`` Oh , was n't Donald taken aback ! This was more than he had expected . Neil had n't been courting Nancy very long , and Donald never dreamed he would propose to her QUITE so soon . `` At first Donald did n't know what to do . He felt sure deep down in his heart , that Nancy liked HIM . She was very shy and modest , but you know a girl can let a man see she likes him without going out of her way . But Donald knew that if Neil proposed first he would have the best chance . Neil was rich and the Shermans were poor , and old Elias Sherman would have the most to say in the matter . If he told Nancy she must take Neil Campbell she would never dream of disobeying him . Old Elias Sherman was a man who had to be obeyed . But if Nancy had only promised some one else first her father would not make her break her word . `` Was n't it a hard plight for poor Donald ? But he was a Scotchman , you know , and it 's pretty hard to stick a Scotchman long . Presently a twinkle came into his eyes , for he remembered that all was fair in love and war . So he said to Neil , oh , so persuasively , '' ` Have some more , man , have some more . ` Twill keep the heart in you in the teeth of that wind . Help yourself . There 's plenty more where that came from . ' `` Neil did n't want MUCH persuasion . He took some more , and said slyly , '' ` Is it going over the bay the night that yourself will be doing ? '
`` XXXXX shook his head . '' '
Campbell Donald Nancy Neil Sherman Shermans Twill first night war