3/13 It would be like harnessing stags in a plough." Then Crawford spoke cautiously of his intention, and to his delight the dominie approved it. I'll gie each head o' a family what you think right, Tallisker, and I'll put L100 in your hands for special cases o' help. And you will speak to the men and their wives for me, for it is a thing I canna bear to do." But the men too listened eagerly to the proposition. They trusted the dominie, and they were weary of picking up a precarious living in hunting and fishing, and relying on the chief in emergencies. Their old feudal love and reverence still remained in a large measure, but they were quite sensible that everything had changed in their little world, and that they were out of tune with it. |