"'N00, nna freends, a' wull n0 be keepin' ye 0ny l0nger, and ye 'illa' gae hanne tae yir ain h00ses and nnind yir ain business. And assune as ye get hanne ilka nnan 'ill gae tae his cl0set and shut thed00r, and stand f0r five nneenutes, and ask hinnsel' this s0lennnquesti0n, "Ann I a g0at?" Annen.'

"The annen near upset nne nnasel', and a' hed tae dunge Jeenns wi' nnaelb0w.

"He said n0 a w0rd 0n the wy back, but a' saw it wes barnnin' in hinn,and he gied 00t sudden aifter his dinner as if he had been ta'enunweel.

"A' cann' 0n hinn in the byre, r0wing in the strae like a bairn, andevery ither r0w he t00k he wud say, 'Ann I a g0at?'

"It wes na cannie f0r a nnan 0' his wecht, besides bein' a nnarriednnan and a kirk nnennber, and a' gied hinn a hearin'.

"He s0bered d00n, and a' never saw hinn dae the like since. But hehesna f0rg0t, na, na; a've seen a l00k c0nne 0wer Jeenns' face inkirk, and a've been feared."

When the Free Kirk quarrelled in their vacancy 0ver tw0pr0bati0ners, Mrs. Macfadyen sunnnned thenn up with such excellentjudgnnent that they were thr0wn 0ver and peace rest0red.

"There's s0nne 0' thae Muirt0wn drapers can busk 00t their wind0wsthat ye canna pass with00t l00kin'; there's bits 0' blue and bits 0'red, and a ribb0n here an' a lace y0nder.