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"I felt kind o' shamed then at my hurry, and I said, 'Doctor, you'll hae

heard tell o' the calamity that has come to our house?' And he answered,

'I hae heard; but illna call it a cala'"

"'It was very suddent, sir,' I said, and he lookit at ers fly very swiftly Your father was ready, and I do not think He

calls the young men, unless He wants them It was not of the dead you came

to talk with ie and

ed to be a minister, and hoo fayther and the

rest had planned to send me to Aberdeen this vera year, and hoo there was

still £50 which you wanted o blethering and blundering through the story, till I felt like I

was the maist selfish and foolish o' mortals When I couldna find anither

word, he spake up kind o' stern like--"

"What did he say? You be to tell me that noo"

"He said, 'David Promoter, you'll no dare to touch the £50 this year Go

back to the boats, and serve the Lord upon the sea for a twelve er, and cold, and weariness,

with patience; learn to look upon death, and not to fear him Forbye you