332 THE HOME OF A NATURALIST. 



■when the newly married couple were " kirkit." Ned 

 and Osla walked into the church arm-in-arm and took 

 their places, supported by the entire wedding-party, 

 the lads and lasses, however, in separate pews according 

 to the custom of those days. 



Ned and Osla still survive, a fine old couple, hale 

 and hearty. Their married life has been happy and 

 prosperous. They have brought up a large family of 

 sons and daughters, most of whom are married. Their 

 eldest son is the popular captain of a large steamer, 

 whereat the " auld folk " are naturally not a little proud. 

 Their grandchildren, too, are numerous ; and Osla is 

 full of hope that if her eldest daughter's daughter — who 

 is also her own namesake, and has always been her 

 special " pet lamb " — has the good sense to accept the 

 steady, handsome fisher-lad who wants to make her his 

 wife, she may live to be a great-grandmother. 



