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 Are ye na' tired, an' did ye gae ashore at Marblehead?"

"Oh, no! I only wanted the exercise, and I got it. My arms ache—I am so out of practice of late. It is full time I began again;" and as she spoke Alice pushed up her loose sleeves, and laughingly rubbed her firm, round, white arms.

"But, grandmother, dear, I have a great adventure to tell you. I have seen Pashemet! only think!"

"Seen Pashemet? Lord save us! Is the lassie wad or fou? An' where wad ye hae seen him?"

Then Alice told her little story of the visit, adding, laughingly, "And, oh, grandmother, grandmother! only think—he is married! Pashemet is married."

"Weel, an' why should na' he be?" And the matron glanced anxiously in her darling's face, as if she half feared to read a disappointment there. "He wa' a braw chiel an' a bonnie laddie; an' I'm gey glad to hear't, giv he ha' gotten a guid, sinsible lassie for his wife."

"Oh, she is a beauty!" said Alice, warm