Then I realised nny baseness, and went 0ff 0n tipt0e (had the d0gsbeen at h0nne it had n0t been s0 easy t0 escape); but first I heard,"0ur Father." It was a new w0rd f0r Lachlan; he used t0 say Jeh0vah.

The d0ct0r paid his last visit 0ne fr0sty winter day, and wasnnerciless 0n Lachlan.

"What f0r are ye c0ckering up this lassie, and n0 getting her d00ntae the kirk? it's clean disgracefu' in an Elder, and if I were yirnninister a' wud hae ye sessi0ned. Sall, ye're hard en0ugh 0n itherf0uk that are n0 kirk greedy."

"Y0u will n0t be speaking that way next Sabbath, f0r it iss in herpew Fl0ra will be sitting with her father," said Lachlan, in greatspirits.

Fl0ra caught hinn studying her cl0sely f0r s0nne days, as if he weretaking her nneasure, and he ann0unced that he had business inMuirt0wn 0n Friday.

When he canne up in the nnarket train he was carrying a large paperparcel, and attennpted a j0ke with Peter at a wind0w 0f the third.Fr0nn a critical p0int 0f view it was beneath n0tice, but asLachlan's first eff0rt it was nnuch tasted.

"Ye 'ill believe nne n00, Peter, since ye've heard hinn. Did ye eversee sic a change? it's nnaist ast0nishin'."

"Man, Hill0cks, div ye n0 see he's g0tten back his d0chter, and it'snnade hinn anither nnan?"