Alec Forbes of Howglen

le for the purposes of this history. One of the twain was a cousin of the deceased, already incidentally mentioned as taking some direction i

alf a mile or so, "what's to be done wi' little Annie Anderson and her Aunt

e to the fore efter the do

g sin' ever he wrought a day's d

t weel after the

to ony man he ca's master. But ther

se fo

kent for an honest an' a langheided man. Do ye think that fo

s muckle guid in luikin' to what fo

el'; for, ye see, I hae a sma' famil

t-nae do

shop); an' gin I ance got-no to say an ill name, but jist the wind o' no being sae considerate as I micht

Robert Bruce, and sae

. A body maun tak' care o' t

enough, although he pretended to have mistaken his meaning-"weel, g

Anderson's bairns-I

p it may be sic a deceesion as will ad

be committed to Him, for ye can haud it no langer. Them that winna tak tent (care) 'll tak scathe. It's a sweer (lazy) thochtless way to gan

neuch," ans

f any sort with regard to the fate of Annie or the duty of Bruce, for he saw that his companion wanted no advice-only some talk, and possibly some sympathy with his perplexity as to what the world might think of him. But with this perplexity Andrew could accord him very little sympathy indeed; for he could not take much interest in the buttressing of a reputation which he knew to be already quite undermined by widely-reported acts of petty meanness an

on to request a renewal. When her brother's debts should be paid, there would not remain, even after the sale of the stock, more than a hundred and fifty pounds. For herself, she believed she must go into service-which would hurt her pride more than it

g did not spare to put her in mind of the coming change; but it seemed to Annie so long in coming that it never would come. The impression was wor