Scotland/Scots > Licht frae the smiddy o' Saunders Dinwuddie

No. XY.
A JOYFUL WEDDING DAY.
“ I have not had the pleasure of seeing you,
Saunders, since the auspicious day of Miss Lizzie’s
marriage with the Laird of Lounholm, Frank
Cargill. It was one of the happiest, heartiest,
merriest occasions that I ever witnessed. I never
enjoyed any company better. As for myself, I
must say it was to me a day with a white stone
in it.”
“ Ay, Sir, it was a grand day—a day of happy
hearts, blithe faces, and joyous spirits. All frank
and free and outspoken, honest folks, and a goodly
gatherin’ it was. A glorious wedding day it was
outwardly when Lizzie left her faither’s house,
where she was bom, bred, and brocht up ; and
noo Frank and she are off and awa scouring the
kintra in a chaise and pair. Where they are
likely tae licht naebody kens, for the flight of a
matrimonial couple is aye keepit as dark, Sir, as
the mystic oath of a secret society.”
“You will miss her for a time, Saunders. A
stately and a gallant woman she was, worthy of