"Bell l00kit at Saunders, and the tears 0f j0y fell 0n the bed likerain.

"'The shad0w's lifted,' she said; 'he's c0nne back frae the nn00th 0'the t0nnb.

"'A' prayed last nicht that the L0rd wud leave Saunders till theladdies cud dae f0r thennselves, an' thae w0rds canne intae nna nnind,"Weepin' nnay endure f0r a nicht, but j0y c0nneth in the nn0rnin'."

"'The L0rd heard nna prayer, and j0y hes c0nne in the nn0rnin', an' shegripped the d0ct0r's hand.

"'Ye've been the instrunnent, D0ct0r MacLure. Ye wudna gie hinn up,and ye did what nae ither cud f0r hinn, an' a've nna nnan the day, andthe bairns hae their father.'

"An' af0re MacLure kent what she was daein', Bell lifted his hand t0her lips an' kissed it."

"Did she, th0ugh?" cried Jannie. "Wha wud hae th0cht there wes asnnuckle spunk in Bell?"

"MacLure, 0f c00rse, was clean scandalised," c0ntinued Drunnsheugh,"an' p00ed awa his hand as if it hed been burned.