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im with my approval." And she waved her hand at Martin. The master of ceremonies responded by taking off his hat and making a sweeping bow, still keeping up the beat. The crowd, following his eyes, turned their attention to the young lady, much to Dunn's delight. "Oh," she gasped, "they'll be chanting me next! Good-bye! I'm off!" And she darted back to the company of her friends marching on the pavement. At this point Martin held up both arms and called for silence. "Second verse," he shouted, "second verse! Get the words now!" "Old Dunn ain't done, old Dunn ain't done, Old Dunn, old Dunn ain't done, Old Dunn ain't done, old Dunn ain't done, Old Dunn, old Dunn ain't done." But the crowd rejected the Colonial version, and rendered in their own good Doric: "Old Dunn's no' done, old Dunn's no' done, Old Dunn, old Dunn's no' done, Old Dunn's no' done, old Dunn's no' done, Old Dunn, old Dunn's no' done." And so they sang and swayed, following the van till they neared Queen Street, down which lay the doctor's course. "For heaven's sake, can't they be choked off?" groaned Dunn. The doctor signalled Jock to him. "Jock," he said, "we'll just slip through at Queen Street." "We'd like awfully to do Princes Street, Sir," pleaded Jock. "Princes Street, you born ass!" cried Dunn wrathfully. "Oh, yes, let them!" cried young Rob, whose delight in the glory of his hero had been beyond all measure. "Let them do Princes Street, just once!" But the doctor would not have it. "Jock," he said quietly, "just get us through at Queen Street." "All right, Sir," replied Jock with great regret. "It will be as you say." Under Jock's orders, when Queen Street was reached, the men at the horses' heads suddenly swung the pair from the crowd, and after some struggling, got them safely into the clear space, leaving the procession to follow the van, loudly cheering their great International captain, whose prowess on the field was equalled only by his modesty and his hatred of a demonstration. "Listen to the idiots," said Dunn in disgust, as the carriage bore them away from the cheering crowd. "Man, they're just fine! Aren't they, Father?" said young Rob in an ecstasy of joy. "They're generous lads, generous lads, boy," said Doctor Dunn, his old eyes shining, for his son's triumph touched him deeply. "That's the only
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