Excerpt from Fergus Mactavish or Portage and Prairie: A Story of the Hudson's Bay Company Dugald straightened himself up again, and filled out his chest. He appreciated both the kiss and the compli ment. Though he might be the handsomest man in the West in no other eyes than his wife's, still that was something to feel proud about; for this he knew right well, that no man in the West had a bonnier or better wife than he possessed, and that Ailie Stewart, of Kil donan, had refused many an eligible suitor before her blue eyes fell favorably upon him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.