The morning times., 1895-09-22

| but she michtna mind Lily gettin' bit
| present fTae q neebrr, JUST tae bandselher
| new kis,, We ken." and Drumsheugh pressed
| two notes intp Elspeth's hands. and escaped
| from the stranger by side door. When the
parcel was opened that evening, for the joy
| of going over It's contents. j Janet turned on
! Elspeth in fierce wrath:
what did ye dae this for, Elspeth
| Macfayden? an behind ma back. Ye ken
| a didna pay for thae iva, and that all
| no tax an ounce ~ tea let alone two COON
/ without payment. Pit the grSons up, Lily,
| an all gle them back the mornin. though
| a. hae tae walk the hale twal mile tae
| Muirtown." ~NsTs-s-s- 49,. -
"Dinna be so hasty, Janet" Elspeth
| was provokingly calm. Ye medina be fear
| ed that Drumsheugh didna pay for his order,
| and il he wanted tae gle the lassie a fairin',
a see nae use in flinging il back in his
| face; but We maunna lat on tae himself for the
warld or Tell livin' SOUL
When Lily's box was pScked on Thursday
evening her grandmother would have slip
ped in all the household treasures that could
be introduced between layers of soft goods,
| and sent the eight-day clock had it been j
suitable equipment for young woman en-
| taken down to Kildrummie station in one of
Drumsheugh's carts, padded round with
straw lest the paint be scratched, but Hill
ocks came with his dog cart and drove Lily
down In state, carrying in her right hand
bunch of flowers from Jamie Soutar's
garden, and in the othe- a basket contain
ing a comb of honey left by Posty, without
remark; dozen eggs from Burnbrae, and
hand.
These were intended as friendly offer
ing from the Glen To Lily's new household,
that she might not appear empty handed.
but the peppermin,-i that filled her pocket
were for herself. and the white milk scunes
on the top of the bag. with lottle of
milk, were to sustain Lily un the long jour
ley. Janet shook hands with Lily twice,
once at the cottage door and again after
she had taken her place beside Hillocks,
hut Janet did not kiss Lily, for whom
whom she would have died. and whom she
did not expect tU see again in this life;
nor were their farewell words affecting.
''See that We hae yir box RIGHT iibelied.
Lily, an ye II need tae watch ii at
the functions; keep the basket wi the eggs
in yir hands, for fear somebody sits ont.
an, Lily, wumman, for Ony sake baud
yir Coon aft the wheel when ye're gettin'
doom at KildrunImie. Ist' comm tae
shour, Hillocks?"
"a wudna say but there micht be a
scowie afore nicht;s it II freshen the
aeeps fine" And so Lily departed
1t was a curious coincidence that Jamie
Soutar had some ''troke'' in Muirtown
that day, and travelled in the same car
riage with Lily, beguiiiDg her from sor-
row with quaint stories and indirect
shrewd advice. AS he was rather early
for his business he had nothing better to
do than see Lily off by the London ex-
press, adding to her commissarat a pack
age OF sweets from the refreshment room
and an illustrated paper from the bookstall.
He shamb.ed along beside her carriage
to the extreme edge of the platform, and
the last thing Lily Grant sa W as she went
forth into strange land was Jamie wav
ing his hand, 1t showed that the old
man s memory was beginning to fail
that, instead OF going down to the town,
he went back by the midday train to
kildrummie, giving Janet a cry in the even
ing, and assuring her that Lily was so far
on her journey in ''graund heart"
1t was covenanted between them that
Lily should send Janet a .scrape o. the pen"
on arrival, as an assurance that she vas
safe, and the eggs, and should write in
while at full length, when she had settled
down to her work and found a kirk The
Glen waited for this letter, with expecta-
ton and regarded it as a common prop
erty, so that when Posty delivered it to
Janet he sat down without Invitation, and
indicated that he was ready to receive any
tit-bits she might offer for his use.
"Lily's keepin' her health, but she's no
awfu' ta'en up wi the climate O. London;