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"We figure to ourselves

The thing we like, and then we build it up

As chance will have it, on the rock or sand"

"About some act,

That has no relish of salvation in it"

Upon the shores of Bute, opposite the rugged, heathery hills of Cowal,

John Ca up and

Down the Kyles were in the habit of pointing out Meriton Mansion, and of

asserting that the owner had risen from extreme poverty to his enviable

position There was not a word of truth in this story John Caentlee,

and of considerable wealth Alexander, his elder son, inherited fro to the nae su house on the Broo vessels, which traversed every known

sea John Campbell's name had indeed become synonymous for enterprise,

wealth and commercial honor

The tie between the brothers was always an affectionate one; and when

Alexander died early in life, he left his child and the estate in charge

of John The estate was irl of

nine years But when ten years had passed the conditions of both were

changed; Mary Ca wo of e, and was as desirable