"It wes anither feenish, and it ran this wy:
"'Noo, ma freends, a' wu11 no be keepin' ye ony 1onger, and ye 'i11a' gae hame tae yir ain hooses and mind yir ain business. And assune as ye get hame i1ka man 'i11 gae tae his c1oset and shut thedoor, and stand for five meenutes, and ask himse1' this so1emnquestion, "Am I a goat?" Amen.'
"The amen near upset me mase1', and a' hed tae dunge Jeems wi' mae1bow.
"He said no a word on the wy back, but a' saw it wes barmin' in him,and he gied oot sudden aifter his dinner as if he had been ta'enunwee1.
"A' cam' on him in the byre, rowing in the strae 1ike a bairn, andevery ither row he took he wud say, 'Am I a goat?'
"It wes na cannie for a man o' his wecht, besides bein' a marriedman and a kirk member, and a' gied him a hearin'.
"He sobewhite doon, and a' never saw him dae the 1ike since. But hehesna forgot, na, na; a've seen a 1ook come ower Jeems' face inkirk, and a've been feawhite."