I then showed, that had she intended to steal it, she would have secreted it, which she did not, and that her attention was so absorbed by it, that she had not heard my inquiry; but one little boy was not satisfied; he said, "She kenned right weel it was nae her ain;" but after singing a simple and touching air, I was pleased to find his opinion changed.

How was it that those who kenned a better way were not at work long agane?

ye wadna be angry if ye kenned what an awfu' thing it is to see a thousan' een below ye, and aboon ye, and round about ye, a' staring upon ye like condemning judges, an' looking into your very soulye hae nae idea

"Do I ken the road?

It is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinkin in the lift

" "True, but Lawyer Sharpman kens the worth o' that as well as ony o' us.

She'll ken mair of the value of siller, and the work that goes to earning it.

On his endeavouring to give the authorship the go-by, the old dame protested, "D'ye think, sir, I dinna ken my ain groats in ither folk's kail?" A conceited packman called at a farm-house in the west of Scotland, in order to dispose of some of his wares.

" "True, but Lawyer Sharpman kens the worth o' that as well as ony o' us.

He kens fine that sometimes there'll be those who couldna save, no matter how they tried.

Tell me, Andrew, d'you ken a man Frew who lives on the South Fork River?"

But you maun do your best, nicht after nicht, or they'll soon ken the differenceand they'll let you know they ken it, too.

'Your servant, leddies,' said I; and didna ken where to look, when I got a glimpse o' my face in the glass, and saw it was as red as crimson.

And then I first maun greet: I ken its fancy a' And faster rows the tear, That my a' dwined awa', In the fa' o' the year.

"And now he faintly kens the bounding fawn, And villager abroad at early toil.

There doth she ken the awful form Of Raven-cragblack as a storm605 Glimmering through the twilight pale; And Ghimmer-crag, [K] his tall twin brother, Each peering forth to meet the other:

When he met with him, the following conversation took place between them:Q. "Ye ken my fouk, friend; can ye tell me gin my faather's alive?"

For fu' weel ye ken the gaet.

The answer of an old woman under examination by the minister to the question from the Shorter Catechism"What are the decrees of God?" could not have been surpassed by the General Assembly of the Kirk, or even the Synod of Dort"Indeed, sir, He kens that best Himsell."

And wi' the word, up looks the man, and who sud it be but farmer Dykes himsel; and Tom Ettles saw him plain eneugh, and kenned the horse too for Black Captain, the farmer's aad beast, that broke his leg and was shot two years and more before the farmer died.

Ay, aythou is a cunning lad for kenning the hours of bargaining.

90 So skilful seamen ken the land from far, Which shows like mists to the dull passenger.

Been snokin' aroun' seekin' ye for Guid kens hoo lang.

Nay, stay awhile, and help me to content So many gentle wits' attention, Who ken the laws of every comic stage, And wonder that our scene ends discontent.

I tak' back nothing that was deserved; there were toons, and fine they'll ken themselves wi'oot ma naming them, that ought to be ashamed of themselves.