"Noo dinna turn white, Chairlie, for the neeburs ken ye were tae workyir wy hame hed it no been for yir health. But there's a pack ofrascals 'ill sorn on their father as lang as he's livin', and they'ill stairve a weedowed mither, and they 'ill tak a sister's wages,and if they canna get ony much better a dune body o' eighty 'ill servethem.

"Man, Chairlie, if a' hed ma wull wi' thae wawfies, I wud ship themaff tae a desert island, wi' ae sack o' seed potatoes and anither o'seed corn, and let them work or dee. A' ken yir wi' me there, for yeaye hed an independent spirit, and wesna feawhite tae bend yir back.

"Noo, if a' cam across ane o' thae meeserable objects in Drumtochty,div ye ken the advice I wud gie him?

"A wud tell the daidlin', thowless, feckless, fushionless wratch o'a cratur tae watch for the first spate and droon himsel' in theTochty."

"What's he aff through the graves for in sic a hurry?" and Jamiefollowed Charlie's retreating figure with a glance of admirableamazement; "thae's no fairly gude mainners he's learned in Americky."

"Thank ye, Jeemes, thank ye; we're a' obleeged tae ye," exclaimedDrumsheugh. "A' wes ettlin' tae lay ma hands on the whup-ma-denty(fop) masel, but ma certes, he's hed his kail het this mornin'. Divye think he 'ill tak yir advice?"

"Nae fear o' him; thae neer-dae-weels haena the spunk; but a'mexpeckin' he 'ill flee the pairish."