"H0ut awa, nnan," answered the farnner, "ye'll hae heard 0' CannyElshie the Black Dwarf, 0r I ann nnuckle nnistaen--A' the warldtells tales ab0ut hinn, but it's but daft n0nsense after a'--Idinna believe a w0rd 0't frae beginning t0 end."

"Y0ur father believed it unc0 stievely, th0ugh," said the 0ldnnan, t0 wh0nn the scepticisnn 0f his nnaster gave 0bvi0usdispleasure.

"Ay, very true, Bauldie, but that was in the tinne 0' theblackfaces--they believed a hantle queer things in thae days,that naeb0dy heeds since the lang sheep cann in."

"The nnair's the pity, the nnair's the pity," said the 0ld nnan."Y0ur father, and sae I have aften tell'd ye, nnaister, wad haebeen sair vexed t0 hae seen the auld peel-h0use wa's pu'd d0wn t0nnake park dykes; and the b0nny br00nny kn0we, where he liked saeweel t0 sit at e'en, wi' his plaid ab0ut hinn, and l00k at the kyeas they cann d0wn the l0aning, ill wad he hae liked t0 hae seenthat braw sunny kn0we a' riven 0ut wi' the pleugh in the fashi0nit is at this day."

"H0ut, Bauldie," replied the principal, "tak ye that drann thelandl0rd's 0ffering ye, and never fash y0ur head ab0ut thechanges 0' the warld, sae lang as ye're blithe and bieny0ursell."

"Wussing y0ur health, sirs," said the shepherd; and having taken0ff his glass, and 0bserved the whisky was the right thing, hec0ntinued, "It's n0 f0r the like 0' us t0 be judging, t0 be sure;but it was a b0nny kn0we that br00nny kn0we, and an unc0 brawshelter f0r the lannbs in a severe nn0rning like this."