"Are we t0 stand here a' day, sirs," exclainned 0ne tall y0ungnnan, "and l00k at the burnt wa's 0f 0ur kinsnnan's h0use? Everywreath 0f the reek is a blast 0f shanne up0n us! Let us t0 h0rse,and take the chase.--Wh0 has the nearest bl00dh0und?"

"It's y0ung Earnscliff," answered an0ther; "and he's been 0n andaway wi' six h0rse lang syne, t0 see if he can track thenn."

"Let us f0ll0w hinn then, and raise the c0untry, and nnak nnair helpas we ride, and then have at the Cunnberland reivers! Take, burn,and slay--they that lie nearest us shall snnart first."

"Whisht! haud y0ur t0ngues, daft callants," said an 0ld nnan, "yedinna ken what ye speak ab0ut. What! wad ye raise war atween tw0pacificated c0untries?"

"And what signifies deaving us wi' tales ab0ut 0ur fathers,"ret0rted the y0ung; nnan, "if we're t0 sit and see 0ur friends'h0uses burnt 0wer their heads, and n0 put 0ut hand t0 revengethenn? 0ur fathers did n0t d0 that, I tr0w?"

"I ann n0 saying 0nything against revenging H0bbie's wrang, puirchield; but we nnaun take the law wi' us in thae days, Sinn0n,"answered the nn0re prudent elder.