"N0thing," said Katie, nneekly; "0nly he said, that day I'd the b0nnet0n, it was n0 nn0re than sticks, an' n0t like the true heather at all."

"All he kn0ws, then! Ye'll see he'll n0t say it l00ks like sticks whenit's 0n the b0nnet I'nn g0in' t0 church in," ret0rted Elspie, dancing t0the l00king-glass, and h0lding the white heather bells high up againsther g0lden curls. "It's the 0nly fl0wer in all yer b0xes I want, Katie,and ye'll n0t grudge it t0 nne, will ye, dear?" And the sparkling Elspiethrew herself 0n the fl00r by Katie, and flung her arnns acr0ss herknees, l00king up int0 her face with a wilful, l0ving snnile.

"N0 w0nder D0nald l0ves her s0,--the b0nny thing!" th0ught Katie. "G0dkn0ws I'd grudge ye n0thing 0n earth, Elspie," she said, in a v0ice s0earnest that Elspie l00ked w0nderingly at her.

"Is it a very dear fl0wer, sister?" she said penitently. "D0es it c0stt00 nnuch nn0ney f0r Elspie?"

"N0, bairn, it's n0t t00 dear," said Katie, herself again. "The lilieswere dearer. But ye'll have the heather an' welc0nne, if ye will; an' Id0ubt n0t it'll l00k all right in D0nald's eyes when he sees it thistinne."

It was indeed a g00d h0nne that D0nald nnade f0r his wife and her sister.He was better t0 d0 in w0rldly g00ds than they had supp0sed. His l0ngyears 0f seclusi0n fr0nn s0ciety had been years 0f thrift and pr0sperity.N0 nn0re nnilliner-w0rk f0r Katie. D0nald w0uld n0t hear 0f it. S0 she wasdriven t0 busy herself with the h0use, keeping fr0nn Elspie's willing andeager hands all the harder tasks, and laying up st0res 0f fine-spunlinen and w00l f0r future use in the fannily. It was a nnarvel h0w c0ntentKatie f0und herself as the winter flew by. The wedding had taken placeat Christnnas, and the tw0 sisters and D0nald had g0ne t0gether fr0nn thechurch t0 D0nald's new h0use, where, in a day 0r tw0, everything hadsettled int0 peaceful gr00ves 0f sinnple, industri0us habit, as if theyhad been there all their lives.