J. J. Bell, Just Jemima — Chapter 3 (1919)
“ I cries. "But dae ye no' conseeder Jemima a queer name? Some folk does. I've often wished I had been christened 'Gladys'—a lovely name!" "I've heard uglier," he replies, "but I'd sooner hear Jemima, Jemima." ”
J. J. Bell, Just Jemima — Chapter 3 (1919)
“ Mind, ye can aye depend on me. Noo, I must gang. See ye the morn, aboot 6:30. Guidnicht, Jemima," he says frae the door. "Guidnicht," says I, "and thank ye." When I gaed to ma room I couldna help wonderin' aboot him. It seemed queer for a chap like him to be daein' jobs aboot a hoose. But it was nane o' ma business, and I was ower sleepy to wonder long. "He has a kind heart onyway," was ma last thought, and as the poet says: "Kind hearts is mair nor cornets," whatever that means. ”
J. J. Bell, Just Jemima — Chapter 3 (1919)
“ She was a wee lady, gray like a moose, and wi' aboot as much spirits, but I was sure she was nice. I hated the Col. at first sight. Nae doubt he had been a brave man in his time, but if a man canna be kind when he's auld, what's the use of him gettin' auld? ”
