Wild Eelin Volume 1; Her Escapades, Adventures, and Bitter Sorrows (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1898 Excerpt: ... ing to herself--when the weather was fine and the air exhilarating--"But as soon as I've settled the hash of this fellow--Gilchrist?--Gilchrist, was it?--there will be something pleasanter to do: I must write to the Canadian father and son who were so extremely polite and deferential to my mother. And whatever is very pretty and sweet and nice in the English language they shall have it; and supposing I can't find quite the right phrases in English, then I will send them a few kindly words in the Gaelic; and, if I know anything of those two, that will just gar their heart-strings crack." CHAPTER VII. THE DEVIL'S KIRN. Now Wild Eelin was with two or three of her companions, and she was boasting desperately. "Anyone can swim in the sea " she declared. "For the salt water holds you up. It's very different in a river, especially where there's a strong current. That tries whether you are a swimmer or not. Very well: this is what I'll do with you: I'll bet you five shillings that at daybreak to-morrow morning, before there's anyone about, I'll swim from the Devil's Kirn to the foot of the weir at the Keeper's Cottage. There now: is it a wager?" "You'll drown yourself, Eelin " cried one of the girls. "That's my look-out," was the answer. Kirn--churn. "You'll disturb the pools before old Fergus has been over them," said a second. She was the daughter of the owner of the fishing-rights at this part of the stream, and she was a sensible lass. "Old Fergus says you can't disturb these pools," she replied again, "for it's only passing fish you get." "Well, I will bet you five shillings," said the third. "Oh, but that's not the way to accept a bet," said Eelin, impatiently. "When a bet is offered you, you say 'I take you, ' or 'I'm on, ' or 'Done with you.'" "Put it how yo...