"He's a fine lad, and 'ill be sure to get a kirk; he's been weelbrocht up, and comes o' decent fouk.

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

Her audience still waited, and not in vain.

"But the Lord hes nae pleesure in the legs o' a man," and every onefelt that the last word had been exclaimed on Netherton's nephew.

II

THE C0LLAPSE 0F MRS. MACFADYEN