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At Fortrose, in the Murray Frith; at Dingwall, in the Cromarty Frith; at Portmaholmac, within Tarbet Ness, the remarkable headland of the Frith of Dornoch; at Kirkwall, the principal town and place of resort in the Orkney Islands, so well known from Sir Walter Scott's description of it in the 'Pirate; at Tobermory, in the island of Mull; and at other points of the coast, piers were erected and other improvements carried out to suit the convenience of the growing traffic and trade of the country.
My God, how surprised he was to see me standing there! I grinned at him and he let me in, and then " He broke off and fell forward in his chair with his face in his hands. "This whisky has gone to my head!" he muttered. "You've mixed it too damned strong!" Ned Cromarty sprang up, his face working. Carrington caught him by the arm. "Let's come away," he said quietly.
It really treats of the English people, and not solely of their kings and queens. Dr. Cromarty, Mr. Price is busy, will you mind bringing me the catalogue of the library up here?" Dr. Cromarty obeyed, and Mr. Gilman examined the typewritten, calf-bound volume. "Yes," said he. "Yes. I thought we had Green on board, and we have. I should like extremely to know what Green says about Moze.
"I am marrying Henry Baxter in church in about a week; I married him in a registry office the day he left for France." A grey mist was blowing up the valley from Cromarty Firth. It hid the low hills that flanked the little branch railway line, slowly and imperceptibly drifting and eddying through the brown trees on their slopes.
The "other business at hand" was spoken of as of tremendous importance, more vital to the safeguards of Britain than the other points mentioned in the letter. There were sub-agents working at Cromarty. I did not know who they were; they simply made their reports to me, signing their German Secret Service number. I took up their points with Berlin.
"Well, I guess you've got some good advice for me this morning." Simon Rattar was proverbially cautious, but to-day his caution struck his visitor as quite remarkable. "Um," he grunted. "Advice, Mr. Cromarty? Umph!" "Don't trouble beating about the bush," said the tall man.
'Captain Wemyss, of Wemyss, has come to Inverness to go the voyage with me, and as we are sleeping in a double-bedded room, I must no longer transgress. You must remember me the best way you can to the children. 'On board of the Lighthouse Yacht, July 29th. 'I got to Cromarty yesterday about mid-day, and went to church. It happened to be the sacrament there, and I heard a Mr.
Indeed, the doctrine that excellence in any pursuit is only to be achieved by laborious application, holds as true in the case of the man of wealth as in that of Drew and Gifford, whose only school was a cobbler's stall, or Hugh Miller, whose only college was a Cromarty stone quarry.
I may add also that the police have made enquiries throughout the whole county, and no bad characters are known to be in the place. Therefore there is no ground for supposing the deed was the work of a robber, and to my mind, no evidence worth considering to support that view. The only people that gained anything, Mr. Cromarty, are those who will benefit under Sir Reginald's will."
Ye see supposing he came in by the door, there are objections, and supposing he came in by the windie there are objections. Either way there are objections which make it difficult for to accept those theories. And then it struck me the man must have been behind the curtains all the while!" "He must have come either by the door or window to get there." "That's true, Mr. Cromarty.
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