Well, the MacNicol lads were now in a fair way of earning an
independent and honorable living. And the last that the present
writer heard of them was this: that they had bought outright the
Mary of Argyle and her nets, from the banker; and that they
were building for themselves a small stone cottage on the slope
of the hill above Erisaig; and that Daft Sandy was to become a
sort of major-domo,--cook, gardener, and mender of nets.
DEFINITIONS:--Details, particulars. Lythe, saithe, cuddies, kinds
of fish. Thole pins, pins to keep the oars in place. Trawl, to
fish with a net. Vertical, upright. Dint, means. Interest,
attention. Prevailed, existed. Seething, a stir, a boiling. Told,
had a great effect. Thwarts, benches. Crans, barrels. Daft, weak-
minded. Major-domo, steward.
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
BY ELLEN H. FLAGG.
Two soldiers, lying where they fell
Upon the reddened clay,--
In daytime foes; at night, in peace,
Breathing their lives away.
Brave hearts had stirred each manly breast;
Fate only made them foes;
And lying, dying, side by side,
A softened feeling rose.
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