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 of Deu-Caledonian Sea, and part of the Hebrides y avenue, tree, and rock, was yet familiar to Duncan's recollection; and the feelings of his sensible rt like his own. He had, without discovering himself learned from a peasant that his father was still here, but that he had never overcome the loss of his son for whom he lamented every day; that his wife and daughter lorded it over him, holding his pleasure ought, and rendering his age extremely unhappy: they had expelled all his old farmers and vassals, and introduced the lady's vulgar presumptuous relations, who neither paid him rents, honour, nor obedience.

Old Glenellich was taking his evening walk on the by which Duncan descended the starth to his lling. He was pondering on his own misfortunes, and did not even deign to lift his eyes as the stranger approached, but seemed counting the number of marks ch the horses' hoofs had made on the way. "Good to you, Sir," said Duncan;--the old man started and stared him in the face, but with a look so uny and harrassed, that he seemed incapable of distinguishing any lineament or feature of it. “Good ” said he. wiping his brow with his arm, and passing by.-- What there was in the voice that struck him forcibly it is hard to say.-Nature is powerful.- Duncan could not think of ought to detain him; and g desirous of seeing how matters went on about house, thought it best to remain some days incog.  went into the fore-kitchen, conversed freely with the servants, and soon saw his stepmother and sister ar. The former had all the insolence and ignorant pride of vulgarity raised to wealth and emie; the other seemed naturally of an amiable disposition, but was entirely ruled by her mother, taught her to disdain her father, all his relations,whomsoever he loved. On that same evening he into the kitchen, where she then was chatting