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STUDIES IN LOWLAND SCOTS
formed a "quaint device" much sought after by the curio hunter. Kale-runts and thistle-stems were ingeniously turned to the same purpose. This worthy woman's boast was the converse of that male solitary's, Silas Marner. She could do everything that the mere male attempted. To cap all, she could, in her best days, inspire the rural dance on a fiddle of her own making.
