. Among the red-skins; or, Over the Rocky mountains . OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. CHAPTEE I. MISSING. An Unexpected Return—Hugh is Absent—No Knowledge of his Where-abouts—Uncle Donalds Apprehensions—A Hurried Supper, andPreparations for a Search. UGrH, my lad ! Hugh, run andtell Madge we have comeback, cried Uncle Donald, as he andI entered the house on our return,one summers evening, from a hunt-ing excursion in search of deer or anyother game we could come across,accompanied by three of our dogs,Whiskey, Pilot, and he spoke, he unstrapped from his shoulders aheavy load of cariboo
. Among the red-skins; or, Over the Rocky mountains . OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. CHAPTEE I. MISSING. An Unexpected Return—Hugh is Absent—No Knowledge of his Where-abouts—Uncle Donalds Apprehensions—A Hurried Supper, andPreparations for a Search. UGrH, my lad ! Hugh, run andtell Madge we have comeback, cried Uncle Donald, as he andI entered the house on our return,one summers evening, from a hunt-ing excursion in search of deer or anyother game we could come across,accompanied by three of our dogs,Whiskey, Pilot, and he spoke, he unstrapped from his shoulders aheavy load of cariboo meat. I, having a similar load,did the same—mine was lighter than his—and, Hughnot appearing, I went to the door and again called. Noanswer came. Rose, my bonnie Rose! Madge, I say ! Madge !Where are you all ? shouted Uncle Donald, while he. 10 OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. hung his rifle, with his powder-horn and shot-pouch, intheir accustomed places on the wall. On glancing* round the room he seemed somewhat vexedto perceive that no preparations had been made for supper,which we expect :d to have found ready for us. It wasseldom, however, that he allowed himself to be put think I can see him now—his countenance, thoughweather-beaten and furrowed by age, wearing its usualplacid and benignant expression; while his long silverybeard and the white locks which escaped from beneathhis Highland bonnet gave him an especially venerableappearance. His dress was a plaid shooting-coat, andhigh leggings of well-tanned leather, ornamented withfringe after the fashion of the Indians. Upright as anarrow, with broad shoulders and wiry frame, he stoodupwards of six feet in his mocassins, nor did he appearto have lost anything of the strength and energy ofyouth. As no one appeared, I ran round to the back of thehouse, thinking that Eo
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