BURNS. XXVII. "PUGGIE, PUGGIE," Saw ye Johnie coming? quo' she, Saw ye Johnie coming? Wi' his blue bonnet on his head, And his doggie running? _Old Ballad_. XXVIII. SERIOUS MUSINGS, My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirr'd, For the same sound is in mine ears, Which in those days I heard. Thus fares it still in our decay; And yet the wiser mind Mourns less for what age takes away, Than what it leaves behind. WORDSWORTH. XXIX. CONCLUSION, He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man, and bird, and beast-- He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all. COLERIDGE. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS _FROM OIL PAINTINGS BY_ _CHARLES MARTIN HARDIE_, _R.S.A._ ONE OF THE DUKE'S HUNTSMEN _Frontispiece_ MANSIE'S SHOP DOOR _Title-page_ MANSIE'S WEDDING: THE DANCE GAED _Page_ 8 THROUGH THE LIGHTED HALL MANSIE AND NANCY 24 THE MINISTER'S LASSIE JESS: A 40 BLUE-EYED LASSIE OF A SERVING MAID MANSIE'S FATHER 56 REV. MR WIGGIE 72 THE FIRST DAY I GOT MY 104 REGIMENTALS ON THOMAS BURLINGS: ELDER 136 MUNGO GLEN 184 JAMES BATTER, MOSTLY BLINDED IN 216 BOTH HIS EYES, LOOKING FOR OUR NAME IN THE BOOK OF MARTYRS COUNTRY LASSIES BLEACHING THEIR 248 SNOW-WHITE LINEN THE WAITING GIRL, JEANIE AMOS 264 PETER FARREL 280 AN OLD DALKEITH BODY 312 THE LAZY CORNER, DALKEITH 344 * * * * * The sun rises bright in France, And fair sets he; But he has tint the blithe blink he had In my ain countree. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. CHAPTER ONE--IN THE TIME OF MY GRANDFATHER