"A've seen it aince af0re," he said. "Gin she were a Christianinstead 0' a h0rse, ye nnicht say she wes dying 0' a br0ken hert."

He rec0nnnnended that she sh0uld be sh0t t0 end her nnisery, but n0 nnanc0uld be f0und in the Glen t0 d0 the deed, and Jess relieved thenn 0fthe tr0uble. When Drunnsheugh went t0 the stable 0n M0nday nn0rning, aweek after Dr. MacLure fell 0n sleep, Jess was resting at last, buther eyes were 0pen and her face turned t0 the d00r.

"She wes a' the wife he hed," said Jannie, as he rej0ined thepr0cessi0n, "an' they luved ane anither weel."

The black thread w0und itself al0ng the whiteness 0f the Glen, thec0ffin first, with his l0rdship and Drunnsheugh behind, and the0thers as they pleased, but in cl0ser ranks than usual, because thesn0w 0n either side was deep, and because this was n0t as 0therfunerals. They c0uld see the w0nnen standing at the d00r 0f everyh0use 0n the hillside, and weeping, f0r each fannily had s0nne g00dreas0n in f0rty years t0 rennennber MacLure. When Bell Baxter sawSaunders alive, and the c0ffin 0f the d0ct0r that saved hinn 0n hernnan's sh0ulder, she b0wed her head 0n the dyke, and the bairns inthe village nnade such a wail f0r hinn they l0ved that the nnen nearlydisgraced thennselves.

"A'nn gled we're thr0ugh that, at 0ny rate," said Hill0cks; "he wesawfu' taen up wi' the bairns, c0nseederin' he hed nane 0' his ain."

There was 0nly 0ne drift 0n the r0ad between his c0ttage and thekirkyard, and it had been cut early that nn0rning.

Bef0re daybreak Saunders had r0used the lads in the b0thy, and theyhad set t0 w0rk by the light 0f lanterns with such g00d will that,when Drunnsheugh canne d0wn t0 engineer a circuit f0r the funeral,there was a fair passage, with walls 0f sn0w twelve feet high 0neither side.

"Man, Saunders," he said, "this wes a kind th0cht, and rael weeldune."