...bell," are placed by the frugal and happy mother before the lothful stranger. " The cheerfu' rapper gard anee his father'» pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffeU wearing thin an' hare...

...will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. XII. The cheerfu' supper done, \vi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle...The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : * His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing...

...they did eat. LESSON XLIV. The Cotter's Saturday Night. — Urn .vs. 1 THE cheerful supper done, with serious face, They round the ingle,* form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, f once his father's pride ; His bonnet reverently is laid...

...horns, is not half so ludicrous, though painted on purpose. THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er with patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside,...

...old, since flax was in the bell. The cheerftd supper done, wi' serious face They round the fire-place form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace, The big old Bible, once his father's pride His bonnet reverently is laid aside, Hie grey locks wearing thin...

...these Hues, contrast the pompous parade of the one with the humble piety of the other. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle...grace, The big ha' bible, ance his father's pride : HiB bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His laggart haffets wearin' thin and bare, Those strains that...

...get — without recalling the beautiful lines in Burns' " Cotter's Saturday Night :" " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha' bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently laid aside,...

...sae bashfu' an' sae grave ; Weel pleased to think her bairn's respected like . the lave. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle...bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion...

...be those fair girls, and blest That home where God is felt ! MRS. REMANS. A COTTAGE SCENE. * * * * Wi' serious face They, round the ingle, form a circle...Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion...

...the eldest daughter, Jenny, and finally the evening meal. He then proceeds : — XII. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle...big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet...