Show BAGPIPES next time anybody asks you what I 1 do you know about bagpipes you might tell him this one of course there are few of us wiio dont know something about bagpipes but for fear of wounding the feelings of some 0 our scotch or irish friends we as a rule refrain from being too outspoken on the subject however bard we may allow ourselves to think but this one from canada will servo very well it you are called on to answer the question suggested above it seems that donald mclean recently came to canada from scotland and of course ho brought his bagpipes with him although it appear that he had any special enmity for the canadians he was out on a deer hunting expedition camping in the woods near stoney lake he walked to a nearby ton for some supplies and was on his way hack to camp late at night when he heard the howling of wolves in the timber he hurried up to get away from them but the howls came closer and closer and seemed to be surrounding him his rifle he krew would be useless in ane dierk and ho was about tu give himself up for lost when ho had a happy thought why not try the bagpipes which he had brought to camp to while aay the weary hours the wolves were so close by this time that he almost imagined they were nipping at his encols and they were howling incessantly he unlimbered limbered un ills bagpipes and he fired away he was in good wind and ho blew away like a good fellow of course he nad to march as he blew blue bonnets over the border the campbells ure coming coming the rye my laddys in the highlands and all the rest of the rollicking old scotch tunes came rolling forth there is no knowing how the wolves felt about it but as he played aliey drew away their howling grew distant and more distant as donald pimped and blew ana presently thero a howl to be heard they simply nor stand the bagpipe donald himself tells tho story |