round the old woman's neck, and pressed her sweet, rosy lips to the withered cheek. "I am not worth half the trouble you take about me, grandmother; but you see I am all safe, and I have had such a pleasant time."
"Weel-a-weel! an' ye maun tell me a' aboot it, my lassie."
"Yes, indeed, I will; but, grannie, have you not had your supper yet?"
"Nae 'deed; I wa' waitin' for ye. Ye hae na' had yours, hae you?"
"Yes, indeed; I had mine—oh, two hours ago. I'm so sorry you waited. Sit down now and take yours, and I'll sit here, close by you, and tell you all I've heard and seen. You see, I meant to go up only as far as 'Salem Corner;' but it was so pleasant, I kept on just for a walk; when who should come up behind me but Rebecca Preston and Mary Tarbell, Landlord Nurse's two married daughters, and with them their youngest sister, Sarah Nurse. Well, I knew them all, and Sarah Nurse I used to go to school with; and so we walked along talking together, and when I would have turned back
