"Ah, ha; ah, ha; um, hm! so it would seem, laddie, yet sometimes the
young fellows hae a new trick the auld hardly ken aboot," remarked
Cousin Ronald with a good-humoured smile. "And for my ain sel' I should
care little--were I ill--whether it were Doctor Arthur or Doctor Harold
that prescribed the remedies to be used."

"Or Doctor Herbert; Herbert might do just as well as either of the two,
I presume," added Annis.

"We have just come from a call at Roselands to see Marian and your
little namesake, Cousin Ronald," said Mrs. Travilla. "He is a dear
little fellow, and I hope will grow up in a way to do honour to the
name."

"I hope he may, and to be a great comfort and blessing to the parents
who have done me the honour to call their firstborn for me," returned
the old gentleman, a gleam of pleasure lighting up his face. "I want to
see the bit bairn myself when the mother is well enough to enjoy a call
from her auld kinsman. And how soon do you think that may be, doctor?"
he asked, turning to Harold.

"In a few days, sir, should she continue to gain strength as she seems
to be doing now. I have no doubt she will be very glad to see both you
and Cousin Annis."

"Yes; I must go along, for I want to see both the boy and his mother.
Marian will make a sweet mother, I think; and Arthur an excellent
father," said Annis.

"I quite agree with you in that idea," Elsie said, "and their joy in the