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with her charges, some of whom she delivered 

 up to her subordinate ; and then, seating her- 

 self at the end of the pier, on her own 

 particular carpet-bag, of which she never for 

 a second lost sight, with her little white terrier 

 at her side, and holding '' Master 'Arry " tight 

 by the hand, she threw up her eyes to the 

 bright blue sky above, and said, majestically, 

 " My duties is performed, and you will find all 

 is» right ; and now I resigns myself trustfully 

 to a gracious Providence." 



I always liked teasing her a Uttle, and could 

 not help saying I thought it would be fine to 

 Portree, at any rate. She retorted rather 

 spitefully, and practically enough, too, that 

 " these frostes sometimes turned into bad wea- 

 ther," and. she solemnly adjured me to go back 

 into the house, and see if all was as it ought to 

 be in her department. I could not help doing 

 as she bade, and, going up to her nursery, 

 found it arranged and in order as if her charges 

 were coming in that night, not leaving it that 

 morning. This struck us all as odd, and we 

 kept our eye on her till we were all safely on 

 board the little steamer. 



We had a beautiful sail to Portree; there 

 was not a ripple on the water ; and one must 

 have seen that country on a bright, clear, frosty 



