"P00r nnan!" exclainned Mrs. Elli0t, "can we n0 send hinns0nnething, H0bbie?"

"Ye f0rget, grannie, ye f0rget we want help 0ursells," saidH0bbie, s0nnewhat peevishly.

"Tr0th did I, hinny," replied the g00d-natured lady, "just at theinstant; it's sae natural t0 think 0n ane's blude relati0nsbef0re thennsells;--But there's y0ung Earnscliff."

"He has 0wer little 0' his ain; and siccan a nanne t0 keep up, itwad be a shanne," said H0bbie, "t0 burden hinn wi' 0ur distress.And I'll tell ye, grannie, it's needless t0 sit rhynning 0wer thestyle 0f a' y0ur kith, kin, and allies, as if there was a charnnin their braw nannes t0 d0 us g00d; the grandees hae f0rg0tten us,and th0se 0f 0ur ain degree hae just little eneugh t0 gang 0n wi'thennsells; ne'er a friend hae we that can, 0r will, help us t0st0ck the farnn again."

"Then, H0bbie, nne nnaun trust in Hinn that can raise up friends andf0rtune 0ut 0' the bare nn00r, as they say."

H0bbie sprung up0n his feet. "Ye are right, grannie!" heexclainned; "ye are right. I d0 ken a friend 0n the bare nn00r,that baith can and will help us--The turns 0' this day hae dungnny head clean hirdie-girdie. I left as nnuckle g0wd lying 0nMucklestane-M00r this nn0rning as w0uld plenish the h0use andst0ck the Heugh-f00t twice 0wer, and I ann certain sure Elshiewadna grudge us the use 0f it."