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"No, Andrew, I will not hear the lad, but it is a great comfort to me to see Donald McDonald's grandson taking up the work he prayed for, and I hope the Father will spare you both a long time. But as for me " He paused. The church was empty but for the three old men; the subdued murmur of the people's voices came through the open windows; a smile illuminated the old minister's saintly face.
"Perhaps you do not realize how different it will all be from out here alone together." "Why should it be different?" "I shall be again a soldier in the ranks, under orders, and you Major McDonald's daughter." "But but " her eyes full of appeal.
The boys thought they were being raced. Polly thought hard for just the fraction of a minute. Then she took the reins from McDonald's unresisting hands and pulled. She knew that her strength was not equal to stopping those wild runaways, but she felt she could keep them headed straight, and avoid tipping the sleigh.
"It occurred to me," she said, "that, if the launch had drifted to Mr. McDonald's island, the canoe might have done so too; so I took a look round. I'd been pretty much worried about having called the boy a spy when he wasn't, and it worried me to think that he couldn't get away from the place. I never liked the red-haired man. He was cruel to Aggie's cat but we've told you that.
Port Angeles Village and the Indian Ranch. A "Ship's Klootchman." Indian Muck-a-Muck. Disposition of an Old Indian Woman. A Windy Trip to Victoria. The Black Tamáhnous. McDonald's in the Wilderness. The Wild Cowlitz. Up the River during a Flood. Indian Boatmen. Birch-Bark and Cedar Canoes. EDIZ HOOK, October 21, 1866. We are making a visit at the end of Ediz Hook.
In the division of the spoils, a large box, filled with wallets, fell to the lot of McDonald's Battery. For several weeks the officers and privates of this battery could boast of a dozen wallets each, while very few had any money to carry. The Rebel soldiers complained that the visits of the paymaster were like those of angels. The Rebels make their Attack. Albert Pike and his Indians.
"Captain Kane, make a thorough examination of McDonald's quarters first. If the girl is not found there, detail two men to accompany Sergeant Hamlin on a search of the town." "Very well, sir; come on, Sergeant." "Just a moment if we find the trail leads beyond the town are we authorized to continue?" "Certainly, yes. Adjutant, write out the order. Anything more?"
Then, without another word, he left the house, nor saw the white, frightened face which looked after him so wistfully until a turn in the street hid him from view. Extract 1st Mr. McDonald's. Well, that matter is over, and I can't say I am sorry, for the expression in that Thornton's eye I do not care to meet a second time.
No Indian was killed in this skirmish, and but one of the Kentuckians, Jacob Jones, a member of Baker's detachment. In McDonald's Sketches, it is stated that "three Indians were killed in this action; and that when fired upon by their assailants, they dashed through the creek, and scattered through the woods, like a flock of young partridges."
"No, no, nothing;" and then she broke down again, and threw herself upon McDonald's bosom in a passion of sobbing. "I can't help it. Mamma says Phil Mr. Burnett is never to come to this house again. What have I done? And he will think he will think that I hate him." McDonald drew the girl into her lap, and with uncommon gentleness comforted her with caresses.
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