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Rh 'kirk.' It seemed a very small and bare kirk, quite unlike any church they had ever seen before.

The pews were like little cattle-pens, except for a table in the centre, with a black cloth over it. The clerk gave out the key-note of the long metrical psalms on a tuning-fork; and the twins learned, to their great surprise, that in kirk, people stood up to pray and sat down to sing. They could not remember this, and were constantly doing the wrong thing, which confused them much.

They were shocked to see old women and girls eating candy, and chewing green herbs. It shocked them, too, at first, to see so many dogs in church; but as the long, uncheerful service went on, they were grateful for their presence, and began to think which ones they would each like to have for their own. By the time Mr. McAllister stood up to preach, Willie had become very sleepy, and his