past finding.'

"Neil had plenty of news to tell. And the more whisky he drank
the more he told. He didn't notice that Donald was not taking
much. Neil talked on and on, and of course he soon began to tell
things it would have been much wiser not to tell. Finally he
told Donald that he was going over the bay to ask Nancy Sherman
that very night to marry him. And if she would have him, then
Donald and all the folks should see a wedding that WAS a wedding.

"Oh, wasn't Donald taken aback! This was more than he had
expected. Neil hadn't been courting Nancy very long, and Donald
never dreamed he would propose to her QUITE so soon.

"At first Donald didn't know what to do. He felt sure deep down
in his heart, that Nancy liked HIM. She was very shy and modest,
but you know a girl can let a man see she likes him without going
out of her way. But Donald knew that if Neil proposed first he
would have the best chance. Neil was rich and the Shermans were
poor, and old Elias Sherman would have the most to say in the
matter. If he told Nancy she must take Neil Campbell she would
never dream of disobeying him. Old Elias Sherman was a man who
had to be obeyed. But if Nancy had only promised some one else
first her father would not make her break her word.

"Wasn't it a hard plight for poor Donald? But he was a
Scotchman, you know, and it's pretty hard to stick a Scotchman
long. Presently a twinkle came into his eyes, for he remembered
that all was fair in love and war. So he said to Neil, oh, so
persuasively,