und his
waist with a handkerchief.

Fanny who had recovered from her flight, could scarcely help laughing at
the funny figure he presented, dressed in the coat with the sleeves
turned half way back, so that he might have his hands free.

"You will keep quiet now, young gentleman, I hope, or you will be
tumbling overboard again," said Sandy. "I don't know what the laird
will say to you, when he hears how it happened."

Norman looked foolish, and made no reply.

Sandy had in the meantime picked up Fanny's hat, and he now spread
Norman's clothes out on the seats that they might dry in the sun.
Having done this, he pulled away as fast as he could towards the
landing-place near the house.

As Norman's clothes were not nearly dry by the time they reached the
shore, he packed them away in the basket, which was thus made useful,
though in a different way to what Norman expected. Having secured the
boat, and helped Fanny out, Sandy took Norman up in his arms and marched
away with him to the house.

The laird saw them coming, and of course inquired what had happened.

Fanny would as usual, have tried to save her brother from being blamed,
but Sandy told the whole story.

"You brought it upon yourself, by disobeying orders, Norman," observed
Mr Maclean. "I will go in and tell your mamma and Mrs Leslie what has
occurred, that they may not be alarmed, and the best thing you can do is
to go to bed, and to stay there till your clothes are dried. You must
not expect to go out in the boat again, as I see you cannot be trusted."

"It was all Fanny's fault, she had no business to make me angry,"
answered Norman; "it is very hard that I should be punished because of
her."

The laird made no answer, but telling a maid-servant who appeared at the
moment to carry Master Vallery upstairs and put him to bed, he entered
the drawing-room where the ladies were sitting.

The laird took care not to alarm them when he described what had
happened.

"Sandy did not tell you that I laughed at Norman, and that made him
angry," said Fanny.

"He had no business to be angry, young lady," observed the laird. "Let
me advise you, my dear Mrs Vallery, to allow him to remain in bed till
he becomes more amiable. His tumble into the water may perhaps be an
advantage to him, and teach him the consequences of giving way to his
anger."

Mrs Vallery, however, though assured that no real harm had happened to
her boy, could not refrain from runni