In fact, Bruce was his ideal of the most wearisome of liars and the most untruthful of bores; and here was poor Vincy dying to hear all about his old friend, Mavis (he never knew even whether she had mentioned his name), ready to revel, with his peculiar humour, in every detail of the strange romance, particularly to enjoy her sudden desertion of Bruce for an unmarried commercial traveller who had fallen in love with her on board.

In that hurly-burly and hilarious confusion no one had time to weigh words or note meanings; but there were some who recalled it a few months later when they were bidden to a wedding at the house of John McDonald,a wedding at which Sandy Bruce was groom, and Little Bel the brightest, most winsome of brides.

There would be a decent counterfeit of resistance; afterward the little English army would vanish pell-mell, and the Bruce would be master of the island.

Bruce was a man to be listened to, and what had to be done could be done when he had gone.

He made no effort to run away, and he soon discovered that Bruce and Metoosin were also his friends.

Captain John Bruce, for example, Professor of Engineering, was a soldier in a few weeks and a fine one.

Bruce had been a football player in his day and was aware that there were times, if one were at the bottom of the heap, when relaxation was the play.

"I do think Dorothy Bruce is the kindest creature!" exclaimed Marion one Saturday morning as they lingered with a pleasant sense of leisure over the breakfast table.

But Bruce was no bully, although he was a leader of the sophomores.

Maud Bruce was a very beautiful girl even now, in the extremity of her sorrow.

What if, rendered desperate by his threats, Miss Bruce had been in some indirect manner the origin of his captivity and illnessMiss Bruce, the woman who of all others owed him the largest debt of gratitude (like most people, Tom argued from his own side of the question); for whom he had laboured so unremittingly, and was willing to sacrifice so much?

Bruce was an excellent archer; he aimed his arrow so well that it hit the father in the eye, and penetrated from that into his brain, so that he fell down dead.

Bruce really must have been a more formidable bore than she had known, since his absence left such a delicious freedom.

Conflicting emotions turned Bel's face scarlet as she advanced to meet them; the most casual observer could not have failed to see that dismay predominated, and Sandy Bruce was no casual observer; nothing escaped his keen glance and keener intuition, and it was almost with a wicked twinkle in his little hazel eyes that he said, still shaking off the snow, stamping and puffing: "Eh, but ye were not lookin' for me, teacher!

Things like that never last, but he'll be awfully nice to her, and give her a good time and take her aroundyou know what Bruce is likehe's so romantic and cynical, and such a perfect darling in his manners always ready to open a door or pick up a handkerchief!"

" Miss Bruce had been very pale hitherto, now a burning blush swept over her face to the temples.

Then, if you were married to a criminal who implored you to divorce him you wouldn't, because he was their father!' 'Bruce is not a criminal.

Bruce, kinsman and the deputy to March, Hath a high-minded lady to his wife, An able son for arms, and a less boy, That is the comfort of his father's life.

Sir Frederick Bruce was a most striking type of man, like a straight, healthy tree, most cordial in manner, with a beautiful voice that made even oaths sound like splendid oratory, a keen intelligence flavoured with a pinch of humour, and a great gift of diplomatic suavity.