Crossword-Solution: CORMACK 7 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 17

Hill's rick of bark; it was M'Cormack himself who, in the heat of his resentment for the insulting arrest of his countryman in the streets of Hereford, had instigated his fellow haymakers to this mischief; he headed them, and thought he was doing a clever, spirited action.

Hill’s rick of bark; it was M’Cormack himself, who, in the heat of his resentment for the insulting arrest of his countryman in the streets of Hereford, had instigated his fellow haymakers to this mischief; he headed them, and thought he was doing a clever, spirited action.

John Cormack, merchant and resident since 1800, stated to a Committee of the House of Commons that out of twenty-six Europeans in his service seven had died, seven had remained in Africa, and of twelve who returned to England all save two or three were in good health.

Then suddenly becoming aware of a breach in his manners, he rose again at once, saying— “I crave yer pardon, Mistress Cormack: I was clean forgettin ony breedin I ever had!—Maggie, tak oor freen’ ben the hoose, and gar her rest her a bit, while ye get something for her efter her lang walk.

Maggie retired with Mistress Cormack; and when the soutar joined them, he said never a word about the discomfited gossip.