill usage but still strong and true.
A knock at the door interrupted him at the climax of his song, and he glared toward the unseen and rash intruder. "What will ye hae ?" he roared, continuing the dialect which the song had freshened on his tongue. "The shift in the fireroom is short-handed," said the voice.
"That fellow Harrigan has not shown up.
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