dinna ken the farm o' Charlies-hope—it's sae weel stocked already, that we sell may be sax hundred pounds off it ilka year, flesh and fell thegither—na, na."
"Can't you take another then?"
"I dinna ken—the Dewke's no that fond o' led farms, and he canna bide to put away the auld tenantry; and then I wadna like mysell to gang about whistling and raising the rent on my neighbours."
"What, not upon thy neighbour at Dawston—Devilstone—how d'ye call the place?"
"What, on Jock o' Dawston? bout na—he's a camsteary chield, and fasheous about marches, and we've had some bits o' splores thegither; but deil o' me if I wad wrang Jock o' Dawston neither."
"Thou'rt an honest fellow," said the lawyer; "get thee to bed. Thou wilt sleep sounder, I warrant thee, than many a man that throws off an embroidered coat, and puts on a laced night-cap.—Colonel, I see
