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Updated: June 2, 2025
She was too busy now that Mary and Annie were both gone, to leave home often, and when our Shenac wished to see her she had to go in search of her. It was not quite so formidable an affair as it used to be to go to Angus Dhu's house now, and Shenac and her brother often found themselves there on summer evenings.
Whenever it is seen that a ship is in distress, or that a shipwrecked crew have been cast ashore, signal fires blaze on every prominent point, to convey the good news to the whole island population, and immediately the natives assemble, like the clans at Roderick Dhu's bidding, in Scott's "Lady of the Lake."
Is it ours, or Angus Dhu's?" Hamish had not considered the question. Indeed, Dan did not wait for an answer. "Because, it is of no use here. If it is ours, we'll draw the rails up to the high field, and get them out of the way before Allister comes home. If it belongs to Angus Dhu, we'll we'll throw the rails into the creek."
He has a strong will of his own, and if it comes into his mind that you or any one, except our mother, is trying to govern him, he'll slip through our fingers some fine day." "You've been taking a leaf out of Angus Dhu's book. There's no fear of Dan," said Shenac.
She washed them, too, there before them all; for it was Shenac Dhu's new china Christie More's beautiful wedding present that had been spread in honour of the occasion, and it was not to be thought of that they should be carried into the kitchen to be washed like common dishes.
But she had said her say; and, besides, the lads and little Flora had heard their voices, and were drawing near. "Children," said Shenac, "you are to come home. And mind, you are not to set foot on this bank again without our mother's leave. It's Angus Dhu's land now, he says, and not ours."
If there had lingered in Angus Dhu's heart any indignation towards Shenac for having interfered with his plans, and for having spoken her mind to him so plainly, it was gone now. They had no more frequent visitor than he, and few who were more welcome. His coming was for Allister's sake, his sister used to think; and, indeed, the old man seemed to see no fault in the young farmer.
We went three or four miles out, sometimes halting to send forward a scout, while I made all the men lie down in the long, thin grass and beside the fallen trees, till one could not imagine that there was a person there. I remember how picturesque the effect was, when, at the signal, all rose again, like Roderick Dhu's men, and the green wood appeared suddenly populous with armed life.
"It was for the sake of Hamish," said Shenac, dropping her head; but she raised it again quickly. "That does not make any difference." "Listen. That night, as I went over the fields to Angus Dhu's, I said to myself that if ever I grew strong and well again, if ever I should live to have a kirk and a manse of my own was I too bold, Shenac?
The contest soon aroused the other individuals of the genus up they started from their repose, like Roderic Dhu's merry men, and incontinently flocked to the scene of battle. "To it," said I; and I took one by the leg and another by the throat, and dashing them against each other, turned all their peevish irascibility at the affront into mutual aggression.
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