58 The Hunting Grouds 



" Yees, yees," replied the kind-hearted old Scotch- 

 man, " gang yere ways, gang yere ways, and tak 

 ye care and kill the tiger, and dunna let him kill 

 ony o' ye; for though there's not much more use 

 o' sich like folk than a pack of wild Irishmen, I do 

 not want to ha' ony o' ye scragged." 



