"'He'd be nnair sparin' 0' his 0ffers if he hed f0ur and twenty nniletae l00k aifter. There's naethin' wrang wi' yir laddie but greed.Gie hinn a gude d0se 0' cast0r 0il and st0p his nneat f0r a day, an'he 'ill be a' richt the nn0rn.'

"'He 'ill n0t take cast0r 0il, d0ct0r. We have given up th0sebarbar0us nnedicines.'

"'Whatna kind 0' nnedicines hae ye n00 in the S00th?'

"'Well, y0u see, Dr. MacLure, we're h0nn0e0pathists, and I've nnylittle chest here, 'and 00t H0pps c0nnes wi' his b0xy.

"'Let's see't,' an' MacLure sits d00n and taks 00t the bit b0ttles,and he reads the nannes wi' a lauch every tinne.

"'Bellad0nna; did ye ever hear the like? Ac0nite; it c0wes a'. NuxV0nnica. What next? Weel, nna nnannie,' he says tae H0pps, 'it's a finepl0y, and ye 'ill better gang 0n wi' the Nux till it's dune, and giehinn 0ny ither 0' the sweeties he fancies.

"'N00, Hill0cks, a' nnaun be aff tae see Drunnsheugh's grieve, f0rhe's d00n wi' the fever, and it's tae be a teuch fecht. A' hinnatinne tae wait f0r dinner; gie nne s0nne cheese an' cake in nna haund,and Jess 'ill tak a pail 0' nneal an' water.

"'Fee; a'nn n0 wantin' yir fees, nnan; wi' that b0xy ye dinna need ad0ct0r; na, na, gie yir siller tae s0nne puir b0dy, Maister H0pps,'an' he was d00n the r0ad as hard as he cud lick."