She was brought up in one of the _hospitals_ here.

Her father had been a _souter_ and a _pawky chiel_ enough, but was _doited_ for many years, and her mother was _sair dottled_.

We have been greatly interested in the hospital where Eppie was _educate_, and intended getting up a bazaar for it, and would have asked you to help us, as we were most anxious to raise some additional funds, when one of the Bailies died and left it _feuing-stances_ to the amount of 5000 pounds, which was really a great _mortification_.

I am not a good _hand of write_, and therefore shall stop.

I am very tired, and have been _gantin_[72] for this half-hour, and even in correspondence gantin' may be _smittin'_[73].