RAB AND HIS FRIENDS,

tering in anger, “I never did the like o’
that afore!”

I believe he never did, nor after either.
“Rab!” he said roughly, and pointing
with his thumb to the bottom of the bed.
Rab leaped up and settled himself, his
head and eye to the dead face. “ Maister
John, ye’ll wait for me,” said the carrier ;
and disappeared in the darkness, thunder-
ing down-stairs in his heavy shoes. I ran-
to a front window: there he was, already
round the house and out at the gate, flee-
ing like a shadow.

I was afraid about him, and yet not
afraid; so I sat down beside Rab, and,
being wearied, fell asleep. I awoke from
a sudden noise outside. It was Novem-
ber, and there had been a heavy fall of
snow. Rab was zz statu guo; he heard
the noise, too, and plainly knew it, but
never moved. JI looked out; and there
at the gate in the dim morning—for the

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