He is always in trouble, and she is sorely put to it sometimes to find excuses for him.

'He's a great wee case, is Peter,' she generally finishes up.
'He means no ill' (this after it has been proved that he has chased sheep, killed hens, and bitten message-boys); 'he's juist a wee thing playful.' "Peter attends every function in Priorsford--funerals, marriages, circuses.

He meets all the trains and escorts strangers to the objects of interest in the neighbourhood.

He sees people off, and wags his tail in farewell as the train moves out of the station.
"He and Mhor are fast friends, and it is an inspiring sight to see them of a morning, standing together in the middle of the road with the whole wide world before them, wondering which would be the best way to take for adventures.

Mhor has had much liberty lately as he has been infectious after whooping-cough, but now he has gone back to the little school he attends with some twenty other children.