When he ended, Mr. Errol gave the company "Flow gently, Sweet Afton,
amang thy green braes," and Coristine wondered much if "My Mary" that
occurs in the song had any reference to a Marjorie, one who, as he said
inwardly,
Shall never be thine,
But mine, but mine, so I fondly swear,
For ever and ever mine!
After Mr. Errol's effort, which won applause from the Captain, the
lawyer waved his handkerchief as a farewell sign to the busy fishermen,
for, just at that moment, the apparently land-locked shore opened, and a
narrow channel between cliffs came into view. The second lake, into
which they soon glided, was more beautiful than the first. A few jays
and woodpeckers were flying about, and Toner was anxious to have a shot
at a golden woodpecker, which he called a Highholder, and which sat
unconcernedly on a limb within splendid range. Mr. Errol dissuaded him,
saying he had heard that the report of a gun was carried through all the
channels to the very end by the echoes, and reverberated there like the
noise of thunder; after last night, they had better be as quiet as
possible.
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