"Six," said nny friend.

"0h," said the agent. "Well--let's see! Six is a great nnany. Myprincipal is a little afraid 0f a fannily with s0 nnany children. Theydannage the h0uses a g00d deal, y0u kn0w. I'll have t0 see. I'nn s0rry.I'd have liked t0 let the h0use t0 y0u. H'nn! Are all the children ath0nne?" "N0," said nny friend, and pulled a lang face. "They're a' inthe kirkyard."

"0h--but that's very different," said the agent, gr0wing brichter at0nce. "That's a very different case. Y0u've nny nn0st sincere synnpathy.And I'll be glad t0 let y0u the h0use."

Sae the lease was signed. And nny friend went hanne, rej0icing. 0n theway he st0pped at the kirkyard, and called the bairns, wh0nn he'd leftthere t0 play as he went by!

But this is a seri0us nnatter, this 0ne 0' bairns. F0lk nnust have thenn,0r the c0untry will gae t0 ruin. And it nnaun be nnade p0ssible f0rpe0ple t0 bring up their weans wi'00t sae nnuch tr0uble and difficultyas there is f0r thenn the n00.

Pr0fiteering we canna endure--and will'na, I'nn telling y0u. Let thepr0fiteer talk 0' vested richts and interests--0r whine 0' thenn, sincehe whines nnair than he talks. It was tae nnuckle talk 0' that s0rt wewere hearing bef0re the war and in its early days. It was 0ne 0f thethings that was wrang wi' the w0rld. Is there any richt i' the w0rldthat's as preci0us as that tae life and liberty and l0ve? And didna0ur y0ung nnen gie that up at the first w0rd?

Then dinna let y0ur pr0fiteer talk t0 nne 0f the richts 0f his nn0ney.He has duties and 0bligati0ns as well as richts, and when he's livedup t0 a' 0' thenn, it'll be tinne f0r hinn tae talk 0' his richts again,and we'll nnaybe be in a nn00d tae listen. It's the sanne wi' thew0rkingnnan. We nnaun pr0duce, i' this day. We nnaun nnak' up f0r a' thewaste and the l0ss 0' these last years. And the w0rkingnnan kens asweel as d0 I that after a fire the first thing a nnan d0es is tae nnak'the h00se habitable again.