White wings, a yachting romance . with him—an old re-triever; but then, dont you know, the moor had been shot overonly once; and I thought we might get along. As we walkedalong to the hill, Donald says, Dinna tha mind, sir, if a blackcockgets up ; knock un owcr, knock un ower, sir. At this point Miss Avon most unfairly bursts out laughing. Why, she says, what sort of countryman was he if hetalked like that ? That is how they speak in plays about thecolliery districts. Oh, its all the same, says the young man, quite unabashed. I gave him my bag to carry, and put eight or ten cartridges inmy poc
White wings, a yachting romance . with him—an old re-triever; but then, dont you know, the moor had been shot overonly once; and I thought we might get along. As we walkedalong to the hill, Donald says, Dinna tha mind, sir, if a blackcockgets up ; knock un owcr, knock un ower, sir. At this point Miss Avon most unfairly bursts out laughing. Why, she says, what sort of countryman was he if hetalked like that ? That is how they speak in plays about thecolliery districts. Oh, its all the same, says the young man, quite unabashed. I gave him my bag to carry, and put eight or ten cartridges inmy pockets. A few mower, sir; a few mower, sir, says Don-ald ; and crams my pockets full. Tlicn he would have me putcartridges in my gun, even before we left the road; and as soonas we began to ascend the hill, I saw he was on the outlook for astraggler or two, or perhaps a hare. But he warned me that theshooting had been very bad in these districts this year, and thaton the 12th the rain was so persistent that scarcely anybody went. HIS LORDSHIP. 213 out. Where could we have been on the 12th—surely there wasno such rain with us V But when you are away from the hills you miss the rain,remarks this profound meteorologist. Ah! perhaps so. However, Donald said, His lordship wentliout for an hour, and got a brace and a alf. His lordship is nokeen for a big bag, ye ken; but is just satisfied if he can get abrace or a couple of brace afore luncheon. It is the exerceez he likes. I then discovered that Lord had had this moor as part of his shooting last year; and I assured Donald I did nothunger after slaughter. So we climbed higher and liigher. Ifound Donald a most instructive companion. He was very greaton the ownership of the land about here, and the old families,dont you know, and all that kind of thing, I heard a lot aboutthe MacDougalls, and how they had all their possessions confis-cated in 1745 ; and how, when the government pardoned them, andordered the land to be restored, the
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