Sure , with her red hair , Sandy will not be like to lose his bride past finding . ' `` Neil had plenty of news to tell . And the more whisky he drank the more he told . He did n't notice that Donald was not taking much . Neil talked on and on , and of course he soon began to tell things it would have been much wiser not to tell . Finally he told Donald that he was going over the bay to ask Nancy Sherman that very night to marry him . And if she would have him , then Donald and all the folks should see a wedding that WAS a wedding . `` 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 .
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