It set it to bleeding, and Mac lost his temper completely and gave chase, with the blood running down and covering his shirt.
It was my turn to laugh at him, and yell ken that I took full advantage o't! Mac ran fast, and he caught one of the youngsters who had kicked the ball at him and cuffed his ear.

That came near to makin' trouble, too, for the boy's father came round and threatened to have Mac arrested.

But a free seat for the show made him a friend instead of a foe.
Speakin' o' arrests, the wonder is to me that Mac and I ever stayed oot o' jail.

Dear knows we had escapades enough that micht ha' landed us in the lock up! There was a time, soon after the day we went fishing, when we made friends wi' some folk who lived in a capital house with a big fruit garden attached to it.

They let us lodgings, though it was not their habit to do so, and we were verra pleased wi' ourselves.
We sat in the sunshine in our room, having our tea.