them to have rest. The mother most politely thanked the laird for his attention to Grizzle, to which he answered, after much consideration, that he thought it the duty of a gentleman to be polite to ladies: that was a maxim that, he said, had been very early impressed upon him by his worthy grand-mother, to whom, he observed, he was chiefly indebted for his education; having, while his brother went to school, been brought up under the old lady's own eye. Mrs. Sourkrout proposed, as they appeared heated with dancing, to take to a rubber, saying, "she doubted not that a gentleman of his appearance could play at whist." "O yes," replied he, "that was one of my grand-mama's chief lessons; from the time I was twelve year old, till I was past twenty, we spent almost every evening in that pastime, and while my mother lived, and my sisters were at
