It was easy to think 'at he micht hae been at last ower sair owertaen to be able to win hame.

But that wasna it, though whan they cam upo' 'm lyin' on's back i' the howe yon'er 'at luiks up to my daughter's bit gerse for her coo', they thoucht he bude to hae sleepit there a' nicht.

Sae he had, but it was the sleep 'at kens no waukin--at least no the kin' o' waukin' 'at comes wi' the mornin'!" Cosmo recognized with a shudder his favourite spot, where on his birthday, as on many a day before, he had fallen asleep.

But the old woman went on with her story.
"Deid was the auld captain--as deid as ever was man 'at had nane left to greit for him.

But thof there was nae greitin', no but sic a hullabaloo as rase upo' the discovery! They rade an' they ran; the doctor cam', an' the minister, an' the lawyer, an' the grave-digger.