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 ken auld folk canna last for ever; sae the chain, and the lands, and a', will be your ain ae day; and ye may marry ony leddy in the country side ye like, and keep a braw house at Milnwood, for there's enow of means; and is not that worth waiting for, my dow?"

There was something in the latter part of the prognostic which sounded so agree- ably in the ears of Morton, that he shook the old dame cordially by the hand, and assured her he was much obliged by her good advice, and would weigh it carefully before he proceeded to act upon his former resolution.