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tions nae doubt; but it was unco fashious, and ye see she has na' a turn that gait, poor woman! but in time she'll do weel eneugh."
"Those who wait till evening for sunrise," said Mrs Mason, "will find that they have lost the day. If you permit your daughter, while a child, to disobey her parent and her teacher, she will never learn to obey her God. But, perhaps, I interfere too far. If I do, you must forgive me; for, with the strong impression which I have upon my mind of the consequences of a right education, I am tempted to forget that my advice may sometimes be unacceptable."
"Hoot," said Mrs MacClarty, who did not perfectly comprehend the speech, "maidens bairns are aye weel-bred, ye ken, cousin; but I fear ye hinna sleepit weel, that ye have been sae lang o' ring. Its a lang time since the kettle has been boiling for your breakfast."
"I shall be ready for it very soon," said
