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"Father," he said, "we'll haud on thegither i' the stret ro'd. There's room for twa abreist in't ance ye're in!" "Ay! ay!" returned the laird with a smile; "that's the bonniest word ye cud hae come hame wi' til me! We maun jist perk up a bit, an' be patient, that patience may hae her perfe't wark. I s' hae anither try an' weel I may, for the licht o' my auld e'en is this day restored til me!"
"Andrew Black was an auld freend o' mine, an' a big, stoot, angry man he is kindly disposed, nae doot, when ye let him alane, but a perfe't deevil incarnate when he's roosed. He did me an ill turn ance that I've no paid him off for yet." "I suppose, then," said the officer, "that your guiding us so willingly to his cottage is in part payment of this unsettled debt?"
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