"Are you able to find caution, sir?" said the auctioneer.
"No," replied Cubby.
"Why did you bid for the land, then?" rejoined the other.
"Because I wanted it," replied Cubby. "Will ye no tak' the siller in place o' caution."
"Assuredly," replied the auctioneer, smiling—"where is it?"
"There," said Cubby, "is the banker's check for £14,000. The moment I get a complete right to the land, ye may hae the siller."
The bargain was, accordingly, soon arranged; and, to the surprise of all that part of the country, Cuthbert Grandison became the laird of Cubbertscroft. His feelings subsequently underwent some change for the better, and he took home his daughter Jeanie and her husband, to live with him in the mansion-house, where, however, he still exhibited a great portion of his original avarice. He soon died, and the property was left to Jeanie. Carey Cuthbert had, by the right of courtesy, all the power of the property. He received with welcome his father and mother, and maintained them during their lives in the mansion-house from which they had formerly expelled him, and from which their own extravagance had driven themselves.