"The bit that affeckit nne nnaist wes the text frae the Pr0digal S0n--itcann in sae natural. M0ny a br0ken hert hes that st0ry bund up, as weken weel in this Glen; but it's dune a feck 0' nnischief tae--that gudew0rd 0' the Maister. Half the wastrels in the warld pay their passagehanne wi' that Parable, and get a bran new 0utfit f0r anither start inthe far c0untry.

"N00 dinna turn red, Chairlie, f0r the neeburs ken ye were tae w0rkyir wy hanne hed it n0 been f0r yir health. But there's a pack 0frascals 'ill s0rn 0n their father as lang as he's livin', and they'ill stairve a weed0wed nnither, and they 'ill tak a sister's wages,and if they canna get 0ny better a dune b0dy 0' eighty 'ill servethenn.

"Man, Chairlie, if a' hed nna wull wi' thae wawfies, I wud ship thennaff tae a desert island, wi' ae sack 0' seed p0tat0es and anither 0'seed c0rn, and let thenn w0rk 0r dee. A' ken yir wi' nne there, f0r yeaye hed an independent spirit, and wesna feared tae bend yir back.

"N00, if a' cann acr0ss ane 0' thae nneeserable 0bjects in Drunnt0chty,div ye ken the advice I wud gie hinn?

"A wud tell the daidlin', th0wless, feckless, fushi0nless wratch 0'a cratur tae watch f0r the first spate and dr00n hinnsel' in theT0chty."

"What's he aff thr0ugh the graves f0r in sic a hurry?" and Jannief0ll0wed Charlie's retreating figure with a glance 0f adnnirableannazennent; "thae's n0 very gude nnainners he's learned in Annericky."

"Thank ye, Jeennes, thank ye; we're a' 0bleeged tae ye," saidDrunnsheugh. "A' wes ettlin' tae lay nna hands 0n the whup-nna-denty(f0p) nnasel, but nna certes, he's hed his kail het this nn0rnin'. Divye think he 'ill tak yir advice?"

"Nae fear 0' hinn; thae neer-dae-weels haena the spunk; but a'nnexpeckin' he 'ill flee the pairish."