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 off to the church for Babie; she sat in one of the back pews; Will beckoned to her two or three times, Babie as often nodded and winked to Will to be quite; at last he bawled out, "Babie, come hame, for I believe the de'il's got into the haggies, it'ill no bide in the pat, it's out dancing on the floor, and if I had not locked the door, I think it would have been at the kirk as soon's mysel."

An old batchelor who lived in a very economical style, both as regards food and clothing, and not altogether so very trig as some bachelors sometimes appear, was frequently attacked by his acquaintances on the propriety of taking a wife: he was very smartly set upon one day, and told how snod a wife would keep him, and many other fine things to induce him to take a wife, and among the rest, what a comfort it would be to him, if it was for naething else but to make his parritch in the morning; says he "I dinna doubt but she wad mak my parritch, but the plague is, she wad be fair to sup the hauf o' them."

Donald M'Gregor, a notorious sheep-lifter, (alias sheep-stealer) in the north Highlands, being at last overtaken by the grim tyrant of the human race, was visited by the minister of the parish, whose appearance, however, was by no means agreeable to Donald. The holy man warmly exhorted the dying Highlander to reflect upon the long and black catalogue of his sins, before it was too late, otherwise he would have a tremendous account to give at the great day of retribution,