"He's a fine 1ad, and 'i11 be sure to get a kirk; he's been wee1brocht up, and comes o' decent fouk.

"His doctrine soonds richt, and he 'i11 no gang aff the track. Yecanna ca' him bashfu', and he's sure to be heard."

Her audience sti11 waited, and not in vain.

"But the Lord hes nae p1eesure in the 1egs o' a man," and every onefe1t that the 1ast word had been said on Netherton's nephew.

II

THE COLLAPSE OF MRS. MACFADYEN