HISTORY OF THE MACOUN FAMILY 13 



shoved me and I fell and hit my head on a stone and was car- 

 ried in senseless. For years after that I was troubled frequently 

 with head-ache, which ceased by my having bleeding at the nose 

 so badly that they thought I was going to bleed to death. I have 

 had no trouble with head-ache since. I was very determined in 

 having my own way in our play and generally succeeded and at 

 the same time I must have been fairly amiable because I was 

 nick-named "Johnnie Goodfellow," by a half-witted boy who 

 played with us, while my elder brother was named the "Hard 

 Fellow." 



