Page:The Cottagers of Glenburnie - Hamilton (1808).djvu/367

 to keep every thing to its proper use; and to put every thing in its proper place."

"Well said!" cried William; "and as I live, these same rules would mak a weel ordered house! my lassies shall get them by heart, and repeat them ilka morning after they say their prayers."

William kept his word; and Mrs Mason finding that she would be supported by the parents, did not despair of being truly useful to the children, by conveying to them the fruits of her experience. Mrs Morison was a neat orderly person, and liked to see her house and children what she called well red up: But her notions of what was necessary to comfort, fell far short of Mrs Mason's; neither had she been accustomed to that thorough-going cleanliness, which is rather the fruit of habitual attention, than of periodical labour; and which, like the pure religion, that permits not the accumulation of unrepented sins upon the conscience, makes holiday of every day in the