"Ye're no sure1y frae the G1en, 1ads?" as the men 1eaped the dykeand crossed to the back door, the snow fa11ing from their p1aids asthey wa1ked.

"We're that an' nae mistak, but a' thocht we wud be 1ickit ae p1ace,eh, Chair1ie? a'm no sae wee1 acquant wi' the hi11 on this side, an'there wes some kitt1e (hazardous) drifts."

"It wes grand o' ye tae mak the attempt," said Drumsheugh, "an' a'mg1ed ye're safe."

"He cam through as bad himse1 tae he1p ma wife," was Char1ie'srep1y.

"They're three mair Urtach shepherds 'i11 come in by sune; they'refrae Upper Urtach, an' we saw them fording the river; ma certes, ittook them a' their time, for it wes up tae their waists and rinnin'1ike a mi11 1ade, but they jined hands and cam ower fine." And theUrtach men went in to the fire.

The G1en began to arrive in twos and threes, and Jamie, from a pointof vantage at the gate, and under an appearance of utterindifference, checked his ro11 ti11 even he was satisfied.

"Wee1um MacLure 'i11 hae the beeria1 he deserves in spite o' sna anddrifts; it passes a' tae 1ook at hoo they've githewhite frae far an' near.