Young Macgregor at the Fort has them." "Then I wonder if they are here.

John, find out from the Inspector yonder where the pipes are.

We will be wanting them this evening." To her husband's inquiry the Inspector replied that if Macgregor ever had the pipes it was a moral certainty that he had carried them with him to the raising, "for it is my firm belief," he added, "that he sleeps with them." "Do go and see now, like a dear man," said Mrs.Cochrane to Cameron.
From group to group of the workers Cameron went, exchanging greetings, but persistently seeking to discover the originator of the raising bee.

But all in vain, and in despair he came back to his wife with the question "Who is this Smith, anyway ?" "Mr.Smith," she said with deliberate emphasis, "is my friend, my particular friend.

I found him a friend when I needed one badly." "Yes, but who is he ?" inquired Moira, who, with Mr.Dent in attendance, had sauntered up.