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;c'od-morning, doctor," he cried. 'hares; far these, when wounded, will
' ('food-nlornin'g, 'Ronald,' said 'the :frequently dodge into a hole among
other, turning round. :He was a big the rocks, like a rabbit, baffling 'dogs
anti men, and (iying a miserable death,
Moreover, there was no need to take
risky shots. The tn'o guns were post-
ed 'behind a stone or small hillock,
lying 81 'fnil length on the •grovn•d,
only Their brown -capped heats and
the long barrels being visible. '!'hen
the faint tildes in the distance be.
came somewhat louder, with sticks
rattled on rocks and stones flung here
and there: presently, on the sky -line
of the plateau. a small object coMear-
ed. sitting upright and Clark against
the sky then it calve shambling leis-
urely along, becoming bigger a11(1 'big-
-,er and tv:hiter and whiter every Inn-
ntent until at length it showed itself
almost like a rat, but not running
stealthily like a cat, rather hopping
forward on its ungainly high haunch-
es; and then again it would stop and
sit up, its ears thrown tback, its eyes
not looking at anything in front of R.
it; .snow-white 'body, and here and
there a touch of bluish -brown, offer-
ing a tempting target for a pea -rifle.
But by this time, of course, minter -
ons others had come hopping firer the
sky -line; and now as the loud yells
and shouts and striking of stones
were disc at head there was more
swift running, instead of hobbling
and :pausing', among the white,fright-
ened creatures; and as they cared for
nothing in front (in fact, a driven
hare can not gee anything that is
right ahead of it, and will MIR against:
your boots if you hap•pe1 to be stand-
ing in the way), but sped noiselessly
across the withered grass and hart:
clumps of heather—hang! went the
tinct barrel, and then another and an-
other, as quick as ehngcrs could un-
load and reload, until here, there, and
everywhere, but always within a eer
twin radius front the respective pmts,
a white object lay on the hard and
,vintry ground. The beaters cause up
to gather them' together; the two
gens had risen from their cold quer.
ters; there were fotind to be thirteen
hares all told ---a 4ftit4 sufficient num-
'ler fir this ,part --and not one had
crawled or hobbled away wounded.
But we will now •descend for a time
front these bleak altitudes and return
to the little hamlet, which seemed to
lie there snugly enough and sheltered
in the hollow, though the wind was
hard on .the dark and' driven loch.
some :tour or so after the shooters
and .heaters had left, :Weenie 1)0114las
.ante aloe to ,Ronald's cottage, and.
of enure, found .Maggie the sole or-
:upaut as she had expected. She was
eery bright and cheerful and friendly,
and spoke warmly- of Ronald's kind
Hess in, giving her father a day',
•ho (1(119"
"Me mother was a little angry,"
she said, laughing, "that he should go
away just the first thing after coating
home; but you ,know, ,;4faggie, he is so
fond of shooting, an'cl it is a not always
he Can get a day, especially at this
time of the year, and 1 ant very glad
he has gone, for yon know there are
very few who have to work so hard,"
"I wish they may cone upon a
stag, said the little Maggie, with
reokless and irresponsible generosity,
"Do goo know, Maggie," said the
eider young lady, with a shrewd smile
011 her race, -".1 am not surethat my
mother likes the people about here
to he so kind; she is always expecting
my father to get a better post ---but I
know he is not likely to get one that
will suit him as well, with the fishing
and ,hooting, There 'is the Modal—
the gentle:uteu art the lodge let hint
have that all the spring through: and
hen
,the loch is not let, he can al-
ways 'have a 414y by writing to Mr.
C rawford: and here is Ronald, when
the hinrjs have 10 he shot at 'Christ
teas, and .;n on, Arid If the t\nleriean
gentleman take; the, shooting a, well
as: the loch, surely he will ask my fa-
ther to go with him a clay or two on
the bill; it is a lonely •Chi g shooting
man, somewhat corpulent, with an
honest, wholesome, ruddy face, Soft
brown eyes. and an expressive mouth,
that could temper his very apparent
goad -nitre with a little mild 584-
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"You're c01114 hack in the nick of
time," the Weeper said—for well he
knew the doctors keen love of a gun,
"I'm thinking of driving some of the
far tops the day. to thin (1014.1 the
hares a bit; and I'm sure- 'e'd be -glad
to lend us a hand,"
"Man, I was going hone to my
bed, to (ell ye the truth," said the doc-
tor; "it's eery little sleep l've had the
last ten days."
"What is the use of that?" said
Ronald; "there's aye plenty o' dine
for sleep, in the winter."
And then 'the heavy -framed occu-
pant of the dig -cart glanced up at the
Tar reaching heights of Clebrig, and
there was a grins smile on his nrotttlt.
It's all very well," ,said he, "for her -
1'111 -stomached young fellows like
yon to face a 11i11 like that; but I've
,got 'weight to carry, Men; and --"
Come, conte, doctor; it's n0 the
first time you've been on Clebrig,"
Ronald said—the could see that ),lee-
nie's father wanted to be ,persuaded.
""Besides, well no try the •highest tops
up there --(there's been too ,much
snow; And I'll •tell ye how well make
it easy for ye-tPwe'll row ye down the
loch*and •begin at the other end and
work home—there, it's,,a fair offer,"
1(t n•a an offer, at all events, that.
the big doctor could not withstand.
"Weil,: 14.11," said he, "1'11 just
drive the'dog-cant along and see hots'
they are at hwite: and then if the wife
lets me out of her clutches, I'll conte
down ,to the loch -side as fast as I
'can."
Ronald turned to one of the stable -
lads all of whom were transformed
into heaters on this occasion). -
"Jimmy, iu.st rim over to the house
and fetch nm' gun; and hid Maggie
pix twenty cartredge:s—number -1 she
knows where they are—into the bag;
and then yr can take the gun and the
cartridee-bag down to the boat, and
be giving- her a bale -out till I .come
down. I'm going along to the farm,
to get two more lads if 1 can: tell the
doctor 'I'll no he long after him, if he
gets down to. the inch first."
Some quarter of an hour thereafter
they set forth; and a rough pulpit was
down the loch, for the wind was
blowing hard, and the waves - were
•coming ;broadside on. 'those - who
were at the oars had decidedly the
best of it, for it was bitterly cold;
but even the others did 1101 seem 10
mind much—they were chiefly oc(.n-
•picd in .scanning the sky -line of the
hilts! a habit that one naturally falls
into in a deer country) while 'Ronald
and the doctor, seated in the stern,
were mostly concerned about keeping
'their guns dry. In due course of time
they landed, made their way through
a wood of young birch -trees, follow-
eal the channel of a ,burn for a space,
and 'hy-and-by began to reach the up-
per slopes, where the plans for the
first drive were carefully drawn out
and explained.
tNotc it is unnecessary to enter into
details of the day's achievements, for
they were neither exciting nor chlfh-
,cult nor daring. It MIS clearly a case
of shooting 'for the pot: although )Ro-
nald, in his capacity of keeper, was
anxious to have the :mares thinned
down. knowing well enough that the
over -multiplying ('f them was as cer-
Lain to bring in disease as the over-
stocking ..f a mountain farin with
sheep. But it may be said that the
sport, such as it was, was done in a
workman -like manner, In Ronald's
•case each cartridge meant a hare—
and no praise to him, for it was his
•bnsiix,s.. As for the doctor, he was
not an excellent shot, 'Mit he exercis-
ed a wise and humane discretion as
well, Nothing 14(011d induce him to by one's self. Well, now, Maggie. did
fire at long range on the off chance you pet°the curtains tip again in Ron -
of hitting: and this - is all the more all's room
• laudable in the sheciting'of mountain "Yes; 1 -did," was 'the "answer; "ail
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he did trot tear diem down this time,
for I told Whim you showed me how
to hang them; bot 11e has tied hack
sothat they might just as well not be
there at all. ('01:14 and'see, 114•eenie
dear."
She led the way into her 'brother's
0'011); and there, sure enough, the
window -curtains (which were wholly
unnecessary by-filesway, except from
the feminine .point of view, 1for there
was certainly not (telt too m'u'ch light corn-
ing in by the solitary -window) had
been tightly looped and - tied •back, so
that bile view down the loch should
he unimpeded.
"No matter," said .:Weenie; "the
window is not so bare -looking as it
used to be. And I suppose he will let
then remain up now,"
""Oh yes, whenhe was told that
you had something to do with theta,"
was the simple answer.
Mecnie went to the wooden mantel-
piece and pot the few things there
straight, just as she would have tl•one
in her own room, 'blowing the light
white peat -dust off them, and arrang-
ing them in neater order.
"I 'wonder, now," she said, "'he does
not get frames for these 'phtotographs;
they vat! be -spoiled 'by finer imarks
end the dust,"
Maggie said, shyly:
-That w'as 4911;11 he said to me the
other day; but no about these—about
the one yon gave me of yourself. He
asked to see it, and i showed hint
how careful I was wrapping it tip;
but be said no—the first paelcrrlan
that cause throe;gh I was to get 14
frame, if he had one, and glass too,
or else that he would send it in to In-
verne.as 10 he framed. But you know,
Meenie, it's no near .so ole'-looking.—
or anything, anything like so -nice-
Iookin as you are."
"Nothing. could he that, 1 am sure,"
said 1lccnfe, lightly; and site was
casting her eyes about the roans, to
see what further improvements she
could suggest. - -
.lnt Maggie had grown suddenly si-
lent, and was standing at the little
writing -table, apparently transfixed
with astonishment. It will .be re1114111-
heresi that when Ronald, in the mor-
ning, heard ti,at the doctor was at the
lour of the inn, he had hurriedly has-
tened away to intercept hint and
that, snhsequently, in order to save
time, he sent hack a lad for his gun
and cartridges, while he went on to
the farm. And it was this last ar-
rangement that caused hint to-evei'-
look- the fact that he bad left his writ-
ing materials --the blotting -pad and
everything ---lying exposer: on the
table: a piece of neglect of which he
had scarcely ever before been gitilty-
An(i as ill luck would- h -ave it, what
must she see lying 'before her, among
these papers, but a letter, boldly and
cons,pienousde ad(ire sed,
t'\\'ell!" he 1x1181(1)4(:, as she too
f( lin, "M wile, here is a letter 10
yon! why' didna he send it along to
n:?" .
".\ letter for me?" .\Iconic said
( 011 a Utile surprise, "No! why
should Ronald write a letter to n107-
1 see hint about every. day."
"lint look!"
\Icenie took the letter in her hand,
aid regarded the address, and laugh-
ed.
"It is very formal," said she.
"There here is no mistake about it. Miss
Wilhelmina Stuart Douglas' --when
was yI ever called that before? And
'I mer-111:idal, Sntherlaudshire, X. B.'
He should have added !Europe, as if
Ile was sending it from the moon,
Well, it is clearly meant for me, any-
way—oh! and open, too—"
Weil, the next minute all the care-
less amusement fed from her face;
her cheeks grew very white, and a
frightened, startled lock sprung to her
eyes. She caught the first few lois---
'O wilt them be my dear lover
('3deen!e and 11le n )
t) wilt thou he my ain love?
(111y sweet 11eenie)"—
anclthen it was with a kind of shiver
that her glance ran over the rest of it;
and her heart was beating so that she
could not speak, and there was a
mist before her eyes.
Maggie,' she managed to say at
length, and she hurriedly folded up
the paper again and placed it o•n the
table with the others "1 should not
have read it—it was not meant for
int it was not - meant that I should
read it --come away, cable away,
li"nggie,"
5,1111 took the younger girl oft of
the room, and herself shut the door
lh(nrly although her fingers were all
trem'b'ling,
'Maggie," she said, "you Hurst pro-
mise never to tell any one that you
gave me that letter—that I saw it—"
"Ti::t what is the matter, :Weenie
dear?" the smaller ,girl said, in bewild-
erment: for she rau)d see by time
strange half -frightened look of Miss
1)oltglas's face th4r4 something- scri-
ms had happened, - -
"Well, it nothing it is nothing,"
she forced herself to say, "It will be
all right, I shouldn't have read the
letter -sit was not meant for 314 to
see--hittif yon say nothing about it.
no harm will be done, That's all;
'THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1937,
that's all. And now I am ,going to see
if the children are ready that are to
go 'by the mail -car." •
"But '1 will go with you, ?Weenie,"
Then the girl seamed to recollect
herself, and she glanced round at the
interior of the cottage, and at the lit-
tle girl, with a curious kind df look.
"N'o, no, not this morning, Maggie,"
she .said. "Yon. have -plenty to do,
Good-by—good-by." And she stopped'
and kissed her, ansI ,patted h•er on the
shoulder, and left, seeming' 8nxiou,
to ,get away and be by herself,
Maggie remained there in consider-
able astonishment. What had happen-
ed? Why should she not go to help
with the children? and W11y good -by
—when Weenie would be coming al-
ong the road in less than an hoar, as
soar as the mail -car had .left? And
all -about the reacting of something
contained in that folded sheet of pa-
per, T-Iowever, the little girl wisely
resolver:' that, whatever 11'8S in that
letter, she would .n•ot seek to know
i4, nor would she speak of it to any
one. since Meenie seemed .40 anxious
on that point; and so she -set about
her domestic duties again, .looking
forward to the end of these, and the
resumption of her -knitting of her
brother's jersey.
Well, the -win'ter's day went by,
and they had done good- Work on the
hill. As the dusk of the afternoon be-
gan to creep over the heavens, they
set out for the lower .;lopes on their
tray home; and very heavily weighted
the lads were with the 1(1111e creatures
slung over their barks on ;ticks. Bert
the dusk was not the worst part of
this descent; the wind was now driv-
ing' over heavy clouds from the north.
and again and again they would be
completely enveloped, and unable to
see anywhere mote than a yard from
their feet. 1n these circumstances Ro-
nald took the lead; the doctor coming
next, and following, indeed, more by
sound than shy sight; the lads bring-
ing up the wake in solitary tile, with
their heavy load: thumping on their
backs. It was a ghostly kind of 'pro-
cession, though now and again the
close veil around them would be rent
in twain, and tliey would have a glim-
pse of something afar off—perhaps
a spur of lien Loyal, or the dark wa-
ters of Loch \lei:lie .studded with its
small islands. Long before - they had
reached Inver!Mtula(l Black nicht had
fallen; but now they were on easier
ground, end at last the 11 rill fuating
of the road echoed to their measuredi
tramp, as the in'visi'ble company mar-
ched on and down to the warmth and
welcome lights of the inn.
The doctor, feeling (himself 50111e -
thing of ar truant, rid not stay, but
went on to itis cottage; but the oth-
ers ctnered the inn; ted as Donald
forthwith presented Mrs. 1111rr1y
with loth a dozen Of tate hares, the
k i landlord was right willing to call for
rale for the heater., who had had a
,' hard day's work. Nor was Ronald in
a hurry to get home: for he heard
that Maggie was awaiting him in the
kitchen, and so he incl 11•r, :Murray
had a pipe and a chat together, as
was their custom.
Th
en ; ht. • sent for
his sister.
Well, Maggie lass," said he, as
they set out through the dark, "died
you see all the bairns safely 4111' this
morning?"
"No, 'Ronald," she said; :Weenie 'did
not seem to want me, so I stayed at
home,"
"Anti did ye find Harry sufficient
company for ye? !But I suppose 1111ss
Douglas came and stayed with ye for
a while."
"No, Ronald," said the little girl, in
a tone of some surprise; "she has not
been' near the house the whole day.
since the few minutes in the morn-
ing."
'1011," said he, lightly, "she may
have been busy, slow her father is
conte hone. IAnd ye mann try and
get on wd' your lessons as well as ye
can, lass, without bothering Ills
Douglas too much; she canna always
spend so Much time with ye,"
The •ittle girl was silent. She was
Thinking of that.strange occurrence in
the morni,1g o'f which she was not to
speak; and in a vague kind of way
she could not but associate that with
111een!e's absence all that clay, and
also with the unusual tone of her
good -'by," But yet, if there'were any
trouble, it would speedily pass away,
.Ronald would put everything right
Nobody could withstand luno—that
was the first and last article of her
creed. And so, when they got home,
she 'proceeded cheerfully enough to
stir up the peals, and to cools their
joint supper hi a manner really dell:
ful for one of her years; and she laid
the cloth, and put the candles on the
table, and fiad the tea and everything
ready, 'Then they sat down; and Ron-
ald . 4vas in very good spirits, and
talked to her, and tried to amuse her.
But the little Maggie rather wistful-
ly looked hack to the brilliant even-
ing before, \viten Meenie was with
then!, and perhaps wondered whether
there would -ever :again be a supper
party as joyful and 'friendlyappy .as they three had been and hap-
py when they
were all .by themselves in the big
gaily lit bare,
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T'he t1'ee•r-hied adjoining the Iken-
els was a .gloomy 'p'lace, with its
bare walls, is lack of tight, and 1, s.
ondoceis-looking cross -hearts, ropes,
and pulley for hanging no the slain
deer; and 'the morning -was dark and
lowering, with a !bitter wins! howling
along the glen, and sometimes 'hring-
in.g with it a shanp snlu'rr of Sleet
tram the •northern '11iUls. But these
things did not •seem to affect Ron-
ald's pi•rits 'ntu:ch as he stood there,
in his shirt -sleeves, and bare -headed,
sorting out the hares that were lying
on the floor, and ,determining to
whom such and such a (brace or cnn-
ple of brace should be sent. (hour of
the ,plumpest be h'ad already selected
for Mrs. 'D'ouglas (in the vague hope
that the nsef0l present night make
her a little more placable), and 1111
was going on with his ch•oo•sing an•(1
setting aside—sometimes Righting a
pipe—sometimes singing carelessly .—
"'O we aft hae met at e'en, hone
'Peggie, 'O,
"On the banks o' Cart sae gree
'hon•nie Veggie, O,
Where the waters smoothly ri
.hear aneetit the roarin' lino,
Far free busy strife and din, boon
(Peggie, •O."
ie
n,
n,
!e
—when the little Maggie cable steal-
ing in,
"'Rol ilei •site said, with an air of
4111roa(.h, "why are ye .going ahom
on such a morning without your jack-
('1,
11.11 81 bare -Beaded, too?" -
"Toots, touts, lassie, it's a fie
morning.," said he, indifferently,
"It was 1leenic .said I was not to
let you ,do such foolish things," 111,
little lass ventured to say, difbidenti'.
Of course, this ,put a new aspect nn
the case; but be would not admit as
much directly.
"Oh, well,"' said her, "if you bring
ole •int my coat mill 1)0nn(4 1 will pit
1110111 on, for I'm going :101411 10 thr
Doctor's with •t•w'o or three of tilt
hares."
And then she hesitated,
"Ronald," said she, "'I will take
them to 1lrs. Douglas, if you like."
'You?" said he.
"For 1 would give 'them to her with
a nice -message from yon; and—and-
if you take then:, ;you will say as
thing at a11; and where is the compli
anent."
ilowi4er, as it Turned out, \[r,
Douglas was not the first of the fail
ily he was fated to meet that nmtnum
'fie had scarcely left the deer -she
when he perceived 'Moode covin
along the road; and this was an atls
picinu., and kindly event; for sonic
how the day seemed to go- by nun
:smoothly and evenly and contented:
when he had chanced to meet \lee
ode in the -morning, and have a ie
minutes' chat with her about affair
in general, and an assurance that al
va•s going well with her. So he wen
forward to meet her with a ligh
heart; and he thought .she would h
pleased that he was taking the hare
to her mother; and perhtp., too, h
considered that they might be a lit
tle more frank in their friendship, of
ter the exceeding good -fellowship n
the night of the children's party.
!He went forward unsuspectingly.
"Good -morning Mb's Douglas:'
said he, slackening in his pace. fou
naturally they always stopped for a.
few seconds or minutes when they
met tile's.
But to his astonishment bliss I)ou-
glas did not seem inclined to stay•
ler eyes dere bent on the ground as
site carne along she but timidly half
lifted then: as .she reached hint; and
'"4rn1d-morning, Ronald!" she said.
and would have passed on. And then
it seemed as if, in her ;great ember
-
ta. snh4nt, she did not know what to
(lo, She stopped; her face was suffus-
ed with reel; and she hurriedly—ant
yet with an effort to appear uncon-
cerned—
"I enePcl e Maggie is at home?"
-oh, yes," said he, and her manner
was so changed that he also scarce
1111..!•\-'11,1'd4.1(84 to , oHis,
- again ssayhe :ars to goinillg' on, and
again she lingered -with a sudden
fear that -s1te might he thought un-
gracious or Unkind.
"-The children all got away safely
yesterday morning," said slie — but
her eyes never met itis; and. there was
still tell-tale color in her cheeks.
"So I heard," :he answered, -
"I am sure they !must have enjoy-
ed the evening," she said, as if forc-
ing herself to speak, -
And then it suddenly occurred to
him—for this encounter had been all
ton brief and bewildering for any
proper understanding of it—that per-
haps her mother had been reproving
her for being too friendly with the
,people about the ion anad with him-
self, ancf this the was only'caising he:-
embarrassment
erembarrassment by detaining her, and
so he said— „
(To Be Continued)
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REAL ESTATE
AND INSURANCE AGENCY
(Successors to James Watson)
MAIN ST., SEAFQRTH, ONT,
All kinds of Insurance risks effect-
ed at lowest rates in First -Class
Companies.
(IcKILLUN
MOuai Fire Iasu'rance Cc
HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont,
OFFICERS
President—Alex, Broadfoot, Seaforth;
Vice -President, John E. Pepper,
Brucefieid; Secretary - Treasurer,
M. A. Reid, Seaforth,
AGENT'S
F. McKercher, R.R,1, Dublin; John
E. Pepper, R.R.1, Brucefie'ld; E. R. G.
Jarmouth, Brodihagen; James Watt,
Blyth; C. P. Hewitt, Kincardine;
Wm. Yeo, Holmesville.
DEREOTORS
Alex, Broadfoot, Seaforth No, 3;
James Sholdice, Walton; Wm. Knox,
Londesboro; George Leonhardt,
Bornholm N'o.1; John Pepper, Bruce -
field; James Connolly, Goderich;
Ales. Mc,Ewing, 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 p'ost-
offices.
British market criticize our supplies
on the store of underfi•nis'h in a large
percentage of bacon sides, as indicat-
ed by softness a'nd !flabbiness. This
soft flabby bacon is most likely the
product of under.f'nished - hogs, of
which there are considera-ble numbers
being marketed at yards and plants
in Canada at the present time. The
remedy 'lies frith the ,producer in :mold-
lug ,bacic unfinished hogs. In most
cases, another week or so on feed
•would put onthe finish so necessary
'for the making of firm bacon. All
hogs of 'bacon and select weights
should be ,properly :finished 1 at their
weights. Underinish. ;is as detrimental
as oversihtfsh', and in this ' •case is a
very ecrio:us a,bstacic.'to efforts being
Made 'td ,popularize Canadian 'bacon
with the British consumer. "Every hog
raiser is ,asked to co-operate to the
best of his ability. .