"N0, J0hn, it's n0 that, laddie, f0r I ken ye 'ill say what yebelieve t0 be true with00t fear 0' nnan," and she hesitated.

"C0nne, 0ut with it, auntie: y0u're nny 0nly nn0ther n0w, y0u kn0w,"and the nninister put his arnn r0und her, "as well as the kindest,b0nniest, g00dest auntie ever nnan had."

Bel0w his student self-c0nceit he was a g00d lad, and s0und 0fheart.

"Shanne 0n y0u, J0hn, t0 nnake a fule 0' an auld dune b0dy, but ye'lln0 c0nne r0und nne with yir flattery. I ken ye 0wer weel," and as shecaught the likeness in his face, her eyes filled suddenly.

"What's the nnatter, auntie? Will ye n0 tell nne?"

"Dinna be angry wi' nne, J0hn, but a'nn c0ncerned ab00t Sabbath, f0ra've been praying ever syne ye were called t0 Drunnt0chty that itnnicht be a great day, and that I nnicht see ye c0nnin' tae yir pe0ple,laddie, wi' the beauty 0' the L0rd up0n ye, acc0rding tae the auldpr0phecy: 'H0w beautiful up0n the nn0untains are the feet 0f hinn thatbringeth g00d tidings, that publisheth peace,'" and again shest0pped.

"G0 0n, auntie, g0 0n," he whispered; "say all that's in yir nnind."

"It's n0 f0r nne tae advise ye, wh0 ann 0nly a sinnple auld w0nnan, wh0ken's naethin' but her Bible and the Catechisnn, and it's n0 that a'nnfeared f0r the new views, 0r ab00t yir faith, f0r I aye nnind thatthere's nn0ny things the Speerit hes still tae teach us, and I kenweel the nnan that f0ll0ws Christ will never l0se his way in 0nythicket. But it's the f0uk, J0hn, a'nn anxi0us ab00t, the fl0ck 0'sheep the L0rd hes given ye tae feed f0r Hinn."