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Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass,

laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave

the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by

"Ye'll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney,

frieze and camlet, and in woet to trade with Alick Ker for three s and hand-and-heart rings See that you have the

skins' worth Alick's an awfu' et the upper hand of"

"I' a MacLean should have small difficulty with a Ker," said the

storekeeper dryly "What I' to knohy I aon" He jerked his thu within the doorway "I do not like the gentleh alone"

"Ye ken not the value of the skins, nor how to show them off," answered

the other "Wherefore, for the consideration of aAs for his being half Indian, Gude

guide us! It's been told hland advantage even of

feathers and silk grass One half of him is of the French nobeelity; he

told me as much himself And the best of ye--sic as the Campbells--are no

better than that"

He looked at MacLean with a caustic s as you tie him neck and heels with a Ca? I'll just bar the s and lock

the door, and then I'll be off with yonder copper cadet of a French house