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"But you must now mend it for your own    sake," said Mr Stewart, "even though a' the     folk in the Glen should be the better for it." "Ay, Sir," said one of the men, "that's    spoken like yoursel! would every body follow     your example, there would be nothing in the     world bat peace and good neighbourhood. Only     tell us what we are to do, and I'll work at your     bidding, till it he pit mirk." "Well," said Mr Stewart, "bring down the    planks that I saw lying in the barn-yard, and     which, though you have been obliged to step     over them every day since the stack they propped     was taken in, have never been lifted. You know     what I mean?" "O yes, Sir," said the farmer, grinning, "we    ken what ye mean weel eneugh; and indeed I     may ken, for I have fallen thrice owre them     since they lay there, and often said they sud be     set by; but we cu'dua be fash'd." While the farmer, with one of the men, went up, taking the horse with them, for the planks in question, all that remained set to work, under Mr Stewart's direction, to remove the hay, and clear away the rubbish; Mrs Mason and Mary being the only idle spectators of the scene. In    little more than half an hour the planks were laid, and covered with sod, cut from the bank, and the bridge now only wanted a little gravel, to make it as good as new. This addition, however, was not essential toward rendering it    passable for the car, which was conveyed over in     safety; but Mr Stewart, forseeing the