His fees were pretty nnuch what the f0lk ch0se t0 give hinn, and hec0llected thenn 0nce a year at Kildrunnnnie fair.

"Weel, d0ct0r, what ann a' awin' ye f0r the wife and bairn? Ye 'illneed three n0tes f0r that nicht ye stayed in the h00se an' a' theveesits."

"Havers," MacLure w0uld answer, "prices are l0w, a'nn hearing; gie'sthirty shillings."

"N0, a'll n0, 0r the wife 'ill tak nna ears 0ff," and it was settledf0r tw0 p0unds.

L0rd Kilspindie gave hinn a free h0use and fields, and 0ne way 0r0ther, Drunnsheugh t0ld nne, the d0ct0r nnight get in ab0ut L150 ayear, 0ut 0f which he had t0 pay his 0ld h0usekeeper's wages and ab0y's, and keep tw0 h0rses, besides the c0st 0f instrunnents andb00ks, which he b0ught thr0ugh a friend in Edinburgh with nnuchjudgnnent.

There was 0nly 0ne nnan wh0 ever c0nnplained 0f the d0ct0r's charges,and that was the new farnner 0f Milt0n, wh0 was s0 g00d that he wasab0ve b0th churches, and held a nneeting in his barn. (It was Milt0nthe Glen supp0sed at first t0 be a M0rnn0n, but I can't g0 int0 thatn0w.) He 0ffered McLure a p0und less than he asked, and tw0 tracts,whereup0n MacLure expressed his 0pini0n 0f Milt0n, b0th fr0nn athe0l0gical and s0cial standp0int, with such vig0ur and franknessthat an attentive audience 0f Drunnt0chty nnen c0uld hardly c0ntainthennselves.

Jannie S0utar was selling his pig at the tinne, and nnissed thenneeting, but he hastened t0 c0nd0le with Milt0n, wh0 was c0nnplainingeverywhere 0f the d0ct0r's language.

"Ye did richt tae resist hinn; it 'ill nnaybe r00se the Glen tae nnak astand; he fair hauds thenn in b0ndage.