Donald Ross of Heimra Author:William Black General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1894 Original Publisher: Harper Subjects: English fiction Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books... more ».com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Kate Glendinning turned to the keeper. " You need not wait, Hector," said she, in an undertone. Then she went to her friend. Mary had broken down completely -- and was sobbing bitterly. "Mamie!" " I -- I am not used to it," she said, between her sobs. " All day long, it has been nothing but hatred -- and -- and I am not used to being hated. What have I done to deserve it ? I wish to -- to do what is right by every one -- and -- and I tried my -- my very hardest to make friends with every one. It is not fair -- " " No, it is not," said Kathchen, and she took her companion by the hand and led her back into the room. " But you must not be disheartened all at once. Give them time. They don't understand you yet. And I will back you to win over people against any one I ever knew : the fact is, Mary, you have always found it so easy, that when you meet with a little trouble you are terribly disappointed. They don't hate you, those people; they don't know you -- that is all." And indeed the girl's naturally sunny temperament soon broke through these bitter mortifications. "After all, Kathchen," she said, "I have not quite lost a day: I was forgetting that I made one friend." There was an odd smile shining from behind her tears. " It is true she is half-witted; but all the same I am glad that Anna Chlannach seemed to approve of me." CHAPTER V. THE MEALL-NA-FEARN BOG. And once again a wild, clear, breezy morning; the sea a more brilliant blue than ever; the heavy surge bursting like a bomb-shell on the rocks of Eilean Heimra, and springing some sixty...« less