_Borderers_.--The Minister visits David Little's cottage--Rustic
manners.--Canine sagacity.--The visitors take their departure.

CHAP. III.

John gains the approbation of the Pastor.--Visit to Mr. Elliott.--His
cottage delightfully situated.--Helen cautioned by her father against
affectation.--Arrival at Minkirk.--Visit at Craigie Hall.--Mrs. Scott's
hospitality.--John dispatched on an errand.--His unlucky disaster.--The
party returns by moonlight.--Their arrival at the Manse relieves Mrs.
Martin's anxiety.

CHAP. IV.

John's reflexions on entering service.--Receives advice from the Minister
for his future conduct.--John's good intentions the cause of great
anxiety.

CHAP. V.

Sunday morning.--The family assembled for morning prayer.--Interesting
description of the villagers' manners on the Sabbath.--Serious
illnesses.--John in an awkward dilemma.--Hateful effects of
intoxication.--Miss Helen taken seriously ill.--A curtain lecture.

CHAP. VI.

Uncertainty of human events.--News of Captain Elliott.--An agreeable
present.--John gains the approbation of the Minister for his activity.