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Contents
Section 1 - Steam/Condensate and Water Engineering Data

Section 2 - Steam Consumption and Heating

Section 3 - Humidification

Section 4 - Metering

Section 5 - Controls

Section 6 - Standards and Materials

Section 7 - Sundries

Section 8 - Compressed Air Engineering Data

Index
SECTION 1 - Steam/Condensate and Water Engineering Data
Steam tables
Quantity of flash steam
Table of saturated steam pipeline capacities at specific velocities

Steam pipeline sizing chart (velocity method)

Steam pipeline sizing chart (pressure drop method)
Condensate pipeline sizing table (frictional resistance method)

Steam pressure reduction and potential for superheat

Condensate pipeline sizing (flash steam velocity method)
Steam mains consumption

Warming up losses
Running losses
Masses of steel pipe

Heat emission from single horizontal steel pipes freely exposed in

surroundings at 20oC
One hour warm up/running loads (kg/h) per 50m of steam main

Pressure powered pump/float trap combination

Stall chart
Sizing the pressure powered pump/float trap combination

Steam/energy wastage through leaks

Energy requirements of steam traps
Water and water treatment

pH value
Hardness
pH chart

External (to the boiler) water treatment (ion exchange)

Softening
Dealkalization

Demineralization
Internal (in the boiler) water treatment
Boiler water TDS measurement

Calculating the boiler blowdown rate

Controlling the total dissolved solids level
SECTION 2 - Steam Consumption and Heating
Comparison of steam, high temperature hot water and high temperature
oil systems
Categories of hot water heating systems
Steam consumption.
Tanks and vats
Air heater batteries
Heating calorifiers
Hot water storage calorifiers
Air heating pipes
Drying cylinders
Steam loads
Estimating steam tracer loads
Estimating steam flowrates for water heating
Specific heats and relative densities of various materials
Specific heats and relative densities of liquids

Specific heats of gases and vapours

Space heating information
Units
Rule of thumb heat loss
Heat losses
U values, definitions and symbols
U values
Typical HWS storage and boiler power
System characteristics
- Pumps
- Effects of various condition alterations to pump characteristics
- The flow of fluids in pipes and ducts
- The flow of water at 75oC in black steel pipes
- Values of velocity head factor “ζ” for pipe fittings
and equipment
SECTION 3 - Humidification
Psychrometric chart
The psychometric chart explained.
Calculating humidification loads

Chart showing relationship of effective temperature, wet-bulb/dry bulb

temperatures and relative humidity
Relative humidity in percentage terms

Steam .v. water humidification

SECTION 4 - Metering
Steam meter terminology
Density compensation
Errors due to absence of density compensation
SECTION 5 - Controls
Controls terminology
Typical mix of process control devices with system elements
Flow coefficients (Capacity indices Av, Kv and Cv)

Conversion factors
Kv sizing formulae
Table DN. v. Kvs for control valves

Kv steam (saturated and superheated) sizing chart

Kv water sizing chart
Valve authority

Control valve characteristics

Inherent valve characteristics
Installed valve characteristics

Rangeability
Valve leakage rates
Control modes.
On/off control
Proportional control (P control)
Floating control
Integral control (I control)
Derivative control (D control)
Combinations of basic modes
- P + I control
- P + I + D control
Summary of control mode characteristics
Matching control modes and plant characteristics
PN controls-combinations of valve and actuator actions

Safety valve selection and sizing

Relationship of system design pressure to safety valve set pressure etc
SECTION 6 - Standards and Materials
Relevant national, european and international standards
Products section
- Steam traps
- Pressure vessels (blowdown/flash vessels and separators)
- Control valves
- Isolating valves
- Pressure gauges and thermometers
- Safety valves
General section
- Quality systems
- Boilers
- Water treatment
- Piping systems
- Enclosures
Relevant guidance notes
End connections
Flanges
- Size
- Pressure
- Flange facings
- Dimensions
- Steel
- Cast iron
- Sg (ductile) iron
- Copper alloy
Screwed
Welded ends
- Socket weld
- Butt weld
Quick reference materials comparison
Typical mechanical properties - SG iron, gunmetal, cast steel and cast iron
Stainless steels - properties and composition
Austenitic steels - comparison table
Product limitations (pressure/temperature)
Pressure/temperature rating
Pressure/temperature rating for group B austenitic steel flanges
SECTION 7 - Sundries
Cost of steam
Calorific value of various fuels
Reasonable average steam produced per unit of fuel

Area of circles
SI system of units
Base and supplementary quantities and units.
Derived units
Prefixes

Conversion tables

Summary table of approximate conversion factors

IP classification of enclosures (BS EN 60 529)
Graphical symbols

Valves actuating methods

Valves specific types
Trap functions

Pipeline flexibility
Pipeline features and general equipment

Electrical circuit symbols and notations

Conductors
Switches, fuses and contacts

Circuit components
Thermal expansions of pipes
Corrosion resistance of metals and elastomers
SECTION 8 - Compressed Air Engineering Data
Power required to compress air
Discharge of air through an orifice
Condensation in the compressed air system

Ratio of compression
Air receiver sizing
Distribution system (mains and interconnecting pipework)
Drainage
Separators
Sizing
- Velocity method
- Pressure drop method
Volume of compressed air carried by medium grade steel pipes
to BS 1387 at given velocities
Resistance of pipe fittings in equivalent length terms
Interconnecting pipework
Pressure drop in steel pipes 15 - 100mm (nomogram)

Pressure drop in pipes and tubes 2.5 - 15mm (nomogram)

Pipe carrying capacities at varying velocities (nomogram)
Standard pipe/tube dimensions

Typical air consumption of pneumatic tools and appliances at 5.5 bar g

Typical compressed air installation
Steam/Condensate
& Water
Engineering Data
Steam tables
Specific Enthalpy Specific
Pressure Temperature Volume
Water (hf) Evaporation (hfg ) Steam (hg ) Steam
o
bar kPa C kJ/kg kJ/kg kJ/kg m3/kg
absolute
0.30 30.0 69.10 289.23 2336.1 2625.3 5.229
0.50 50.0 81.33 340.49 2305.4 2645.9 3.240
0.75 75.0 91.78 384.39 2278.6 2663.0 2.217
0.95 95.0 98.20 411.43 2261.8 2673.2 1.777
gauge
0 0 100.00 419.04 2257.0 2676.0 1.673
0.10 10.0 102.66 430.2 2250.2 2680.2 1.533
0.20 20.0 105.10 440.8 2243.4 2684.2 1.414
0.30 30.0 107.39 450.4 2237.2 2687.6 1.312
0.40 40.0 109.55 459.7 2231.3 2691.0 1.225
0.50 50.0 111.61 468.3 2225.6 2693.9 1.149
0.60 60.0 113.56 476.4 2220.4 2696.8 1.083
0.70 70.0 115.40 484.1 2215.4 2699.5 1.024
0.80 80.0 117.14 491.6 2210.5 2702.1 0.971
0.90 90.0 118.80 498.9 2205.6 2704.5 0.923
1.00 100.0 120.42 505.6 2201.1 2706.7 0.881
1.10 110.0 121.96 512.2 2197.0 2709.2 0.841
1.20 120.0 123.46 518.7 2192.8 2711.5 0.806
1.30 130.0 124.90 524.6 2188.7 2713.3 0.773
1.40 140.0 126.28 530.5 2184.8 2715.3 0.743
1.50 150.0 127.62 536.1 2181.0 2717.1 0.714
1.60 160.0 128.89 541.6 2177.3 2718.9 0.689
1.70 170.0 130.13 547.1 2173.7 2720.8 0.665
1.80 180.0 131.37 552.3 2170.1 2722.4 0.643
1.90 190.0 132.54 557.3 2166.7 2724.0 0.622
2.00 200.0 133.69 562.2 2163.3 2725.5 0.603
2.20 220.0 135.88 571.7 2156.9 2728.6 0.568
2.40 240.0 138.01 580.7 2150.7 2731.4 0.536
2.60 260.0 140.00 589.2 2144.7 2733.9 0.509
2.80 280.0 141.92 597.4 2139.0 2736.4 0.483
3.00 300.0 143.75 605.3 2133.4 2738.7 0.461
3.20 320.0 145.46 612.9 2128.1 2741.0 0.440
3.40 340.0 147.20 620.0 2122.9 2742.9 0.422
3.60 360.0 148.84 627.1 2117.8 2744.9 0.405
3.80 380.0 150.44 634.0 2112.9 2746.9 0.389
4.00 400.0 151.96 640.7 2108.1 2748.8 0.374
4.50 450.0 155.55 656.3 2096.7 2753.0 0.342
5.00 500.0 158.92 670.9 2086.0 2756.9 0.315
5.50 550.0 162.08 684.6 2075.7 2760.3 0.292
6.00 600.0 165.04 697.5 2066.0 2763.5 0.272
6.50 650.0 167.83 709.7 2056.8 2766.5 0.255
7.00 700.0 170.50 721.4 2047.7 2769.1 0.240
7.50 750.0 173.02 732.5 2039.2 2771.7 0.227
8.00 800.0 175.43 743.1 2030.9 2774.0 0.215
8.50 850.0 177.75 753.3 2022.9 2776.2 0.204
9.00 900.0 179.97 763.0 2015.1 2778.1 0.194
9.50 950.0 182.10 772.5 2007.5 2780.0 0.185
10.00 1000.0 184.13 781.6 2000.1 2781.7 0.177
10.50 1050.0 186.05 790.1 1993.0 2783.3 0.171
11.00 1100.0 188.02 798.8 1986.0 2784.8 0.163

EDB/1 1.01
Steam tables
Specific Enthalpy Specific
Pressure Temperature Volume
Water (hf ) Evaporation (hfg) Steam (hg ) Steam
o
bar gauge kPa C kJ/kg kJ/kg kJ/kg m3/kg
11.50 1150.0 189.82 807.1 1979.1 2786.3 0.157
12.00 1200.0 191.68 815.1 1972.5 2787.6 0.151
12.50 1250.0 193.43 822.9 1965.4 2788.8 0.146
13.00 1300.0 195.10 830.4 1959.6 2790.0 0.141
13.50 1350.0 196.62 837.9 1953.2 2791.1 0.136
14.00 1400.0 198.35 845.1 1947.1 2792.2 0.132
14.50 1450.0 199.92 852.1 1941.0 2793.1 0.128
15.00 1500.0 201.45 859.0 1935.0 2794.0 0.124
15.50 1550.0 202.92 865.7 1928.8 2794.9 0.119
16.00 1600.0 204.38 872.3 1923.4 2795.7 0.117
17.00 1700.0 207.17 885.0 1912.1 2797.1 0.110
18.00 1800.0 209.90 897.2 1901.3 2798.5 0.105
19.00 1900.0 212.47 909.0 1890.5 2799.5 0.100
20.00 2000.0 214.96 920.3 1880.2 2800.5 0.0949
21.00 2100.0 217.35 931.3 1870.1 2801.4 0.0906
22.00 2200.0 219.65 941.9 1860.1 2802.0 0.0868
23.00 2300.0 221.85 952.2 1850.4 2802.6 0.0832
24.00 2400.0 224.02 962.2 1840.9 2803.1 0.0797
25.00 2500.0 226.12 972.1 1831.4 2803.5 0.0768
26.00 2600.0 228.15 981.6 1822.2 2803.8 0.0740
27.00 2700.0 230.14 990.7 1813.3 2804.0 0.0714
28.00 2800.0 232.05 999.7 1804.4 2804.1 0.0689
29.00 2900.0 233.93 1008.6 1795.6 2804.2 0.0666
30.00 3000.0 235.78 1017.0 1787.0 2804.1 0.0645
31.00 3100.0 237.55 1025.6 1778.5 2804.1 0.0625
32.00 3200.0 239.28 1033.9 1770.0 2803.9 0.0605
33.00 3300.0 240.97 1041.9 1761.8 2803.7 0.0587
34.00 3400.0 242.63 1049.7 1753.8 2805.5 0.0571
35.00 3500.0 244.26 1057.7 1745.5 2803.2 0.0554
36.00 3600.0 245.86 1065.7 1737.2 2802.9 0.0539
37.00 3700.0 247.42 1072.9 1729.5 2802.4 0.0524
38.00 3800.0 248.95 1080.3 1721.6 2801.9 0.0510
39.00 3900.0 250.42 1087.4 1714.1 2801.5 0.0498
40.00 4000.0 251.94 1094.6 1706.3 2800.9 0.0485
41.00 4100.0 253.34 1101.6 1698.3 2799.9 0.0473
42.00 4200.0 254.74 1108.6 1691.2 2799.8 0.0461
43.00 4300.0 256.12 1115.4 1683.7 2799.1 0.0451
44.00 4400.0 257.50 1122.1 1676.2 2798.3 0.0441
45.00 4500.0 258.82 1228.7 1668.9 2797.6 0.0431
46.00 4600.0 260.13 1135.3 1666.6 2796.9 0.0421
47.00 4700.0 261.43 1142.2 1654.4 2796.6 0.0412
48.00 4800.0 262.73 1148.1 1647.1 2795.2 0.0403
49.00 4900.0 264.00 1154.5 1639.9 2794.4 0.0394
50.00 5000.0 265.26 1160.8 1632.8 2793.6 0.0386
51.00 5100.0 266.45 1166.6 1626.9 2792.6 0.0378
52.00 5200.0 267.67 1172.6 1619.0 2791.6 0.0371
53.00 5300.0 268.84 1178.7 1612.0 2790.7 0.0364
54.00 5400.0 270.02 1184.6 1605.1 2789.7 0.0357
55.00 5500.0 271.20 1190.5 1598.2 2788.7 0.0350
56.00 5600.0 272.33 1196.3 1591.3 2787.6 0.0343

1.02 EDB/1
Steam tables
Specific Enthalpy Specific
Pressure Temperature Volume
Water (hf ) Evaporation (hfg) Steam (hg) Steam
o
bar gauge kPa C kJ/kg kJ/kg kJ/kg m3/kg
57.00 5700.0 273.45 1202.1 1584.5 2786.6 0.0337
58.00 5800.0 274.55 1207.8 1577.7 2785.5 0.0331
59.00 5900.0 275.65 1213.4 1571.0 2784.4 0.0325
60.00 6000.0 276.73 1218.9 1564.4 2783.3 0.0319
61.00 6100.0 277.80 1224.5 1557.6 2782.1 0.0314
62.00 6200.0 278.85 1230.0 1550.9 2780.9 0.0308
63.00 6300.0 279.89 1235.4 1544.3 2779.7 0.0303
64.00 6400.0 280.92 1240.8 1537.3 2778.5 0.0298
65.00 6500.0 281.95 1246.1 1531.2 2777.3 0.0293
66.00 6600.0 282.95 1251.4 1524.7 2776.1 0.0288
67.00 6700.0 283.95 1256.7 1518.1 2774.8 0.0283
68.00 6800.0 284.93 1261.9 1511.6 2773.5 0.0278
69.00 6900.0 285.90 1267.0 1501.1 2772.1 0.0274
70.00 7000.0 286.85 1272.1 1498.7 2770.8 0.0270
71.00 7100.0 287.80 1277.3 1492.2 2769.5 0.0266
72.00 7200.0 288.75 1282.3 1485.8 2768.1 0.0262
73.00 7300.0 289.69 1287.3 1479.4 2766.7 0.0258
74.00 7400.0 290.60 1292.3 1473.0 2765.3 0.0254
75.00 7500.0 291.51 1297.2 1466.6 2763.8 0.0250
76.00 7600.0 292.41 1302.3 1460.2 2762.5 0.0246
77.00 7700.0 293.91 1307.0 1453.9 2760.9 0.0242
78.00 7800.0 294.20 1311.9 1447.6 2759.5 0.0239
79.00 7900.0 295.10 1316.7 1441.3 2758.0 0.0236
80.00 8000.0 295.96 1321.5 1435.0 2756.5 0.0233
81.00 8100.0 296.81 1326.2 1428.7 2754.9 0.0229
82.00 8200.0 297.66 1330.9 1422.5 2753.4 0.0226
83.00 8300.0 298.50 1335.7 1416.2 2751.9 0.0223
84.00 8400.0 299.35 1340.3 1410.0 2750.3 0.0220
85.00 8500.0 300.20 1345.0 1403.8 2748.8 0.0217
86.00 8600.0 301.00 1349.6 1397.6 2747.2 0.0214
87.00 8700.0 301.81 1354.2 1391.3 2745.5 0.0211
88.00 8800.0 302.61 1358.8 1385.2 2744.0 0.0208
89.00 8900.0 303.41 1363.3 1379.0 2742.3 0.0205
90.00 9000.0 304.20 1367.8 1372.7 2740.5 0.0202
92.00 9200.0 305.77 1376.8 1360.3 2737.1 0.0197
94.00 9400.0 307.24 1385.7 1348.0 2733.7 0.0192
96.00 9600.0 308.83 1394.5 1335.7 2730.2 0.0187
98.00 9800.0 310.32 1403.2 1323.3 2726.5 0.0183
100.00 10000.0 311.79 1411.9 1310.9 2722.8 0.0178
102.00 10200.0 313.24 1420.5 1298.7 2719.2 0.0174
104.00 10400.0 314.67 1429.0 1286.3 2715.3 0.0170
106.00 10600.0 316.08 1437.5 1274.0 2711.5 0.0166
108.00 10800.0 317.46 1445.9 1261.7 2707.6 0.0162
110.00 11000.0 318.83 1454.3 1249.3 2703.6 0.0158
112.00 11200.0 320.17 1462.6 1237.0 2699.6 0.0154
114.00 11400.0 321.50 1470.8 1224.6 2695.4 0.0150
116.00 11600.0 322.81 1479.0 1212.2 2691.2 0.0147
118.00 11800.0 324.10 1487.2 1199.8 2687.0 0.0144
120.00 12000.0 325.38 1495.4 1187.3 2682.7 0.0141

EDB/1 1.03
Quantity of flash steam
'Flash steam' is released from hot condensate when its pressure is lowered rather than by the
further addition of heat. The steam released by the flashing process is exactly the same as 'live
steam' emanating from a boiler - steam is steam!

How much flash steam

The quantity of flash steam is readily determined by calculation or it can simply be read from tables
or charts. The calculation is best illustrated by an example: consider hot condensate at 7 bar g
and 170.5 oC. It has an enthalpy of 721.4 kJ/kg (derived from steam tables hf@ 7 bar g). After
passing through the steam trap, the pressure on the condensate is 0 bar g. At this pressure the
enthalpy of saturated water hf is 419.0 kJ/kg and its temperature is 100 oC. If a kilogram of saturated
water at 0 bar g was supplied with an additional (721.4 - 419.0 kJ/kg) 302.4 kJ, then this enthalpy
would evaporate some of the water. The enthalpy of evaporation hfg at 0 bar g is 2257 kJ/kg and
the addition of 302.4 kJ must therefore evaporate (302.4/2257) 0.134 kg or 13.4% of the water
into steam.

This can be expressed as a formula:

% Flash Steam = (hf high pressure

- hf low pressure
) x 100%

hfg low pressure

1.04 EDB/1
Saturated steam pipeline capacities at specific velocities
Pressure Velocity kg/h
bar g m/s 1 5 20 25 32 40 50 65 80 100 125 150
mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm
15 7 14 24 37 52 99 145 213 394 648 917
0.4 25 10 25 40 62 92 162 265 384 675 972 1457
40 17 35 64 102 142 265 403 576 1037 1670 2303
15 7 16 25 40 59 109 166 250 431 680 1006
0.7 25 12 25 45 7 2 100 182 287 430 716 1145 1575
40 18 37 68 106 167 298 428 630 1108 1712 2417
15 8 17 29 43 65 112 182 260 470 694 1020
1.0 25 12 26 48 7 2 100 193 300 445 730 1160 1660
40 19 39 71 112 172 311 465 640 1150 1800 2500
15 12 25 45 7 0 100 182 280 410 715 1125 1580
2.0 25 19 43 70 112 162 295 428 656 1215 1755 2520
40 30 64 115 178 275 475 745 1010 1895 2925 4175
15 16 37 60 9 3 127 245 385 535 925 1505 2040
3.0 25 26 56 100 152 225 425 632 910 1580 2480 3440
40 41 87 157 250 375 595 1025 1460 2540 4050 5940
15 19 42 70 108 156 281 432 635 1166 1685 2460
4.0 25 30 63 115 180 270 450 742 1080 1980 2925 4225
40 49 116 197 295 456 796 1247 1825 3120 4940 7050
15 22 49 87 128 187 352 526 770 1295 2105 2835
5.0 25 36 81 135 211 308 548 885 1265 2110 3540 5150
40 59 131 225 338 495 855 1350 1890 3510 5400 7870
15 26 59 105 153 225 425 632 925 1555 2525 3400
6.0 25 43 97 162 253 370 658 1065 1520 2530 4250 6175
40 71 157 270 405 595 1025 1620 2270 4210 6475 9445
15 29 63 110 165 260 445 705 952 1815 2765 3990
7.0 25 49 114 190 288 450 785 1205 1750 3025 4815 6900
40 76 177 303 455 690 1210 1865 2520 4585 7560 10880
15 32 70 126 190 285 475 800 1125 1990 3025 4540
8.0 25 54 122 205 320 465 810 1260 1870 3240 5220 7120
40 84 192 327 510 730 1370 2065 3120 5135 8395 12470
15 41 95 155 250 372 626 1012 1465 2495 3995 5860
10.0 25 66 145 257 405 562 990 1530 2205 3825 6295 8995
40 104 216 408 615 910 1635 2545 3600 6230 9880 14390
15 50 121 205 310 465 810 1270 1870 3220 5215 7390
14.0 25 85 195 331 520 740 1375 2080 3120 5200 8500 12560
40 126 305 555 825 1210 2195 3425 4735 8510 13050 18630

Note: the nominal bore of the pipeline varies with the schedule of the pipe. The capacities shown
in the table approximate to Schedule 80 pipe.
The formula shown below can be used to determine the nominal carrying capacity of pipelines at
various velocities. The specific volume υ is read from steam tables at the relevant pressure whilst
the bore of the pipe D depends on the pipe schedule:

DN 15 20 25 32 40 50 65 80 100 125 150

Sch 40 15.8 21.0 26.6 35.1 40.9 52.5 62.7 77.9 102.3 128.2 154.1
Bore (mm) Sch 80 13.8 18.9 24.3 32.5 38.1 49.2 59.0 73.7 97.2 122.3 146.4
Sch 160 11.7 15.6 20.7 29.5 34.0 42.8 53.9 66.6 87.3 109.5 131.8

W kg/h = 0.002827 D2V

υ

Where D = Pipe bore mm V = Steam Velocity m/s υ = specific volume m3/kg

Re-arranging the formula enables the pipeline velocity to be determined for any given mass flowrate
and pipeline diameter

V = W υ
0.002827 D2

EDB/1 1.05
Steam pipeline sizing chart (velocity method)
Example: It is required to size a pipeline to handle 20 t/h of superheated steam at 15 bar
g and 300 oC. The maximum acceptable steam velocity is 60 m/s.

Method: Draw a vertical line from 300 oC (point A) on the temperature scale to 15 bar g
(point B) on the pressure scale. From B draw a horizontal line to the steam mass flow rate
of 20,000 kg/h (point F). Now draw a vertical line to the steam velocity of 60 m/s (point G).
From G draw a horizontal line across to the pipe diameter scale (point H). A pipe with a
bore of 150 mm will suffice in this case.
Steam pipeline sizing chart (pressure drop method)
Example: Determine the pressure drop when 20,000 kg/h of superheated steam at 15 bar
g/300 oC flows through a 150 mm diameter pipeline.

Method: Draw a vertical line from 300 oC (point A) on the temperature scale to 15 bar g
(point B) on the pressure scale. From this point draw a horizontal line across to 20,000
kg/h (point C). Now draw a vertical line to the pipe diameter of 150 mm (point D). From
point D draw a horizontal line to the pressure drop scale. The pressure drop in this case
is 1 bar/100m length.
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 “Lord's sake, Bogleigh, is that you? A' wes thinkin' o' whuppin'
round yir wy the day for a change; in fac,” and Posty's effort at in
difference collapsed, “word's come frae Australy.”
“Wull ye... open't for's? ma hand's... no verra steady, an' the gude
wife... hesna her glesses.”
“Mr. David Ross,
“Farmer,
“Bogleigh,
“Drumtochty,
“Scotland.”
read Posty, with official importance; “that's a' richt, at ony rate.”
“He aye sent it tae his mither himsel; juist read the beginning
Posty... that 'ill be eneuch.” And David fixed his eyes on the letter,
while Meg dared not breathe.
“It affords me unspeakable satisfaction,” began Posty, in a low
voice, and then he suddenly lifted it up in victory, “to send good
news. The very day I wrote the worst symptoms disappeared, and
your son is now on the way to recovery.”
“There 's fower pages, an' a' can read, 'no cause now for alarm,
but ye canna better the affset. A' kent what it wud be; the doctor
said gude news in his prayer, and that's the verra word.
“Here, Mistress Ross, is the letter, for Bog-leigh's no fit tae tak
chairge o 't.... Me? A 've dune naethin' but cairry it.
“A 'll no deny, though, a' wud hae liket fine tae hev seen the inside
o't doon bye; sall, as sune as a' passed the boondary o' the pairish
the fouk set on me, but a' cud say naethin' mair than this, 'There's
an Australy letter, and it's no black-edged.'
“A'm aff noo,” buckling his bag, for Mrs. Ross had risen and was
threatening to seize his hand; “an' it 's worth gaein' up the Glen the
day wi' sic news. A 'll warrant Domsie's on the road lang syne. Ye 'ill
hae the Professor wi' ye in the Kirk again, gude wife, an' the neeburs
'ill be prood tae see ye baith gang in the-gither,” and Posty leapt into
the road like a four-year-old.
 Beginning at the manse, and continuing unto Drumsheugh, there
was not a house along the road where Posty did not give a cry that
day, and it was affirmed on credible evidence in the kirkyard next
Sabbath that he stood upon a dyke and made Hillocks understand at
the distance of two fields' breadth that Drumtochty had still a
Professor.
 JAMIE
I.—A NIPPY TONGUE

E
ach community has its own etiquette, and in an advanced
state of civilisation such beautiful words as “Mister” and
“Missus” are on every one's tongue, some lonely Northerner
perhaps saying “Mistress,” to the amusement of footmen and
other persons of refinement. While Drumtochty was in its natural
state, and the influence of Southern culture had scarcely begun to
play on its simplicity, we had other forms of speech. It was good
manners to call a farmer by his place, and had any one addressed
Hillocks as Mr. Stirton, that worthy man would have been much
startled. Except on envelopes, full-length names were reserved for
the heading of roups and the death column in newspapers, and so
had acquired a flavour of ceremonious solemnity. Ploughmen were
distinguished by their Christian names in some easy vernacular form,
and the sudden introduction of the surname could only be justified
by a furrow that suggested the segment of a circle or a return from
Kildrummie fair minus a cart and two horses. His lordship might
notice Drumsheugh's foreman as he passed with a “Busy as usual,
Baxter,” and not be suspected of offence, but other men had said
“Fine fillin' day, Saunders,” to which Saunders would have most likely
deigned no answer save a motion of the right shoulder. Dignitaries
had their titles by prescriptive right, the parish minister being
“Doctor” and the schoolmaster “Dominie,” but only one man in the
Glen had the distinction of a diminutive, and it was a standing
evidence of his place in our hearts.
It was mentioned with relish that a Muirtown merchant raiding for
honey, having inquired of Whinnie Knowe where Mr. James Soutar
lived, had been gravely informed that no person of that name lived
in the parish, and would have departed to search for him in
Kildrummie had he not chanced on Drumsheugh.
“Div ye mean Jamie?” and when Hillocks met him two miles
further on he was still feasting on the incident.
“He said 'Mister James Soutar' as sure as ye're lookin' me in the
face, Hillocks,” and both tasted the humour of the situation, which
owed nothing to artifice, but sprang from the irony of circumstances.
“Jamie,” ejaculated Drumsheugh, and a flood of recollections—
scenes, stories, incidents—swept across his face. Had he been a Kil-
drummie man, he would have laughed at the things he heard and
saw.
“Sal,” wound up Hillocks, who had been tasting the same passed
in silence, “he's an awfu' body, Jamie; ye'ill no get the marra (equal)
of him in six pairishes.”
Drumtochty did not ground its admiration of Jamie on his personal
appearance, which lent itself to criticism and suggested a fine
carelessness on the part of nature. His head was too large for his
body, and rested on his chest. One shoulder had a twist forward
which invested Jamie with an air of aggression. His legs were
constructed on the principle that one knee said to the other, If you
let me pass this time, I 'll let you pass next time.
“Gin ye were juist tae luke at Jamie, ye micht ca' him a shachlin'
(shambling) cratur,” Drumsheugh once remarked, leaving it to be
inferred that the understanding mind could alone appreciate him,
and that in this matter Drumtochty walked by faith and not by sight.
His rate of progression was over four miles an hour, but this method
was sideways, and was so wonderful, not to say impressive, that
even a phlegmatic character like Drumsheugh's Saunders had been
known to follow Jamie's back view till it disappeared, and then to say
“michty,” with deliberation. Young animals that developed any
marked individuality in gait were named after Jamie without offence,
and were understood to have given pledges of intelligence, since it
was believed that nature worked on the principle of compensation.
 “There's been an oversicht aboot Jamie's legs, but there's naethin'
wrang wi' his tongue,” and it was the general judgment that it did
not “shachle.”
Jamie's gift of speech was much aided by eyes that were enough
to redeem many defects in the under building. They were blue—not
the soft azure of the South, but the steely colour of a Scottish loch in
sunshine, with a north-east wind blowing—a keen, merciless,
penetrating blue. It gave a shock to find them fastened on one when
he did not know Jamie was paying any attention and they sobered
him in an instant. Fallacies, cant, false sentiment, and every form of
unreality shrivelled up before that gaze, and there were times one
dared not emerge from the shelter of the multiplication table. He
had a way of watching an eloquent stranger till the man's sentences
fell to pieces and died away in murmurs before he said “Ay, ay,” that
was very effective; and when he repeated this deliverance, after a
pause of thirty seconds, even Whinnie understood that the kirkyard
had been listening to nonsense.
It seems yesterday that Milton—who had come into the Glen a
month before from Muirtown, and visited the two churches to detect
errors for two months—was explaining the signs of true religion to
the silent kirkyard, when he caught Jamie's eye and fell away into
the weather, and the minister of Kildrummie's son, who was
preaching for the doctor, and winding up his sermon with an
incredible anecdote, came under the spell at the distance of the
pulpit, and only saved himself by giving out a psalm. The man who
passed Jamie's eye was true to the backbone, and might open his
mouth in any place.
Every man requires room for the play of his genius, and it was
generally agreed that Jamie, who had pricked many wind bags,
came to his height in dealing with Milton.
“Milton wes faithfu' wi' ye in the third comin' up frae the Junction
on Friday nicht, a'm hearin', Drumsheugh; the fouk say ye were that
affeckit ye cud hardly gie yir ticket tae Peter.”
 “He's the maist barefaced (impudent) wratch that's ever been
seen in this Glen,” and Drumsheugh went at large; “he 'ill ask ye
questions nae man hes ony richt tae pit tae neebur. An' a wakely
cratur as weel, greetin' an' whinin' like a bairn.”
“A 'm astonished at ye,” said Jamie in grave rebuke, “an' you an
elder. Ye sud be thankfu' sic a gude man hes come tae the pairish.
There's naethin' but dry banes, he says, but he's ex-peckin' tae
roose us afore he's dune.
“He's no feared, a 'll admit,” continued Jamie, “but a'm no sae
sure that he 's wakely; ye didna hear o' him an' his pairtner in the
cloth shop at Muirtown.”
The kirkyard thirsted for the news.
“Weel, ye see, the pairtner pit in five hun-dert, an' Milton pit in
five, and they cairried on business for sax year thegither. They
separated laist spring, an' Milton cam oot wi' a thoo sand an' the
pairtner wi' naethin'.
“Milton hed been sairly tried wi' the ither man's warldliness,
walkin' on Sabbath an' sic-like, an' he wes sayin' in the train that he
felt like Jacob wi' Esau all the time. It's grand tae hae the poor o'
Bible illustration. A thoo-sand wud juist stock Milton fine, an' leave a
note or twa in the bank.
“What a'm feared for is that some misguided Drumtochty man
micht try tae tak advantage o' Milton in a bargain an' get a jidgment.
Providence, ye ken, watches ower thae simple-minded craturs, an'
it's juist wunnerfu' hoo they come aff in the end. But a'm dootin' that
he's no strong; he hes tae tak care o' himsel.”
As the fathers waited patiently for more, Jamie continued in his
most casual tone:
“He cairried a box in his hand Friday a week, an' pit it ablow the
seat in the kerridge; it wes aboot auchteen inches square and nine
deep, an' markit 'Hoggs' Patent Soap;' thae new soaps are brittle; a'
dinna wunner he wes carefu'.
“Ye sud hae heard him on the drinkin' at Muirtown market an' the
duty of total abstinence; he wantit Hillocks tae tak the pledge at the
Junction, but Drumtochty fouk's dour an' ill tae manage.
“Milton wes that agitat when he got tae Kildrummie that he lat his
box fa' on the platform; a' wes juist wunnerin' whether they sell
soap in bottles noo, when he said, 'It 's ma medee-cine, for the
circulation o' the blood; a 'm a frail vessel.'
“A' thocht that we micht hae been kinder tae Milton, an' him sic a
sufferer; twelve quart bottles is a sair allowance o' medeecine for ae
puir man,” and a far-away look came into Jamie's face.
Jamie's interest in Milton deepened every week, till he seemed to
charge himself with the vindication of Milton's character against all
aspersions, and its interpretation to a critical public. When it passed
round Kildrummie fair that that guileless man had landed a cow on
Mary Robertson at a high price, which was fair to look upon, but had
a fixed objection to giving milk, Jamie declared it was an invention of
the enemy, and assured Milton of his unshaken confidence in the
presence of seven solemnised neighbours.
“Some ill-set wratches,” he apologised to Milton, “canna bear the
sicht o' a raelly gude man, an' are aye gettin' up stories aboot him.
Tae think ye wud cheat a puir wumman aboot a coo.”
“We maun juist bear reproach,” began Milton, with his best accent.
“Na, na, a' said tae them,” and Jamie refused to listen, “ye needna
tell me ony sic stories. Milton is no an ordinary professor, an' he kens
his Bible. Div ye think he's forgotten the passage aboot robbin' the
widow?”
“Ye're makin' a mistak—”
“Ma verra words, Milton, 'It's been a mistak,' a' said, 'an' the
meenut he finds it oot, Milton 'ill gie back the money. What richt hae
ye tae consider him little better than a twa-faced heepocrite?'”
“There's no a man in the Glen wud hae got Mary's notes back frae
Milton but yersel, Jamie,” said Drumsheugh, celebrating the
achievement in the kirkyard next Sabbath. “There's a michty poor in
a nippy tongue.”
 Milton lost his second wife shortly after he came to the Glen, and
it fell to Jamie to explain the widower's feelings to the fathers.
“'It 's a sair dispensation,' he said tae me, 'an' comes heavy when
the calves are young; but we maunna complain. There's aye mercy
mingled wi' judgment. She micht hae been taken afore she hed got
the hoose in order.
“'A 'm houpin' for the best, an' a' think the root o' the maitter wes
in her; there wes times a' wud hae liked tae hear a clearer
testimony, but we hevna a' the same gifts, an' there's nae doot she
wes savin' wi' the gear.
“'She expressed hersel as thankfu' for oor merridge, an'
considered it a priveelege; but ma first wes mair experienced in
doctrine, and hed a gift o' prayer, though fractious in temper at a
time. Ye canna get a'thing, ye ken.'
“He hes a photograph o' the laist ane abune the fireplace in a
frame wi' an inscription, an' he wipit his eyes an' says, 'We maun
look up, ma freend, an' be resigned; it's an awfu' job tae ideelize the
creature.'
“'Ye'ill no dae weel withoot a wife here, Milton,' says I;
'hoosekeepers are dear, an' ye 'ill never get the wark o' yir wife oot
of ane; it wes maybe a peety ye lat her trachle (fatigue) hersel when
she wesna strong, but gin a man be busy wi' speeritual affairs he
disna notice,' an' a' askit him if he wes thinkin' o' a third.”
“Did ye dae that, Jamie?” said Hillocks, “an' her no gane a month.
Milton 'ill think us a gey hard-hearted set in Drumtochty,” and the
fathers looked as if Jamie had gone too far.
“He 's no hed ony time tae think o 't yet,” continued Jamie, quietly,
“an' is tae leave himsel in the hands o' Providence. 'I 'll be guidit,
nae doot, an' a' maun juist wait.' His langidge wes beautiful tae hear.
'Half the rent o' Milton 'ill need tae come oot the dairy, but we maun
mairry in the Lord.' He wes sair affeckit a' left, and speakin' aboot
'Mama.' A' gie him sax months masel.”
“Yir tongue got the better o' ye that day, a' doot, Jamie,” and
Hillocks, who had married twice with fair pecuniary success, was
distinctly nettled. “What 's a man tae dae with-oot a wife tae haud
things in aboot an' see tae the hens? Forbye, bein' company,”
throwing in a sentimental consideration.
“Gin a man wants a woman tae gither eggs an' sew buttons on his
sark (shirt), he micht mairry twal times rinnin', an' naebody need say
a word. But what richt hes sic a man tae speak o' wife or... luve?
He's juist a po-leegamist.”
“Lord's sake,” ejaculated Hillocks, and the kirkyaird felt that this
was very wild talk indeed, and even personal.
“Naethin' else,” and Jamie's voice vibrated with a new note. “Gin a
man gaes afore his family tae America tae mak a hame for them, an'
leaves his wife here for a whilie, is he no mairrit? Wud he mairry
another wife oot there tae keep his hoose, an' say he hed juist ae
wife because the sea wes rollin' atween the twa women?”
“He daurna,” replied Whinnie, who never saw six inches ahead;
“the polis——” But Drumsheugh waved him to silence.
“Weel, gin the woman leaves the man an' passes intae the ither
warld, is she deid, think ye, neeburs, an' is she no' his wife? An' mair
nor that, are the twa no' nearer than ever, an'... dearer?
“Ye 'ill be sayin' in yir hearts, it 's no for Jamie Soutar tae be
speakin' like this, him at 's been alane a' his days; but a've ma ain
thochts, an' the deepest thing, ay, and the bonniest, in the warld is a
man an' a wumman ane in luve for ever.”
Jamie turned round and went into the kirk hurriedly, but
Drumsheugh lingered behind for a minute with Dr. Maclure, who was
making his quarterly attendance.
“What think ye o' that, Weelum? It bore a wee hard on Hillocks,
but it wes michty speakin' an' gared (made) the blood rin. Jamie's a
hard wratch ootside, but he's gude stuff inside.”
“Did ye ever notice, Drum, that Jamie hes hed a black band on his
Sabbath hat as far back as a' can mind? A' his freends are deid mair
than thirty year syne. Wha 's it for, think ye? A 'm thinkin' naebody
'ill get tae the boddom o' Jamie till he fins oot the meanin' o'that
band.”
 “Ye may be richt, Weelum, an' a've wunnered tae, but Jamie 'ill
never tell; he hes his ain secret, an' he 'ill keep it.” The two men
followed their neighbours, and Drumsheugh said to himself, “Puir
Jamie; the auld story.”
The kirkyard kept Jamie in exercise, but it was on one of our rare
public occasions that he made history, and two of his exploits are
still subject of grateful recollection, and a bond between Drumtochty
men in foreign parts. One was the vote of thanks to the temperance
lecturer who had come, with the best intentions, to reform the Glen,
and who, with the confidence of a youthful Southern and a variable
hold of the letter aitch, used great freedom of speech. He instructed
us all, from Doctor Davidson in the chair down to the smith, whom
he described as “an intelligent hartisan,” and concluded with a
pointed appeal to Domsie to mend his ways and start a Band of
Hope in the school.
“Solomon says, 'Train up a child in the way that he should go, and
when he is old he will never depart from it;' and I 'll apply these
words to the Glen of Drumtochty, 'Train hup a child to 'ate the bottle,
and when he is old he 'ill never depart from it;'” and the lecturer sat
down in a silence that might be heard.
There was something approaching a rustle when Jamie rose to
propose the vote of thanks—several charging themselves with snuff
in haste, that a word might not be lost—and no one was
disappointed.
“Doctor Davidson an' neeburs,” said Jamie, “it wudna be richt that
this young gentleman sud come sae far o' his ain accord and give us
sic a faithfu' address withoot oor thanks, although he 'ill excuse us
puir country fouk for no bein' able to speak his beautiful English.
“We a' admired his ingenious application o' Proverbs, an' he may
be sure that nane o' us 'ill forget that new Proverb as lang as we
live; a' micht say that it 'ill be a household word in the Glen.
“Gin it's no presumption tae say it, it's verra interestin' tae see hoo
much experience the lecturer hes for his years in the up bringing o'
bairns, and a' mak nae doot the learned bodies in the Glen, as well
as the parents, 'ill lay his words tae heart.
“There wes a man in a glen north-bye,” modestly offering an
anecdote for the lecturer's future use, “'at wes sober (ill), an' the
doctor, wha wes a verra ignorant man, said he wud need a small
tastin' tae keep up his strength. But the man wes of the lecturer's
persuasion, and wud drink nothing but water. The weather wes
terrible cold, and one day, juist five minutes aifter he hed his mornin'
gless of water, the man died. When they opened him it wes found
that he hed frozen up inch by inch, and the laist gless had juist
turned tae ice in his throat. It wes sic a noble instance o'
conscientious adherence tae principle that a' thocht a' wud mention
it for the lecturer's encouragement.” And when Jamie sat down the
audience were looking before them with an immovable countenance,
and the doctor held out his silver snuff box to Jamie afterwards with
marked consideration.
It is, however, generally agreed that Jamie's most felicitous stroke
was his guileless response to the humiliating invitation of a lay
preacher, who had secured the use of the Free Kirk, and held a
meeting under Milton's auspices.
“Now, my dear friends,” said the good man, a half-pay Indian
Colonel, with a suspicion of sunstroke, “all who wish to go to heaven
stand up,” and Drumtochty rose in a solid mass, except Lachlan
Campbell, who considered the preacher ignorant of the very
elements of doctrine, and Jamie, who was making a study of Milton
with great enjoyment.
Much cheered by this earnest spirit, the Colonel then asked any
Drumtochty man (or woman) who wished to go elsewhere to declare
himself after the same fashion.
No one moved for the space of thirty seconds, and the preacher
was about to fall back on general exhortation, when Jamie rose in
his place and stood with great composure.
“You surely did not understand what I said, my aged friend.”
 Jamie indicated that he had thoroughly grasped the Colonel's
meaning.
“Do you really mean that you are ready to... go....where I
mentioned?”
“A 'm no anxious for sic a road,” said Jamie, blandly, “but a' cudna
bear tae see ye stannin' alane, and you a stranger in the pairish,”
and Drumtochty, which had been taken unawares and was already
repenting a weak concession, went home satisfied.
Hillocks was so drawn to Jamie after this incident that he forgave
him his wild views on marriage, and afforded him an opportunity of
explaining his hat-band.
“Ye're a body, Jamie,” he said in vague compliment, “an' every
man hes his ain wys; but hoo is 't that ye aye hae a band on yir
hat?”
“What think ye yersel?” and Jamie eyed Hillocks with a gleam of
humour.
“As sure 's deith, Jamie, a' canna guess, unless it be a notion.”
“Toots, man, a' thocht ye wud hae been sure tae jalouse the truth
o' a' the fouk in the Glen; div ye no ken that a band hides the grease
an' maks a hat laist twice as lang?”
“Is that a'?” said Hillocks; “juist economy?”
“Ye hae the word,” answered Jamie, with unblushing face. “That
band's savit me the price o' twa new hats in forty year.”
It was on the way home from kirk, and after Hillocks had turned
into his own road Jamie took off his hat and brushed the band with
a reverent hand.
When Jamie “slippit awa” and the kirkyard met to pass judgment,
it was agreed that he had been a thorough-going imposter and had
quite befooled the outer world, but that he had never taken in the
Glen.
“It cowed a' tae hear Kildrummie lecturin' on Jamie in the third
laist Friday,” said Drumsheugh, with immense contempt; “ye sud hae
been there, Hillocks; a' never heard as muckle doonricht nonsense
atween the Junction an' the station in forty year. Man, gin Jamie hed
juist been in the train himsel, he wud hae been terrible pleased.
“'He's awa noo.' says that jultlin' (tricky) twa-faced body Sandie
Mackay, that gied Jamie licht wecht wi' his coal, 'an' it's oor duty tae
be charitable, but a 've ma doots aboot him. His tongue wes nae
scannal, an' he wes aye maist veecious against speeritual
releegion.'”
“What said ye, Drumsheugh?” inquired Hillocks, with keen
expectation.
“Naethin' worth mentionin'; it's no easy pittin' sense intae a
Kildrummie man. 'Ye 're wrang aboot Jamie miscain' gude men,
Sandie, for he wes awfu' taen (taken) up wi' Milton; he coonted him
a straichforrit, honourable man, wha wudna gie licht wecht or tak
advantage o' a neebur.'”
“Ye hed him there; he wud lat Jamie alane aifter that, a'm
expeckin'.”
“'It's a feedin' storm an' no lichtsome for the sheep,' wes a' he
said.
“Na, na, Sandie needna speak tae a Drumtochty man aboot Jamie;
he didna live here a' his days withoot oor kennin' him. There's nae
doot he hed a tongue, but it wes aye on the richt side.
“Div ye mind hoo he yokit on the kirkyaird ae day for lauchin' at
Airchie Moncur an' his teatotalism? it took us a' oor time tae quiet
him, he wes that croose; and ye ken it wes Jamie that focht awa wi'
Posty till the morning he wes drooned. He got him doon tae twa
gless a day, an' micht hae reformed him athegither gin he hedna
been interrupit.
“His hert wes juist ower big, that wes the maitter wi' Jamie, an' he
hoddit (hid) his feelings for fear o' makin' a fule o' himsel afore the
pairish.
“Sall, he wesna verra parteeklar what he said gin ye hed him in a
corner. He nursit the bit lassie that lived wi' Mary Robertson for a
hale day when she wes deein' o' diptheria, an' threipit tae me that
he hed juist gi'en a cry in passin', an' when Lily Grant deed in
London, he gied oot that her mistress hed paid for bringin' the
corpse tae Drumtochty kirkyaird. He cud lee near as weel as Milton,
but it wes aye tae cover his ain gudeness.
“A' coontit Weelum Maclure an' Jamie Soutar the warmest herts in
the Glen, an' Jamie 's never been the same sin... we lost Weelum.
The kirkyaird's no worth comin' tae noo that Jamie's awa.”
It spoke volumes for Milton's zeal that he was among the first to
visit Jamie after he took to bed, and the Glen can never be
sufficiently thankful that Elspeth Macfadyen was present to give an
accurate account of the interview.
“'Whatna step is that at the door?' said Jamie; 'a' never herd it
here afore '; and when a' telt him it wes Milton, he gied me a luke
an' briskit up that meenut.
“'Elspeth, he 's come tae dae me gude, an' he thinks he hes me in
his hand; pit him in yon chair whar a' can keep ma een on him, for
a' canna manage him oot o' ma sicht.'
“'It's solemn tae see ye brocht sae low, Jam—Mister Soutar '; he
thocht he micht try Jamie at laist, but the spunk gied oot o' him
facin' Jamie. 'Thae strokes are sent for a wise end; they humble oor
pride.'
“'It's no a stroke,' said Jamie, lookin' fearsome at him frae ablow
his nicht-cap, 'though a 'll no deny there micht be a titch o'
rheumaticks. But a' coont lumbago mair subduin'; it taks ye sudden
in the sma o' the back, an' 'ill keep ye in the bit for an 'oor.'
“'A' wes thinkin' o' the hert, no the body, ma freend,' an' Milton
started on the whine; 'a 've been afflickit masel, an' dinna ken what
a 'd been the day hed it no been for trials.' “'Ye needna tell me,
Milton, for a'body kens yir losses, but a' houp ye'ill hae the present
gude wife a whilie; is she yir third or fourth? for ma memory's gaein'
fast.'
“Milton said naethin' for a meenut, an' a' daurna look at him, but
Jamie's een were dancin' in his heid; he wes haein' his last bout wi'
Milton, an' it wes meat an' drink tae him.
 “'Wud ye like me tae read somethin'?' begins Milton again. 'A've a
fine tract here, “A Sandy Foundation”; it's verra searchin' an' rousin',
an' he pits on his glesses.
“'Thank ye,' says Jamie, 'but thae tracts are ower deep for a
simple man like masel; the Bible dis for me graund. A've a favourite
passage; noo if ye didna mind readin' 't, it wud be a comfort.
“'Turn tae the 23rd o' Matthew, an' it 'ill dae fine gin ye begin at
the 13th verse, “Woe unto ye, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites,” an'
as sure as a'm lookin' at ye, Drumsheugh, Jamie gared Milton
feenish the chapter, an' ilka time heepocrites wud come he wud say
tae himsel, 'Maist comfortin',' till a' hed tae gae ootside; he wes a
veecious cratur, Jamie, when he hed an ill-wull tae a body.
“When a' cam in, Milton hed been wantin' tae pray, and Jamie wes
layin' doon three condeetions.
“'First, ye maunna scriech (scream), for that wud gae through ma
head; secondly,' just like a sermon, 'ye 're no tae gang wanderin'
aifter the Jews or ony orra fouk; and laist, there's tae be naethin'
personal, for a' wud coont that doonricht impidence.'
“'A'm astonished at ye,' says Milton; 'hoo cud ye expect a blessin'
on sic a prayer?' an' he rises tae leave. 'Ye 're sure there's naethin'
on yir mind, for a 've hed experience.'
“'Weel, Milton, noo that ye 've mentioned 't, there is a maitter
tribblin' me, but it's no every man a' cud trust, an' a' dinna want tae
burden ye.'
“'Is't a sin o' omission or commission?' an' Milton wes as keen as a
ferret. Puir cratur, little he kent Jamie.
“'Curious tae say, it's baith; it's maist extraordinar' hoo near ye've
come tae't; hoo cud ye ken?'
“'We 're a' frail, Mister Soutar,' an' Milton lookit as if butter cudna
melt in his mooth; 'ye michtna think it, but a v'e been tempit masel
—lang syne, of coorse; baith, omission an' commission, did ye say?
that's no sae common.'”
 “'Na, it taks an accompleeshed sinner tae manage baith at the
same time, an' a 'll tell ye the case,' an' a' saw something wes
comin'.
“'Ye ken Sandie Mackay, wha sells coals at Kildrummie station on
week-day and preaches roond the country on Sabbaths.
Drumsheugh's Saunders brocht up ma laist load frae Sandie; “half a
ton best burning coal” wes on the paper, an' wud ye believe me, a
hundred-wecht short measure, an' half o' them third quality—
omission an' commission.'
“'A' can see ye 've scandalised, for a' mind noo, ye 've been
acquant wi' Sandie in meetings; noo, Milton, a' wes calc'latin' that a
've lost sax and twopence exactly, and gin ye cud get it oot o' the
waefu' wratch, this week, a'd sough awa easier.' Milton made aff
withoot anither word, an' the bed shook ablow Jamie.” The afflicted
patient was sitting up in bed when Doctor Davidson came in, and
would have concealed his occupation had it been possible to get a
large paper kite out of sight.
“It's for Saunders's laddie at Drumsheugh,” he apologised; “he's
ane o' the maist impi-dent an' mischievous smatchits (little fellow) in
the Glen. If a' didna help him wi' his bit trokes there wudna be a
floor left in ma gairden; the bairns are juist the trachle o' ma life.”
“Quite so, Jamie; and of all the people in the Glen there's nobody
you like so well and none that love you more. The more you scold
them, the more they come to you. As for the women, you 've been
criticising them for a generation, and now they're all fighting for the
honour of nursing you.”
“Havers,” responded Jamie, “it's juist tae get a sicht o' the inside o'
a weel-kept hoose, and tak a lesson in order, though a 'll no deny
that Elspeth Macfadyen an' auld Mary hev been verra attentive, as
weel as Bell Baxter an' Annie Mitchell.”
“It's just a pity, Jamie, that so good-hearted a man never had a
woman of his own. What set you against marriage?”
“Wha sed a' wes against merridge, Doctor Davidson?” and Jamie's
face flushed. “Did ever man or woman hear me speak lichtly o' the
mystery o' luve? The Glen hes thocht me an auld cankered bachelor,
an' a've seen a lass leave her lad's side on the sicht o' me. Little they
kent!”
No man knew better than the minister when to be quiet, and the
ticking of Jamie's big silver watch was heard throughout the kitchen.
“Doctor Davidson, ye've been an honest man in the pulpit an' oot
o't a' thae years, an' yir warks hev aye gane afore yir words. A 'll tell
ye ma secret afore a' dee; ou ay, a' ken a'm deein', an' a'm rael
pleased.
“Ye 'ill no mind that forty-five year syne a' workit a hale winter
near Kildrummie, gaein' and comin' nicht an' mornin'.
“A' met... a lassie there, an' a' cam tae luve her aince an' for ever.
No that a' wud hae spoken tae her, for a've been an ill-made, ill-
tempered, thrawn body a' ma days, an' she... she wes as gude as
Marget Hoo, though different. What mair can man say?
“The day ma wark wes dune a' said gude-bye tae her, an' that
micht hae been the end, but a' turned sudden, an' a' saw the luke
on her face.
“She cud hae taen her pick o' a' the lads roond Kildrummie, but
nae man can lay doon the law tae luve; she... tuke me, that hed
naething but a faithfu' hert, an' we gied oor word ane tae the ither
for life... an' deith, as a man an' wuman sud aifter Christ's comin'.
“We cudna be mairrit till the summer, an' we agreed tae write nae
letters tae set the foukes' tongues gaein; we wantit tae hae oor ain
secret.
“So we trysted tae meet aince a week at a stile in the woods
atween here an' Kildrummie, an' we hed... seeven evenings
thegither; that wes a' we ever saw o' ane anither in this warld.
“It wes the month o' May in an early spring that year, and the
leaves were oot in their bonnie first green, an' the birds were busy
wi' their nests, an' the lambs were still wi' their mithers in the field.
A' nature wes glad wi' us, an' blessed oor luve.
 “The gate hes fa'en tae pieces lang syne, and the gap's built up
wi' a dyke, an' the trees are cut doon an' the hawthorn rooted up,
but it's... the same place tae me.
“A' can see the tree where we sat, an' the primroses at oor feet,
an' the sun shinin' on her face, an' the look in her eyes; a' see her
wavin' her hand tae me on the road aifter we pairted, an' the glint o'
her goon through the firs the last nicht.
“When a' cam the next day she wesna there, an' a hoddit amang
the trees for a ploy, but it wes lang waitin', for she didna come, an'
a' gied hame wi' fear in ma hert.
“It micht be that she cudna get awa, a' said tae masel as a'
worked at a dyke, but the dread wes hangin' ower me, an' when
there wes nae-body at the stile the next nicht, a' cud bide nae
langer.
“A' set aff tae her hoose, and ilka turn o' the road a' lookit for
Menie. Aince ma hert loupit in ma briest like a birdie in its cage, for a
wumman cam along the near road frae Kildrummie, but it wesna
Menie.
“When a' saw her brither wi' his face tae Drumtochty a' kent, afore
he said a word, that he wes seekin' me, an' that Menie wes dead.
Never a tear cam that day tae ma een, an' he telt me, stannin' in the
middle o' the road where it begins tae gae doon the hill.
“'It wes her throat, an' the doctor wes feared frae the first day;
the nicht she didna come she wes carried (delirious); she... said
“Jamie, Jamie,” ower an' ower again, an' wanted tae rise.
“'Aboot daybreak she cam tae hersel, and knew oor faces. “A'm
deein',” she said, “an' a' didna keep ma tryst last nicht. It's ower late
noo, an' a 'll no see him on earth again.
“'"Tell James Soutar that it wesna ma blame a' failed, an' gie him
ma Bible,” an' a while aifter she said, “A 'll keep the tryst wi' him
some day,” an'... that 's a'.'
“Her brither gied me the book an' waited, expeckin' me tae say
somethin', but a' hed nae words, an' he left me on the road, coontin'
me hard o' hert; a' wes a' that nicht... at the stile.
 “Doctor, wull ye obleege me by gaein' tae that cupboard and
bringin' me ma Sabbath hat?”
Jamie took off the ring of crape, thin and faded with the years,
and held it for a moment in his hand.
“Pit it in the fire, doctor, whar a' can see it burn; a've worn it forty-
four years laist spring, but a 'll no need it again, for a 'm gaein' oot
o' mournin' sune.
“Here's her Bible,” and Jamie brought it from a shelf in his box
bed; “gin ye come tae ma chestin' (coffining), wull ye see it be pit
in? There's naethin' else a' want tae cairry wi' me tae the ither side,
an'... a 'll juist bid ye gude-bye, doctor; ye 're an honest man ootside
an' in.”
“Would you like.. said the doctor, evidently moved.
“A' wud be obleeged,” and Jamie took off his night-cap.
Doctor Davidson prayed:
“Heavenly Father, who only art the source of love and the giver of
every good gift, we thank Thee for the love wherewith the soul of
Thy servant clave unto this woman as Jacob unto Rachel, which
many years have not quenched. Remember the faithfulness of this
true heart, and disappoint not its expectation. May the tryst that was
broken on earth be kept in heaven, and be pleased to give Thy...
give Jamie a good home-coming. Amen.”
“Thank ye, doctor; ye 've said what I wantit, an'... it wes kind o'
ye tae pit in Jamie,” and his hand came out from the bed for a last
grasp. He watched the minister go, and when Elspeth returned he
said, “Yon's a richt man.”
The upland children returning home from school in the afternoon
came to the cottage door, and Jamie, who had been dozing, heard
their whispering.
“There's some o' thae prodigals oot there in the gairden; bring
them in, Elspeth, or a' give them a hearin'; they 've juist been the
torment o' ma life.”
 They came in warily, as those who had some experience of former
tricks, but there was no fear even among the girls. Had it not been
known how Jamie detested children, you would have imagined that
he had been their playmate.
“The warst laddie o' the lot,” and Jamie seemed to be speaking to
the ceiling of his bed, “is Tammie Baxter. It's maist aggravatin' that
he sud leave 'a lairge paper kite in a sick body's bed, an' me wantin'
tae turn roond.” The kite projected itself forward from dark recesses
in all its glory of many and very loud colours.
“It's rael bonnie,” was all that Tammie offered by way of thanks,
as he took possession of his prize amid general envy.
“A' wudna say but there micht be sugar-candy in the cupboard,”
continued Jamie in a soliloquy, and a rush for the door was stayed.
“Annie Mitchell 'ill divide it fair, an' a'm expeckin' a kiss.”
“Are ye near weel?” she said, when the debt was paid after a
generous fashion. “Mither wants tae ken.”
“Tell her a'm juist gettin' on fine, an' a'll be a' richt in twa or three
days.”
Elspeth reported the proceedings with the kite, and Jamie was full
of anxiety.
“Tell Tammie tae pit on a heavier clod and keep tuggin',” till a
shout came in through the door.
“It's near oot o' sicht,” and then Jamie was at peace.
“Bairns are an' awfu' trachle (trouble),” he moralised; “a' canna
mak oot hoo fouk pit up wi' them; that lassie Mitchell is juist a
hempie.”
Next morning Jamie declined conversation, and lay to all
appearance unconscious, so that when the Free Kirk minister came,
between whom and Jamie there had been a special friendship since
the day Carmichael had declared his conviction on Posty's future
state, Elspeth led him in on tip-toe and spoke in a whisper.
“Ou aye, a' kent ye wud be concerned, for you an' he were chief
(friendly); he's been this wy a' day, naither better nor worse; juist
leevin' that's a'; he 'ill never speak again.”
“I have been at the Glasgow sacrament,” and Carmichael went
over to the fire-place; “else I would have come up before. Jamie has
always been very kind to me. It 's sad to see him lying there
speechless, who had the cleverest tongue in the Glen.”
“Ay, ay, he 's past speech noo; he hears naething.”
“Wes 't a vawcancy ye were preachin' in,” a loud, clear voice
proceeded from the bed, “or juist helpin' a freend?”
“Preserve's a' body an' soul,” cried Elspeth; and Carmichael
himself was shaken.
“We thought you were unconscious, Jamie; I 'm glad you can still
take an interest in things.”
“There 's been a gey lot o' havers (nonsense) gaein' in this hoose
the laist twal 'oors, but a' didna let on; na, na, a' enjoyed it.”
Kirsty Stewart came to share the night watch with Elspeth, but
neither presumed till nearly daybreak, when Kirsty declared, with the
just weight of her medical authority, that all was over.
“He hes the look, an' his hands are as cold as ice; feel his feet,
wumman.”
“A' canna find them,” said Elspeth, making timid explorations.
“They used tae be on the end o' ma legs,” remarked Jamie, as if
uncertain where they might now be placed.
Elspeth started back and looked at him, but his eyes were closed,
and he gave no other sign of consciousness.
“A 'll no meddle wi' him again,” said Elspeth, solemnly, “though a'
sit here for a week; he's a queer body, Jamie; he gied his ain wy a'
his life, an' tak ma word for't, Kirsty, he 'ill hae his ain wy o' deein'.”
When the first ray shot through the window and trembled on the
bed, Jamie raised himself and listened. He shaded his eyes with his
hand, as if he were watching for some one and could not see clearly
for excess of light.
“Menie,” he cried suddenly, with a new voice, “a 've keepit oor
tryst.”
 When they laid him in the coffin—the Bible in his hands—the smile
was still on his face, and he appeared a man some forty years of
age.
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