Dunvegan

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Samuel Alexander White,  Law of the North (Originally published as Empery…

“ I'd think the Nor'west Company would put a decent man in charge."
"He's just the sort they want," Dunvegan declared. "They know they're beyond their rights and trespassing on ours. They want a man who will stop at nothing. In Black Ferguson they have him!"
Even as Dunvegan finished speaking a scuffle arose at the door.
"What's that?" the chief trader demanded.
"Sounds like a husky," observed Pete Connear.
They could hear snarling and groaning with now and then a whimper of fear as from a frightened animal.
"No, it's a human voice," declared Dunvegan.
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Source: Gutenberg

Samuel Alexander White,  Law of the North (Originally published as Empery…

“ Although totally unfamiliar with the ground and the plan of Fort Brondel, Dunvegan decided to investigate without delay. He pressed open the door of the dark building in front of him, the latch offering no resistance.
"Come," he ordered. "If any man is clumsy enough to make a noise let him stay outside!"
Within the silent room, Dunvegan drew a candle-end and a match from his inner pocket and struck a light. The faint beams showed that he was in the store of the Northwest Fur Company's post. Shelves held neat arrays of goods; orderly piles of bales and boxes were ranged about the walls
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Source: Gutenberg

White Wings: A Yachting Romance…

“ She has got a canvas fixed on her easel; she sings to herself as she works.
Now this English young lady must have beguiled the tedium of her long nursing in Edinburgh by making a particular acquaintance with Scotch ballads; or how otherwise could we account for her knowledge of the "Song of Ulva," and now of the "Song of Dunvegan?"
Macleod the faithful, and fearing none!
Dunvegan—oh! Dunvegan! —she hums to herself as she is busy with this rough sketch of sea and shore.
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Source: Gutenberg

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