IAN'S SCHOOL
Some Scotch children have the complexions of bright sunsets. Ian liked Elsie's bonny face, with the few little freckles on her nose, and her sunny smile.
This morning Elsie overtook him as he was marching to his own silent drone of pipes.
"Do not march so, Ian. The children will be laughing at you when you reach the school. I heard them saying you're daft about pipers, and I thought I'd tell you," she said.
Ian looked down into the little maiden's blue eyes. She, too, was dressed in a kilt. She wore over it a red jersey.
Unlike Ian, she did not have the sporran. That is what the Scotch call the piece of fur hanging down in front of the kilt. Each child's kilt was, however, pinned on the side with a large safety pin—which is the style in wearing kilts.
KILTED SCHOOL CHILDREN
Elsie's hair was done in two braids, which hung down her back. Though he resented what she told him, Ian thought she was very sweet. For she looked at him in a way that made his resentment soon fade.
Smiling, he said, "Thanks, Elsie. I'll not march now."