Ask me again this day six months." He laughed loud.

"A very proper answer for a Scot," he cried.

"See for yourself, travel the country, and use the wits God gave you to form your judgment." He paid the lawing, and said he would put me on the road back.

"These alleys are not very healthy at this hour for a young gentleman in braw clothes." Once outside the tavern he led me by many curious by-paths till I found myself on the river-side just below the Court-house.

It struck me that my new friend was not a popular personage in the town, for he would stop and reconnoitre at every turning, and he chose the darkest side of the road.
"Good-night to you," he said at length.