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 ton soon joined his guide, who had been terrified by the fall of the oak. This he represented as accidental; and she assured him in return, that the inhabitant of the cave would experience no inconvenience from it, being always provided with materials to construct another bridge.

The adventures of the morning were not yet ended. As they approached the hut, the little girl made an exclamation of surprise at seeing her grandmother groping her way towards them, at a greater distance from her home than she could have been supposed capable of travelling.

"O, sir, sir!" said the old woman, when she heard them approach, "gin e'er ye loved Lord Evandale, help now or never!—God be praised that left my hearing when he took my poor eye-sight—Come this way—this way—And O! tread lightly. Peggy, hinny, gang saddle the gentleman's horse, and lead him canny ahint the thorny shaw, and bide him there."

She conducted him to a small window,