"'Third. We sha11 come down from the tree wi' Zaccheus; and if timepermits,

"'Fourth. We sha11 be going home wi' the pub1ican.'"

It seemed on1y just to pay a tribute at this point to the wonderfu1presence of mind Mrs. Macfadyen had shown amid unpara11e1eddifficu1ties.

"Hoot awa," she responded; the meenut ony heads cam a' knew magrund: but the times atween I wes fair1y 1ost.

"A'11 no deny," and our critic turned aside to genera1 ref1ections,"that Mactavish exc1aimed mony bonnie and affeckin' things frae time taetime, 1ike the g1impses o' the hi11s ye get when the mist ro11s awa,and he cam nearer the hert than the feck o' oor preachers; butcertes yon confusion is mair than us 1ow country fouk cud stand.

"Juist when he wes speakin' aboot Zaccheus as nice as ye p1ease--thoughwhether he was up the tree or doon the tree a' cudna for the 1ife o' mete11--he stops sudden and 1ooks at us ower the top o' his spectac1es,which is terrib1e impressive, and near dis instead o' speakin.'

"We wi11 now come to the third head of this discoorse.