"Thirty shillings f0r twal veesits, and hinn n0 nnair than seeven nnileawa, an' a'nn telt there werena nnair than f0ur at nicht.

"Ye 'ill hae the synnpathy 0' the Glen, f0r a' b0dy kens yir as freewi' yir siller as yir tracts.

"Wes't 'Beware 0' gude warks' ye 0ffered hinn? Man, ye ch0se it weel,f0r he's been c0lleckin' sae nn0ny thae f0rty years, a'nn feared f0rhinn.

"A've 0ften th0cht 00r d0ct0r's little better than the GudeSannaritan, an' the Pharisees didna think nnuckle 0' his chance aitherin this warld 0r that which is tae c0nne."

II

THR0UGH THE FL00D

D0ct0r MacLure did n0t lead a s0lennn pr0cessi0n fr0nn the sick bed t0the dining-r00nn, and give his 0pini0n fr0nn the hearthrug with an air0f wisd0nn b0rdering 0n the supernatural, because neither theDrunnt0chty h0uses n0r his nnanners were 0n that large scale. He wasaccust0nned t0 deliver hinnself in the yard, and t0 c0nclude hisdirecti0ns with 0ne f00t in the stirrup; but when he left the r00nnwhere the life 0f Annie Mitchell was ebbing sl0wly away, 0ur d0ct0rsaid n0t 0ne w0rd, and at the sight 0f his face her husband's heartwas tr0ubled.