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squall had passed over, and, like so many cats, 

 they stood looking at each other. Just then 

 the major, walking over at his leisure, appeared 

 on the scene, and viewed the disgruntled 

 crowd. I don't know whether the combatants 

 looked as if they had lost all their friends, but 

 their appearance evidently affected the major 

 in that way, as his face became as long as the 

 moral law. If it was fighting our braves 

 were after, they had been satisfied, and 

 carried, or at least some of them did, suffi- 

 cient scars to remember the battle by until 

 they would reach home. Thus ended scene 

 four. 



The major was chosen by his companions 

 as peace representative, and S. by F. and 

 myself. At first the major was disposed to 

 censure our party for the trouble, judging by 

 the statements made to him by the captain. 

 After hearing our version, he saw that it had 

 been misrepresented by them, and that the 

 fault lay with them in thinking that Nova 

 Scotia regulations and Nova Scotians were 

 like the fishing laws and some people in the 

 old country, so that when they came to a 

 stream, and said, " Move off! " they expected 



