"These men are still upon their legs;
Heaven bless 'em--may they soon return_!"

GEORGE MILNER.




I

THE LAST ANDERSON OF DEESIDE

_Pleasant is sunshine after rain,
Pleasant the sun;
To cheer the parchèd land again,
Pleasant the rain_.

_Sweetest is joyance after pain,
Sweetest is joy;
Yet sorest sorrow worketh gain,
Sorrow is gain_.

"_As in the Days of Old_."


"Weel, he's won awa'!"

"Ay, ay, he is that!"

The minister's funeral was winding slowly out of the little manse