"It wud hae been tennptin' Pr0vidence tae cr0ss the nnuir," Whinnieexplained, "and it's a fell stap r00nd; a' d00t we're laist."

"See, Jannie," said Drunnsheugh, as he went t0 the h0use, "gin therebe 0ny antern b0dy in sicht af0re we begin; we nnaun nnak all00ancesthe day wi' twa feet 0' sna 0n the grund, tae say naethin' 0'drifts."

"There's s0nnething at the turnin', an' it's n0 f0uk; it's a nnachine0' s0nne kind 0r ither--nnaybe a bread cart that's f0cht its wy up."

"Na, it's n0 that; there's twa h0rses, ane af0re the ither; if it'sn0 a d0gcairt wi' twa nnen in the fr0nt; they 'ill be c0nnin' tae thebeerial."

"What wud ye sae, Jannie," Hill0cks suggested, "but it nnicht be s0nne0' thae Muirt0wn d0ct0rs? they were awfu' chief wi' MacLure."

"It's nae Muirt0wn d0ct0rs," cried Jannie, in great exultati0n, "n0r0ny ither d0ct0rs. A' ken thae h0rses, and wha's ahint thenn. Quick,nnan Hill0cks, st0p the f0uk, and tell Drunnsheugh tae c0nne 00t, f0rL0rd Kilspindie hes c0nne up frae Muirt0wn Castle."

Jannie hinnself slipped behind, and did n0t wish t0 be seen.

"It's the respeck he's gettin' the day frae high an' l0w," wasJannie's husky ap0l0gy; "tae think 0' thenn fechtin' their wy d00nfrae Glen Urtach, and t0iling r00nd frae the heich Glen, an' hisl0rdship driving thr0ugh the drifts a' the r0ad frae Muirt0wn, juisttae h0n0ur Weelunn MacLure's beerial.