but she returned radiant with smiles, for the wise woman had said,
"That altho' it was to be an awfu' puir draw, yet her folk was to hae
a grand haul next e'enin'." And, true to the old wife's prediction,
the crew in which she interested herself returned with a splendid
prize from the fishing ground, followed, of course, with an increase
of fame to the prophetess. On another occasion Lizzie was no less
fortunate in the result foretold. A fisher-wife in the former place
had received a sovereign from her husband, which, in the hurry of the
moment, she had placed on the bedside. Going shortly afterwards to
remove it, what was her consternation to find that the gold piece was
gone! The most diligent search and inquiry were instituted after the
lost treasure, but all to no purpose. In the extremity of her distress
the poor woman thought of the "witch o' Carnbee," and, adjusting her
cap, was soon on her journey thither. Lizzie's words fell on her
troubled spirit like oil on the stormy sea; for she was told that, in
the course of a day or two, the sovereign would be again in her
possession. And so it proved: on drawing her husband's sea boots from
under the bed, the coin fell from the toe of one of them.

On one occasion, a cheap trip by the steamer "Xantho" from Anstruther
to Leith being advertised, many of the labouring classes, with their
friends, arranged to visit Leith and Edinburgh. Unfortunately,
however, the trip was to take place when the farmers of the district
were very busy with the sowing of the turnips, and when, of course,
their people were needed for that work. For the purpose, it is said,
of keeping the men at home, a rumour circulated over the East Neuk, to
the effect that the steamer and all on board were to perish in a
fearful gale. The servants were so greatly alarmed by the prediction
of Lizzie (it was she who spread the report), that they resolved to
remain at home. The most remarkable feature of the affair is, that on
the day in question a violent gale arose, which prevented the steamer
returning to Anstruther until next morning. The non-arrival of the
boat, as may be inferred, was the cause of the liveliest alarm to the
friends of those on board, and an old worthy was heard to exclaim with
respect to the prediction: "I dinna believe in sic things mysel', but,
some way or ither, they aye come true." Lizzie's father and her whole
family are said to have been highly respectable. Her truant and
impulsive