Down North and Up Along 
fires, where they were in particularly favour- 
able spots, and sometimes we found new 
places for the noonday rest. 
The people in the barley fields nodded to 
us and sometimes even smiled. They had 
had time to talk us over and compare notes, 
and though we might be a little "lacking" to 
go on such a purposeless journey, still they 
felt in their hearts that we were harmless. 
We passed the Ingonishes without stopping 
until we had crossed the ferry at the foot of 
Smoky. We did it to save time, for often the 
men are away in the morning on the more im- 
portant business of fishing, and the traveller is 
obliged to await their return. It was just at 
nightfall when we crossed the ferry trusting to 
our oft-tried and never-failing powers of per- 
suasion to get taken in at some wayside cottage 
on the other side. This time we came near 
making a fatal mistake, for the cottages at the 
foot of Smoky would none of us. They 
were few and far between, and it is true 
were tiny, and no doubt it was true, as they 
said, that there was no room for us. At last 
we cast anchor in one in which we knew was a 
spare room and where was a small barn. They 
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