He greeted his mother with reverence, cuffed his young brother, kissed his little sister Jennie, tossing her high, and welcomed with warm heartiness Mrs.Murray and her niece.

The Airds had not yet come, but all the rest were there.

The Finlaysons and the McKerachers, Dan Campbell's boys, and their sister Betsy, whom every one called "Betsy Dan," redheaded, freckled, and irrepressible; the McGregors, and a dozen or more of the wildest youngsters that could be found in all the Indian Lands.

Depositing their baskets in the shanty, for they had no thought of fasting, they crowded about the fire.
"Attention!" cried Don, who had a "gift of the gab," as his mother said.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the program for this evening is as follows: games, tea, and taffy, in the order mentioned.