In her inmost heart Annie dedicated herself to the service of Alec Forbes.

Nor was it long before she had an opportunity of helping him.
One Saturday the master made his appearance in black instead of white stockings, which was regarded by the scholars as a bad omen; and fully were their prognostications justified, on this occasion, at least.

The joy of the half-holiday for Scotch boys and girls has a terrible weight laid in the opposite scale--I mean the other half of the day.

This weight, which brings the day pretty much on a level with all other days, consists in a free use of the Shorter Catechism.

This, of course, made them hate the Catechism, though I am not aware that that was of any great consequence, or much to be regretted.