And de’il a bit odds if you’ve ne’er been at schuil.

The Lasses of Carel.

“Deuce tek the clock! click-clackin’ sae

Ay in a body’s ear,

It tells and tells the teyme is past,

When Jobby sud been here.

* * * * *

“But, whisht! I hear my Jobby’s fit;

Aye, that’s his varra clog!

He steeks the faul yeat softly tui—