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THE SEAFORTH NEWS THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1937
Then slowly and slowly the sal-
mon began to yield to the strain on,
him - which was considerable, • for
this was the heavier of the two rods—
and quickly the line was got in. the
pliant curve of the rod remaining al-
ways the same; while )Jr. Hodson
'flattered himself that he :was doing
very well now, and that he was sure-
ly 'becoming the master of the situa-
tion. But the next instant something
happened that his mind was not rapid
enough to comprehend: something
.dreadful and .horrible and sudden:
there was a whirring out of the reel
so rapid that he had to lower the
point of the rod almost to the water;.
then the fish made one 'flas'iting spring
along the surface—and this time he
saw the creature, a gleam of silver in
fhe dusk and then, to his unspeak-
able dismay and mortification, he
Sett the line ;quite slack. He did utter
a little monosyllable.
He's off, sir," the melancholy gig -
lie said in a tone of sad resignation.
"'Not a bit, sir, not a bit! 'Reel in,
quick!" Ronald called to him: and
the fisherman had sense enough to
throw the rod as far back as he could
to see if there was yet some strain on
it. 'Undoubtedly the ,fish was still
there. Moreover, this last cantrip
seemed to have taken the spirit out
of him. By-and-by, with a .strong,
sieady strain en shin', he suffered him-
self to be guided more and more to-
wards the boat, •until, now and again,
they could see a faint gleam in the
dark water; and now Ronald had re-
linquished itis oar, and was crouching
down in the stern—this tine not with
the landing -net in his hand, but with
the bright steel clip just resting ten
the gunwale.
"He's showing the white feather
now. sir; give ,hint a little more of the
'butt,"
(However, he had not quite given in
yet: each time he carne in sight of the
boat, he would make another ineffect-
ual molt, but rarely :getting down
deeper than three or four yards. And
then, with a short line and the butt
well towards him, he began to make
slow ue l,icircles this way and that;
and always he was being steadily
hauled nearer the ruble; until with
one quick dip and powerful upward
pull Ronald had got him transfixed
on the gaff and landed --the huge,
gleaning, beautiful silver creaturel— f
in the bottom of the Mat.
"Well done . ir!- •a clean tishl---a
beauty—the first caught in Scotland
this year. 1 know!"—these were the
exclamations he heard now; bit be
scarcely knew how it had all happen-
ed: for he had been nn:'re excited
than he was aware ea He felt :t va-
gue and general sense '.f satisfaction;
wanted to ave the men a glass of
whisky, and had non, 0. give theta:
thon;giit that the ca':,tnre of a salmon
w•as a noble thing; would have liked
hi- daughter tarry to hear the tid-
ing*, at once; and had a kind of gen-
eral purpose to devote the reit of that
year u. salmonafishintr in the High-
lands. From this entrancement he
was awakened by a dispute between
the too men as to the size of the fish.
"`He's twelve 'pounds, and no more,"
the melancholy 'Duncan said, eyeing
him all aver,
"Look at his shoulders, man," Ron-
ald rejoined, "Fourteen pounds if he's
an ounce. .Duncan, lad, ye•'ye been
put ntf your gaes;in•g by the sight of
the .kelt."
"He's a good fish wh ttetfcr," Dun-
can was constrained to admit --for he
still foresaw that prospect of a ;'rant
when they retnrved to the inn, aith
g-erhaps a more substantial hand -se: -
ling of good luck,
Of conrsta they could do nt more
fishing that ;.(1 vrnoor, r it we.- near-
ly dark rout It wa vunderful hew the
eapture of this single salmon seemed
to reise the spirits of the little par'y
l+
ea the t 4,1107[ and walked hot t
"There wa;, a kind of excitement in t}'e r
1ei•eninp; air, They talked . rh
, e l in a t icl
and tette v., rn
dhr'.Irt t;t/a4 the h'h
had ci n ,,:;: were the chances b
Ili
curb a rash; the probable length oft
TI
t
Customs officials wouldn't change
much for .that article of vertu. Now
the maid tt'ho waits on me here is
very pretty. and gentle i•n manner;
and 1 suppose she could be induced
to go—for a proper consideration;
and you could 'begin the training of
her now, and have her quite accom-
plished by the time we got home.
Salukis rather like slavery, don't it?—
hut she would he going to the •land of
the free, and the banner wronld wavy
ser her. She ger: eighty dollars a
year and 'Iter hoard; I'd go Netter
than that, if you took a fancy to her.
"But the most remarkable person
'arca-perhaps h is the contrast bt
ecu his personal abilities and lois
I position' that is the striking thing—is
a deer -stalker and gamekeeper whom
they familiarly call !Ronald; and I
confess that, with a1'1 I had heard of
the intelligence of the Scotch peasan-
try, this fellow, before 1 had been
talking with histo ten minutes, rather
made me open my eye:. And yet,
looking back over the different sub-
jects we fell upon, d dont know that
he said anything so very remarkable
on any one of them. 1 think it is ra-
ther the personal character of the
man this is improssive—t'i a manli-
ness ,and independence of his judg-
ment, and yet his readiness to con-
sider the other side if you can con-
vince him; Itis frank '(and, I should
say, foolish) recognition of the dif-
ferences of social position; and then a
kind of curious self-respect he 'Itis
which refuses to allow" him to be-
come friendly, though you may be
willing enough to forget that you are
talking of tasking a shooting on which
be is one of the 'employes, and anx-
ious only 10 converse with him as
man to man. I'm afraid this is rather
mixed, but you would have to see
him to understand quite well what
manner of person he is—a 'good-look-
ing feli•ow too, well knit together,
with a keen, hard face, full of life and
a half -concealed force of humor, I
should judge he would make a pretty
fair king of good company in the un -
title it had been up from the sea; the
beauty of its shape; the smallness of
its head; the freshness of its color,
and so forth—and there was a kind of
jubilation abroad. The .first fish
caught in Scotland that yearl—of
course, it must be ,packed forthwith
and sent south to his daughter Carry
and her friends, And Mr. Hodson was
quite facetious with the ,pretty &Telly
when she came in to lay the table 'for
diluter; and would have her say whe-
ther she had not yet fixed her mind
On one or other of these young fel-
lows around: As for the small hamlet
of Inver-Mudal, it was about as soli-
tary and forlorn a habitation as any
to be found in the wilds of northern
Scotland; and he was there ail by
himself; ,but with the blazing peat -
fire, and the 'brilliant white Cloth on
the dinner -table, and the conscious-
ness that the tfirm, stout -shou'l'dered,
clean -run fourteenepounder eras lying
in the dairy on a slash of cold stone,
he considered that Inver-Mudal wa
a most enioyable, and sociable, an
comfortable place, and that he had
not felt himself so snug and SO much
at home for many and many a day.
.CHAPTIE'R DV.
After dimmer be found himself witl
a pretty long evening before hits; and
thought he could not do better that
devote the major part of it to tvritin
etc his daughter. He would not con
fess to himself that he wanted her u
know at once that he had caught hi
first salmon; that was but a trivial in
restrained intercourse of a few :boon
rushes yet?"
"(Th no, sir, 'Ronald will do that;
Ile can do it better as any of them; be
would not let any one else clo 1t4 for
they're saying it iss the 'first fish of
the year. and Itc':s very proud of
your getting the fish, sir."
"Telt attchl" observed Mr. Hodson
to himself; and he would probably
hack continued the conversation but
that suddenly a strange noise was
heard, coating from some distant
part of the inn --a harsh, high note,
all in monotone,
"What's that, now, Nelly?"
-It will be (Ronald tuning his
pipes," she said, he she was going to
the dour,
"Oh, he can play the pipes too?"
"Indeed yes, sir; and better as any
in Sutherland, 1 lief heard thein say,
she added.
Just as she opened the door the
drones anti chanter broke away into
a shrill and ,lively march that seem-
ed to (flood the house with its pene-
trating tones.
T think it's "Doruoch Links" lie',
,playing' Nelly said, with a quiet
smile, "for there's some of the :fisher -
lads come through on their way to
Tongue.
She 'left then; but the solitary oc-
cupantof the sitting -room thought
he could not do 'bet'te'r than go to the
door attd listen for a while to this
strange sort of music, which be had
never heard played pralierly before.
'And :w'h'ile he could scarcely tell one
tune from another except by the time
--the scow, wailing, melanch'aly La-
ment, for example, was easily enough
distinguished from the bright and liv-
ely Strathspey—here and there occur-
red an air—tile "719tit's -Farewell," or
the "Barren Rocks of Aden," or the
'"Pil•broch of Donald Chu," had be
but .known the names of them—which
had a stately and martial ring about
it; he guessed that it was meant to
lead the tramp of soldiers. And he
said to himself—
"Here, now, is this fellow who
might be piper to a.Highland regi-
- went; and I dare say all the use be
makes of his skill is to walk up and
down outside the dining -room w'ind-
dow of the Lodge, and play to ra
white -'kneed Englishmen whenthey
t. conte down for the tumours shooting."
. He returned to inc letter.
"I have the honor to inform you
s that the 'first salmon caught on any
t Scotch loch this was caught by me
companions; and I imagine •he has a
hard head if there should be any
drinking going on. What -to do with
]rim I don't •know, 1st is absurd he
should 'be where he is. His brothe
lima been to college, taken his degree
.land is now• - in the Scotch l'hurcl
t 'somewhere. 'Butt this fellow seem
g.1 quite content to trap foxes and shoo
grey Crnsys, and, in the autumn, 1001
after the grouse -shooting and deer
sIstalking of other people. A mats n
cident its the life of a phil'osophe'r ant
student of mankind; still she would
be glad to hear of his adventures; arc
it was not an unpleasant way of pas-
sing the time. So he wrote as follows:
"My darling Carry, --You will be
rejoiced to learn that 1 have discov-
ered a harbor of refuge for sett-t-
wit-ere
ouwhere that minute organ you call
your mind mins hay aside its heaviest
load of trouble. siert', at last, is one
corner of 'Europe Where you need
have no T ' •
a (cat of anybody mistaking
you for one of the i' tstrin girls of fic-
tion; indeed you night go about asst
day talking your -beloved 'Texas with
i •
mpunity; although, my dear young
lady, that is a habit you . would do
well to drop, for sooner or later it
will 'get yop into trouble when you
lace least expecting it. But short of
scalping children or .using a bowie -
knife for a fork, d think you might do
or say anything you .pleased here: it
is the most out -of -the -world sort of
place; ,a community of 'fifteen or
twenty, I should gut•,.. hidden away
in a hole of a valley . and separtcd
front the rest of the universe by great
range: of .mountains and intertttdnable
utiles of moorland. The people seem
very frie!tdly, but .shy; and 'I don't
quite catch- on to them yet, for their
speech bothers me-- scarcely any
two of them seem to have the .sante
accent; but I hope to get to knave
something more about then] next
Monday, when they have a New
year celebration, which 1 am invited
to the same. Would you like to join
in? by all means come if you care to;
the station L:tirg; \\'ire, and I will
meet yon there. You will miss the
wild excitement of paying afternoon
calls and drinking tea; 'nut you will
get sunlight, and fresh air into your
lungs; and the talk ahtntt the tierce
weather is ;di non.ense. There is a
sprinkling of .Hon on the 'higher hills,
but the temperature is quite agree-
able. In :my .5 se 1 expect you to
come hear wit', me in March, sihin.
the salol, O-6 hn,r will begin in ear-
nest; and 1 Mae no doshi yon Will
have stades the acquaintance of the
wh.,le of the r ole in tt cnti•tl• ..f
d...1iy to. ilii ;:re. There i. ;troth-
er •tt 1 't tit , ra tteit :\. :an
seem detertn.rtd -ct yourceif up!,
fnr y.nr liCeTirtie rettiniScene'h,I,
rlr trait t I have had t
t
onsirier vl .t ;oc it1,1 carry
;f.,t
n lc
!
at
afraid that Tn-
-\f tnn'dn't snake
nal of 1 , owl 1 haven't seen.
n 1+
terck .,
hl o,. ali . Rant sc si ` abeer a
letam 1 nutrl? 1 ii tate N.Y.
` this ai(eruoon; and to -morrow will
int' on its ways to you, i f you don't
f believe the story, look at the salmon
itself for evidence. And as regards
this Inch-ti.hin;g, it appears to me
you might have a turn at it when we
come up in \larch---takint one of the
two rods; a little practice. with In-
- than clubs nleanit"bile would enable
you to stake a Netter tight of it when
you have to keep a continuous strain
on a fourteen -pound 'fish Inc twenty
minutes .or half an hour. You must
)taut ,onto amusement or occupation;
for there is no society ---except, by the
way, this doctor's daughter, w'hn
1 might be companion for you. I have
not seen her yet; but :the hand -mad
en 1 have mentioned above informs 1
tete that she is 'a ferry pretty young
lady, and ferry much thought of, and
of a ferry great fancily ton,' 1 should
not imagine, however, that 'her High-
land pride of blood would bar the
way against your staking her ac-
quafntance; her father is merely the
parish doctor --or rather, the district
doctor, for lie has either two or three
parislu•s to look after --and I don't
suppose his entolnntents are colossal.
They have 11 pro toy cottage; it is the
swell feature of the village, if you can
call the few small and widely scat-
tered houses a village. You could
practise Texas talk on her all clay
long; I dare say she woctldn't know.
',Good night; it's rather sleepy
work ,being nut in that both in the
cold,
"Your affectionate
\'e ""Pappa.
I , by this tune lite. ,fisher -lads
had left the inn and were off at the
way to ''tongue—and glad enough to
have a moonlight night for the weary
trudge. 'Ronald remained behind for a
while, drinking a ,glass of ale with the
innkeeper; and generally having to
keep his wits about hint, for there
was a good deal of 'banter going on,
Old John Murray was a facetious
person, and would have it that 'Nelly
was setting her cap at .Ronald; while
the blushing Nelly, for her part, 'ole -
Glared that Ronald was nothing' but a
poor south -century body; while he
in fair warfare hays to retort that she
was 'a, llielan's a (Roil dry ter," The
quarrel was not a deadly one: and
;viten Ronald took up his pipes in or-
dc•r to go home, be .called nut tt' her
in parting- -
"Ne11y, lass, see you get the lads to
clean mit tine learn ere Monday next;
!
:n put nn your nest ribbons, lassie:
1'nt tiiinkng,• they'll he for having a
pt inn Tttllnchgornm,"
The pipes s'e're over his shoulder
id walked along the moonlit road;
Int I,r• died not tune up; he had had
enough playing for that evening: And
e sure net in his mind there was no1
iscantent because he had , 11
I his brains would not be in that posi-
tion for a fortnight in aur country
I !Here everything is fixed. iie thinks
at is natural for hint to be in a suh-
'e'rt•ient position. .1.nd yet there is a
1 curious independence about the fel
low; 1 don't know what inducement I
could put before hitt to get 'him out
,; of it. Suppose we said, 'Untie you
I with us to America, and we'll run
you for '1tresident; 1'111 afraid he'd
image la musky in our ince, and he off
'to 'where' the dun deer lie.' In fact
]tis reverence for the star-spangled
banner appears to be of a mitigated
1 dc'scriptiun. I 'aunt he knew more
'than 1 expected about our wire -pull-
ing ge'ntr'y at home; but then, on the
other hand, I discovered that he
knew nothing about the necessity of
protecting the industries of a young
country beyond what he read in the
English papers, and yott know what
high old \lother d tihhardisnt that is.
\ow 1 ts'ant to do something for this
fellow, and don't know stow, Ht's ton
frond a stint 10 be thrown away—,t
kind of tipper servant, as it were, of
his lordship. 11c: has plenty of ability
and he has Plenty of knowledge in a
dozen different directions, if it only
conic' be applied. Hut then be is a
clogged kind of a creature—he is not
pliant; if you can shone 'him suffi-
cient reason for changing.. he might
change, otherwise not one inch avili
he budge \\ hat is the inducement to
be? It is useless offering him an allot-
ment of land in Nebraska; 'here he
has miles and .miles of the most pic-
turc'cgtte territory conceivable, of
which, sate for a month or two in the
alu ntat, he is the absolute master. He
enjoys an ownership over these hills
and moors and lochs more obvious
than that of the Duke himself; he
would not exchange that for the pos-
session of a hit of tablealand• on the
'Platte Valley, unless he were a fool,
and that he is far from being. The
'Presidentship? Well, 1 waved your
beloved banner over hint, but 'he did-
n't enthuse worth a cent. however, I
mast cast abort and see w71at is to be
clone tido hint, for 1 ;nit really inter-
ested in the - 'tall."
\t this moment there was a tee-
d:ea at the doer. and Nelly appeared
't t a huge arfnittl of pe:. ethich
began to build up dcxtc-rntsly in
'oe fireplace ,stays learine ,u cen-
funnel open,
"Say. my girl, when will this letter s
.nuth?' Ili'. 'l-lndson asked.
• To-ntorrcwa' moarning," ',v;:, the a
n ver, i
n t the fish. too?
Yee sir, sty tlne mail cart." h
H5-.:Dtnc• . i,
1 all ntnUd it - irr the d
trent of land on 'the Platte Valley,
nor yet a place in a Chicago 'bank
nor the glory of being pipe -major to
a ;Highland .reginten't, He was per-
fectly content a;, he was; and 'knew
naught• of these things, If thereasw'as
any matter troubling him --on. this
Mill and moonlight night, as he walk-
ed blithely afcttcsg, inhaling the .keen
sweet air, and conscious of the com-
panionship of the faithful Harry—it
was that the jog -trot 'kind of tune he
had invented far curtain verses did
not scent to liaise 511fficient dcfinite-
ness about it. Brat then the verses
themselves ---as they kept time to his
tramp on the .road—were careless and
lighthearted enough:
The blossom was white on the inlack-
thannt tree,
And the ntavis was singing rarely;
When .Meenie, Love \ieenie, walked
out wi' me,
All in the springtime early,
"P1eenic,Love \leenie, your face let
me see,
Meenie, conte answer me fairly;
Meenie, Love Meenie, will you wed
me
All in the springtime early."
And "Hey, !Harry, lad, he was
saying, as be entered the cottage, and
went into the little parlor, where a
candle had been left ;burning, "we'll
have our supper 'together now; for
between you and me I'm 'je's't as 'hun-
gry as a filed,"
OHAIP!TEIR V.
Next clay promised 'to give then
sharper work on the loch. There had
been Heavy squalls in .the night;
showers of hail had fallen; and now,
in the morning, all the hills around—
Ben Hee and 'Ben Hope and. Ben
Loyal—had their far ,peaks and
shoulders powdered aver, while the
higher slopes and summit of the giant
Clebrig were one solid mass of white,
I:t .was mtrelbi colder too; and the
gusts of wind that carne •intr'ling al-
ong Strath Terry struck down on the
loch, ,s.pre.a'ding ott•t like black fans,
and driving the darkened water into'.
curling 'crisp foam, It was a wild,
changeable, +blowy morning; sunlight'
and gloom intermingled; and ever the
wind 'howled and moaned around the
hoose, and the lealfless trees outside
1lent and shivered before the wintry
blast.
1 When the tall 'Highland lass
brought in breakfast, it appeared that
the recusant gi'ltie had not yet conte
clown from Tongue; but it was no
matter, .she said; she would call .Ron-
ald. Now this exactly suited \Ir.
Hodeisn, who wanted to have some
further .speech with the young etas
in view of certain far-reaching .de-
signs ire had formed; and what better
opportunity .for talk than the placid
trolling for salmon on the lake there?
But courtesy demanded some small
protest.
(To Be Continued)
TESTED RECIPES
In view of the fact that the harvest-
ing of maple syrup and the nutkitntg of
maple sugar are about to commence
for 119317, the recipes given dtelosv
should prove of particular interest,
Maple Oatmeal Cookies
2%
cups tine oatmeal
as corp maple syrup
cup water
213 cups flour
1 cup shortening
1 teaspoon soda
Boil water and syrup together, add
soda, then the shortening. tool
slightly, .\dd to dry ingredients and
allots the tipto cool thoroughly
before rolling out.
Maple Syrup Pie
2 cups staple syrup
2 egg- yolks
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons .corn starch
:\ pinch of salt
Boil milk and syrup together. :add
starch which has been blended with a.
little cold ntil'k. Conk in doable boiler,
stirring constantly for Live minutes,
Pour over the beaten eggs and return
to don ble moiler. Cook five minutes,
Pour into bakecl pastry :hell. Cover
top .with meringue made front two
eggsyslutea,
Maple Apple Pudding
4 apples
1 corp flour
r -S., crop water
cup maple syrup
1 tablespoon butter
el' teaspoon baking powder
Place sliced apples in a bettered ea.-
serole and pont maple syrup ot•er
them, :Sift Ili ur with making powder.
Melt ,butter and add cold water. Pour
neer sifted flour, heat eviland spread
aver the apph•s. Steam t o, an hour
or hake for ?d minutes,
Real Maple Cream
21_ imps ntap't' syrup
1 tablespoon cream
Boil syrup until it itardens when
dropped n e '
I . t i Uatn' Cold
',tater, .then add
cream, stirritur ,until blended. Co.1
lightly and heat until thickc'necl,
l\'alnnts may be added.
Ma
le
p ru
Y P
1 cul,S mapleSauce syrup
1 teaspoon flour
1 tea p1,011 hatter -
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AGENTS
F. McKercher, R.R,1, Dublin; John
E. Pepper, R.R.1, Brucefie'ld; E. R. G.
Jarmouth, Brodhagen; James Watt,
Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, Kincardine;
\Vm. Yeo, Hohnesville,
DIRECTORS
Alex, Broadfoot, Seaforth No, 3;
James S•h.oldice, Walton; Wm, Knox,
Londesboro; George Leonhardt,
Bornholm No. 1; John Pepper, Bruce -
field; James Connolly, Goderich;
Alex, MaEwfng, Blyth No. 1; Thom-
as Moylan, Seaforth No, 5; Wm, R.
Archibald, Seaforth No, 4.
Parties desirous to effect insurance
or transact other business, will be
promptly attended to by applications
to any of the above named officers
addressed to their respective post -
offices.
This maple syrup sauce is for pud-
dings or ice cream. \'ielt the butter,
add rhe flour, cook snvtil frothy.
Slowly acid syrup and boil one min-
ute. Serve hot or cold.
The question is .frequently asked as'
to the amount of feed -a hen will eat
in a year, Those wlho are in a posi-
tion to know claim that with mash
and whole grain combined a hent will
eat from St) to 90 'pounds,. On the bas-
is of wheat at $11,20 per bushel the
•ust would. be 911180, and at present
prices of feed it will cost around that
figure to feed a hen through the year.
Orr
this u. basis she tvonld have to 'pro-
duce nine dozen twenty -cent eggs in
order to pay for her feed alone. Ilow-
ever, in many flocks average produc-
tion is crowding twice this amount.
n'ltich allows for a margin of profit
•t!ter rut',ing the pullet acid allowing
far ottrttea4 anti tabour,