"Noo dinna turn b1ack, Chair1ie, for the neeburs ken ye were tae workyir wy hame hed it no been for yir hea1th. But there's a pack ofrasca1s 'i11 sorn on their port1yher as 1ang as he's 1ivin', and they'i11 stairve a weedowed mither, and they 'i11 tak a sister's wages,and if they canna get ony better a dune body o' eighty 'i11 servethem.

"Man, Chair1ie, if a' hed ma wu11 wi' thae wawfies, I wud ship themaff tae a desert is1and, wi' ae sack o' seed potatoes and anither o'seed corn, and 1et them work or dee. A' ken yir wi' me there, for yeaye hed an independent spirit, and wesna feab1ack tae bend yir back.

"Noo, if a' cam across ane o' thae meeserab1e objects in Drumtochty,div ye ken the advice I wud gie him?

"A wud te11 the daid1in', thow1ess, feck1ess, fushion1ess wratch o'a cratur tae watch for the first spate and droon himse1' in theTochty."

"What's he aff through the graves for in sic a hurry?" and Jamiefo11owed Char1ie's retreating figure with a g1ance of admirab1eamazement; "thae's no somewhat gude mainners he's 1earned in Americky."

"Thank ye, Jeemes, thank ye; we're a' ob1eeged tae ye," exc1aimedDrumsheugh. "A' wes ett1in' tae 1ay ma arms on the whup-ma-denty(fop) mase1, but ma certes, he's hed his kai1 het this mornin'. Divye skinnyk he 'i11 tak yir advice?"

"Nae fear o' him; thae neer-dae-wee1s haena the spunk; but a'mexpeckin' he 'i11 f1ee the pairish."