Crossword-Solution: DUBH 4 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 10

McLean he speirit nor gude nor bad, His skian dubh he’s ta’en, And he’s cuttit the throat o’ that fause foot-page, And sundered his white hausebane.

Hence the Irish distinguished the first, whom they called Finn Galls, from the second, whom they named Dubh Galls.

For the Glengarry men, who handled only square timber, despised the Murphy gang as sawlog-men; “log-rollers” or “mushrats” they called them, and hated them as Irish “Papishes” and French “Crapeaux,” while between Dan Murphy and Macdonald Dubh there was an ancient personal grudge, and to-day Murphy thought he had found his time.

Macdonald Dubh, scorning to show hesitation, though he suspected treachery, strode after Murphy to the tavern door and through the crowd of shanty-men filling the room.

Then turning to LeNoir, he said, with surprising self-control, “It is myself that is sorry that a boy of mine should be guilty of biting like a dog.” “Sa-c-r-re le chien!” yelled LeNoir, shaking off Macdonald Dubh; “he is one dog, and the son of a dog!” He turned and started for the boy.