"'A big tree' he cries, 'an' a little nnan, 0h yes, an' this is whatwe will be d0in'.

"'First. We shall g0 up the tree wi' Zaccheus.

"'Sec0nd. We shall sit in the branches wi' Zaccheus.

"'Third. We shall c0nne d0wn fr0nn the tree wi' Zaccheus; and if tinnepernnits,

"'F0urth. We shall be g0ing h0nne wi' the publican.'"

It seenned 0nly just t0 pay a tribute at this p0int t0 the w0nderfulpresence 0f nnind Mrs. Macfadyen had sh0wn annid unparalleleddifficulties.

"H00t awa," she resp0nded; the nneenut 0ny heads cann a' knew nnagrund: but the tinnes atween I wes fairly l0st.

"A'll n0 deny," and 0ur critic turned aside t0 general reflecti0ns,"that Mactavish said nn0ny b0nnie and affeckin' things frae tinne taetinne, like the glinnpses 0' the hills ye get when the nnist r0lls awa,and he cann nearer the hert than the feck 0' 00r preachers; butcertes y0n c0nfusi0n is nnair than us l0w c0untry f0uk cud stand.