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And when the splendid plan to help was adroitly unfolded, Jock was quick to respond. It was the psychological moment; Thomas Hastings had driven away all dourness and Angus McRae's case was safe. The two friends walked homeward under the shadows of the maples, the night-air sweet with the perfume of many gardens.
General Strange had Scottish ancestors and while quite stern about it at the time of the incident probably rejoiced in secret at McRae's tenacity. These stories have been thrown in to indicate that all over the country the Police in their determination not to allow lawlessness of any kind to get a hold on the country, were doing remarkable exploits without advertising.
He would inherit his share of their joint business and would reinstate himself as a good citizen with the Mounted and with McRae's friends. Surlily the desperado yielded. "All right, if you're so set on it." "Drop the whip." The fingers of West opened and the handle fell to the floor. Deftly the other removed a revolver from its place under the outlaw's left armpit. West glared at him.
"After I got her down, we came to terms. I was to take her to McRae's camp and she was to be horsewhipped by him. My arm was hurtin' like sin, and I was thinkin' her only a wild young Injun." "So you took her home?" "And McRae flogged her. You know him. He's Scotch and thorough. It was a sickening business. When he got through, he was white as snow. I felt like a murderer.
He distrusted almost every one in Algonquin, but he knew old Angus McRae's son would be incapable of dishonesty. The second surprise came a few months later when the success of Crofter's deal had made the young lawyer's name. Alexander Graham took all his business out of the hands of the Willoughby firm, and gave it to Brians & McRae.
During the whole of McRae's term as sheriff there was no time that decent food was given voluntarily to the prisoners as a whole. At times, with low cunning, McRae gave the men in the upper tank better food than those confined below, and also tried to show favoritism to certain prisoners, in order to create distrust and suspicion among the men.
"It's nursin' you need, man, an' guid food. Ye'll get baith at the hoose." The trader protested, and was overruled. His Cree wife was not just now able to look after him. McRae's wife and daughter made good his promise, and the wounded man thrived under their care. On an afternoon Whaley lay on the bed in his room smoking. Beside him sat Lemoine, also puffing at a pipe.
He contradicted McRae's testimony about Beverly Park by stating positively that the sheriff had gone out in a five passenger car, and not in a roadster as was claimed, and that they had both remained there during the entire affair. He told how he had swung at the I. W. W. men with such force that his club had broken from its leather wrist thong and disappeared into the woods.
Angus McRae's home was the refuge of the unfit, for young Peter did the chores in the winter when the Inverness was in the dock, and Old Peter came and stayed indefinitely when he was recovering from a drunken spree, and Aunt Kirsty declared that there was no place where a body could put her foot without stepping on one of Angus's wastrels. Roderick came back the week after Billy's arrest.
His chief waved his hat at Roderick and roared: "Come awa ben the kirk, ma braw John Hielanman!" and then he turned to the portly gentleman at his side and said: "That's Angus McRae's boy, Bill. He's my partner now." "Angus McRae's son? You mean Roderick McRae?" The millionaire turned and stared at the young man keenly. He nodded to his brother. "Looks like a likely lad all right," he said.
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