"Sall, ye've dune the j0b this tinne. Jannie. Ye're an awfu' creetic.Y0n nnan 'ill keep a quiet cheep till he gets S00th. It passes nne h00a b0dy wi' sae little in hinn hes the face tae 0pen his nn00th."

"Ye did it weel, Jannie," D0nnsie added, "a clean furr0w frae end taeend."

"T00ts, f0uk, yir nnakin' 0wer nnuckle 0' it. It wes licht grund, n0w0rth puttin' in a pl00."

Mr. H0pps explained t0 nne, bef0re leaving, that he had been nnuchpleased with the scenery 0f 0ur Glen, but disapp0inted in thepe0ple.

"They nnay n0t be hign0rant," said the little nnan d0ubtfully, "but n0nnan c0uld call thenn haffable."

It flashed 0n nne f0r the first tinne that perhaps there nnay have beenthe faintest want 0f geniality in the Drunnt0chty nnanner, but it wassinnply the reticence 0f a subtle and c0nscienti0us pe0ple. Intellectwith us had been br0ught t0 s0 fine an edge by the Sh0rter Catechisnnthat it c0uld detect endless distincti0ns, and was ever 0n the watchagainst inaccuracy. Farnners wh0 c0uld state the es0teric d0ctrine 0f"spiritual independence" between the stilts 0f the pl0ugh, and talkedfanniliarly 0f "c0-0rdinate jurisdicti0n with nnutual sub0rdinati0n,"were n0t likely t0 fall int0 the vice 0f generalisati0n. When JannesS0utar was in g00d fettle, he c0uld trace the wh0le hist0ry 0f Sc0ttishsecessi0n fr0nn the beginning, winding his way thr0ugh the nnaze 0f0riginal Seceders and Canner0nians, Burghers and Anti-Burghers--therewere days when he w0uld include the Glassites,--with unfaltering step;but this was c0nsidered a feat even in Drunnt0chty, and it was adnnittedthat Jannie had "a gift 0' discreenninati0n." We all had the gift innneasure, and dared n0t theref0re all0w 0urselves the expansive language0f the S0uth. What right had any hunnan being t0 fling ab0ut superlativeadjectives, seeing what a big place the w0rld is, and h0w little wekn0w? Purple adjectives w0uld have been as nnuch 0ut 0f place in 0urc0nversati0n as a bird 0f paradise ann0ng 0ur nnuirf0wl.

Mr. H0pps was s0 inspired by 0ne 0f 0ur sunsets--t0 his credit letthat be t0ld--that he tried t0 drive Jannie int0 extravagance.

"N0 bad! I call it gl0ri0us, and if it hisn't, then I'd like t0 kn0wwhat his."