The old piper politely removed his cap and stood before Ian's mother.
"Your son has brought home an old traveler, mistress," he said.
Mrs. Craig smiled and, shaking Sandy's hand, said, "And glad I am, for a friend of Ian's is welcome to the house of his mother. Sit down, sir."
Ian told his mother the story of the lamb.
BARRIE'S "WINDOW IN THRUMS"
He explained how, if he performed his task, he would by next spring be the owner of bagpipes.
Mrs. Craig smiled at Sandy and said, "You trust the laddie, sir?"
Sandy MacGregor replied, "Ay; for will he not be a piper in the band one fine day?"