"He aye can tell what's wrang wi' a body, an' maistly he can put yericht, and there's nae quite new-fangled wys wi' him: a blister for theootside an' Epsom salts for the inside dis his wark, an' they saythere's no an herb on the hills he disna ken.

"If we're tae dee, we're tae dee; an' if we're tae live, we're taelive," concluded Elspeth, with sound Calvinistic logic; "but a'llsay this for the physician, that whether yir tae live or dee, he canaye keep up a shairp meisture on the skin.

"But he's no verra ceevil gin ye bring him when there's naethin'wrang," and Mrs. Macfadyen's face reflected another of Mr. Hopps'misadventures of which Hillocks held the copyright.

"Hopps' laddie ate grosarts (gooseberries) till they hed to sit upa' nicht wi' him, an' naethin' wud do but they maun hae the doctor,an' he writes 'immediately' on a slip o' paper.

"Weel, MacLure had been awa a' nicht wi' a shepherd's wife Dunleithwy, and he comes here withoot drawin' bridle, mud up tae the een.

"'What's a dae here, Hillocks?" he cries; 'it's no an accident,is't?' and when he got aff his mule he cud hardly stand wi'stiffness and tire.

"'It's nane o' us, doctor; it's Hopps' laddie; he's been eatin' owermony berries.'